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Wow! 3-Years of Omari’s Sister!

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Woo-Hoo!!!  Check out our special alt banner!  It a “collaboration” between Silver Lunar and myself :). I can’t believe I’ve been blogging on this blog for 3-years.  Apparently my first post was on May 25, 2007.  I’m coming up on my first anniversary as a scanlator on June 26th.  Wow!  I can’t believe how far I’ve come since that first awful Ouran effort :).  Thanks to the folks who have joined to make Omari’s Sister a team and thanks to all the readers for your support! And from Silver Lunar! Continue reading Wow! 3-Years of Omari’s Sister!

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Retiring Most Chapters of "Ouran High School Host Club"

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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"

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Scanlation Crackdown Group Formed

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Here’s an article about it from Publisher’s Weekly.  Yikes, everybody…so you haven’t been buying the books…hmmm…Actually, I know this very well, since NONE of you have bought a book from Amazon through the links I provide and less than .1% of you even click on the links.  All of you understand that “free” is not a business model. Well, I certainly don’t do scanlation to hurt the publishers or the artists and I’m sad to see that consumers will not pay for their favorite manga titles when they do become available for purchase.  At the same time, manga at ~$10/volume, … Continue reading Scanlation Crackdown Group Formed

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Preparing "Kimi ni XOXO" is a Pain in the Butt

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“Kimi ni XOXO” is so far the most challenging manga I’ve ever worked on in terms of image editing.  Here’s an example of the mess that lies before me and Sephyna: Raw: White Level: First Leveling: After cleaning out the text and typesetting:Cleaning out the text took forever because I had to redraw parts of the image.  This step took about 2-hours… Final:I reduced the image to its final size and added various filters to smooth of the print artifacts and to give the page it’s final look and feel.  I also did a little editing of the English, and, … Continue reading Preparing "Kimi ni XOXO" is a Pain in the Butt

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June at Omari’s Sister

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Despite the appendicitis set back that began May, things went very well.  We plowed through a lot of series and had a successful trial of “Seirei Produce.” We will be continuing “Seirei Produce” as a joint project with La Noche de los Caidos and Hayana.  The other two teams will be translating SP into Spanish and French, respectively.  I’m happy to report as we exit May, the return of Sephyna and Kuma-chan.  Welcome back! What on deck for June? The “Kimi no XOXO” trial Orange Chocolate chp 14 Akagami no Shirayukihime Chp 19 Zettai Heiwa Daisakusen Chp 17 The preview … Continue reading June at Omari’s Sister

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Orange Chocolate Chapter 13

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Here is “Orange Chocolate” chapter 13.  Just a note so you’ll be aware as you read this, the narrator changes to Ritsu towards the end of the chapter (pg 37-ish).  It’s hard to convey this in English since English has no male or female version of “I.”  Anyhow, this chapter starts to give us insight into Ritsu thinking and into Chiro’s seemingly surprising confession.  Link: Orange Chocolate Chp 13 (update 5/31/2010 minor correction from Kuma-chan) Kimi no XOXO Update Update 5/31: Things have picked up quite a bit now that the fairy creature appeared.  The sweetness is quickly going away…yippee!!!!  … Continue reading Orange Chocolate Chapter 13