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Volume 4
Title:Junketsu+Kareshi (Pureblood+Boyfriend)
Author: Shouoto Aya (硝音あや)
Summary:
Cana Takachiho, despite her disadvantages, is a pretty nice girl. She’s friendly, outgoing, and used to be good at sports until she was injured in a freak accident, losing the scholarship keeping her in school, and earning her the disdain of her fellow classmates. Oh, and her childhood friend and (self-proclaimed) boyfriend, Aki, just so happens to be a vampire who turned her into his slave after drinking her blood on their first date. But Aki’s not just any vampire; he’s a Pureblood, and he’s participating in a game to find the seven “Stigmas” in order to wake his twin brother and Cana’s other childhood friend, Eriya, from his mysterious slumber…
12:12 am on July 5th, 2011
HAHA, FIRST
12:14 am on July 5th, 2011
HAHAHA, WHORE
12:34 am on July 5th, 2011
Ohohohoho
12:42 am on July 5th, 2011
FORTH DAMMIT!
(word I laughed so loud when I saw that. I love this team.)
12:44 am on July 5th, 2011
DAMMIT ZIPPY GO GET A GRAVATAR
12:53 am on July 5th, 2011
DAMMIT ZIPPY USE A SPELL CHECK =’D
for serial, TP LOVE12:57 am on July 5th, 2011
WHAT THE HELL MELLY THAT’S A DICK COMMENT
FUCK YEAH CAPSLOCK3:42 am on July 5th, 2011
Thank you so much for picking up this series from Omari. I don’t mind waiting as long as you guys need to bring us a new release. All that counts is, that you are willing to sacrifice your precious free time to satisfy us crazy fanboys/fangirls.
I really appreciate your hard work and your effort. I am very grateful to you all. *bows head*
Lots of hugs for you guys and a big thanks! :D
10:06 am on July 5th, 2011
Yaaaaaaaaaaaay… thanks for picking this up … <3
Happy to be patient with releases … <3
12:35 pm on July 5th, 2011
DAMMIT SPELLS CHECKS ARE FOR WIMPS AND I’M A MANLY TURTLE!
[s]and i don’t know how to get an icon T.T [/s]
12:37 pm on July 5th, 2011
WAIT WHAT? WHY DID THE FILTER CATCH MY COMMENT? D=I don’t know how to get a icon! I fail at icon…ness or something…
12:44 pm on July 5th, 2011
I FIXDED IT. I have no idea why it caught it, but… Ehhhhh maybe it’s because of volume? HELL I DON’T KNOW. But srsly, go to gravatar.com, just follow the instructions, and BAM. Icon for you. (It’s soooper easy, bb. GO DO IT.)
1:09 pm on July 5th, 2011
So the newest character to this manga looks similar to anis ^_^
1:13 pm on July 5th, 2011
I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THIS.
2:02 pm on July 5th, 2011
Alrighty, lets see if it works. Hrmmm… maybe not… I think it hates me…
2:10 pm on July 5th, 2011
NO IT TOTES WORKS AND IT’S TOTES AWESOME ψ(｀∇´)ψ
3:05 pm on July 5th, 2011
sorry but i whas wondering how manny weeks intil new barajou no kiss chapters are out ?
3:07 pm on July 5th, 2011
ah allso thank u for all the herd work u r doing
3:11 pm on July 5th, 2011
IDK, but here’s a question from me: What kind of brass balls does it take to ask that kind of question the same day a new chapter is released?
Also, I was wondering a second question: Is it so hard to read the DO NOT ASK WHEN NEW CHAPTERS WILL BE RELEASED print right above the comment box? Come on.
7:59 pm on July 5th, 2011
Thank you so much for this translations.
4:55 am on July 6th, 2011
wow, thanks to Zippy (Reb did all the work!), I actually learned how to get a little icon~!
*learning something new everyday*
dammit! I edited the first chapter and I got no 1st dibs on the 1st page OTL
Eve, YOU are my female Tenjoh >:D
11:36 pm on July 6th, 2011
God this series is so fraking sexy. SO. FRAKING. SEXY.
Thank you for picking it up, you sex kittens…. Oh yeah I went there.
Heheheh
:D
12:42 pm on July 7th, 2011
Thank you so much for this
Love Aya Shouto’s works XD
BTW are you going to release the previews chapters as a whole volume (like Barajou & SLH)?
