.from the city/to the sky.

I know, I know. "Where the hell are those scanlations, woman!?"
I'm getting to them. Slowly.
It's just, I have these copic markers on my desk, and they were just mocking me, and I had some blank copic paper and... -rambles-

I'm hauling out my main excuse for the lack of scanlations: School! Or, actually, preparing for school.  There was a bunch of rushed-chaos with my college plans. I actually switched colleges at the end of last month, lol, so... it's been hectic.
BUT WAIT! Dear child, that gives no reason as to why you couldn't have been translating, oh, say, all of July and June and May! Care to explain?
-guilty-
I'll be starting back up again, first by posting the first chapter (which, as you may have noticed, is not to be found anywhere on my blog) and then by trying to catch back up. I have... chapters nine and ten translated, I think, and chapter eight almost finished (I work out of order). Anyways. -cough-
How has your summer been? Started any cool projects? All I've done is work out things for a novel and doodle (and pine over Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles).

Some five-ten minute speed paints I did. WHEEEEEE. I felt like sharing. Probably because of my love of the new FMA chapter.
(Oh, good gods. I love Greed.)

YE FOLK WHO WATCH MY JOURNAL.
INTRODUCTIONS. NAO. Do eeeet.

As always: give credit where credit's due.
Thanks to my friend Hayato for doing the rough translation on this one.



































Translation notes:
WHY SO MUCH "ARINSU", SHIRAGIKU?
Sanbonmatsu: Literally, "Three Pine Trees".
Kushinada's name: Literally translated, the kanji would mean "Skewer Snake".
Kushinada's speech: Why hate on me so much, Kushinada? Kushinada has a somewhat informal speech pattern and often uses abbreviated forms of words. There's not much I can do about translating it, since any other way would make her sound too informal.
Shiragiku's name: "White chrysanthemum".
Shiragiku's speech: Shiragiku has an oddly formal way of speaking, often ending her sentances with "arinsu", which is a dated form of "desu" I would normally associated with high class ladies, but there's a slight sense of modesty to it, as well.
Narumi and the "princess": In the Japanese version, he refers to her as "Ohime-sama", which would be like "Princess-sama"--in other words, high respect, BUT, this is Narumi who's saying it. Since it seems to me quite sarcastic, I left it as just "princess" because of the same sarcastic connotation it can have in the English language.

By the way, I noticed I never did a list of name-ending particles--which I should have, but I was assuming most people reading this would be familiar with the terms. Derp. I'll write a quick note about it here:

-San: A very common honorific, like "Ms." or "Mr." Pretty much used in any situation where you need to be polite.
-Sama: It shows greater respect than that of "san". Used to show such great respect.
-Dono: Has this come up yet? Whatever. It's even higher in respect than sama, and implies utmost respect.
-kun: Usually used at the end of boy's names to show familiarity or friendship. Sometimes used among men to friends, or when addressing someone younger.
-chan: Like "kun", only used for girls, normally. It can be used for little boys, pets, lovers, or just for teasing, and gives a sense of childish cuteness or youth.
-senpai: I don't translate this as sempai. THERE'S NO "M", DAMN IT. Anyways, this is used to address one's senior in a place, like an upperclassman at school or towards someone who has seniority over you.
-kohai: The opposite of senpai, used to address underclassmen.
-Sensei: Used for teachers, doctors, or masters.
-[blank]: One of the most important differences between English and Japanese speech is the lack of a suffix. A lack of an honorific means that the user can address the person in a very intimate or friendly way. Used only by family, spouses, or very close friends--when used without this intimacy, it can be very insulting or rude, sometimes denoting no respect to the other person.

Translation notes:
Mokoi's attack: "Hawk Round Shot". I forgot to label it.
"Take care of yourself": This was a bit tricky to translate. The Japanese phrase is 「自分を大事にする」 or, as Narumi said it, 「自分を大事に言っただろう」, which (roughly) translates literally into "Treat yourself precious", which obviously sounds bizarre in English. A better translation would be to "Take care of yourself"--which can be taken as ignore others and watch over your own back, or just be cautious, which is why Raidou later twists what Narumi said and says, 「自分を大事にったんですか」 (I thought you were going to take care of yourself.) It's one of those phrases I seem to have a hard time putting into English, but I hope you understand.

Other:
HACKHACKWHEEZECOUGHCOUGH. It seemed like I was never going to post for a while, huh? I was planning on posting three chapters over Spring Break like I mentioned in my last post, but I came down with a really nasty cough and ended up tearing a ligament and straining a muscle in my ribs, so I was pretty drained for a while. It's finally healing and I'm not quite as bleeaaaaagh as before, plus school's ending soon, so I can actually just sit down and translate. I'll have chapters 7 and 8 up soon, since those are already translated, and then try and get my friend to work with me to catch up with the rest.
As usual, scanlated by ExtraBlade@Livejournal.com, give credit where credit's due, yada-yada.

Oh. My. Gods.
Spring break is next week. A full week. Me. With my computer. And photoshop. No school, no college worries, no scholarships, and my very own computer in my own room. Which means, I get to actually use a computer for more than internet browsing. So? Why is this update-worthy, you ask?

Because now I have the time--and the photoshop and computer--needed to finish all the Kuzunoha chapters I've translated but haven't been able to complete.

Spring break, and through the course of April, I should have up to chapter seven complete. Eight will be coming soon, and I'll work with a friend to catch up with the series. I'm going to be honest, however; don't expect regular updates. Just don't. I'll translate them eventually.

If I've upset you guys or disappointed you, I'm sorry. But real life takes priority over my internet life, you know?

HOLY. MOTHER. EFFING. CHRIST.
AN UPDATE.
This time 'round, once again translated by my friend Hayato since I was so busy. Much thanks to him! Thanks also to Bobalunatic for the orginal raws, though I went and used my own copy since my computer stopped hating me and allowed me to get my own copy. Ignore the ugly gray space on the first and last page; I'll fix that up later.
Per usual, don't steal, claim as your own, yadayadayada. Enjoy. :)
-EDIT-
Pages 22 and 23 fixed. Accidentally left a speech bubble blank.














 





 


 

 

 

 




 

 

 

CHAPTER FIVE THIS WEEKEND, THE REST DURING THE WEEK
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
COLLEGE!
FINACIAL AID!
FAFSA!
SCHOLARSHIP ESSAYS!
BAAAAALLLLLLSS!
GIVE ME BACK MY FREE TIME, YOU BASTARDS!
-CRIIIIEEEEEEES-
AND THAN CHAPTER EIGHT WHENEVER THE F*CK I HAVE THE TIME TO GET AROUND TO IT
DON'T EXPECT ANY TIME SOON
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

I got accepteeeeeedddd!
It's a private school that I had like, no chance of NOT getting into, so it's not that huge a deal, but still--
College!