5 February 2012

Farewell, Franken Fran

Here they are, chapters 60 and 61 of Franken Fran. I wanted to get this out by yesterday to coincide with my 3rd-year anniversary as a scanlator, but real life unfortunately got in the way. As I said before, chapter 61 is unfortunately the last chapter of Franken Fran. I'll withhold myself from spoiling anything, but I will say that like the ending of Black Jack, it lacks a certain oomph that episodic series ought to have in their end. In any case, Franken Fran v8 is set to come out in Japan on the 20th of this month, so hopefully it won't be too long until I can get scans to translate the little extra that Kigitsu puts at the end. We probably won't get an actual omake chapter, since I would assume the space for that is taken by the 2nd Phase20 oneshot but one can always hope.

In other news, Kigitsu isn't going to be slacking around as she's getting right into her next new series titled "Hasami-Onna" (Scissors-woman) which'll start in next- No wait, actually I think it's this month's issue of Champion Red. Perhaps that in itself might imply Kigitsu put an end to Franken Fran as she had other ideas she wanted to try but not have it constrained by the usual format of Franken Fran. But I can't say anything for certain until I see what her new manga will be like.

Oh, and to those who want to ask me if I'll pick up her new manga, my answer is no (for the time being) since I want to give additional focus to finishing up Joe. So if you're a translator and you like Kigitsu, hopefully you'll take the initiative. If not, I'll probably come back to it once I finish Joe.

Note: Apparently, I'm a fucking retard who never bothered to check up his sources because Kigitsu is actually a man (like everyone thought before being told otherwise). I don't know where I initially heard this from and even mangaupdates (though I guess that's not a very reliable database at all) had his gender listed as female. In any case, I've learned my lesson to always check sources first.

Download:
Franken Fran c60:   Mediafire
Franken Fran c61:   Mediafire
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33 comments:

  1. Anonymous5 February 2012 at 21:24

    Thank you for taking the time to bring an amazing and important series like joe to us.

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  2. Anonymous5 February 2012 at 21:33

    So it ends, thanks for all the releases.

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  3. Dan5 February 2012 at 22:01

    Fram-M/Fran-L dakimakura -- how soon and how much?

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  4. Anonymous5 February 2012 at 22:14

    oh man, just like that it ended.
    thank you so much, hox, for translating this wonderful series for our enjoyment to the very end!

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  5. Anonymous5 February 2012 at 22:28

    c61 invalid file

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  6. Hox5 February 2012 at 22:37

    The link's fixed now, I had to change the credits page because of the gender mishap.

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  7. Anonymous5 February 2012 at 23:50

    Thanks for all the hard work on this series. Sad that it had to end. :( As for Kigitsu's next project, where may I be able to find it?

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  8. Anonymous6 February 2012 at 03:07

    Thank you and snoopycool for all the hard work on the series for all those years.

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  9. Anonymous6 February 2012 at 04:02

    Thank you so much for all the translated Fran you gave us these years.
    About the author's gender: I think on manga fox I've read a "her" referring to Kigitsu in the Helen ESP topic. It's been so long ago though that I could be very wrong.

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  10. Anonymous6 February 2012 at 04:11

    >Franken Fran discontinued
    >Helen ESP continues
    IIISSSSHHHHYYYYGGGDDDDTTTT

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  11. Anonymous6 February 2012 at 05:27

    Thanks for taking the time to scanlate this. It's kind of weird, but I still enjoyed the series overall. Keep up the good work Hox.

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  12. Anonymous6 February 2012 at 07:32

    Woohooo. been waiting for some joe.

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  13. Kuro vi Lolitannia6 February 2012 at 07:56

    Fran-L = Left
    Fran-M = ???

    Thanks for the release though guys. A bit disappointing ending indeed...

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  14. Anonymous6 February 2012 at 12:52

    Thanks, have been waiting for more Joe. I appreciate the dedication.

