Wednesday, March 30, 2011

The Affair of the Jellyfish!


Alright, here's chapter 20 of Kuragehime. Even if you have already read the version from The Black Abyss, we would be pleased if you read our release as well, as there were several differences between our translation and theirs, some of them subtle, and others we consider to be negligent (as in on a couple of the pages, a few of the words were left out entirely, and others were left untranslated, such as on signs). We find this partly amusing, since they took the time to do all the sound effects, something we ourselves do not do. Anyway, we are happy to still be working on the manga and providing quality releases.

As was mentioned in a previous post, this is the point in the manga where it starts deviating from where the anime left off. The chapter title comes from the 2001 American film of the same name. You may notice that The Black Abyss translated it as "Marie Antoinette's Necklace", which is actually a direct translation from the Japanese (as that is the Japanese title of the film). As we've been doing since volume 1, some of the chapter titles (like this one) are not direct, but instead maintain the nuance of what piece of media is being referenced. We believe this to make more sense than a direct translation, specifically in the case of well-known media.

Kuragehime ch. 20: Mediafire, Megaupload

12 comments:

  1. Thaaaaaaaaanksss!! yay!! And i really prefer a good translation than sound effects xD

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  2. Ah, thank you! I really hope you guys continue scanlating this!

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  3. Hello again, I'm glad you decide to continue with this project, to be honest I prefer your version a thousand times, I love it (your work and the series)-->(the series is getting better! and better!) and I am very grateful to you for sharing it with us, and wtb... love the titles explanations, bye :)

    Bluchan

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  4. I'm really grateful for all the awesome ascanlations, but I get the feeling you don't even read the comments...

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  5. @love-michiyuki

    We read all the comments.

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  6. Thank you so much :3 I love your subs ;___; so much

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  7. Thank you so much! I will of course read your version! I was looking forward to it! Keep up the good job! =)

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  8. I love your work guys, please don't drop this series

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  9. If that estan very good the front pages
    Estan brilliant that good that follow this project I am charmed with ¡
    I wish them a lot of luck XD

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  10. @Juhachi

    Then why do you not at least reply to messages like these?

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  11. Thanks for continuing this project^^ I also prefer your translations :D

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  12. I love your translations and I usually do prefer your version, but I thought this chapter seemed a bit ...awkward? It seems to me that you tried really hard not to overlap with the other translation group, but that made a bit of the text sound strange? :X
    That was just my opinion, but please keep up the good work! :)

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