wait she's 21 and supposed to be almost the same age as the mistress? Is that correct because that would mean the mistress had her daughter at an exceedingly young age and that the young miss herself would have to still be exceedingly young herself.

And like sure the young lady is definitely a young teenager at best, but genuinely putting the Mistress in the 22 to 24 age range feels like it doesn't really add up.

To be honest, as I was translating I was doubtful too. I tried to imagine a scenario where Aria would fit and it's complicated.

But 21 is written in plain numbers, so there's no mistake. And Chloé mumbles 奥さまとほとんど同じ年齢だわ

It could also be translated to "practically" or "basically", "virtually" (the same age).

I think the two maids are 16 or 17 (?). The Young Lady could be 10/12.

If we imagine Sophia had her daughter at 18 (or maybe earlier, who knows in that Victorian setting), maybe they're 6/7 years apart. Does that count as "almost". I don't know.

it's the tongue slipping in.

Chapter 24 is the last chapter of volume 4 and it ends with "To Be Continued".

Which means there'll be at least a volume 5.

I can't believe it's been two and half a year I've been translating this.

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ch 13, pg 3, "wanted thank you" -> "wanted to thank you".
pg 7, "this the place" -> "this is the place"

Weird you mention it at this hour.

It was already corrected yesterday.

If you wonder who the hell is that woman in chapter 16, in the volume version, the author retconned the afro guy to a woman for some reason.

This chapter was published in the mag after the volume came out.

Seeing all the wild speculations, I'll chime in to say that I (obviously) read the whole thing. It's a single volume. There's only 9 chapters and an epilogue.

And it doesn't get that dark. Just a lot of drama and some stuff people will probably dislike even more about Ami.

Maybe I should release the next 8 chapters all at once in a few months instead of one by one, so people won't be furious for nothing.

But the drama on the forum is scrumptious too

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Thank you to "mycropen" for sending the raws up to chapter 22 my way.

So... the author's gotten a collab with the 30th anniversary release of Nirvana's In Utero. Looks like a promotional sticker from a pop-up shop? Twitter translate isn't the best.

Sumiko-sensei's pretty hype, in any case!

It's limited to Japan, of course.

My personal theory's that Yuni and Nanase will have sex and Yuni will be comparing them.

And also, that Nanase, in the true NTR fashion, will come to enjoy being cucked. Or will cuck Yuni with Yuki.

I think Iwami Kiyoko enjoys seeing the world burn.

A fungus is not a plant! This manga fails botany forever!!!

Correction: Yuni isn't a botanist.

Anyway, in the original, she says she doesn't know what kind of flower it is. I changed to plant. That sentence was a bit weird anyway

Everyone's suddenly an expert translator.

Anyway, I erred on the side of caution and kept it as vague as the Japanese is.

Well, this didn't solve anything.

Some people are still saying it's "not yuri" (or it's "trash") because Aikawa kissed a boy.

To note: the relationship between Hato and Ruri isn't romantic in nature. Asako says as much at the end: don't help her because she's a celebrity or because she's a (romantic) partner, but because she's a "neighbor", ie someone who lives next to you. Echoing her former situation with Miyako. She's not quite a stranger, not quite a friend, but someone you know well enough to try to help them.

Asako is giving Hato a reason to help Ruri, which she didn't really have before.

Told you so.

Won't stop me from scanlating it.

Though I should probably work on that damn vol 3...

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After reading the twitter of Sumiko Arai, the Japanese readers in the comments understood that AYA will sing for Koga.

So I changed it.

We'll see next week.

Tbh, I went with "We'll sing" because of the hand on the shoulder, but the Japanese sentence is totally ambiguous.

It's just 歌います!! ("Singing!!" or "Will sing!!"). No pronouns.

So it's only my guess that she wants to sing a duet with Koga.

I don't think it would make sense for her to serenade Koga at this point.

Inb4 I have to change that sentence next week...

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my guess is that Kyoka, the ice queen cosplayer, is Tsukiko's previous cosplay partner (and possibly romantic partner??)

After this chapter and the focus on inspiring others, I feel like Kyouka might have been inspired to cosplay by our MC. She could have been a fan that our MC met and that's why she seems familiar to her. That would tie up a bunch of the themes after they meet Cocoa.

We can see what is probably Kyoka on page 25 of chapter 9.

It's pretty "in your face".

I wonder if the winter moonlight magazine will ever be translated

I will, eventually cough

I have too many manga to translate.

Too add to the explanations, it's a LINE manga, ie, it's published mainly for mobile.

The chapters are short, to adapt to the fast paced reading of mobiles users, on their way to school for example.

These 5 chapters, in a "normal" manga, would amount to about 2 chapters and half.

In Japan, the release schedule was much faster (maybe a ch per week), so reader engagement was probably higher, but I don't have that kind of time (releasing the green manga every week is already kind of difficult).

Anyway, there's a pay off later and there are several other couples that have yet to appear. It's definitely a yuri manga.

I read a bit ahead.

He changes back next day. He meets her family. Her father is also a "magical trans woman". It's a curse that runs in the family apparently

Did the translator decide not to use honorifics? It sounds as though Aya briefly decided to use "-san" on Erika due to her being older than her as a result of whatever happened, but the translator decided to use the rough English equivalent instead.

Yeah, I decided against using "san" for this particular exchange.

I felt it would have been awkward in English, because Erika's using a specific expression (さん付け) which means literally "attaching san to someone's name".

While I think it's acceptable to add -chan, -san or -sama when it's an address, because it clears up the level of relationship between the characters, I think in this case it would have have introduced too much Japanism in the conversation.

Apparently, the pose on the final page is known as "Yuri Cosmic Symbol" 百合太極図

For some reason, I had overlooked the Omake.

It's fixed.

To note: the relationship between Hato and Ruri isn't romantic in nature. Asako says as much at the end: don't help her because she's a celebrity or because she's a (romantic) partner, but because she's a "neighbor", ie someone who lives next to you. Echoing her former situation with Miyako. She's not quite a stranger, not quite a friend, but someone you know well enough to try to help them.

Asako is giving Hato a reason to help Ruri, which she didn't really have before.

last edited at Aug 11, 2023 2:44AM