12:51 pm on July 7th, 2011
I can’t give that a definitive yes-or-no answer at this point. We’re looking into it, definitely, but we have to iron out the details with the rest of the group first, to make sure we’re going to go through with it. No worries though, as soon as it’s decided, we’ll make some kind of announcement.
4:27 pm on July 7th, 2011
Oh Tessa, you minx ☆
7:20 pm on July 8th, 2011
Well… Do you know where I get chapter 9? Or Will you put that one too? I would be really happy if you answered my question!!! >.<
8:12 pm on July 8th, 2011
Omari’s Sister did all the previous chapters. We’re not sure if we plan to rescanlate the earlier chapters yet. Wait and see how much staff likes the series. ^.^
12:38 pm on July 9th, 2011
thanks for scanslating :)
I’m not liking it as much anymore (too much sexy, not enough of the awesome plot it had going for a while) but I’m still following! :D
4:47 am on July 10th, 2011
Thanks :)
12:24 pm on July 20th, 2011
THANK YOU. i absolutely fell in love with this series, so thank you SO much for continuing.
3:13 am on July 21st, 2011
Turtle Paradise has done it again! I love you guys <3
Btw, is it just me or did anyone else thought about FATE and the Holy Grail War when they first read about the 7 "Stigma" and there is an observer sent ? XD
7:52 am on July 21st, 2011
If that means Dealer = Kotomine, then I’m all for it. NEED CROSSOVER, STAT.
REJOICE, KIRITO AKI. YOUR WISH WILL FINALLY COME TRUE
/rolls
2:38 pm on July 21st, 2011
does anyone know if turtle paradise will be doing chapter 11?
2:53 pm on July 21st, 2011
Says right up in the status. Expect about a month in-between chapter releases. Since ch. 10 was out in the first month of July, expect the next to be out in the first week of august.
8:17 pm on July 24th, 2011
Muito bom!
Agora que S.L.H acabou vou ficar super fã desse manga!
Pureblood + Boyfriend
Ansiosa pela proxima postagem!
7:19 pm on July 28th, 2011
cute manga
9:13 am on August 1st, 2011
Thank you! I love this manga!
3:18 pm on August 3rd, 2011
I’m really quite exited about this. REAL TIME, PEOPLE, REAL TIME! :’D Thank you for putting it up~!
2:27 am on August 7th, 2011
oh totally xD
6:41 am on August 10th, 2011
thanks a lot for doing the Junketsu :):)
look 4ward to the next chapter
11:02 am on August 10th, 2011
Gyaaaaah… Shouoto Aya sensei… is scary…
damn i love her hot bishounen…
i <3 juuuuuuuuuuuu TP… :P
9:43 am on August 12th, 2011
thanks a lot for scanalating this manga. love love it <3<3
9:32 am on August 13th, 2011
thanks
4:19 pm on August 20th, 2011
Hi wanted to read this manga but where is the start of it? Only chap 10 and 11… Thanks for uploading!
5:07 pm on August 24th, 2011
@ Janice ch 1-9 were done by omari sister.
10:25 am on August 28th, 2011
It`s a wonderful Manga. Many thanks for scanlating and uploading
it !!
11:07 am on September 3rd, 2011
thank you !! when is the next chapter?
11:10 am on September 3rd, 2011
Add 30 days onto the last release date. It’ll probably be somewhere around there.
12:31 pm on September 7th, 2011
OH MY GODDDD, so I log onto my fav manga hordin’ site today and see an update of this manga. And I’m like YAYAYAYAYAY however this excitement quickly died when I saw it WAS NOT done by you. -_- I can’t even finish reading the chappie because I know how much better it’ll be when you guys release it.
2:04 pm on September 7th, 2011
Lol… I was surprised when I saw that too. I was thinking, “What the hell? I don’t remember any announcement of that being released.” And then I noticed it was by another group. Tried to read through their translations, and I didn’t get past the second page. =\ Is this going to be a regular thing now, I wonder…
12:06 am on September 9th, 2011
I’m enjoying this way too much. It must be Shouoto’s touch. xD Thank you so much for picking it up! I look forward to the next release~! :’D
10:09 am on September 27th, 2011
Loving this series as much as the other Shouoto Aya’s works.
So, thank you immensely for translating all of her important works! You don’t know how happy that makes me~
9:50 am on October 23rd, 2011
Thank you very much (^.^)
11:54 pm on October 23rd, 2011
thank you very much~
6:43 am on October 25th, 2011
Thank you very much for this manga. I love it!
