Thank you so much for the translation, I think this series scratches an itch that no other current series does; I was really bummed when the manga got axed. I really want more people to read this, so I have created an EPUB of the first volume from your translation posted on the fatbeachball website. Where can I contact the translators so they can determine if this is something they are interested in, and if interested, distribute it via their channels instead of me randomly posting it and (inadvertently) claiming credit for their work?
We actually considered doing that very early on, so I believe it is something we both are interested in, since the only way to read our translation is through here and the neocities page itself (aside from a pdf that we haven't really shared anywhere public), but I'd prefer to do that after I receive some translation feedback for volume 1 I'm waiting for, as we might have to make some changes to it. Thank you for the offer though! I'll post here when I've gone through it again, we could probably just link a download for that on our site or here.
The only way to contact me currently is through this thread and Dynasty's discord server (my username there is a bunch of numbers but the display name is the same as here), but I might set up an email later just for this.
It's nice how a lot of the names are quite weird, even the Gendou ones, which started to use a more western name order at some point after Magiri's death. The Gendou love being all different and taking pride in their traditions, but I guess they had to follow some sort of regulation too. If anyone's interested, here are the kanji for the all the characters from the Gendou clan so far since I think they're pretty cool:
Gendou Magiri
弦道間切
Kanna Ishidourou Gendou
寛和石灯籠弦道
Iwana Ishidourou Gendou
岩魚石灯籠弦道
Ozuno Ishidourou Gendou
小角石灯籠弦道
Chuuya Gennissee Jigou
忠哉幻日斎次号
Nurude Shikiriyouni Keiwaku
白膠木仕切鬼蛍惑
Meika Shikiriyouni Keiwaku
瞑華仕切鬼蛍惑
I'm done with chapter 1.3's rough translation also. Really excited for you all to see what's to come too! It really was a shame how the manga ended when things were only starting for them because there are lots of fun moments I'd have loved to see. (minor spoilers for this volume) We even get a drunk Diode scene, Terra rambling about turtles, which would have been really cute, Terra getting Really into how the koi work to the point it scares Diode a little, and also details on why she settled for DIE-OVERDOSE as her nickname but also, I think the koi fishing section has one of the coolest visuals in the whole work along with a certain scene near the end of volume 4... Still thinking about it.
Fuyou is looking really bleak and I wonder if it's even worse for the girls who are not pseudo-royalty. As much as I hate Meika, the thought that she will probably be stuck there alone soon is still kind of a downer.
Also yeah, I don't hate her, I quite like her actually haha, but it does suck to think of her situation and of the many other there. I probably already mentioned this in an older post on the manga's thread, but if not, minor volume 3 spoilers Diode mentions that they aren't allowed to make use of contraceptives to stop their periods, so most of them endure it while others buy them through what is sort of a black market Meika is clearly agonizing while everything slowly kills her, but she doesn't have the same courage as Diode to make that gamble and run away, so in her current situation, considering her position as the daughter of the Clan Chief, it's likely the trackers would go a lot harder on her than they did on Diode, which was already quite... Yeah. So, she would also need an escape plan as extreme as Terra and Diode's of fleeing to the GI, and even then, she is just too tied down to how things currently work and her own responsibilities, so it goes back to her lacking the courage to make that choice and above all, not having the same opportunity to and knowledge.
Anyway, it's just neat how she is an opposite of Terra and Diode. Sadly the other things I could say about her go into heavy spoiler territory...