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Boku no Chopin
Breath of Fire IV
El Shaddai: Another "Exodus"
El Shaddai Ceta
Eternal Sonata
Fate/Strange Fake
Final Fantasy XII
Sengoku Basara Dokugan
Star Ocean 3
Tales of Vesperia
Tron Legacy
I'm back! Though it's not like I went anywhere.
Working from home these days just means that when I don't have work to do I could do translation...or I could do some tidying, or a coat of paint, or heck I could even watch an episode of tv since I don't even have to pretend I'm working. Not trying to excuse myself, but we're in an adjustment period, is all - this is, as they say 'the new normal'. (at least I certainly hope it is - I love working from home)
But it does make me wonder how the heck I managed to do it in my own time back in my uni days.... but we'll keep muddling through.
Next Up: El Shaddai? Hopefully?
Believe it or not, I'm not dead! I have had a helluva year though - got a new job, got covid, got ANOTHER new job (the first one was a temporary position so that was always the plan)
Still haven't taken my bookkeeping exam but my curren job's in the sector so I'm happy to put it off for now.
I also apologise since after all this time I imagine you were expecting something a bit more... substantial, but, well. I tried finishing off a doujinshi or two but I just kept getting lost in the quagmire, so I figured this would work as something quick and easy to get me back in the swing of things, somewhat. Plus I've been saving this one, so it seemed a good opportunity.
Next Up: hahaha well I can say El Shaddai but your guess is as good as mine.
Currently, I'm trying to get a bookkeepers certification, because fuck my current job. Traditionally, I'd do a chunk of the work at work, because as we all know actually doing 8 hours work on an 8 hour work day is a capitalist myth, but now my work is asking me to do less days in addition to more work, i.e. helping the other departments, which I don't mind in theory but they're stuck in the 1960s and it drives me nuts, and that's on top of all their bullshit drama they're putting me in the middle of.
Anyways! Bookkeeping certification. With luck, after I get it I'll have more money, working from home, flexible hours. In the meantime, however, it means my 'puttering around on the computer' time is going towards the course, rather than other stuff. So stuff'll be delayed for the forseeable future, not that you aren't all used to that already.
Next up: El Shaddai is next on the docket, but it might by a doujinshi first.
It's more that I wanted to brush up on my coding then anything - could be in the near future I might need the extra income, eh? And tbh I'm not 100% on this one, but I never really am on any version - it's hard to think of new and interesting ways to display manga downloads.
My screen at home is stupidly small and square, rather than rectangular - I keep it because it works, but it's not the best. Generally when I code the site I test it on the various screens at work, but obviously I'm not in the office at the moment so the only other screen I had available was a friend's that is ridiculously wide, so this time I tried for a more horizontal approach, which... may prove difficult for some people. It was an interesting challange, however.
That said, if anyone really really really hates the new version or it's broken on their browser, just lemme know, I've still got the old code lying around, so.
Next up: Maybe Sengoku Basara? Maybe a doujinshi.
Honestly I'm like this close to dropping El Shaddai - I know it doesn't have an audience, and it never really reaches the point of stuff I'm interested in, i.e. everything in between the stuff it's at now and the stuff it's using as a bookend, but on the other side, if I don't do it no one will and it's only got three volumes to begin with. Hmm.
Next up: Fate/Strange Fake! On one hand, though, it doesn't feature any of the characters I give a damn about (Gilgamesh, Saber) but on the other, it's pretty action packed? So who's to say how long it'll take.
As promised, my super secret project! Those who follow my twitter may have predicted it - I'm retranslating Breath of Fire IV! It was my very first translation, and much as I love it, I think it suffered for it. Time for it to get the translation it deserves!
Rest easy, readers; it won't be entering my regular rotation, it'll be more of a palate cleanser. Despite Fou-Lu's nonsense, between it just generally being easier (ie no time travel nonsense, no yellow box asides) and the fact that I've translated it before, it's deliciously simple.
As for changes I'll be making, well - obviously, I'm better at cleaning and typesetting these days (though the physical books are back in Canada, alas; I'll be relying on the old scans). I'll be trying to rely less on the game translation this time around, and since I've settled into a translation style I'll be following that more - no nii-sans or ryu-sans to be found here! I'm going to be playing a bit more fast-and-loose with the translation generally, hopefully it'll make it a more pleasant read!
So, in closing: Thanks for sticking with me for over a decade! Enjoy!
Next up: El Shaddai!
