Here we are folks, Chapter 47 of Buster Keel, the final chapter!!! Scanlated by yours truly!!! Holy Gamoly I did it. Bear with me if you're reading this, this post is gonna be more of a text wall than usual. I got things to say!
I do want to ramble a bit about the process (as I tend to do in each post) - this one was a HUGE PAIN, and not even just because of funky bubbles or crazy redraws (though there was some of that of course), but I went all-out with the volume-end stuff. I fully edited Ravi's map, translated four paragraphs of text in the bonus, translated the super-long afterword AND THEN, wrote two extra walls of text to explain said afterword. Also on one specific page I decided instead of captioning the Japanese on a sign I would edit it out, and it was curved so I spent maybe a good hour just trying to figure out how the hell paths in GIMP work and how to make text curve pleasingly. I'll know I succeeded if it's totally unnoticeable :')
But yeah basically this chapter took extra long not just because of the extra volume-end content, but also because I made some decisions to add to my own work load... :D
Anyway, that's it! I did what I set out to do, and not only read this awesome series to the end on my own, but also edited and posted it so y'all can read it too if ya read English! It's been a bit over a year since I started and I'm stoked as hell that it came out like this. My Japanese has improved loads and I found a hobby that I really enjoy. So thanks to all you internet anons who enjoyed this series enough to track it down to my back-alley Blogger site, seeing your views and getting your comments really drove me to work hard on this series and improve! Despite all the anxiety about having people look at my work, it has been super nice that it happened and I'm glad some of you joined me for the ride. Keep on enjoying manga, and don't forget to support the authors' hard work!
