Ouran High School Host Club July 2011 Special Chapter
This is the first of two planned Ouran short stories appearing in Lala magazine to commemorate the OHSHC live action drama. This one-shot centers around Mei and Kasanoda who were revealed to an item in the extras from Volume 18. It’s a cute one-shot. Update 7/25/2011: Update to the translation of Mei’s dialog on page 12. It’s different enough to warrant re-download for archiving purposes, but the change doesn’t impact the story. Links to the Ouran High School Host Club July 2011 Special Chapter: (Zip) (PDF) — Retired. As for the preview of the next special chapter, it reads: … Continue reading Ouran High School Host Club July 2011 Special Chapter
Introducing Bakeneko’s Lair — The Darker Side of Omari’s Sister
After much wheel spinning and gut churning, I decided we needed a spin-off blog and group for the series and one-shots from Comic Gene and some of the other series and one-shots we couldn’t give consideration to because they went outside the PG-ish constraints of Omari’s Sister. The blog is called “Bakeneko’s Lair”. Karent79 came up with this brilliant name :). A “Bakeneko” is a mythological monster cat and I thought, what better than that to represent “the dark side of Omari’s Sister”.By the end of the year I’m targeting a workload split of 2/3 Omari’s Sister and 1/3 Bakeneko … Continue reading Introducing Bakeneko’s Lair — The Darker Side of Omari’s Sister
New Ouran High School Host Club Special Chapters are Coming!! Kuro Lala!! and More!!
I just got Lala 9 today and there’s an Ouran special chapter in it! There I will postpone the last two releases scheduled this month to get that out ASAP.The chapter will be continued into Lala 10! Ouran will also be on the cover of Lala 10! So we will be getting at least 2 special Ouran chapters! Yay! Kuro Lala!! There also something call “Kuro Lala” (Black Lala) coming out in September. This is part of Lala magazine’s 35th anniversary. I will do my best to get my hands on this Special collection of material from the folks at … Continue reading New Ouran High School Host Club Special Chapters are Coming!! Kuro Lala!! and More!!
"The Scarecrow of Oz" Chapter 3
I was planning to do a double release of chapters 3 and 4, but there was too much dialog and cuteness packed into this chapter that I got “Scarecrow of Oz” burn out. Therefore, chapter 4 has been moved back to August and will be a low priority release, meaning that I’ll finish it if I have time after all the other releases.This chapter introduces the foulest witch of all, the Power Witch. She’s not nice but her beast familiar is adorable. I also like the Power Witch’s clothing. It’s very stylish. There’s not much to say about this chapter … Continue reading "The Scarecrow of Oz" Chapter 3
One-shot: "The Hands the Demon Adored"
We were planning this one-shot to kick off our fall spooky tales, but I suppose this isn’t all that spooky even though the main male character is a demon. In hindsight, this is more of a late winter/early spring kinda one-shot given the theme of rebirth. Anyhow…we’re doing it now…so yay! Oh, in case you were wondering, the title’s direct translation is “Affectionate Hands for a Demon”. I thought that was kind of wonky sounding, so I went with something more direct that expressed an adjacent idea. I offer my humble apology to translation purists. I think (perhaps someone can confirm … Continue reading One-shot: "The Hands the Demon Adored"
"The Ghost Apartment Manager" Chapter 6
This chapter closes out Kyariko’s story arc. I like they way this student teacher relationship is closed our, even though it’s bitter sweet. For those folks who were bugged by Kyariko, she’ll only appear now in the flashback. I’m currently mulling over chapter 7. Volume 2 of this series isn’t scheduled to be released until mid-September. The image quality of chapter 7 and chapter 8 from my copies of Princess magazine is dramatically lower than the other chapters from the books and the previous magazines. However chapters 9 – 11 have high quality. Should we wait for the tankoubon … Continue reading "The Ghost Apartment Manager" Chapter 6
Sharing Real Life: Ichi’s Watercolor Paintings
I thought I’d share these with the community because it’s nice to see what members of the group do outside of manga. Here’s are some lovely watercolor paintings that our amazing redraw artist Ichi did in her class. Nice work Ichi! And thanks for letting me share your artwork with the community 🙂 Continue reading Sharing Real Life: Ichi’s Watercolor Paintings
"Lily" Chapter 2 and "Magnolia" Chapter 12 Double Release
Because “Magnolia” chapter 12 is so short, I decided to release it along with Lily chapter 2. This chapter of “Magnolia” appears to be the end of the “prologue”, which hopefully means we can get into the meat of the story with the next chapter (though, it’s not like things haven’t been meaty enough). “Lily” chapter 2 is a recap of “Magnolia” chapters 5 through chapter 9. I guess that means volume 2 spans chapters 5 – 9. Anyhow…here are the links:Link to “Lily” Chapter 2: (PDF)Link to “Magnolia” Chapter 12: (PDF) My thoughts on the chapter will be posted … Continue reading "Lily" Chapter 2 and "Magnolia" Chapter 12 Double Release
The Crimson Flower Blog 