#fanlation

[juiceboxscans]

Happy Monday!

[Link to Raise wa Tanin Ga Ii Volume 8 Chapter 32 [Part 1]: Your Lover, Your Weapon, Your Substitute ⓵ only on Mangadex]

Wake up, babe. RWTGI Volume 8 is starting!

Get ready for another wild ride! The licensed volume is still a ways off but fam, we got you covered with another chapter in the saga as well as an original recap extra, and a fanlation of the Volume 8 teaser we found.

(Were we excited to post the latest on MD? Well, it actually went up just before 1am so... yes?)

Follow us for updates here or on Twitter. And look for Chapter 32 [Part 2] on Monday (8/21) where? Mangadex!

[petz5]

does anyone have the last page of the valentines chapter on hand bc i only have the fanlation of the later volumes 😔

[nashishishi]

SINCE WHEN

SINCE FUCKING WHEN

[noellevanious]

goooooodddd hunter x hunter is so dope. a potential heir to a bloody royal throne not even being able to commit suicide and then doing shit like this is so cool. i love togashi so much

[youreaclownnow]

Cant believe I forgot how much of a true komaeda fan I actually am. love that twink more than words.

[kof-xiii]

i think the new aai2 names are not that bad honestly i dont mind it, its not in the same gravity as how they localized haori’s name to fuckin rei membami, what the hell was that tho capcom

[fluffyblue-multifandommess]

So I was checking SevenSeas Danmei's release schedule and noticed an unfamiliar title, so I went to look up the summary.

The Disabled Tyrant’s Beloved Pet Fish After Li Yu stays up all night to read an engrossing webnovel, he finally falls asleep–only to wake up in the world of the novel itself. And not as himself, but as a helpless fish! Shocked and dismayed, Li Yu quickly realizes that he must live in a tank owned by Mu Tianchi, the tyrant of the novel who never speaks. Whatever force brought Li Yu into this world warns him that there’s only one way to become human again: to win over the cold Mu Tianchi and change his harsh ways. But Li Yu has no idea how to do that, especially as a powerless, palm-sized carp. Can a little fish really swim its way into a tyrant’s heart?

I'm intrigued, or rather, I wanna read it right now immediately. The schedule puts the release date in April 2024* 👀🐟

[death-rebirth-senshi]

I've forgotten already did the anime call her Falin or Farlyn

[homoqueerjewhobbit]

[harfblarf]

under the auspicious moon of pride month, i will take a moment to shed cringe and make a post celebrating my niche blorbos. (Uh, ambiguous spoilers involved.)

under a cut to make my derangement an optional experience

This is my penultimate cringefail loserhusband, Shion Ribellion. He's a normal, kind of lame, kind of lazy dude who got launched into a fantasy novel as the aide of the Fallen-From-Grace Big Bad of the novel "The Holy Sword", but pre the Big-Bad-ening. The guy he became-- that is, Shion Ribellion-- was supposed to die after uncovering shady secrets of his boss' past.

He is by all accounts the weirdest fuck anyone has ever met and borderline entirely useless, except when he comes in clutch in ways no one knew was an option. It's never cool when he does it its just wildly unanticipated and often painfully earnest.

He is frequently (deservedly) bullied and it brings me immeasurable joy.

He's also the originally-kinda-reluctant now-very-passionate #1 defender, supporter, and Therapist Friend to this guy, Duke Serpens. His last name is important or something but Shion exclusively calls him by his first name because courtly etiquette could bite him directly on the nose and he'd still forget about it 5 minutes later.

Don't be fooled by his delicate good looks though, this bitch is an obsessively calculated manipulator and genuinely overpowered swordsman. The only thing standing between him and falling to the dark side is Shinon's persistent sincerity and loyalty. (No, like, REALLY the only thing. Serpens had an abusive upbringing and yada yada, but the story goes to great lengths to outline how it was a broad communal failing and strong Bystander Effect that led to Serpens' obsessive perfectionism, emotional dissociation, and subsequent downfall in the 'original' story.)

