24 August 2011

Golfing Emperor Zero (last updated Aug. 24)

Since the old Zero post has now been bumped to page 2, this'll be the new post for the next few chapters. Now, I have a question to ask for Zero fans. Should I continue working from weekly magazine scans or wait for volume scans and work with those? As you probably all know, my editing is sub-par at best so waiting for volume scans which will inevitably pop up will lead to much better looking scans. Of course, I will use the weekly magazine scans until this golfing arc is over as to not interrupt this ball-bustingly intense golfing duel to the death. Keep in mind that v1 of Zero part 2 will probably be the golfing arc so if I do switch over, it won't be until v2 is out that you can expect to see more chapters. There is a 3rd option, which is to recruit a proper editor (typesetter/cleaner), though I'm a little hesitant about collaborating on a weekly project for personal reasons.

So just to summarize again, what do you guys want?
1. Continue weekly with magazine scans
2. Work from the monthly volume scans that pop up every 2-3 months.
3. Work weekly but get a proper editor (contact me by email if you are interested)


While on the subject of talking about recruiting editors, is there anybody interested in working with me on Tomorrow's Joe? Joe has a ton of dialogue bubbles and I'm seriously starting to get pissed off at how tedious it is. Not even sure how the hell Chiba Tetsuya and Kajiwara Ikki (aka Takamori Asao) managed to jam so many lines in this manga without making it sound wordy and unnecessary, a talent I only wish Fukumoto had. Some experience is preferable, though just about anybody can easily learn to pick it up, I suppose. The workload would be releasing a ~30 page chapter per week so please refrain from offering if you're already busy helping other scanlation groups unless you're some hardworking NEET (an oxymoron or no?).

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32 comments:

  1. Anonymous24 August 2011 at 01:24

    I'm all for no 1. Too many of the series I'm currently following are released on a bi-monthly basis. And frankly, your editing isn't horrible. It's not very good, of course -- but it's readable and pictures are clear enough -- so as long as the translation is correct, that'll do for me :)

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  2. Anonymous24 August 2011 at 02:10

    My vote goes for #1 too.

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  3. sensei 1224 August 2011 at 02:29

    1. Continue weekly with magazine scans

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  4. Guren24 August 2011 at 02:51

    Continue weekly please.

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  5. Anonymous24 August 2011 at 03:26

    I'll put some variety of opinions.

    2. Manga is more enjoyable with volumes

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  6. ilovekazehikaru24 August 2011 at 03:40

    No 1 since I don't care much about quality. But if the volume scan has omake then should be noted to check out.

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  7. Anonymous24 August 2011 at 04:07

    I don't hate the magazine scans, but my vote still goes for the volume scans.

    Then again, the pacing in Zero is pretty good so reading one chapter at a time isn't as bad as it would be in Kaiji or something.

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  8. Anonymous24 August 2011 at 04:16

    #2 because reading whole volumes at once is much more enjoyable than chapter by chapter, don't care much for quality.

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  9. Anonymous24 August 2011 at 05:23

    I don't want to tell you what you should do, but i would appreciate weekly releases! thx for your hard work,Hox

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  10. Anonymous24 August 2011 at 05:24

    While waiting long periods of time for Fukumoto is pretty excruciating, I'll still have to say Volume scans.

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  11. Anonymous24 August 2011 at 07:38

    If I get to choose I'd choose weekly, but whatever you're most comfortable doing is always best? The dialog is what FKMT series is all about anyway, not the majestic art.

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  12. Anonymous24 August 2011 at 10:03

    I vote weekly.

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  13. Anonymous24 August 2011 at 12:07

    Weekly, I don't think I could do that long without delicious Zero.

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  14. Anonymous24 August 2011 at 14:11

    Hope all of the editing tedium with Joe gets taken care of--It's one of my favorite series!

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  15. Anonymous24 August 2011 at 14:18

    I do endorse the weekly option.
    That said, I cannot edit.

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  16. Anonymous24 August 2011 at 14:43

    Weekly.
    Most people doesn't read Zero for the eye candy.

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  17. Chicken Maker24 August 2011 at 15:22

    We totally read it for the eye-candy, but I need my Fukumoto fix so please keep using the magazine scans.

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  18. Anonymous25 August 2011 at 00:39

    #2

    Much more enjoyable reading as volumes.

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  19. Anonymous25 August 2011 at 01:17

    #1. Artwork isn't exactly what we're looking for when we read Fukumoto.

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  20. Hox25 August 2011 at 02:23

    Seems like 1 is the majority so far so I'll go with that. I'm just glad nobody seems to be bothered by these weekly scans I put out, which even by my standards, looked pretty bad.

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  21. Anonymous25 August 2011 at 05:26

    Oops, im late however my vote is #2 =)

    thanks for Zero!

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  22. Anonymous25 August 2011 at 13:16

    That's a hard decision and you should probably do want you want to.
    On one side, I can barely wait to read the chapter each week, on the other side I really can't figure out what's going on sometimes because the scans are bad.
    #3 would be the best option but I don't know if that's possible.
    Whatever, I hope Zero gets a clean release in the future.

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  23. Anonymous26 August 2011 at 00:40

    #2 A chapter always feels to short and if it also means less work for you and a little better quality :)

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  24. Anonymous26 August 2011 at 12:57

    And that's it, I'm rooting for the Golfer. Time to stop reading it.

    >Rooting this early for the wrong character is bad.

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  25. Anonymous27 August 2011 at 01:39

    2. I just wait until every vol is scanlated before I start reading anyways.

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  26. Anonymous27 August 2011 at 10:04

    Whatever happened with the collab with Project Bite Me for Joe?

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  27. Hox27 August 2011 at 14:48

    They dropped out.

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  28. Anonymous28 August 2011 at 19:45

    Well that blows. I really hope you find someone to help you with that. I'm surprised more people aren't helping with Joe given how big it is in Japanese culture and all.

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  29. milkticket28 August 2011 at 20:46

    #2 I'd rather wait for monthly volumes :)

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  30. Anonymous31 August 2011 at 06:58

    I vote for the 2nd option.

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  31. Guy1 September 2011 at 01:12

    Option 1 is cool and all, as long is there is somebody editing the volume scans once they come out, eith Hox's translations. Surely there is someone doing that, right>?

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  32. Arles11 September 2011 at 06:57

    I'd like to see if I can help cleaning and editing Ashita no Joe.
    My email is arles.alexis@gmail.com if you wish to talk about it.

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