The JOJOLands Ch. 13

Hey everybody, quick content warning. This chapter contains: forced-feminization, psychological torture, sexual assault, gender dysphoria, self-loathing, broken marriages, childhood trauma, childhood guilt, arson, and probably a bunch of other stuff I don’t know the name of. (This sort of thing is pretty par-the-course for the stuff our group works on at this point but I figured I’d mention it here cause it’s kind of a lot. Though this is all pretty tame compared to The Book: Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure 4th Another Day which I hope you all read.) Anyway, I hope you enjoy it!

We just released Shima volume 7 and we just started on volume 8. We’re working on DRCL volume 4 still. And next month The JOJOLands comes out on April 19th Japan time, same as usual. Volume 3 is set to come out at the same time so we’ll be working on our HQ scanlation of that once it’s available. Also there SHOULD be a 3-Gatsu no Lion chapter this week, fingers crossed it’s actually in the magazine this time. That’s it for now, see ya later!

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Division Chief Shima Kōsaku Volume 7

Division Chief Shima Kо̄saku Volume 7

The past is never dead. It’s not even past.

Folks, we’ve made it past the half-way point of the Division Chief arc. Holy shit. We’ve come such a long way. Oh also this is the first one we’ve done were we used the scanned zenshuu raws for ALL of the black and white pages. Previously we only did it for pages that looked kind of awful in the digital raws. Not sure if we’ll keep that up or not (and at a point the digital raws stop being over-leveled and look normal and are at good resolution) but we’ll probably keep doing it for a bit.

Ssssso there was no 3-Gatsu no Lion in the last issue of Young Animal despite the preceding issue’s next-issue-preview page saying there would be. Supposedly there’s one in the next issue, but I dunno what’s going on over there because this has happened multiple times now. And there’s a new Jojo next week and we’re still working on #DRCL midnight children volume 4. That’s about it. I hope you enjoy this folks, this volume’s one of the great ones (They’re all great but maybe this one is particularly great?).

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The JOJOLands Ch. 12

I just love these freakin’ goofs. They’re just a fun bunch of weirdos hanging out, that’s what this manga is. It’s great.

If you haven’t seen it yet, check out our HQ scanlation of volume 2 we finished a little while ago. Volume 3’s release date was just set for April 18th, by the way. This chapter, 12, is probably the chapter that volume 3 ends with.

In the meantime, I’m working on Shima volume 7. DRCL volume 4 is out in Japan now, and I think that’s the last volume of that series we’re going to do. I’m also working on that but it’ll take a while, I’m not really in a rush to do it. Next chapter of Jojo comes out on March 19th Japan time. Enjoy the chapter, folks!

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Division Chief Shima Kōsaku Volume 6

Division Chief Shima Kо̄saku Volume 6

Uuuuuuuhh we did it! We made it to volume 6! There’s really so much in these volumes man, there’s a lot happening. Well anyhow after the devastating end of Volume 5 I hope you all learned a valuable lesson. In a manga that runs for 40 years and everyone ages in real time, everybody dies. They’re all just doomed. Most of them. Some of them. A lot of them.

Anyhow, on that note, this volume has like a sort of epilogue to the Yatsuhashi Shinko arc, then a bunch more corporate intrigue and on to the next part of the record industry arc. The record industry arc as a whole is quite long (I think the last bit of it ends around volume 10). And there’s a bunch of emotionally devastating stuff in this volume so be advised. And it’s only going to get more devastating.

If anyone would like to volunteer to help out with checking/editing/cleaning/typesetting any of that for this project, please feel free to email me at kewl0210@gmail.com about it. We could always use more help on this series because of how much gosh-darn stuff there is in every single volume.

Uh, there’s been no new 3-Gatsu no Lion chapters in any of the Young Animals that’ve come out recently. Next possible one would be the one that comes out on February 22nd Japan time. And the next The JOJOLands is set to come out on February 19th Japan time. Also volume 4 of DRCL midnight children is coming out later this month, and I think that’s gonna be the last one we work on because it’s licensed. And it’ll take a while to do after it’s out anyhow to get the volume, scan it, and clean the whole thing. For now, I need a bit of a break because I’ve been working on this every day for like… a while now. Enjoy, everyone!

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The JOJOLands Ch. 11

Here’s the first The JOJOLands chapter of the new year, folks! This is a pretty good one, it’s also more pages than the last few for some reason. I hope you all enjoy. Next chapter comes out next month in Ultra Jump which comes out on February 19th Japan time.

If you haven’t seen it yet, check out our HQ scanlation of volume 2 we finished a little while ago.

Otherwise I’m mainly working on Division Chief Shima volume 6.