I’m looking foward for the next chapter.
4:17 am on October 26th, 2011
Thank for this manga!
6:48 pm on November 15th, 2011
can’t wait until chapter 15 comes out luv this manga….does anyone know when it does??
1:29 pm on November 28th, 2011
Hi thank-you ~! :) I love aya samas work I am very great full to you so please keep scaning and translating that you melfra rebmastu and everyone at turtle paradise you have my thanks and have a happy holidays !:)
2:58 am on December 1st, 2011
gosh i’m so fired up to know who is that guy in the last page of chapter 14, i kinda dream it was eriya wahaha.. anyway thanks turtle~ <3
9:28 am on December 3rd, 2011
thanks for scanlating this <3
i really love this series (: i'm lookin forward to the next chapters ♥
keep up the good work guys!
3:02 am on December 5th, 2011
Hy! Thanks for Pureblood Boyfriend:)! I also love this series and the other Shoutou mangas too ^^! I’m lookig forward the 15th chapter :) I wonder what Kana really is, and who is the man in the end :)
Do you know when will the new chapter come? *.*
10:10 pm on December 26th, 2011
Where I can find the others Volume like the 2 or 1
8:10 am on December 29th, 2011
you can find them at omaris sister’s site
7:23 pm on December 30th, 2011
Actually, they’ve taken down the older chapters. You can find older chapters at Manga Traders.
1:45 am on January 5th, 2012
Thank u so much for translating all your stuff :)
9:46 pm on January 8th, 2012
I’ve been meaning to ask this question (and I am still nervous about the answer I am hoping to receive): I heard back from long, long, long months ago from Omari’s Sisters that they have dropped this series for a particular reason as stated in their site: “Aya Shouto has written on her blog that she thinks her works could get licensed and published in English if all overseas scanlation stops. It is never my intention to harm the original author, so per Aya Shouto’s wishes, I will remove “Junketsu + Kareshi” from this blog.” So judging from that statement they’ve made and knowing that it has already been licensed in English, are you guys going to continue with this series all and throughout the whole entire way? Correct me if I am wrong, but is what TP doing right now an overseas scanlation? If not, then hopefully do you mind explaining to me what overseas scanlation is? :O Just a huge lump of curiousity that spooks my inner mind every time I see one of Aya Shouoto’s manga released. :’D Thanks for the hard work as always! ♥
10:27 pm on January 8th, 2012
Hopefully I don’t sound too much of a bother, but I also have another question (and hopefully this question doesn’t sound like I’m going against the fact that everyone should stop asking for release dates): Did you guys purchase the December 2011 ARIA Magazine with JK in it yet? xD I just happened to pass by Aya-dono’s site and saw it going on sale :’) Maybe it’s a little too late to ask since it was first made news out of in October or later, but I just had more curiousity stored inside :’) Hope I don’t sound like an annoying leecher or anything :( And if you’re thinking that I’m curious about updates, I reassure you that I’m not ’cause I haven’t even started reading JK entirely so yeah, I’m all good xD Thanks as always TP! ♥
10:31 pm on January 8th, 2012
Phew. That’s a loaded question, but let me give ‘er a stab.
First, let me translate the portion of the blog post in question to clear up any misunderstandings.
海外の方でネットに勝手にアップすること、は個人使用でもやめてくだされば嬉しいです。
私とアシさん編集さんもがんばって創っているので
やっぱりちゃんと購入してほしい・・・な！
そうしていただくことでまた新しい国で出版して頂ける機会もアップするかと・・・
Shouoto says:
“I would appreciate it if people overseas would not upload [my works] without permission, even for their own personal use. We put a lot of work into creating [these series] between myself, the assistants, and the editor so we’d really rather you did the right thing and bought them instead!
And if that happened, it could increase the chances of [my series] being [officially] released in other countries…”
To be honest, I’ve always understood that to be in reference to raws, myself. I tried emailing Shouoto to see what her thoughts were on scanlations to get a better feel for her stance, but never recieved a specific answer. That said, neither series are licensed in English. Some company called JManga that has a digital contract with Kadokawa Shoten pledged to post digital versions of the series in Japanese online, but they said the same for a few hundred other series with little movement on any front. They supposedly translate said licensed material, however it’s rare, and just because the series happen to be displayed on their site has proved there is absolutely no guarantee they have any intention to do anything with the series.
