#murumuru mirai nikki

[sunniedesi]

Growing up, I had one of those paper fashion books where they'd give you the stencil of a doll and you could draw clothes for her. Normally, you'd use the stencils and prints provided in the book to create the fashions... but thirteen-year-old me was in her peak otaku phase and had different plans.

Behold, Deus and MurMur paper dolls! lol.

I used to be obsessed with making as many original designs as possible, though I sadly never completed the book (there's still three dolls waiting to be painted </3). I also never did any inspired by Yuno or Yukki, surprsingly enough. But I did do one loosely inspired by Yui from Yousei Teikoku, and also a Pierce the Veil one, which is probably my favorite because of all the little easter eggs.

I wasn't beating the weird kid allegations.

[yunoteru4ever]

Hanako x Future Diary, Part 2??

According to Japanese Wikipedia, there is actually a second part of the Hanako and the Terror of Allegory x Future Diary crossover story that you can read over here.

In Part 2, they say that Murmur and Hanako somehow do a Freaky Friday mind-body swap. Hijinks are then presumed to (briefly) ensue.

Japanese Wikipedia claims this this second part was eventually included in later Japanese reprints of the collected Volume 2 of Hanako, so... I guess that's now the next thing I need to get my mitts on so we can scanlate it.

Mind you, the Wiki page doesn't provide any source links for these statements. So I could just be throwing money away.

But dammit, we MUST know.

[mirainikkicentricblog]

This is my new favorite obscure official artwork from 2011.

This is just so amazing.

It's a special illustration that was done for volume 12 of the manga.

[mothy-chan]

Sesbian lex

[katsdoodles]

The 3rd Takao picture with the horn, that's meant to be his 'demon form' if he were in Mai.ruma

Many a doodles part 8

[carlosshutupmygod]

old wb doodles (i just noticed i typed "servant" i meant assistant)

[mirainikkicentricblog]

Yuno looks so elegant in the witch costume, and the ghost costume perfectly suits Murumuru's playfully mischievous nature.

This artwork is just so lovely! 😍

Happy Halloween!

[sunniedesi]

Changes to the Future Diary Manga

Something that was recently brought to my attention by @yunoteru4ever in my post about “the special edition of chapter 59” (https://www.tumblr.com/yunoteru4ever/711169742119092224/this-is-a-huge-taste-of?source=share) is that the Future Diary manga received plenty of revisions for its collected release. Despite my extensive knowledge, and quite frankly, strange fixation with this series, that’s something I never noticed. I was under the impression that “the special edition of chapter 59” was just a singular addition to one of the manga releases, but oh boy was I wrong, or rather missing a lot of context. To clarify, here’s a summary of why there are different versions of the manga:

The series was first serialized in the magazine Shonen Ace while it was still ongoing (from 2006 until 2010).

Once the manga ended, it was compiled by Kadokawa Shoten into 12 volumes, which we could say it’s the “official” or rather final cut of the manga, since Esuno made the revisions/ edits for this final release.

The official English translation used this final cut of the manga, so volumes 1 -10 have their revised versions translated to English… volumes 11 and 12, well, as we know those ended in licensing hell.

As @yunoteru4ever​ said, the unofficial English translations that we can find online are from the original Shonen Ace release, at least from volumes 4 - 12. After comparing both the unofficial translations and the final release, I’m actually quite certain that the unofficial translations of volumes 1 - 3 used the final release. Meaning that we’re probably missing the Shonen Ace releases of those volumes, which is a real let-down.

Continuing off of this last point, I wanted to add that this is the reason why the translations for volumes 4 - 12 in those pirate manga sites had such a downgrade in quality. I still remember being bummed and confused about the sudden shift in scan quality between volumes 3 and 4 when I was a kid using those sites, so it feels good to finally know why.

Now, as I mentioned in the second-to-last point, I went through every volume comparing its Shonen Ace release to its final version. Since I did find many changes, I took screenshots of the images and put them side by side, for the sake of keeping a record on them. I uploaded them over on Imgur in case anyone’s interested to see, though they’re mainly changes to the art. (Left is the final release, right is the Shonen Ace release).

