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Hi Newspaper comics thread! I've been lurking in this thread for a while and posting over in the webcomics thread, and thought I might share the love a bit / get the word out about a comic we've been enjoying over there. For the past 6 months or so I've been translating a Japanese web / print comic by a guy named Maruoka Kuzo called Uramachi Sakaba - it translates to something like "Backstreet Pub" but I couldn't think of a way to translate that that didn't sound kind of dumb so I've left just the title in Japanese. People have described it as "Cyberpunk Cheers" and that's about as perfect a description as you could get, really. Here's the first chapter:     (I'm lazy about translating sound effects and non-plot-critical signage, but I did at least switch to a more-readable font before too very long.) I've also translated a lot of stuff by Q-Rais of Nekonoughey fame - most of the run of Chako, as well as a couple of longer-form narrative comics he's done / is doing recently, and if people over here are interested I could share those as well.
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Sep 17, 2021 01:07
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Ardeem posted:I'm bad at Kanji, but I'm pretty sure the cyborg in the last panel is wearing Heikichi's jacket. Giant Ethicist fucked around with this message at 03:39 on Sep 17, 2021 |
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Sep 17, 2021 03:33
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Haifisch posted:These are cool, but is there some reason you're timging all of them?
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Sep 17, 2021 07:34
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Uramachi Sakaba  riderchop posted:Chako's scary.....    Arrow-catching cloak
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Sep 18, 2021 00:49
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gleebster posted:And you didn't think this was something the reader would want to know?
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Sep 18, 2021 02:22
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Sep 19, 2021 00:23
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Crab Dad posted:what is this nightmare fuel?
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Sep 19, 2021 00:56
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Sep 19, 2021 23:20
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Uramachi Sakaba  Chako    (Apologies for the ugly font and cropping on some of the older Chakos - these were my first shot at doing translations, and I hadn't figured out how to make the images look nice (the fact that it's watercolors on textured paper doesn't help either). I fixed a few borderline-unreadable ones, like the previous few, but it'd be a whole lot of  to make them all look not-as-lovely.)
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Sep 21, 2021 00:56
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The "scary Nekonaughey" series are fantastic.Doomykins posted:I love this comic. Are you translating it as you go and if so thanks, I love you too. Is it in English anywhere, particularly for sale? I was looking to buy some Nekonaughey books last year and I bounced off it pretty fast unfortunately. Also the first print volume is currently free on Kindle on amazon Japan, if anyone wants to throw Maruoka some downloads / look at the pictures.
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Sep 21, 2021 04:00
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Doomykins posted:I feel like I'm missing something very obvious as my troubleshooting isn't working but I can't see signatures on SA. Option enabled and everything. Could you link me directly? The Uramachi Sakaba imgur album starts here, at any rate: (imgur.com) /a/wD25NnB
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Sep 21, 2021 05:07
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Uramachi Sakaba  Slimy foods like okra or taro are considered to be good for your constitution, in a "Japanese folk remedy" way. Chako   
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Sep 21, 2021 22:46
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Uramachi Sakaba  Spoilered for non-explicit-but-clearly-a-sexbot implications including robot boobs. The weird statue is a Billiken statue, a little bit of well-loved traditional Osaka kitsch. Chako   
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Sep 22, 2021 22:11
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Sep 23, 2021 22:50
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Sep 25, 2021 00:13
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Uramachi Sakaba  A rare case of diagetic slapstick over-reaction. Chako   
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Sep 25, 2021 22:51
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Uramachi Sakaba  Yes, it's weird that they have literally every other kind of food we eat in contemporary Japan but edamame has been memory-holed, just roll with it. Chako   
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Sep 26, 2021 22:26
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Sep 27, 2021 22:50
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There's something deeply melancholy about that Nekonaughey.
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Sep 28, 2021 05:55
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Uramachi Sakaba  Spoilers / not-spoilers for the "twist" at the end of the chapter ("not-spoilers" and "twist" in quotes because it's utterly baked-in cultural knowledge to any Japanese reader that they'd be picking up on immediately), but the cucumber decoration is for O-Bon, the yearly holiday when the spirits of the dead return to the land of the living to visit their families. Chako   
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Sep 28, 2021 23:03
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Uramachi Sakaba  Chako    Fava beans are literally called "sky beans" in Japanese.
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Sep 29, 2021 22:56
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Sep 30, 2021 22:23
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Oct 1, 2021 23:53
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Oct 3, 2021 00:57
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Uramachi Sakaba  Chako    Konoha monkeys are folk art from southern Japan: 
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Oct 3, 2021 22:56
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Oct 4, 2021 22:55
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Oct 5, 2021 22:43
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Oct 6, 2021 23:06
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Crab Dad posted:Man I just don’t get Japanese humor.
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Oct 6, 2021 23:18
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Oct 7, 2021 22:52
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Uramachi Sakaba  Chako    This is probably my single favorite Chako.
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Oct 9, 2021 00:41
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Kid Fenris posted:I'm really enjoying Uramachi Sakaba. It gives off hints of Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko and Battle Angel, but it's still very much itself. Is it serialized in print anywhere? The only actual physical prints are basically just zines straight from the author, but there is a kindle edition too. (The only English translation is mine, though.)
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Oct 9, 2021 01:24
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Oct 10, 2021 01:15
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davidspackage posted:Uramachi Sakaba is growing on me too, though I don't quite have a handle on its world yet.
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Oct 10, 2021 12:33
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I remember with the same number of letters trick too. Uramachi Sakaba   Chako    Here I ran afoul of the Japanese language's general lack of distinction between singular and plural. Literally she wished he got "a handsome leg[s]" and got exactly what she asked for.
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Oct 10, 2021 23:13
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Uramachi Sakaba  Chako    This one refers to and introduces ChaCha Chako, the long-form narrative spin-off comic that ran alongside Chako from this point until they both ended together. ChaCha Chako involves Chako's origin story, an army of teddy bears, and a racist avocado, and I might start sharing it too at some point since I've got it all translated and everything.
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Oct 11, 2021 15:40
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RoboRodent posted:I have a very important question. Is she bored of the eggs in the room, or has her boredom caused eggs to spontaneously form here?
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Oct 11, 2021 22:45
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Oct 12, 2021 12:13
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LvK posted:Uramachi Sakaba rules and I can't believe I haven't seen anyone else talk about it online, just some rad art and fun little stories in an interesting setting. Speaking of Uramachi Sakaba: a couple days ago someone mentioned Ghost in the Shell:   Chako   
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