It’s vaguely similar, in concept, to the licensing spree that TokyoPop went on some years before they properly tanked. There was one period where they licensed, I believe, around 40 new titles, and not one of them hit the shelf at any point– and this was about five years before they bottomed-up.
However, should any of Shouoto’s series be licensed in English, we will strip any sign of her series from our site, and take pains to get in touch with the online readers, if possible, to get our work on her series taken down as well. TP operates ONLY under the principle of giving English-speaking readers a chance to read series they would otherwise not have a chance to enjoy, NOT to compete with the creator of said series.
For your other question, yes, we have all of the most recent issues of Junky Boyfriend. Buuut since we’re so far behind, Melly and I are discussing the possibility of switching over to volume releases to save us the hassle of trying to tangle with magazine scans.
I hate magazine scans.
10:49 pm on January 8th, 2012
Oh my, sorry my question seemed to have given you so much tension (hopefully it didn’t xD). >.<
Ohhhhh, that realllly clears up a lot of my curiousity. :) I'm glad that it's not a problem when scanlating this series for you guys then because I kind of felt the same thing about JManga and how they're distributing JK, and from other sites, I thought it was a license when this is actually what they were doing. xD
Yeah, I totally agree with you too. Magazines are quite a hassle to deal with, especially with their quality at times and of course the many other troublesome issues that could come along with dealing with magazine scans. Certainly, in my opinion, I don't mind what you guys use for JK, so long as it doesn't trouble you guys when scanlating this series. D: ♥ Hopefully life will make things easier for you guys in the future! ♥
Thanks for answering my question (and at a quick pace, too, considering the amount of text you typed out for me xD Thank you, thank you! ♥)! To be honest, (saying this twice) hopefully you guys don't feel all that troubled by scanlating this series (since after all, those certain 'comment-ers' just have to ask ridiculous questions…and maybe I did too, but it's not about releases for sure) and if even you guys happen to have trouble with the magazine scans, then hopefully I can help donate for you guys when purchasing the actual volumes. :') Hopefully my question wasn't too ridiculous or bothersome or anything. xD Thanks as always! ♥
11:01 pm on January 8th, 2012
Oh naw, it’s all good. The only thing that irritates me is that people are spreading misinformation and individual interpretation as fact– plus the bullshit with JManga, which I’m not convinced is going to be the so-called revolution that they swear up and down they’re going to be.I’ve heard what few localizations they have are completely rotten too, so I hope and pray there’s going to be an opportunity somewhere down the road for a legit company to get their hands on Barajou. Speaking of which, last I heard, they don’t have any contract dealing with Junky, though. (which, to be honest, I feel has the highest chance of being licensed tbh.)
Oh yeah, about donations — Melly’s conscience got the best of her, so we’re not doing donations anymore. The thought’s appreciated though, for reals.
11:10 pm on January 8th, 2012
Awww, I see xD Wish I could’ve contributed though :’) Thanks, yet again, for your hard work TP! ♥ *ﾟ･｡ヽ(*´∀`)ﾉ.*ﾟ･｡.･.ﾟ･.*
6:00 am on January 9th, 2012
Thank you so much for picking this manga up, i really appreciate all your hard work! ^.^
9:42 pm on January 31st, 2012
Hello. I know that chapters 1 – 9 were released by other groups, but I’m wondering if you’re going to essentially redo any of those chapters to release yourselves. It’s not just because chapter 9 got watermarked to death by the group that released it…
I’m just generally biased as to how wonderful and awesome your scanlations are in general. If not for little things like the page numbers or the extra text that comes with magazine releases, I wouldn’t know they were magazine releases as the quality is more on par with someone destroying the actual volumes.
7:45 pm on February 1st, 2012
@Sachie
And the prize for most ★☆MAGICAL COMMENT EVER☆★ goes toooooo—!
ANYWAY. Melly and I have been shooting ideas back and forth about that lately, and we’re leaning towards “Possibly” at this point. We’ve got a pretty…. Idk, I guess I could call it unique? translation style, and consistency’s always a good thing to shoot for when it comes to series, imho. Plus there ar ea few passages that make a bit more sense in retrospect after reading the more recent chapters (including some very vaguely phrased references to actual people that made them get kind of glazed over early on, of which I’m guilty as well) that could use a second look. (Incidentally, those same changes will probably require some changes to the chapters we’ve already done as well — HELLO SUPER HQ VOL. 3)
But yeah. The possibility totally exists.