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  15. Anonymous6 February 2012 at 12:53

    Let's hope that his next series is just as great.
    Great work as always, Hox! :)

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  16. Amuro6 February 2012 at 23:16

    >Kigitsu is a man
    I trusted you, Hox! I truuuuusted youuuuuuuuuu!

    Well, it's finally over, big guy. Even though it had been losing steam for a while, I still feel sad to see it go. How do you feel about it? Do you know if the Scissors-woman series is going to be centered around the girl with the huge scissors from the old Fran extras?

    Also, both of these chapters have "Kuhou" spelled like "Kubou." Intentional?

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  17. Slumber7 February 2012 at 00:03

    Fucking retard?
    Don't be so hard on yourself;
    you're the coolest fucking retard I know of.

    Thanks for finishing this wacky, fun series

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  18. Hox7 February 2012 at 01:36

    Ah shit, that was my mistake. Fuck Kubou for getting me all mixed up. And I don't know anything more about his new manga. We'll just have to wait for the first chapter later this month.

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  19. Anonymous7 February 2012 at 07:23

    I would fuck Kubou. All of them.

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  20. Keel7 February 2012 at 17:07

    Thanks for your fantastic work on this manga so far.

    I hope to be able to keep reading your translations in the future.

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  21. Anonymous7 February 2012 at 20:46

    Man, I have been reading this forever, and in ended in such a short notice. Between Fran, Punpun, Zero, Kurosawa, Furuya's works and many more, I can't believe how many hours I've invested reading your translations. So, I might as well take the time and say thank you for everything. And I always expected with glee for every new credit gag ("I hate japanese game shows so goddamned much!" makes me chuckle every single time). You're awesome, man.


    PD: selfcest doujin fucking when?

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  22. Anonymous9 February 2012 at 22:07

    Oh gods! Cruelty has struck. My Fran, my beloved, has forever been stolen from my life. Those precious afternoons spent with her, reading through her fantastic journeys, are of quantity now expired. If I had known this would end, would I have been able to treasure them more? But now that it is over, a thought which at once saddens me, also invigors within a deep gratitude.

    Thanks you Hox, for all you have done over the years. Please share my unbounded appreciation with anyone and everyone that carries responsibility for making these stories accessible to my English-bound mind.

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  23. Anonymous11 February 2012 at 04:04

    Offtopic:

    https://twitter.com/#!/manganewsjapon/status/168209009747296256

    punpun going on a break till may

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  24. Anonymous10 March 2012 at 00:29

    Any estimate on when you can post the final volume?

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    1. Hox11 March 2012 at 13:28

      That all depends on when my raw provider sends me the scans.

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  25. Anonymous14 April 2012 at 13:29

    5 FEBRUARY? guess I had to check one of my all-time favourite series status sooner. I felt like Kigitsu was running out of gas in the last chapters, but who could imagine such a brutal ending?
    its kind of stupid, and redundant at this point, but I feel sad.
    bloody fucking hell.

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  26. Anonymous26 April 2012 at 19:53

    I've noticed the raw of volume 8 is already there in the Internet, so I'm curious to know if you will post the extras of that volume - since Fran ended a few months ago.

    Sorry if I'm sounding demanding.

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  27. mn_mega14 May 2012 at 05:36

    Wait, does this take place after Panoramic Island or before it?

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  28. Anonymous10 September 2012 at 09:50

    Thanks so much for doing this awesome series. One question... do you know why the two Frans were labelled L and M instead of the obvious L and R?

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    1. Hox10 September 2012 at 10:44

      Oh, woops. That's a slip-up of mine that I hadn't noticed. In the original text, it's H and M for Hidari(left) and Migi(Right). I planned to translate it as L and R, but when it came to M, my brain must've forgot what the fuck it was doing and left it as it was.

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    2. Anonymous15 September 2012 at 04:02

      Ah, that explains it. Thanks.

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  29. Anonymous12 November 2012 at 09:27

    Bump! So what's going on with his new work, "Hasami-Onna?"

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