Huge thanks to girlswhokiss, who has been busting ass to translate this novel! I am still working out the fine details of uploading the translation as images, so please lmk if there are any issues with readability with the current formatting before I get around to uploading ch 1-4. Those should be forthcoming in the next few days. We will also have a "bonus" chapter to handle a setting glossary and TL notes.

Chapters here probably won't be updated much unless we uncover major translation errors - the most up to date versions will be found on the neocities page we've set up.

Hope you enjoy reading this as much as I have been!

Yessssss been loving this manga series and I've been curious about the novel. Excited to have this here! I wish I could help.

I'm surprised to see this so quickly after girlswhokiss floated the idea, but I am excited too.

For those like me who prefer to read on mobile, the neocities page hosts the HTML version.

Yessssss been loving this manga series and I've been curious about the novel. Excited to have this here! I wish I could help.

Any feedback, like pointing out if there's anything that's too confusing to understand or if the current formatting isn't easy to read, helps a lot.

I'm surprised to see this so quickly after girlswhokiss floated the idea, but I am excited too.

It's just this good! I have been working on it pretty much nonstop for the last 2 months and Kinsei's been helping me lots with the English (I'm not a native speaker) so it's been going well so far.

It's seriously a must read for anyone who's been enjoying the manga, there's a lot that's novel-only. It's a great adaptation but Terra's unawareness towards her own gaying out is way more visible in the novel, with how often the narrative points out Diode's attractiveness to her, and also Diode's own attraction to Terra and her casually looking at her chest lol. Many details regarding the world outside of FBB have yet to be brought up, especially the Dàxúnniǎo (大巡鳥), but some of those should be fine even if brought up later on.

Spoilers from chapter 8, it'll take a while for me to get to it, since I'm currently translating chapter 5, so read at your own risk:
If we were to compare the manga's chapter 13 (and possibly chapter 14) with its novel counterpart, chapter 8, it's greatly changed from how they actually have a chat regarding Terra not truly wanting to get married but being pressured into it due to social expectations, how she struggled growing up and often bumping into things, how boys hitting her butt and chest, even if accidentally, made her uncomfortable and she never really felt much towards men. After the chat, they get a lot more physically affectionate, with Diode comforting Terra by allowing her to rest on her lap, and like always her scent being calming — then Terra gets back to her senses after they part ways and wonders just what was it that she was doing and why it felt so good, first step towards becoming more aware of her gay feelings.

And no I'm not saying it's a bad adaptation because Tanaka Ahiru also places great attention into detail (Like Kinsei's pointed out to me, Diode's clothing progressively became more "fitted" as she became comfortable living with Terra and the huge contrast between Idaho as a whole being full of cracks and the Elder Council room being drawn crispy clean), so on its own it's really good and enjoyable.
Plus, I really like his besshu and outfit designs, expressions... Just the art as a whole that gives us great, cute and nice moments while exploring their dynamic without having to outright state what's happening between the two. Great storytelling imo.

Also, Terra's novel height is most likely around 190cm~200cm if we calculate it based on Diode's novel height (148cm 身長一四八センチ, 2/3 of Terra's height 身長が三分の二) and her being 20% bigger than her aunt (体はテラより二割小さい). I'm more inclined to her being 200cm tall, which would give her aunt a more average height around 160cm, and explain her habit of hitting into things and also being almost as tall as a door frame. So, quite taller than her manga height of 184cm.

With the introduction of Eda and Magiri in the manga, I wonder if we'll get some glimpses into the prologue's events (although not coming from Diode's mouth) or if he'll let them chat about what they know about the past and advance the story.
There's a lot more I'd love to comment about but I'll leave that for when I'm further into it and others are able to read it too! I'm just happy more people can enjoy this work too because it's seriously great.

(Sorry for the longpost, I really like Twinstar Cyclone Runaway.)

extremely excited for this, the manga adaptation definitely made me hungry for reading the novel as i enjoy the higher level of detail and downtime you tend to get with those. thanks very much for TLing, looking forward to the next release!

The first chapter doesn't have a whole lot more than the manga, but the details of the pillar boat are absolutely wild. Flying around with a 360 degree view and multiwavelength video being beamed directly into your visual cortex has gotta be disorienting as hell.