8:39 am on February 3rd, 2012
Thank you turtle for all your hard work!
btw, it said…
Status: Temporarily on-hold while waiting on published volumes. (Sometime Februrary/early March
are you going to release the whole book?
9:03 am on February 3rd, 2012
Not at once, no. We’ll do it chapter by chapter like with BnK.
1:46 pm on February 20th, 2012
Just wondering is there already an exact release date for the next volume (I believe it is volume 03) in Japan?
2:04 pm on February 20th, 2012
Yep, it’s set to release April 6th. It probably would have been out sooner, but since this volume’s set to have another drama CD packaged with it, I’m guessing that has something to do with the delay.
2:58 am on February 21st, 2012
Why the sudden change in spelling of the female lead’s name Kana? Last two chapters (13 & 14) spelled it as Cana.
3:04 am on February 21st, 2012
Explanation’s in the translation notes for chapter 12, where the name change is first introduced.
3:24 am on February 21st, 2012
Strange enough as it is, I have Translation notes in chapters 11,13,14 but no 12. Chapter 13 goes into Kanji and Furigana but no real mention of Kana or Cana specific change in both pages of the Translation notes. *Note * by the way I think that Translation Note page is an awesome concept and it’s absolutely brilliant.
I guess it really does not matter but I always thought being constent was the way to go. I guess it really doesn’t matter that much anyways.
3:42 am on February 21st, 2012
Nope. I see my error. I was reading Pureblood through the ipad app MangaStorm (an Awesome application by the way)and looked though online release but not through thr direct site you provided. Everyone else has left out the Translation notes for chapter 12, so the explanation was never really made know unless they got it from your site. Interesting huh, maybe it’s just something we scanalation people are more likely to pick up on. Thanks.
KK
6:08 pm on February 21st, 2012
Thanks for letting me know. It seems to have delayed quite a bit but it doesn’t matter that much. I am just happy that someone (in this case you – Turtle Paradise) is scanlating it (hopefully until the end of the series).
6:11 pm on February 21st, 2012
Should be on page 37 – http://www.turtle-paradise.net/reader/junketsu_kareshi/12/037/
Official romanization trumps consistency, usually.
1:44 pm on March 15th, 2012
Oh…Mid-Late April? You kill me, guys XD I’m huuuuge PB fan^^! But I will have patience just as before so keep up the good work :3!!!
1:22 pm on March 28th, 2012
i enjoy this manga a lot. thanks a lot for your hard job !! you do it very well !! thanks everyone !!
4:33 pm on March 29th, 2012
thank you for telling us when the next chapter will come out i really enjoy your scans love ya’ll mio
9:50 pm on April 8th, 2012
in a web chinese, have until chapter 16 o-o, you haven’t the chapters in japanese?
6:57 pm on April 12th, 2012
I guess that is because they translate from the magazine releases instead of waiting for a full volume.
Btw. is volume 03 out by now (it should be if the release date wasn’t pushed back again?) but, of course, even if it is released, it will also take some time to get it delivered too.
12:38 pm on May 6th, 2012
Just wondering but I thought volume 3 is the next one, not volume 4?
Still don’t have the funds?
Maybe you could set up something like a donations option..?
12:53 pm on May 6th, 2012
The one we’ve finished translating is vol 3. We haven’t started on vol. 4 yet because importing stuff is expensive, I guess. ヽ（・＿・；)ノ But IDK, I’d have to talk over a donation option with Melly ’cause she’s the one who tore it from the site’s membrane without anesthesia and all that good stuff because she had a moral dilemma, lawl. (Well, okay, we all did.) But there’s always our store people could use, which does help with costs and whatnot. (Though not lately, but I think it just dropped off the radar. ヽ（・＿・；)ノ)
1:23 pm on May 6th, 2012
So vol. 3 was chapter 10-14 ?
1:30 pm on May 6th, 2012
Right.
11:44 am on May 13th, 2012
Funny enough, Vol.4 contains chapters 14-17, instead of 15+. But I think there is a bit of a sneak peek at the end of it. Wish I could help, but I don’t have a scanner. And the store that I can contribute for the costs doesn’t ship to my country. Appreciate your efforts at scanlating this, and thanks for sticking out. (Because it made me understand so much better since I am still learning). You all really made the difference.
6:25 am on May 14th, 2012
Hey i’m just wondering is the manga on hiatus or something because there hasn’t been an update in over 200 days! I’m dying here!!!
