Merit in "Ouran" and "The Scarecrow of Oz," Plus, Other Fun Stuff

Here’s some bits from an e-mail discussion I had with Corgi about “Ouran” and “The Scarecrow of Oz.”  This might, also, give you some insight into the thought that goes into translation. Black Text = CorgiRed Text = Kuroneko003 Please feel free to add to the conversation or make you own comments.  I really like “The Scarecrow of Oz” and found a lot of meaning in it.  Furthering the discussion about “Ouran” is welcomed too :).————————- Page 6: ‘Merit’ – heh.  Reminds me of Haruhi’s discussion with Kyoya during his fake assault.  I keep thinking there’s implications to the word-as-translated … Continue reading Merit in "Ouran" and "The Scarecrow of Oz," Plus, Other Fun Stuff

Ouran High School Host Club Final Party Project

Here are the reference pages explaining the “Host Club” final party project.  The section that reads “Present” are just descriptions of the prizes available from the raffle associated with each part of the project.  I don’t expect anyone who reads this blog entry to try to enter the contests, but I went ahead and translated most of it because I felt it was a nice retrospective on the series.  Also, some of you may want to go through the motions of the contest activities, but not actually enter. Here is the front page (Click on the image to see a … Continue reading Ouran High School Host Club Final Party Project

English Licensed Manga Removed from Aggregator Sites

Well, it’s begun…So far I’ve noticed that series licensed by Viz have been removed from MangaFox.  Good for Viz!  I know some of you who read scanlations are quite upset and I feel bad for those of you who cannot access these series without scanlation.  Viz, though, has to protect its market in the US. Hopefully, once the manga aggregators purge their sites of licensed series, the pressure will be relieved and we can continue to enjoy series that are new outside-of-Japan or too niche-y to license outside of Japan.———————-Update:  It’s interesting to see what manga/manhwa rose to the top … Continue reading English Licensed Manga Removed from Aggregator Sites

Retiring Most Chapters of "Ouran High School Host Club"

Update:  Retired all chapters of Ouran except for chapter 80.  Chp 80 will be retired shortly after the release of chapter 81.—————————————————– I am retiring up through chapter 78 of “Ouran High School Host Club.”  After the “Ouran” series ends, We will no longer scanlate series that are already licensed in the US. Continue reading Retiring Most Chapters of "Ouran High School Host Club"

Retiring Arakure (Wild Ones)

Arakure (“Wild Ones”) volume 10 releases June 1st, and, with that, the complete series will be out to purchase in English from Viz.  At that time I will be pulling the series from my blog and server.  If you like the series, I encourage you to support the author and the distributor by purchasing the books.  Also, this will make room for me to add new unlicensed series and one-shots for you all to read.  I will be doing the same with Ouran 1-month after I release the translation of the final chapter.  Of course, I have no control over … Continue reading Retiring Arakure (Wild Ones)

Ouran 80 Stuff (Spoilers)

I’ve got the raw, but I haven’t really done much with it yet.  In a nutshell this is what happens: The Host Club with the help of other Ouran students all help get Tamaki to the airport just in time to see his mother off Haruhi and Tamaki go running through the airport hand-in-hand As Tamaki and Haruhi watch Anne-Sophie’s plane take-off, Haruhi … Tamaki ;p Now for some bad news: chapter 81 will not be released until the end of July, so we have a three month wait before we see what becomes of Haruhi’s …At the end of … Continue reading Ouran 80 Stuff (Spoilers)