"Pika Ichi" Chapter 8

  “Pika Ichi” is back!  In this chapter we start to learn about Dougen’s damaged life and brain.  Of course, his parents are an insane pair and his freedom is restricted.  Dougen is the anti-Tamaki.  Instead of making the best of his situation, he decides to go down the path of destruction.  Personally, I’d like to see him succeed.  But somehow I suspect this is a gonna be a story of redemption.  Anyhow…here are the links: Links to “Pika Ichi” chapter 8: (Zip) (PDF — this time it looks really nice on PCs, viewable on mobiles and tablets) Spoiler Alert!  … Continue reading "Pika Ichi" Chapter 8

One-shot: "The Honeybee Earl and the Flower Dress"

  I readily admit that this one-shot is a beyond cliched Cinderella story (the title page pretty much tells the entire story), but it’s done extremely well so all is forgiven.  Actually, I enjoyed this one-shot A LOT.  It filled the hole for a good summer romance comedy (damn you, Hollywood, make us some good summer movies!).  Anyhow, there are no surprises here and it all ends with the lovely little bow, as it should.  Yes, it’s perfect for the June wedding season :). Links to “The Honeybee Earl and the Flower Dress”:  (Zip) (PDF — mobiles and tablets) More … Continue reading One-shot: "The Honeybee Earl and the Flower Dress"

One-Shot: "Blue Rhapsodia"

It feels like it’s been forever since a release!  UGH!!  Lala DX arrived 2-days later than expected, so I spent the time waiting working on other projects.  This means we will have a bunch of releases coming in rapid succession. Anyhow…here is the latest adventure from Ogura Akane!  It’s about pirates so I’m quite pleased and had a lot of fun with the translation.  It sounds like this may be Ogura-sensei’s next series — or so I hope :).   Links to “Blue Rhapsodia”: (Zip) (PDF — mobiles and tablets) Up Next: Up next is the one-shot “The Honeybee Earl and … Continue reading One-Shot: "Blue Rhapsodia"

"The Ghost Apartment Manager" Chapter 5

The zip for this chapter is watermarked with the same big and annoying watermarks on “Junketsu + Kareshi” chapter 9.  It seems that some folks haven’t gotten the message, so I have have to resume the watermarking.  The PDF is clean, though.  Those of you viewing the PDF on a mobile device or a tablet will not notice any degradation in image quality, however, some of you with PC’s connected to high resolution monitors will notice a decrease in image quality. On to the chapter!  This chapter continues the Kyariko arc.  In it we learn why she’s still bound to … Continue reading "The Ghost Apartment Manager" Chapter 5

"Magnolia" Chapter 11

Notification 1:  We are trying out a new comment system.  If you don’t see the comments on the post or if there appears to be no way to leave a comment, then enable the “Disqus” Javascript and the comments should magically appear. Notification 2:  Please do not upload any of these files to another website.  You are, however, welcome to link to this post.  If this gets uploaded to content farms, I will also start watermarking this series. This chapter continues the Ayato and Sui story line.  It’s a little creepy, but if you can keep your mind rather innocent … Continue reading "Magnolia" Chapter 11

One-Shot: "Twelve o’Clock Bell Rings"

We had originally planned to release this one-shot a little over the week ago, but there was a duplication with Turtle Paradise so I cancelled it even though it was almost ready.  But we talked it over within the group and received some encouragement from Turtle Paradise and, as a result, I decided to go ahead and finish it and release it.  Suzume, Ichigo Stars, and I spent too much time cleaning and redrawing the images to let the work go to waste. This one-shot is more about the artist style than the story for me, although the end is … Continue reading One-Shot: "Twelve o’Clock Bell Rings"

Junketsu + Kareshi Chapter 9

Update:  One content farm uploaded the chapter ugly watermarks and all.  Therefore, chapter 10 will be similarly watermarked.  Go give thanks to them.  I have sent this website an e-mail.  Hopefully, they will take down our projects so we can end this stupidity before we get to chapter 10.——————-Here is “Junketsu + Kareshi” chapter 9 and as I warned, I’ve watermarked some of the pages in the zip file because some bad actors continued to upload this series to manga aggregation websites and content farms.  I feel bad doing this because the artwork in the series is gorgeous.  I beg … Continue reading Junketsu + Kareshi Chapter 9