Aka Lala Oneshot: "Viskeith no Akai Doll" ("Viskeith’s Red Doll" or "The Earl’s Red Doll") by Kaoru Ichinose
UPDATE!!! Thanks to Twitter I got some clarification on “Visukiisu” (thanks to our friend Curious Little Hamster for asking.) There is no special meaning behind the name. It’s just a name Ichinose-sensei liked to say. I still like the English title “The Earl Red Doll” because I think it’s easier to remember. However, as for a “translation,” I’m going with “Viskeith” instead of “Viskeys.” This is based on “kiisu” being commonly translated to the name “Keith.” I have updated the oneshot to show the new Romanization of the Japanese title and to restore “Viskeith” in the 3 instances it’s used … Continue reading Aka Lala Oneshot: "Viskeith no Akai Doll" ("Viskeith’s Red Doll" or "The Earl’s Red Doll") by Kaoru Ichinose
Halloween Oneshot: "Yadokari Honpo" by Shizuru Onda
Update: The PDF has been fixed. Please let me know if you still have trouble with it. I’m releasing this before midnight because I’m crazy tired and just want to go to sleep! This is our second to last oneshot from last year’s Kuro Lala. Can you believe we nearly translated the entire magazine?! Haha! I would like to thank Amrai for translating this challenging oneshot. Also, thanks goes out to Noir for a fabulous job cleaning and Kiruku Naru for typesetting. Great work, ladies! What drew me to this oneshot were the character drawings and the scary ghost drawings. … Continue reading Halloween Oneshot: "Yadokari Honpo" by Shizuru Onda
Halloween Oneshot: "Inoribana" ("Prayer Flower") by Mikase Hayase
Here’s another excellent oneshot from Mikase Hayase. It not as weep-yourself-into-a-pool-of-tears as “Souai Metaphysica,” but it’s impactful (I still get teary-eyed when I think of that oneshot), nonetheless I think what got me was the all too honest ending. It was amazing once I finally understood the full gravity of what was being said. The ending is truly lovely. Because of the two oneshots we’ve translated so far, I’m very curious about Hayashi-sensei’s other works, and I’m sure in 2013 we’ll do a month featuring some of her more recent works. Anyhow, without saying much further about this oneshot, because … Continue reading Halloween Oneshot: "Inoribana" ("Prayer Flower") by Mikase Hayase
Halloween Oneshot: "Kanojo no Kare" ("Her Boyfriend") by Tomo Maeda
This may be my favorite short-oneshot so far. What do I consider short? 20 pages and under. Anyhow…I love the artwork and the story is deceptively beautiful until you give it another read through and a second thought. Then that moment will come when you realize how freaky and messed up this oneshot truly is. It’s an elegant mind-****. Kudos to Tomo Maeda! This is the second short oneshot I selected from Horror Wings 2011. I wish we could have explored Horror Wings 2011 and 2012 further, but I got the collections too late to do any more than this … Continue reading Halloween Oneshot: "Kanojo no Kare" ("Her Boyfriend") by Tomo Maeda
Changes to the November and December Schedule
First of all, some of our October oneshots may spill into November due typesetter’s schedules (I didn’t give them enough leadtime). We’ll do our best, but I wouldn’t dream of interfering with any of our typesetters’ school lives. Second, we are postponing all new oneshots except “Butakai Ouji to 100-Kisses” until 2013. We have to do this in order to finish: Ojousama no Untenshu Pochamani Fushigi no Maria-kun Furou Kyoudai Detarame Mousouryouku Opera I’d like to start 2013 with a relatively clean slate, and avoid becoming one of those groups that starts new projects while leaving old projects undone for … Continue reading Changes to the November and December Schedule
Halloween Oneshot: "Anata wa Watashi no Taisetsuna Okaasan? ("You are my Dear Mother") by Ume Tarou
This is a very short oneshot from the Josei magazine “Wings.” It came in last year’s magazine extra “Horror Wings 2011.” We didn’t have a chance this year to do some of the longer oneshots from this extra, but don’t … Continue reading Halloween Oneshot: "Anata wa Watashi no Taisetsuna Okaasan? ("You are my Dear Mother") by Ume Tarou
Halloween Oneshot: "Hakamori Majo Bianca" Part 2
Here’s the second installment of our favorite gloomy witch Bianca. In this chapter we get some more insight in Zela’s intentions and see more of Bianca’s “uncle” Girrick. We also see a little more of Nelo, who will be … Continue reading Halloween Oneshot: "Hakamori Majo Bianca" Part 2
Halloween Oneshot: "Hakamori Majo Bianca" Part 1 ("Grave Keeper Witch Bianca") by Aroe Yamazaki
First of all, Bianca isn’t ugly! I think she very cute. She looks like Sally from “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” I would definitely buy a Bianca doll. This is another oneshot I’ve been sitting on for a while. I wanted to release it in October, and it was agony waiting. During this wait, a second oneshot came out and then a third oneshot was released in Japan last week. The second oneshot will be released next and the third oneshot will be released toward the end of the month. It looks to me that this is heading to being an … Continue reading Halloween Oneshot: "Hakamori Majo Bianca" Part 1 ("Grave Keeper Witch Bianca") by Aroe Yamazaki
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