Chapter 15 and 16 are done, meaning Gyanki-Hen volume 2 is now completely scanlated! Also, I only realized at the very last page of volume 2 that Zero has a custom shirt with a custom logo and everything. Damn, that's pretty baller. In other news, I have been alerted to where I can get weekly scans of Zero. However, doing v2 made me realize how much I better enjoy Zero when reading on a volume by volume basis. So I'm sorry to say that I will work from only the volume scans for Zero from now on, despite the contrary feedback I received several months ago. But at least on the bright side, a new volume comes out every 3 months so it won't seem like forever between the releases unlike with Punpun.

Download:
Gyanki-Hen c015-016:   Mediafire
Gyanki-Hen v02:   Mediafire

Tomorrow's Joe v08 (last updated Feb.21)

Alright, time to get a move on Joe again. Helping me with this project now will be Happy Scans (cleaning) and Arles, who kindly volunteered to do the typesetting for me. For the time being, my plan is to release a 20~30 page chapter every weekend. Not quite as fast as I'd ideally want, but my own life restricts me from going any faster than that. In any case, you're gonna love this volume as it has the showdown we've all been waiting for.

Truly a classy antagonist to remember for the ages.

I really like Chiba Tetsuya's faces for each of the audiences.

Such a Yabuki-esque thing to do.

Can't stop chuckling at how Rikiishi looks here.

Download:
Tomorrow's Joe   v08-1:   Mediafire
Tomorrow's Joe   v08-2:   Mediafire
Tomorrow's Joe   v08-3:   Mediafire
Tomorrow's Joe   v08-4:   Mediafire
Tomorrow's Joe   v08-5:   Mediafire
Tomorrow's Joe   v08-6:   Mediafire

Gyanki-Hen Volume 2 (last updated Jan. 6)

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Happy New Year's, folks. Time to kick off the new year right with some good ol' Fukumoto. Got a pretty good volume coming up, which'll transition us in to the next gamble and explain a little bit about what happened after part 1. I left out the cover page for now because it sort of spoils the next chapter but I'll include it in the batch file when I finish the volume.

Awww, no more golfing. Here's to hoping Fukumoto makes some sort of crazy life-or-death curling gamble in future chapters.

Poker instead of mahjong? In my Fukumoto manga? Stop the fucking presses.

Dat ass. Enough said.

This chapter almost felt like something out of Franken Fran.

Download:
Gyanki-Hen c008:   Mediafire
Gyanki-Hen c009-011:   Mediafire
Gyanki-Hen c012:   Mediafire
Gyanki-Hen c013:   Mediafire
Gyanki-Hen c014:   Mediafire

Kirisuke and Johnny

Wasn't planning on doing this oneshot so soon, but it's been several months since I promised the anonymous who kindly scanned this for me and I felt guilty about just sitting on it for so long. In any case, the oneshot is called Kirisuke and Johnny, The Slaying of 499, by Enomoto Shunji. Perhaps you don't recognize the name, but I'm sure some of you will remember Enomoto's other oneshot, The Family Zoo. After all, who could ever forget that story? Seriously, if you haven't read it, go do so. It's another fine example of WHY JAPAN? But back to talking about Kirisukue and Johnny. This one's not really weird at all for an Enomoto manga. Just 112 pages full of dynamic action, speed lines, and minimal dialogue. A fun short read. I hope you enjoy it!

Download:
Kirisuke and Johnny, The Slaying of 499:   Mediafire

Gyanki-Hen Volume 1

Hurray, volume 1 of Gambling Emperor Zero (aka Gyanki-Hen) is out! Unfortunately, it only gives us one additional chapter to what I had previously translated from the magazine raws... But no need to fret because volume 2 comes out in Japan next week! Of course, we'll have to wait for some moonlander to scan it and I probably won't be able to work on it until January, but we'll have 9-10 new chapters soon enough. Until then, enjoy Zero trolling Kyousuke with physics!

Download:
Gyanki-Hen c007:   Mediafire
Gyanki-Hen v01:   Mediafire (c1-6 are just the regular magazine scans, while 7 is the only one that used the better quality volume scans)

Goodnight Takashi v09 + Minor Status Update

Enough with the walls of text already, Asano. You're driving me crazy.

