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Figured it was about time I registered an account to say hello. Hi folks! I'm the Jitsu Wa Watashi Wa scanlation project leader. Nice to meet you folks and glad you're enjoying the manga. Yeah, I just uploaded 105 about an hour ago. We're aiming to release a chapter around this time every week as you've seen. If you folks have any questions, let me know. Thanks for reading.
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a kitten posted:A chapter a week? Hell yes, and thanks for working on this silly and cute manga! That is the goal. Granted we sometimes fail to make it in time. There were a few weeks where we just completely missed putting out a chapter. Some of you may have noticed that we are about 30 chapters behind the raws. This is by design, as working with published book scans is so much easier to clean and redraw than the poo poo magazine scans. That and trying to put out more than a chapter a week will probably kill us. But yeah, we loving adore this manga. It's just the right mix of romance and comedy. The author's previous work was horror, and he brings all that he learned to this series in hilarious new ways. And thankfully, it's showing no signs of slowing down or wrapping up. Expect a bunch of new characters now that we've started year two.
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Dec 17, 2015 06:54
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CommissarMega posted:EDIT: Wait, I guess there IS something I'd like to ask: In some of the /a/ threads you mentioned a 'redrawer'- what does that person do, exactly? I always thought scanlators just, well, scanned everything, then touched things up in Photoshop or something. Is that what a redrawer does? I'll post an example so you can see exactly what a redrawer does:  As you can see, there is Japanese text outside of bubbles sitting smack dab on top of Asahi's face. If I were to try to put text over it, I'd have to entirely cover it, and thus cover up even more of the picture. Plus it wouldn't look very good. Likewise, the gradient bubbles would look lovely as well. A redrawer goes in and draws the stuff under the Japanese text so that I can come in and place the text in it's place, often times going vertical instead of horizontal because English is a horizontal language. Incidently I am the typesetter, so I come in after everyone else has done their work scanning/translating/proofing/cleaning/redrawing and put it all together. After that, QC comes in and makes sure I didn't gently caress anything up, and we release. Apologizes for the zomghueg picture. I wasn't sure how to scale it down for the forum. Begemot posted:Okay, I think I now understand why Kuromine's sister placed higher than he did on the character poll Actually that was before this chapter. She placed randomly high because people liked the idea of Asahi having an imouto I guess. Needless to say, she shows up a lot more now. EDIT: Thanks! Now it's not zomgHUEG. Tarage fucked around with this message at 07:58 on Dec 17, 2015 |
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Dec 17, 2015 07:54
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Agronox posted:Thanks for doing all this! Do you plan on sticking around the forums? If so I'll grab you an avatar cert... Yeah, I'll be around. I'll probably post when new chapters come out since I'm the one uploading them to Batoto. BTW, if anyone is curious as to why scanlators like Batoto over other reader sites, it's because they allow us to upload and manage chapters. There are plenty of chapters out there with mismatched pages or typos that I will never be able to fix because reader sites take the first upload and run with it, ignoring any subsequent fixes.
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Dec 18, 2015 05:32
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Tarage@gmail.com is the best way to contact me. On that note, here's 106 and 106.5: http://bato.to/reader#115e36d94b1614e6 http://bato.to/reader#f54383b28bb24ff1 AKA "Attack of the one track mind girls".
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Dec 24, 2015 03:26
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a kitten posted:Sneak preview of the English print volume coming out next month. Yes, I cannot stress this enough. Support the official release. We want Jitsu to be as successful as possible. If you can, support the author so he can make more loveable bwakas.
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Dec 24, 2015 05:41
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Fellis posted:fuckin christ everytime i click through to that chapter that's like 30 ahead and panic alt-f4 before i look Yeah I really do wish it would get taken down, but the uploader refused when I asked him. Nothing else I can do.
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Dec 24, 2015 06:11
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Mindblast posted:Are.. we sure on that? Yes. Sakurada is the same age as Asahi and Oka. It's Shima who is a year older.
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Dec 25, 2015 11:04
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Chapter 107's up: http://bato.to/reader#50ae6eaeeefc1a07 Enjoy!
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Dec 31, 2015 05:36
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http://bato.to/reader#7eb0da415d32c1d8 Chapter 108's done. Enjoy! To the dude who gave me the avatar code, thanks a bunch. I'm procrastinating on finding a good image, but I haven't forgotten.
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Jan 7, 2016 04:10
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Chapter 109's out: http://bato.to/reader#dff44d704fa94787 Also, I'd like to draw some eyes over here: http://www.amazon.com/My-Monster-Secret-Vol-1/dp/1626922381/ This is the official English release of Jitsu Wa Watashi Wa, known as My Monster Secret. The entire team adores this manga, and we want it to succeed, so consider picking up a copy if you can. I got mine, and it's great!