Volume 4: https://imgur.com/a/RIuyO2g

Volume 5: https://imgur.com/a/0B6EyDm

Volume 6: https://imgur.com/a/3yRJMsz

Volume 7: https://imgur.com/a/3dYHWJS

Volume 8: https://imgur.com/a/w8E9NeI

Volume 9: https://imgur.com/a/jZemL7g

Volume 11: https://imgur.com/a/lQoGQU0

Many of the art style changes were quite subtle (like a mouth having a slightly different curve, the pupil being a little smaller/ different color or an eye having a new crease), so I did skip a few of these minor revisions. I noticed Esuno had redrawn Marco a lot, and many of his changes in general had to do with making the faces look more polished, which makes sense since one of the main criticisms against Esuno's style was the way that he drew people being too "alien-like" (and if you’ve seen Tantei Akechi you know he’s improved a lot in that regard).

Anyway, regarding the pictures on Imgur, you may notice that the images from each volume are all in English except for volume 11, and that’s because I used the official English translation for the comparisons, which volume 11 doesn’t have. Though that isn’t really an issue since the revisions on that one were just changes to the art.

Also, I didn’t upload any photos for volumes 10 and 12, because volume 10 didn’t really get any changes, and volume 12, well… I can’t just do side-by-side comparisons with that one.

The last volume had some pretty major changes, heck the entire ending of chapter 56 was redone. I thought the best way to tackle that would be giving it a new translation… but I wasn't sure if I'd have the time to do that. That is until I unexpectedly got sick last week and had nothing to do while curled up in bed all day. Needless to say, I managed to finish the translations for volume 12, so hopefully they'll be uploaded soon (I'll make sure to post about that when it happens).

I will leave you with one translation, though: MurMur’s Special Future Diary Corner Part 10. I’m not entirely sure if the MurMur corner bits were part of the Shonen Ace release of the manga, but they don’t appear in the pirate manga sites, and since volume 10 was never released in English as a digital book, there’s no online digital translation of it, so I figured I might as well post this bit. This is actually the second-to-last MurMur Special, as volume 11 didn’t have any and the one in volume 12 is on my post about chapter 59.

[yunoteru4ever]

The 'Future Diary' X 'Hanako and the Terror of Allegory' Crossover Short: Part 2 is here!

As previously promised, Part 2 is here.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

This picks up on things directly after Part 1, so make sure you've read that first.

This post starts with the scanlations, then provides the Japanese originals below that.

As with all manga, remember to read text right-to-left.

Scanlation:

Original Japanese scans:

Notes / thoughts / questions / etc. from me:

If you didn't know, a Washlet is a bidet-style toilet or toilet seat attachment as seen here.

ETA: Third page, the second panel from the bottom on the left-hand side... I didn't understand what they were talking about at first. But if anyone else was like me and struggled with this, @sunniedesi has our back: They pointed out that Kanae is holding Murmur's tail in that panel. They're talking about her tail! I completely missed that and was just like "Murmur is, if anything, shorter than Hanako... ? What grew?" Heh. Oof.

I really wish we saw more of Yuno and Yuki's conversation at the end there...

[mirainikkicentricblog]

This official artwork may be obscure, but it's still interesting.

Sakae Esuno posted this crossover artwork via Mirai Nikki's official Twitter, when the anime adaptation of 'Big Order' aired.

It seems like he clearly knew that there were some obvious parallels in the two works.

I think that the two plotters from Big Order and Mirai Nikki are putting some pressure onto their two hapless companions, while two long-haired otherworldly girls who have playful personalities are watching from afar. 

[mirainikkicentricblog]

Murumuru was clearly referencing...

this iconic scene from 'Mirai Nikki: Paradox (2010)', in which she made her first appearance disguised as Yuno.

That's the only time that Paradox has been referenced in the anime.

By the way, I love the meme.

[mothy-chan]

[carlosshutupmygod]

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[fattymadiy]

Yuno Gasai <4

[aliciabcc]

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[masked-and-doomed]

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Do you know this baby?