A FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH RELEASE...



Scratch Marks of Love Ch 13: [ MF ] // [ 4S ] // [ SS ]

Yes folks, everything that COULD have gone wrong with this chapter DID go wrong. It did. It really did. -____-;;

Next release is Superior; I just added two more contract gigs and didn't have time to finish typesetting...

You thought it'd never come... well... me too for awhile... >_>;;

SLEEPING FLOWER

Mangaka: Shungiku Nakamura

Continued from Essence of Purity

(DL V1-V3.9 via MediaFire // V1 &  V2 via SS)

NOTE: [These are posted as a courtesy to new readers. It's all EoP's work, and we have nothing to do with it except that we are continuing their efforts! If you were a previous member of EoP and this is an issue, contact me and we'll take it down.]

NOTE 2: Er, due to a mistake in the scanning numbering and my laziness, Chapter 10 is marked as Ch 3 and not Ch 2 as it's supposed to be. SORRY!! I'm way too lazy to change it!

NOTE 3: I had some problems uploading to MegaUpload, so if you have any problems, please tell me. Thanks!

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GENERAL NOTES:
Okay, well, I know I said things were going to move FASTER, but midterms and other things got in the way of MY personal plans to having things out in a FAST way. Thus, I'm sorry... 

Patlabor has been shifted to a new translator, so it might take a bit for him to get acclimated.

There are 2 more releases planned for this month! SERIOUSLY! >_>;;

SUPERIOR VOL 9.1a: [ MF ] // [ MU ] // [ SS ] // [ 4S ]

Second half of the chapter will probably be out next week.

• Sheila doesn't show up until towards the END of the volume. FYI.
• We ARE doing Superior Cross after we finish Vol 9. We've already ordered the tankubon.
• Thank you for your patience.

Um, sorry about the lack of updates these last few weeks! There is apparently a lot of IRL stuff going on, and everyone's booked! Any way, releases for OCT should be:

• Superior Vol 9 Ch 1
• Scratch Marks of Love ch 13
• Sleeping Flower Vol 3 Ch3
• Patlabor Vol 4 ch 3 and MAYBE 4... (Let's see how proactive I can be!)

Just a head's up, since my Internet was down for a week, I'm out of town (and away from WiFi!) this weekend, and if I don't beat PB regularly, he just lazes around! XD

Also, unless something happens, we will pick up the suggested project, Blue Wars, from Nakamura Yoshiki, the woman who does Skip Beat!, but since it's shounen-ai, don't expect the same thing. XD

Thanks for your patience!

I make no guarantees, but at least it's done.

Superior 8 3b: [ MF ] // [ SS ] // [ 4S ] // [ MU ]

Vol 9's chapter are even LONGER, so... just hold on.


To those of you who have been PATIENT and encouraging, thank you. It's appreciated. Any and all grouchiness is not directed at you.

CLARIFICATION: This is the END of Vol 8. I'll do a volume release later... when I feel more lively.

First half completed...



Superior 8 Ch 3a: [ MF ] // [ SS ] // [ MU ] // [ 4S ]

Ha ha ha... FINALLY!

The chapter was primarily translated by my friend Akiko S, who is awesome. Also the color page is raw because we didn't see it in time. Thanks to kriptonima, we caught it at all! XD



50x50 Ch 3: [ MF ] // [ MU ] // [ SS ] // [4S ]

Honestly, this chapter is hilarious...

Ah... HAPPY BIRTHDAY painful_buggery!! Geh... I can't believe it's your bday so soon. -_-;;

As such, we are releasing:

 

A Chance Encounter in the Cosmos

Mangaka: Kunieda Saika

Klaus is the hideous commander of a starship with a hideous crew. One day, his crew capture a gorgeous young man, who reminds the captain of someone from long, long ago. Repulsed by his appearance, the prisoner does his best to make things difficult for Klaus, but Klaus's warm and kind heart does him in...

What's in store for these two polar opposites?
(This one is a bit more graphic than most of her work, plus it's bizarre. Twincest Approved!)

CHANCE ENCOUNTER: [MF] // [SS] // [MU] // [4S]

Superior v08 ch2b: [MF] // [MU] // [SS] // [4S]


[EDIT  AUG 10] NOTICE:
I'm going to say this upfront: DON'T BADGER US. DON'T BITCH. DON'T WHINE.

1) The chapters for SUPERIOR are 50-60 PAGES long! It takes awhile to finish them. IT JUST DOES. DEAL WITH IT.

2) I (ZL) DO NOT CARE IF YOU GUYS DON'T MIND CRAP TYPESETTING AND WHATNOT. I CARE. IF YOU DON'T LIKE A PARTICULAR FONT, FINE. TELL ME. BUT DON'T FUCKING GET SNARKY OR I'LL GET REALLY BITCHY AND LOSE MY TEMPER.

I try my best to respect your opinions, so unless you've got something to say POLITELY I will take drastic measures!! My people have real lives too, so just because you want your chapter FASTER, does not mean that I can ask them to stop living their lives to please you guys.

To help your damned hunger pains: your ch 24 is TRANSLATED, is being CLEANED, and it about to be TYPESET.

One more set of  "WHY'S IT SLOW? WHY IS IT LATE? WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG?!" complaints and I'll Friend-Lock this shit and ask for wait times for other hosting release faster than you can blink. I now understand why other groups dropped this... -_____-;;

It's come to our attention that Yen Press has licensed Darker than Black, so we're going to have to friend-lock that release. ("Friend-locking" means YOU MUST JOIN THE COMMUNITY TO SEE ANY LOCKED POSTS.)