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Jan 14, 2016 05:29
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a kitten posted:Paydays coming! How's the translation anyway? If I recall correctly, the first chunk of the scans was done really awkwardly, and I almost didn't stick with it. It's pretty good. The only really hard sell was Asahi's nickname, which even we struggled over. They went with "Holey Sieve". It's not really used much beyond the first chapters anyway, once the dumbness starts.
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Jan 14, 2016 05:57
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No new chapter this week, we fell behind. Sorry.
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Jan 21, 2016 06:47
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Sure. I'll be happy to answer any questions you have. Which part of scanlation is the hardest? That's a tough question, and it really depends on the manga. Full disclosure, I only really have experience with typesetting and QCing, but I know some of the annoying stuff that we've encountered. In regards to redrawing, it really depends on the manga. Sometimes I am baffled at what my redrawer says about some pages. I look at them and go "This looks like a nightmare" and he'll respond "Nah that's super easy". Likewise there are pages that look simple to me that cause him to melt into a puddle of tears. I've heard that speedlines and trees are the most obnoxious to redraw. On the translation side two things do come to mind. Localization of jokes/puns and accents. Some authors love wordplay. Nishio Ishin is famous for this, which makes translating his works a nightmare. Jitsu Wa is easier, but still will every so often have some crazy wordplay that requires us to dig deep to figure out a way to translate the joke to Japanese. Futari Wa Pretty Anon's group leader AnonBlack has a ton of guides about localization that just scratch the surface of how to translate this stuff, which can be found here: http://prettyanonymo.us/index.php/scanlation-resources/scanlators-guide-to-translation/ The other issue is accents. One of the most frequent accents is Kansai-ben. This accent is from the Osaka region of Japan and usually gets equated to a southern accent. I suspect this is done because that's the easiest accent to show. The last chapter with Succushortbus was a challenge for us because we had to come up with yet another accent. Being that she was from the north and was a bit... pure, we tried to go with a minnesotan accent. Luckily we have a proofer who is from that area, so he was able to give us some advice, but I'm still not sold we actually pulled it off, or if people weren't thinking "Oh, she's from where Youko is from", which she is not. Typesetting can be challenging when you start out, because you have to pick the right fonts, but after that it's about consistency. The fonts we use don't need a whole lot of kerning, so it's nice. Other series I've worked on have been a nightmare to kern. And while we're on the topic of consistency, one thing we always have to watch out for is that we are consistent with names and phrases. There have been times where we forgot the "female" part of the "charismatic female pervert" moniker, and it's annoyed me to no end. There have been many chapters where I've had to go back to previous chapters to check the way people said things for flashbacks. You can't hit them all, but you do what you can. As for re-uploading 'corrected' versions, this is an annoying subject due to one thing: manga aggregators. The reason I always link to Batoto as opposed to sites like Kissmanga and what not is because Batoto gives scanlators full control over content. If we make a typo or forget a bubble, it's a simple process of deleting the chapter, uploading a new one, and everything's happy. Or it should be, if it weren't for aggregators. See, we don't upload to them, they take from sites like Batoto. And they do it in the most lazy way possible: bots. These bots troll rss feeds and when they see a new chapter go up, they grab it, slap their water mark on it, and upload it to their site to get page views. However, if I go back later and re-upload a chapter because of a mistake, the bots ignore it. They only ever grab the first thing that's uploaded. I managed to troll them one time by replacing a bubble saying "Why are you reading this on mangahere? Read it on an actual website". It took them days to notice. So the short answer is, there are chapters I'd love to go back and fix, but due to the fact that so few people would ever see them, I only really do it if we majorly screw up. It's the reason we brought on a QC and post the pages to 4chan first. If a mistake is made, I want to catch it before it goes on Batoto so the incorrect version doesn't end up plastered over every manga reader site. Let me know if you have any more questions.
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Jan 21, 2016 22:09
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ZiegeDame posted:Real talk though, that phrase is clunky as hell, how did you wind up settling on it? There's got to be a way to translate 痴女 that isn't such a mouthful. I know in earlier chapters they just used Charismatic Pervert which flows better but obviously leaves out an important piece of information. Don't know if that was the same group, though. I'm just wondering if you guys ever considered other words? (A few off the top of my head: Slut, Harlot, Hussy, Nympho, Jezebel.) The short answer is we didn't. That was Underdog. However, we kept it for consistency.
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Jan 22, 2016 03:42
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Chapter 110: http://bato.to/reader#f6a6a8be5515570d Sorry for the delay.
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Jan 28, 2016 04:52
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Agronox posted:Ah... proofreader problem in literally panel 1. ...What did we miss?
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Jan 28, 2016 05:38
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LostRook posted:Cereer Dammit. Well, too late now. Sorry about that.
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Jan 28, 2016 06:04
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Here, have some omakes: http://bato.to/reader#9997c1a9e86b00c1 http://bato.to/reader#ecb38dc677a5a544 http://bato.to/reader#e570480e1f8768ac
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Jan 30, 2016 05:57
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New chapter! http://bato.to/reader#e56fce29d29dc8dd
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Feb 4, 2016 05:16
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Covok posted:I don't think any of you have seen hardcore BDSM, but we're here to talk about the world of idiots so... Nah, clearly all she has to do is crossdress and she'll be a fine teacher.