3:48 pm on May 14th, 2012
Scroll up. The status isn’t some well-protected secret, or anything.
Also, my condolences to your family.
4:49 am on May 24th, 2012
Hi^^
I would like to ask you on behaf of russian scanlation team YumeDream to use your translation of Junketsu+Kareshi for translating it into russian. We had our japanese-into-russian translator, but she got tired of this manga. In return we propose you scans of volume 4 (and scans of chapters in magasines, if needeed). If you agree, what dpi would you like for scans (is 600dpi enough)?
9:52 am on May 24th, 2012
The offer is appreciated, but we don’t allow our translations to be re-translated into other languages for the sake of preserving the integrity of the original script. (http://www.turtle-paradise.net/faq/)
11:27 am on May 24th, 2012
As you wish. We only wanted to help you, but doing it one-sided is not interesting at all.
1:55 pm on May 24th, 2012
“YOU used Passive-Agressive Attack on Turtle Paradise!”
POW! Woom, woom, woom…
It wasn’t very effective…
5:44 am on June 9th, 2012
Hey! Were you guys planning on having a hard copy? If I’m able to secure vol 4, scan the pages, and send it to you guys would that be useful for scanlation?
6:24 am on June 9th, 2012
Ack, we forgot to update the status! We have vol 4 now and I’ll be scanning it in this weekend. Thanks for the offeer!
2:12 pm on June 9th, 2012
I’ve posted here before because in fact you possess one of my top five most beloved manga Junketsu + Kareshi (Pureblood Boyfriend). As I conclude this information is just as any admired post from the fans but I delve deeper to this nest thought. We do share a thread for as I began to entertain thoughts of lending my help to the scanalation world, I too was once prompted to join Omari’s Sister for they held my beloved #1 Akagami no Shirayukihime. As some manga it was shortly passed to The Zero Alliance Group (only for a month oddly before returning to Omari’s Sister)to which I have been on staff since September. My point.. There isn’t one really. Just more of a need to build bridges between groups, that is my main hope. For if we stand together we can over come those troves of unwanted FANBRATS with a hush and a smile. Keep the great work and your love for manga strong.
Cozen
Member of the Zero Allinace group (TZA), Lively Scans, and Bxsmanga.
2:18 pm on June 9th, 2012
“Ack, we forgot to update the status! We have vol 4 now and I’ll be scanning it in this weekend. Thanks for the offeer!”
Yay! That’s great *.* I can’t wait it *.* Good work^^!
2:26 am on June 10th, 2012
Awesome! And I just wanted to say thanks for all your had work – the least I could do is at least help out once. <3
9:50 am on June 10th, 2012
Great news about vol. 4
I am really interested in how this manga (story) is going to develop.
2:11 am on June 28th, 2012
Just wondering does anyone know how many volumes it’s up to now? Or even if it’s finished? I’m just curious. Thank you for all the hard work. I really love this series. :)
3:18 pm on July 6th, 2012
Hmm… According to http://www.mangaupdates.com 4 volumes but I think the page there hasn’t been updated for some time but it could be true as the series itself is serialized in a Magazine before the volumes – so the correct question would actually be how many chapters…
Btw. any status report on the scanlation of volume 4?
10:42 pm on July 6th, 2012
Volume 4 is the most recent volume… I’m not sure what chapter it’s on. As for a status update, Chapter 14 and 15 are in editing/translation. Since we’ve done 14 before but it’s the first chapter in the volume, we’re kind of thinking about a simultaneous release.
2:53 am on July 7th, 2012
thanks ghost & melfra. i did check mangaupdates but i just felt like it wasn’t updated. i keep forgetting most manga are serialized in magazines (ha…) — you definitely brought up a good point though. thank you for that.
can’t wait to see the next release. :)
7:50 am on July 12th, 2012
Its good to hear that some progress is being made on this. I mean no disrespect, but I was beginning to wonder about what was going to happen with this manga. It’s been almost a year since the last release.
I love your groups work and all, but is there really a need for a Shouto Aya monopoly when it seems to affect the release times by such an extent?