Article is HERE.

Sorry if it inconveniences any one. >_<;;

NOTE [Oct 25, 2009]: To find DtB, you HAVE to be a member, because it's LOCKED AND you have to dig a bit. LJ ate all the links, so there's only ONE POST with a MediaFire link to all the files.  Try February postings on the topic... it's in there. You can look for my griping about the links disappearing.

Yeah... Superior will be out next week due to some technical difficulties.

Instead, I bring you:

SCRATCH MARKS OF LOVE CH 12: [MF] // [SS] // [4S] // [MU]
(Ch 10-12 at 4SHARED)

PATLABOR VOL 2 FIRST HALF: [MF] // [SS] // [4S] // [MU]
(ALL OTHER RELEASES: MF)

Definitely next week, Superior... (that's why I said "probably" last week...) and, most likely, the second half of v2 of Patlabor... (not 100% with that one...)

Oh, HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY kriptonima !!! This LONG LONG awaited chapter of Neko Samurai is just for you! (and everyone else can have a piece if they want... XD)

NEKO SAMURAI (YAOI)

Neko Samurai Ch 5: [MF] // [MU] // [4S] // [SS]
Neko Samurai MediaFire Folder: Ch1-5
Neko Samurai 4Shared Folder: Ch 1-5

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PATLABOR
Thanks to a donation of scans from KickTheKitty, we have VOLUME ONE of PATLABOR!! YAY!!!

Patlabor COMPLETE Vol 1: [MF] // [MU] // [SS] // [4S]
Patlabor COMPLETE Vol 3: [MF] // [MU] // [SS] // [4S]
Vol 3 is a collected file. The whole volume is 71MB. If you need smaller files, the chapters are collected separately in MediaFire

MediaFire Folder: Vol 1 + Vol 3 + Vol 4.1&2
4Share Folder: SAME FILES

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Next release will be next week (I SWEAR). Scratch Marks of Love and PROBABLY Superior...

DARKER THAN BLACK
LASTLY: Darker than Black: Jet Black Flower is DROPPED. It's being done by like two other groups, and that's fine. It means I can work on other projects more.

It's only half, but the chapters are 50 pgs long...

Superior 2a: [MF] // [SS] // [MU]

We ARE doing the sequel to Darker than Black, Darker than BLACK: Shikkoku no Hana. I had always intended to do the sequel IF there was one. There was a lot of talk for a long time, so I'm still somewhat bemused that it happened!

Well, seeing as it's now reality, we will be doing it... as soon as I can find Young Gangan. >_<;;

Well, I'm ordering it, but if ANY ONE has copies they can scan for us, we would love you for EVER and EVER.

Thanks,

ZL

Yeeees!!

The new: (AnimeNewsNetwork)

Funimation is releasing the first anime series in North America.

We're slow in general, because all of us work, and a few of us go to school as well. Well, you all know that, so no need to rehash the truth.

ABOUT YAOI
I know we seem to have slacked a bit on YAOI, but please understand that we go through LONG phases of nothing but YAOI. I felt the need to work on a couple of other projects (like Patlabor) that haven't had a release in eons. We will have an new YAOI release SOON, though.

ABOUT SUPERIOR
Yeah, I don't like being stressed out about stuff. I have enough "important" crap that I need to take care of without pressures from the Internet. We should have a new release of this out in like a week. I got a new contract gig that's due Monday, so I couldn't work on this like I wanted to.

ABOUT OTHER PROJECTS
I'm going to be flat out blunt: I'm not going to fight with people over non-YAOI projects. Heck, I might not even fight over YAOI projects. To my mind, it seems ridiculous to fight and scratch over an illegal process any way. Additionally, there are literally thousands of manga out in the world. Why must we fight when there are so many manga in the world? Of course, it IS irritating when you've spent your own money and time to scan, clean, and translate something for a long period, and someone just decides to give it a go. I honestly hesitated with Superior, but we had announced our intentions before that other group, and I had already bought it and had it scanned. A lot of personal money was used to make it happen.

The bottom line is, just approach me WITH RESPECT regarding a project, and we can discuss it.

We are looking for HELP in the form of Japanese translators for:

• For the Rose
  
• Mononokemono
  
• Sleeping Flower

Or just about any project we have, if you're interested. (We only deal in Japanese. Sorry... >_<)

Otherwise, we are just slow because we just are. Thank you for your understanding.

Oh ho ho... thought I'd never get back to it... huh?



Patlabor Vol 4 ch 1-2: [ MF ] // [ MU ] // [ SS ]

All of Patlabor Vol 3 chapters

PLEASE give us feedback so we know you're reading!! Thanks!

YEH... so slow. It's been done for awhile, but I'm a wuss and a worrywart... sorry!!

50x50 Ch2b: [MF] // [MU] // [SS] // [4S]

Um, hopefully, all things being equal, we'll speed up a bit. (no promises. >_< )

This is a combination of all of Kunieda's "body bits" stories and the FINAL installment. The Reason His Earlobes Redden just has an Afterword, and some color pages from the book.

There are extra images in the Volume release, although, really, if you just want the story, I'm releasing that separately.

On The Palm of Your Hand: [ 4S] // [MU] // [SS] // [MF]

The Reason His Earlobes Redden (COLLECTION): [ MF] // [MU] // [SS]

Hope you enjoy them!

EDIT: Because some of you asked for the EXTRAS on their own... I'm doing it. But only on MediaFire. I'm too lazy to do much else. [MF]