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Feb 5, 2016 00:51
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http://bato.to/reader#ded4330444e912af New chapter! (I swear I will make an avatar one of these days I'm sorry I suck)
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Feb 11, 2016 06:49
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The thing about him lying is that he still sucks at it. He's CONSTANTLY tsukkomiing everyone. It's just that the situations are so insane that he doesn't have time to lie. All he can do is react. The chapters when he does have to try to keep a secret, he still can't. As for the avatar stuff, I actually used Deskpire as my prettyanon profile pic. I was considering using frame three from the left 4koma, but I'm still mulling it over. http://bato.to/reader#ecb38dc677a5a544_2
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Feb 13, 2016 00:25
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Cryophage posted:Like this? Well poo poo. Guess that settles it. I'll change it later when I'm not being a lazy rear end in a top hat playing vidya. EDIT: Submitted. Gotta say, that was the most convoluted gift certificate redeeming process ever. Tarage fucked around with this message at 05:42 on Feb 13, 2016 |
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Feb 13, 2016 04:19
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Rodenthar Drothman posted:It removes chapters when it receives a DMCA petition. Or if the uploader wants to take it down. In this case, since Underdog doesn't do licenced manga, they probably asked for them to be removed. Also much thanks to Agronox and Cryophage for the avatar. It's great. Tarage fucked around with this message at 02:28 on Feb 14, 2016 |
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Feb 14, 2016 02:22
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http://bato.to/reader#efa782153a62365d New chapter! Enjoy the Akane shenanigans.
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Feb 18, 2016 08:11
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Youko's reflexposing and her KUNG-FU-FIGHT stance are some of my favorite things about her. Also SHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.
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Feb 18, 2016 23:42
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http://bato.to/reader#7f75ba7ee906ffbc Hold on to your hearts and butts.
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Feb 25, 2016 06:11
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I feel like I have to remind people that most people have two grandpas...
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Feb 25, 2016 23:12
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http://bato.to/reader#54e04b7602940619 New chapter. Same dumbness.
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Mar 3, 2016 04:42
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Once again, most people have more than one grandpa, and lots of families have more than one kid. This doesn't really solve any relationship charts.
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Mar 3, 2016 05:07
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Time for everyone's favorite food... CURRY. http://bato.to/reader#ac412b30dd505493
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Mar 10, 2016 06:01
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http://bato.to/reader#3b3d7c5510a3311e New chapter. Apologies if there are any typos. Proof was late and I just finished Tsing it. Also we still need a QC if anyone is interested.
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Mar 17, 2016 06:48
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http://bato.to/reader#c1fcbd7999826973 Chapter 115.5 omake. Sorry, no new chapter this week. Stuff got delayed/people got sick/RL shenanigans. New chapter next week.
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Mar 24, 2016 06:07
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DrSunshine posted:I keep having to remind myself that Saki Minagawa is supposed to have a different twangy accent than Youko (I think you guys were shooting for Northern Minnesota?) But it's hard because I realize that I've heard exactly zero young girls with that, apparently in my mind it's dumpy middle aged folks all the way down! That was the goal, yes. She comes from Northern Japan, so she might have some sort of pseudo Russian-Japanese accent. We tried to go with Minnesota because the concept of wholesome succubi is hilarious and fits her character. Sadly... nailing that accent is loving hard as poo poo. We do have a proofer who knows that accent, but even he doesn't get it right, and he's been busy doing RL stuff so we've been winging it. Whenever I can throw in a 'don'chya know', I do it. It's a cheap and easy way to say "No srsly gaiz, she's Minnesotan." Not to advertise again but we could always use more folks on our staff to help out with QC. If you wanna get early access to the dumb (and love catching my stupid spelling mistakes), send me a message.
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Mar 24, 2016 22:22
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http://bato.to/reader#aac8e30bc1de7688 New chapter! I have yet to figure out PMs, so it's easier to e-mail me or PM Rodenthar/Raukcaran. He can get me messages.
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Mar 31, 2016 05:13
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http://bato.to/reader#2787e5c717bf9a33 New chapter.
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Apr 7, 2016 04:06
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Terper posted:Even then you should probably wait until a proper scanlation is put out We have... plans for what to do when we get there, so people won't have to make that horrible choice.
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Apr 7, 2016 05:26
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Covok posted:Is chapter 132 horribly scanlated or something? Do you enjoy Youko talking like a street lady in ebonics?
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Apr 7, 2016 05:32
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Covok posted:W-what? lol Is this a parody translation? Some dudes on 4chan were upset that we weren't releasing more than a chapter a week and decided that they'd show us up by doing it better. They lasted a single chapter.
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Apr 7, 2016 05:42
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