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]

I know someone else is releasing this, but... yeah... we did it any way.

Apparently there was a PAGE missing... >_<;;
MISSING PAGE 07:
                                             DDL IT HERE.

I don't know how THAT happened... but it was done. >_>;;

Oh ho ho! About time!! XD

Nothing new, nothing borrowed, but maybe... a little blue. ~_^


SMoL - [ MF ] // [ SS ] // [ 4S ] // [ MU ] // [ BN ]

Yeah, I know... we're slow again.

For some reason, my typesetter is slow acting... ha ha ha... well, IRL stuff happens so I can't say a thing. But, Scratch marks of Love should be out at some point.

I also have v8 ch 01 of Superior in the works. It's ALMOST done, but... I'm having issues with one page. And I'm having some issues with Patlabor and I'm really sorry, because if I were just BETTER, I'd spit these out like used gum!! ;__;

So, please be patient while these get finished up. Superior SHOULD be out by the weekend (I'm HOPING!!) if Scratch marks doesn't come back to me.

Thanks for the understanding!

Okay, folks... due to the sheer number of comments, questions, and pure confusion regarding the DtB manga, I'm going to respond thusly:

1. Currently there are only TWO VOLUMES of the manga. The first tankubon didn't have ANY extras. The second IS COMPLETE. (The Wiki entry has been corrected.)
2. If there happens to be more released, we will pick them up, but it was completed last year and no new chapters have been released.
3. THE MANGA IS NOT MEANT TO ANSWER ANYTHING. Sorry, but that's the sad truth. It's an interlude, a side-story, in the overall anime arc.
4. When I think about ALL the work it'll take to redo volume one (and we don't even have tank scans for it), I cringe. I really do. So I'm not sure we're going to re-release vol 1 in a tank form UNLESS SOMEONE GIVES US THE SCANS. (Odd that manga collections don't just random and freely grow on trees.)

If there are any more questions that I can answer regarding the manga, I will. I want to REITERATE that the manga is just a side-note in the overall anime arc. It doesn't have anything to do with the anime storyline. It's a SHOUJO and focused on Kana, whereas the anime was SEINEN. That should tell you that it has nothing to do with the anime right there. -__-;

Hope that clarifies things!

ZL

IT'S DONE!!!

Darker than Black Ch 9: [ MF ] // [ MU ] // [ SS ] // [ 4S ]
Darker than Black - 4Coms: [ MF ] / [ MU ] // [ SS ] // [ 4S ]

Although there is some sadness in seeing Hei go bye-bye, there are so many other manga in the world we need to START!!! ^__^

It's not much, but I wanted to get it out...

50x50 ch2a: [MF] // [SS] // [MU]

MORE TO COME (just... not NOW...)

HAPPY HOLIDAYS, FOLKS! (Whatever you're celebrating, I hope it's good to you!)

Until further notice, Katekyo Hitman Reborn is dropped. Oozora has mostly dissolved so... yeah... sorry to any fans!

Otherwise... plugging away at projects... between holiday crap...

Apparently we were missing 2-pgs, which was pointed out to me by fallenmonster, so I need to thank her for her contribution. (There are omake, but don't expect that out in a flash. >_<; )

Shameless Night
Nanase is constantly bombarded by people who want him. They stalk and harass him, wanting to have lunch or (more to the point) sex. Because of this, Nanase relies on his cousin, Wataru, for protection against all the crazy stalkers, perverts, and freaks after his body. But in trying to gain Wataru's approval, Nanase seems to have lost him, and when he finds out the truth about Wataru, will he still avoid the intimacy of love?

Here are the two extra pages and the CORRECTED entire file.


CORRECTION (Just those two pages): [ MF ] // [ SS ] // [ 4S ] // [ MU ]


Shameless Night (Corrected file): [ MF ] // [ SS ] // [ MU ] // [ 4S ]

Yeah, some stuff...

• Okay, all things being equal, my time is freed up for the next TWO months (more or less), so releases WILL speed up. (Thank god!!)
  
  
• If there's no objection, we will take over Superior (Mangaka: ichtys) from JanimeS, since they've dropped it.
  
  
• 50X50 is apparently NOT a single or even a two-shot release by Kunieda Saika. It's a continuous story, and we will continue to cover it! If POSSIBLE, if you know someone with a copy of B-Boy (AKA: BeXBoy) who would be willing to give us scans, we will cry grateful tears. Honestly, buying B-Boy for ONE series is a bitch. >_>;;;

I DID get some people applying for Proofreaders, for which I am grateful, but our output right now is REALLY slow, so... I will get back to you more this month.

Other than, I AM getting desperate for a SKILLED TYPESETTER for YAOI and NON-YAOI projects. (Basically ANYTHING.) Experience is appreciated, but I will take people who are learning Photoshop and can Raw Typeset stuff (that is, drop the text in the right spots, and someone will come behind and make it look all fancy and whatever).

Also looking for Japanese translators for these projects:

• Patlabor
  
• For the Rose
  
• Mononokemono
  
• Sleeping Flower

(I mean, I'm translating them, but I'd like to release them faster for folks...) Of course, we will take on translators with ideas for projects of their own, YAOI, shounen, shoujo... we don't care. We like them all!!

Thanks!!!

Oh I know.... it's been awhile. BUT - it's a special occasion!!

We're looking at our THIRD anniversary (SHOCK) so I thought we'd drop a few releases. Following the 20th, there will be more frequent releases (I'm on break!!).

Now... enjoy!

DtB Ch 8: [ MF ] // [ 4S ] // [ MU ] // [ SS ]
DtB Omake: [ MF ] // [ 4S ] // [ MU ] // [ SS ]

FFY: I Need the Sun ch 4: [ MF ] // [ 4S ] // [ MU ] // [ SS ]

In case folks were wondering (what with the shut down of so many YAOI sites... ;__; ), we are NOT dead. Just... sort of taking it easy. More easy than necessary, but that's my fault. GOMEN!!!

PROJECT UPDATES

NON-YAOI

Darker than Black: It's taking awhile to redo the second volume completely. I KNOW you guys just want the last chapters, but... well... PATIENCE!! There are some corrections to the text I want to make!

Hitman Reborn: This is primarily Oozora, and I don't know what's going on.

For the Rose: We are RE-SCANNING the last volumes of this. The scans we located were MQ at best, and I don't really like that (when possible). So, this will take awhile to finish up.

Patlabor: Aiya... the slow down has affected this the most. GOMEN!!

YAOI

50X50: The second story has been found and is in the process of being scanned. The problem is we only have ONE scanner. Hopefully this will be out soon.

Love Blossom Blooming A-GO-GO Next chapter is in translation.

Fool For You Next chapter is in translation.

Sleeping Flower: Volume 3 is being rescanned due to some faulty pages in the copy we received.

Shameless Night: Actually, this was put on hold for lack of a cleaner. Guess I'd better go crack a whip...

Baby*Maybe: We lost our typesetter... so we're behind!!

Scratch-marks of Love: In translation.

Neko Samurai: I'm just lazy. Sorry.

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I THINK I covered all of them... right now... our project schedule is SLOW. VERY SLOW. Hopefully we'll have something out this week. Sorry for the wait everyone!!! We're kinda low on staff on top of my being a lazy so-and-so... thus I apologize!!

ZL