Alright, managed to get the entire volume done by the end of the weekend. Mission accomplished. The batch volume file I've linked below fixed a couple minor errors I've made in earlier releases but let me know if you spot any other issues. Now that the volume's done, I guess it's back to 6-8 months of waiting while we all complain about how slow Punpun releases are! This time, it's going to be particularly tough after the way this volume ended.

In other news, my new mediafire is <www.mediafire.com/hoxbox> I'm still in the midst of uploading all the stuff I've translated over the years, however. If you're wondering what the hell happened to Franken Fran, don't worry, I haven't forgotten about it. I've just been caught up doing other things as of late. But I'll try to get the 2 chapters of Fran that I'm behind on out as soon as possible, along with Zero and another Phase 20 oneshot that Kigitsu recently released. Otherwise, don't expect too much from me this December. If all goes well, I'll come out of my "break" from scanlation this January and resume work on Joe and Sangokushi. That's it for now, folks!

Download:

Goodnight Punpun c99:   Mediafire

Goodnight Punpun v09:   Mediafire

Punpun v9 (last updated Nov. 27)

And the wait is over! Well... I guess not quite since you still have to wait for it to get translated. I'm not sure how fast I can get the volume done, but I'll try to pump out at least 2 chapters per day until I'm through. And yes, I know that my mediafire has 404'd. Seems that my old account was deleted because it linked to the root folder or something. I don't know. But I'm in the midst of making a new one and uploading everything again. On a related note, does anybody know of any other good filesharing sites other than mediafire (preferably without any annoying load times) that allows for easy organization?

Nice self-insert there, Asano. Getting quite meta, aren't we?

What is with anime/manga's obsession with collective consciousness anyways?

First manga, and now commentary on the Tohoku Earthquake?

And you thought Punpun had problems.

95's done and I uploaded a fixed version of 94. Also, my new mediafire is www.mediafire.com/hoxbox

Mimura's such a bro.

How vulgar.

Guess who's back.

Download:
Goodnight Punpun c90:   Mediafire
Goodnight Punpun c91:   Mediafire
Goodnight Punpun c92:   Mediafire
Goodnight Punpun c93:   Mediafire
Goodnight Punpun c94:   Mediafire
Goodnight Punpun c95:   Mediafire
Goodnight Punpun c96:   Mediafire
Goodnight Punpun c97:   Mediafire
Goodnight Punpun c98:   Mediafire

Phocion the Good

After the several month-long break, Historie is finally back! Enjoy the chapter, I know I did. Also, the last page is an ad about Eumenes' board game being included with every volume of Historie v7 set to come out on Nov. 22. Too bad the pieces aren't carved figures, though that'd jack up the prices by quite a bit. As with the previous volumes, v7 will be scanlated so we can get the fixed-up art. The previous HQ rescanlations were done by Project Scanlations but its site has since then gone down so I'm not exactly sure who'll do it this time. Nevertheless, you have my word that it will get done.

Download:
Historie c71:   Download

Franken Fran c57

Alright, I got some good news and bad news so gather around. The good news is that new Franken Fran is out and Zero part 2 volume 1 will be out in Japan on Oct. 17. Of course, it'll still be some time until it's scanned and translated but we should definitely be able to see how the golfing match turned out in the near future. The bad news is that Amuro, my editor/cleaner/professional joke-maker for Franken Fran is resigning from the project. You can read more about that on his blog.

So in short, I need a volunteer to help me on this project. Requirements are cleaning/typesetting/editing experience and a sense of humour (I've rather grown fond of reading Amuro's jokes at the end of every chapter and I'd like to continue that if possible).

Download:
Franken Fran c57:   Mediafire

Parasyte Doujin

Since Iwaaki hasn't released any Historie in over 3 months, I thought I'd try to make things up to you guys by translating this Parasyte doujin. Yes, you heard me correctly. A goddamn doujinshi of Parasyte that was released in the most recent Comiket 80. The story is an alternate retelling of events from when Tamura Reiko is about to hand over her child to Shinichi in the park. Obviously, if you haven't read Parasyte, you'll be lost so please do read the manga before.

Seizon Senryaku!

This picture's not from the doujin but I thought I might as well post it since I found it amusing and it was also drawn by the same artist who drew this doujin. Also, speaking of doujins, does anybody happen to have that Ever17 one I translated years ago? Mediafire had this bug some time ago where it randomly deleted some of my files including the Ever 17 one and the backup I kept on my hard drive was lost when my last laptop died... I really hope someone out there still has it saved.

Download:
Tamurabon: Mediafire