Buster Keel - Ch 42 (English)

Whew, this' Chapter 42, part 7 of the Feast of the Gods! I'm really channeling all my obsessive powers into churning out these chapters. Somehow each chapter gets more intense than the last, so I can't wait and see what the next one holds... pretty awesome to be able to get my updates on my own when I want them! :D I've gotten to the point where I don't have to put every single line into Google Translate (and half the time it's just some kind of screaming), so as I mentioned (in my previous incoherent post) I've been translating on the fly during the editing stage. Not only does this speed up the scanlating process quite a bit, but it's also a much more satisfying experience for me where I can sorta double-dip into the reader role, being able to see the translations for the first time in context.

Anyway, exciting stuff in these chapters, and things inch ever closer to towards the end! Honestly I've just been squealing at my screen the whole time I was editing this, so... I hope y'all enjoy this at least a bit as much as I am. Will be keeping these blurbs spoiler-free (in case someone actually reads them), so go ahead and read Buster Keel! Chapter 42, typeset in English. 

Also on the Buster Keel page!

Oh yeah, I also added a sort of banner image at the top. It was a really good panel from 41, and this was the most relevant place to put it. It looks really obnoxious and the things I had to twist to get stupid Blogger to display it there were equally obnoxious, but it's there and it's still cool so ha.

Buster Keel - Ch 41 (English)

Uhh, so here's chapter 41, yeah it's only been four days, I translated while editing so it went faster, the shit that happens in this made me go faster,,,,,

Pardon me while I muffle my screaming in the nearest pillow whilst trying to clean up all the unexpected feels that are strewn all over the floor...

>> Buster Keel! Chapter 41, typeset in English

>> Also on the Buster Keel page.

Buster Keel - Ch 40 (English)

Awright, Volume 11, let's go! Second-last volume in the Buster Keel! series - dang we're getting close to the end here. Took a bit longer to churn this one out due to my free time being eaten up by other distractions. Thankfully no crazy redrawing this time around, just me letting my attentions wander. Also, what is up with the new Blogger interface not letting me put my text next to the picture?? I could do it for the last two posts since I started using the new interface, but it's refusing to cooperate today. So I've given up and the pic's getting stranded up there alone from now on (this changes nothing for the mobile site though apparently).

Anyway, Chapter 40 is... interesting, marking the point at which basically everything starts going to pot. Look forward to the ensuing chaos! Also... Sakamoto-sensei's designs and art never fail to let me down, but... ew. 

Disregard me. Hope you enjoy Buster Keel! Chapter 40, typeset in English.

Also on the Buster Keel page.

Buster Keel - Ch 39 (English)

Buster Keel! Chapter 39!!!!!!!!!!! Damn this one is excitiiiiing (mostly because Kurokiri and Blue are my fave and this is their chapter), and it's also the last chapter of volume 10, third volume since I started picking this up!! Feels pretty wild to have come this far.

This chapter was also one of the hardest to clean, lots of nice patterned and busy backgrounds... with text directly on top of them... ugh. I think I did pretty good given the circumstances, but if things look blocky well... what can I say, the clone tool isn't magical and my patience isn't infinite.

But whatever! Pls disregard my cleaning grievances and read this chapter!! Buster Keel! Chapter 39, typeset in English!!!

Also the on the Buster Keel page.

Buster Keel Chapter 38 (English)

Chapter 38, up! Damn I have too much free time, but it's awesome. I can transcribe (copying the japanese text out so I can toss it into a translator) a chapter in a day now, as I did with Ch 39 that's coming up next. Translating is usually the longest step, but after that, if I'm feeling a bit lazy on quality, editing & typesetting can take just a few days. 

On top of that, after getting even more lazy about capturing the raws, I wrote a new python script to take screenshots at the press of a key, with full renaming and cropping immediately on capture. So now that step's even more streamlined, with the previous two scripts combined into one :D

In 38, we get more fun fun fun stuff, which was actually a bit of a pain to translate - just how much subtext am I supposed to be capturing here with my noob Japanese skills.... at least I did some research and found some more fonts to use, so hopefully it's starting to look a little better on that front.

All right, enough about that, hope you enjoy Buster Keel! Chapter 38, typeset in English. 

Also on the Buster Keel page.

Title Pages

Now that the end is sort of in sight for Buster Keel and I'm getting a bit bored, I've been thinking about what I'll do after I finish scanlating BK. Given how enjoyable this project is, I'm definitely going to pick up another title and keep up the scanlating work! I have some ideas already of what that'll be, probably be another dropped fantasy shounen. 

Towards that end, I've just moved all the Buster Keel chapters to it's own page here - check it out in the nav bar. I spent about two hours trying to figure out how to put in a dropdown so it would show up under "Translating Stuff", but I wasn't able to create anything satisfactory, so it's just going to hang out there with the rest for now. Once another title's page needs to be made, I'll probably be annoyed enough to find something that works lol.

Buster Keel Chapter 37 (English)

Chapter 37 of Buster Keel! is done! Things really kick off in this one, and we get an exciting first look at the various plots that have been brewing on all sides regarding the Feast of the Gods.

The next chap (and the ones going forward) are probably going to take a lot longer because I'm caught up with my translations backlog, which means Ch 38 will have to go through the whole process (transcribing-translating-raw acquisition-editing/typesetting) from step one. The past few were easy and quick because it was just the last two steps that needed to be done.

I'm also planning to try and learn to do better typesetting... using more than three fonts would probably make these easier on the eyes haha. Look forward to that, if it ever happens lol.

And thanks to the anons who are leaving comments! I really appreciate you taking the time to submit them and let me know what you think. Serotonin and motivation boost double whammy.

Hope you enjoy Buster Keel! Chapter 37, typeset in English.

Also on the Translating Stuff page.

Buster Keel Chapter 36 (English)

It's Buster Keel! Chapter 36!!

Holy crap I ground this out quickly. Not as fast as chapter 32 (took 7 days), but still fast enough to make me continue questioning what I'm doing with my life (11 days). I guess editing is just really fun? It feels nice to be doing something I enjoy.

Anyway, Feast of the Gods, start! We're finally on the arc titled with the villains' evil plot, where things start getting intense as the clash with all four Shikyou begins. This is also the first chapter of Volume 10, the third volume since I've been translating! It's exciting to see how far I've come.

On Duolingo (yes, I'm still doing that), I've finally been introduced to Japanese casual forms and grammar, and now everything is making so much more sense! Just about every line in this manga is written in casual form, so now I can sometimes guess the meaning of the text before it goes into Google Translate (yes, of course I'm still doing that). Hooray, progress!

Have at thee, Buster Keel! Chapter 36, typeset in English.

Also on the Translating Stuff page.

The sheer power of being able to end the chapter on this face...

Buster Keel Chapter 35 (English)

Finished with Buster Keel! Chapter 35! Went pretty quickly thanks to a bit of a shorter chapter.

The Adventurer's Circus arc is finally over (10 parts is a LOT) and so is Volume 9! The boss fight concludes in this chapter, and we move on to the end-game stuff in the next volume. There was some omake (bonus) stuff at the end, but it wasn't interesting... so I couldn't be bothered to do it. Ehhhhh....

With this done, we're on to Volume 10! I'll be working on Chapter 36 next and translating Ch 37. I'm considering slowing down the translating so I don't have as much of a backlog (full of self-spoilers), which will hopefully make the scanlating process more enjoyable for myself. It's kind of boring to edit a chapter that's behind the point that I'm up to... Always need more motivation :)

Anyways, here's Buster Keel! Chapter 35, typeset in English.

Also on the Translating Stuff page.