Shinon's indignance on his behalf and insistent questing for Serpens' life to improve (with tasks such as: get Serpens to admit he likes sweets! Get Serpens to pick up a hobby!) is the First time anyone has cared about him as a person and while he is understandably Incredibly Suspicious of Shion to start, they like... actually communicate?? And while both sides still keep secrets, they also acknowledge that to each other. That open communication and efforts toward bonding brings them closer, and both choose to trust each other over and over again.

The story, "The Duke's Redemption", isn't tagged BL/gay, but there is very little strictly heterosexual explanation for most of their interactions. Whatever they are, it's potent. And so fucking funny.

90% of the time, Shion is my absolute cringefail husband, the first character I've truly, deeply UNDERSTOOD the appeal of a failguy:

He has no practical skills aside from basic paperwork competency and most of the time has no fucking idea what's going on. His literal only credit is an ounce of emotional intelligence and a strong (if chronically unwise) moral compass.

He's so ridiculous that Serpens, the chronic overachiever-perfectionist who has never had a friend he's honest with, makes faces like this at him:

FOR SERPENS THIS IS A LOT.

They manipulate each other endlessly, with both of them fully aware but still suckers for it. Serpens bullies Shion in ways he can't even argue against, but always toes the line and offers sincere (if stilted) compliments alongside his blunt criticisms. Shion, useless clown that he is, puppyeyes at Serpens and mysteriously this always seems to help his case.

The story frequently indulges-- gleefully, openly, and knowingly-- in ridiculous character tropes, like Serpens' tendency to literally just like escape out windows when emotionally overwhelmed, then uses them for character growth and emotional beats.

Serpens puts his Guy through Situations but always, always stands at his back to make sure he gets out safely, and by like chapter 13 half the shit he pulls to bully Shion is a thinly veiled effort to ensure his safety.

They do shit like this:

And Shion is CONSTANTLY getting up in Serpens' space unconsciously and fretting over him (despite being demonstrably and chronically more vulnerable both physically and emotionally- though in his defense he's definitely more resilient/better at bouncing back).

Multiple characters have commented on how close and casual their relationship is, to the fluster of Shion and the apparent wariness or feigned ignorance of Serpens. (He acknowledges in private how much he lets Shion get away with, but clearly bristles when he knows other people are clocking Shion's importance and unique position.) Serpens is so much stiffer than Shion that when undercover they have been mistaken for having their roles reversed (that is, that Shion is the higher noble and Serpens his guard/assistant). And yet Shion gets away with everything and Serpens doesn't even bat an eye.

Canonically they are like almost definitely not gay. Probably. And I'm okay with that because their canon relationship is REALLY good and well-paced and, I cannot emphasize enough, fucking hilarious. But in my HEART they are so in love with each other it's STUPID. I care about them more than words can say. I have so many screenshots of them. They are so stupid I would kill for them I WISH they had a proper English-speaking fandom bc I am FROTHING AT THE MOUTH and painfully monolingual so even if they DO have a Korean fanbase I cannot touch it 😭

[This has been unhinged manwha posting with harf]

[desperatecheesecubes]

About once a year I get really upset that La Magnifique Grande Scene stopped getting English releases. I just want my cute ballet story back!

[wishmaker-astra]

Link? Porygongirl Yuri? Link? Computrrgirl Yuri?

What are you, a cop? Find it yourself officer.

[laevateinn]

i can jive w eddie fender even if he sounds like a dad rock guitarist and nothing was gonna surpass justine courtney so verity gavelle is appropriately pompous enough. but i'm not fucking calling sebastian that

[solibrie]

[gets into fanlations out of spite]

[teitomonogatari]

i hate discourse about translation and localization bc like. ultimately, it is One inrepretation. it's literally a personal interpretation of the story / art.

and some people's interpretations of stories and themes and characters really simply just fucking suck ass.

[daisyachain]

it would be nice to have a database of prose from different authors/regions broken down by sheer numbers. no meaning, no content, just an aggregate of syllables-per-sentence, syllables stressed in a sentence, x-person perspective, average length of word in a book, standard deviation in word length in a book, sentence length:book length ratio. there are different feelings that come from different languages-in-translation/different regions. an american book just doesn’t feel like a canadian book just doesn’t feel like a british isles book and i’m pretty sure that comes down to the actual rhythm of speech