11:14 pm on July 12th, 2012
I’m not sure what you mean by Shouoto monopoly. Another group is doing Super Darling (we still intend to continue it, but we’re taking our time), the first nine chapters of Junketsu were released by another group (frankly we only picked it up as a favor so it’s not like we started screaming WOW SHOUOTO), and Barajou is nearly complete, so of the three we’ve only had a “monopoly” on one- and even outside groups have done random chapters of Barajou. For the most part staff members interested in one of these series aren’t interested in the others, so the amount of series isn’t affecting any release rates, either. And if you had looked up at the status (since that’s why you’re posting?), you’d see that we legitimately had zero funds to purchase any books of any type at all until just recently. I love scanlating as much as the next guy but we haven’t gotten a single donation since May, and our bills unfortunately come first. If we were actually able to get any funds rolling this series wouldn’t have waited so long, but it looks like most Shouoto fans are more interested in leeching than anything else. And if that’s how they want to do it, fine, but until we get people willing to help out with funds or even joining staff we can’t do a damn thing. So please, I don’t want to hear any more complaining about release rates. Alright?
4:06 am on July 14th, 2012
out of curiosity how much do I have to “donate” to get another chapter of this manga. I personally have money but don’t read the others here I used to like barajo but got sick of it over a year ago and never picked it back up. I know your all busy and I definitely mean no disrespect, I can’t translate and as you can see i would be no good helping as a editor so becoming a staff member is out of the question for me but i do have money as a working adult. you had said before that you were not putting them out because people were not donating or becoming staff but I only read this here and I dont want to donate so I can help more manga I dont read while this stays on the back burner. I am not trying to be rude. Truthfully I have been reading more Josei lately but I come at least once a month just to check if there is anything new. for a long time I have been hoping to see this so I just thought, if i could pay you spicifically for a release of this I would definitely donate. I know your other stuff needs money too and I understand you need it for website fees too, but I just don’t want to donate and hope that you might put out what I read. That’s all. I am sorry I know that you could read this the wrong way and think I am being mean but if I stay quiet and don’t ask if I donate if it will go to my favorite stuff then I would never know if I could get what I wanted by helping with some money. So… that’s all I wanted to know before I follow though.
8:39 am on July 14th, 2012
We’re actually in a pretty good spot with junketsu right now… Reb and I managed to get our hands on volume 4 (hooray!) which has already been scanned in and is in editing atm, so when it comes to the… er, finances of getting the next chapter out, it’s gone past the stage of money and to manpower! But for future reference, volume 5 will be coming out August 7th (already?!), so that’s kind of staring us in the face right now. If you really would like to donate (and trust me, we’d all be thrilled!), any little bit helps. To put it into perspective, each volume can run from around $15-20 Shipping can be tricky – to get a better price you need to order more books, and we rarely have the funds to order so many at a time, which is why we’ve been having these delays.
And if you think you’re sounding mean, you honestly aren’t – it’s pretty reasonable to want your money to go to a specific cause. If you want to be extra sure it goes where you want it, there should be a comment section on paypal that lets you write a note in there.
3:54 am on July 15th, 2012
I agree with Casandra, I would donate specifically to this manga if I currently had the money. I don’t have money now, but I would later this year. Thank you so much for your hardwork, I hope you are not discouraged from uploading more just because it’s not as popular as other works! ( actually I have no clue how popular PB is )
I would go to the bookstore if they had these in America :(, you’re doing a huge favor, thank you thank you
3:39 pm on July 15th, 2012
Would it actually also be possible to buy the book oneself and then ship it to you (or put one of you in as delivery address)?
Btw. I noticed the donate button is back – I believe it was gone for some time?
Just wondering but is donating anonymous?
1:21 pm on July 16th, 2012
Sorry I didn’t see the comment button but I just sent ya 10 dollars. Ill give you more closer to aug. Where is the comment button supposed to be? Maybe I missed it.
6:24 pm on July 20th, 2012
Thanks for the donation! I must have been mistaken with the comment field. I guess in the future you can send any emails to the address paypal sends to or something along those lines, if that would help. Hopefully we can get this volume right when it comes out!
9:23 pm on July 20th, 2012
thanks will do : ) I appreciate all your hard work.
12:47 pm on July 21st, 2012
I’m a little confused. Why is there a spot for chapter 14 twice? So which volume does chapter 14 belong to?
Also, although it has been a while since you last posted new chapters, I just wanted to say thank you for what you have already done and are still working on with this manga. This manga has become one of my very favorites and I am really looking forward to the next chapters. Keep up the good work, and thanks again!
1:25 pm on July 21st, 2012
14 is actually in volume 4, but we wanted to keep the magazine and volume releases separate. I didn’t think there was going to be much of a quality difference between the two since Aria is a pretty HQ magazine, but it turns out it’s pretty shocking!