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The JOJOLands Volume 2

Happy New Year, folks! Here we are, here is our high-quality volume version of The JOJOLands volume 2! As we did with volume 1, this is scanned from the volume at high resolution. The physical volumes are the highest quality source available, way more than the digital versions, which have MUCH lower resolution and look way worse overall due to how they’re compressed (We also don’t want to use AI-upscaling or anything like that which I just generally think is a bad idea since you’re changing the art at that point). We’re releasing these at 2560px tall which is a lot more than we did for JoJolion since I think folks would prefer the somewhat higher resolution over it taking up more space.

This contains chapters 4-8 so that covers everything in the magazine that came out up to September. For the most part it’s all the same except for the author flap and intro pages and a couple little sketches and a description of the cats and their Stand in the middle. Besides that it’s just like a couple sound effects were added and we spruced a couple tiny things up a little text-wise. These take a lot of effort to do because we need to do a lot more manual work on physical pages, but I think this ended up looking really good.

The next volume is just set for “Spring 2024”, so that could be any time from March to May and should contain chapters 9-12 probably. And chapters 11 and 12 aren’t out in the magazine yet. Speaking of which chapter 11 is set to come out at midnight on the 18th Japan time, so we’ll be working on that soon.

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Division Chief Shima Kōsaku Volume 5

Division Chief Shima Kо̄saku Volume 5

Oooookay, here we ware, we’ve made it to volume 5! God this manga is so exhausting. Uhhh I think I’ve said that in every post but it’s true. A lot of very in-depth business stuff in this volume. Though the end is a bit more action-oriented and is a bit less difficult to translate.

So this volume concludes what you might call “Part 1 of the Record Industry Arc”. Which continues for a while past here. This also is the volume where we finish what came out in the 90’s. The last chapter of this volume, which Shima was on the cover of Morning magazine, was the last chapter that came out in 1999 (Though just for the magazine, the actual volume came out in 2000). Next volume starts with the first chapter that came out in 2000. But also quite fittingly, this story is about events that happen in December and then New Year’s Eve and the first few days of January, which is just about where we’re releasing it now! I thought that was kinda cool how we coincided like that. So we’re now translating what came out exactly 24 years ago.

Anyway, these volumes are a lot of work, this one is 223 pages long plus the extra pages from the bunkobans, zenshuus, and magazines. You might’ve noticed that there’s more chapters-per-volume recently, that’s because the length of each chapter went down from like 20-35 pages to being always 18 pages when Shima became a regular weekly series and not an irregular one. But also I recently noticed that after a certain point the number of pages per volume goes down. The ones we’re doing now are all around 220-ish pages long but after the end of the Managing Director arc, which is about 16 volumes from now, the length of the volumes goes down to like 185 pages. So you could maybe figure for that into any mental math you’re doing if you’re wondering how long it would take us to do the whole rest of the series. Though for now I’m just sorta playing it by ear and trying to just focus on one volume at a time and I may stop at some point if it doesn’t feel worth it for me to continue for any reason.

Otherwise, this should probably be our last release of the year, I hope you all enjoyed what we got out this year and you’re all enjoying yourselves in the holidays. We’re working on The JOJOLands volume 2 scanlation now, that should be done… at some point. There was no new 3-Gatsu no Lion chapter in last week’s Young Animal issue after all and there’s none in the next issue either so we’re waiting to see if there’ll be one in the FOLLOWING issue which comes out January 25th Japan time. And the next The JOJOLands chapter is set to come out on January 18th Japan time. Until then, see ya!

If anyone would like to volunteer to help out with checking/editing/cleaning/typesetting any of that for this project, please feel free to email me at kewl0210@gmail.com about it. We could always use more help on this series because of how much gosh-darn stuff there is in every single volume.

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The JOJOLands Ch. 10

Here we are, at the last The JOJOLands chapter of the year, chapter 10. This one’s a pretty good one, I hope you all like it. This also has a color cover illustration. Next chapter is in the next issue of Ultra Jump which comes out on January 19th Japan time. Also Volume 2 just came out in Japan, so we’ll be working on that. As usual we need to physically scan it and clean it to get it at the highest available quality so it’ll take some time, especially with various end-of-year stuff taking up a lot of our time. Also volume 3 is scheduled for “Spring 2024”.

There IS another 3-Gatsu no Lion chapter this month apparently which should be later this week. Seems they did two in a row despite not saying “Continues next issue” at the end like they did last time. Also I’m in the middle of translating Division Chief Shima Kōsaku volume 5 so maybe we’ll be able to finish that before the end of the year, too. But if I don’t see you, I hope you have happy holidays and a happy new year, folks.

Edit: Never mind, apparently there ISN’T any 3-Gatsu no Lion in that issue. They listed it on the next-issue preview page last issue but there’s no actual 3-Gatsu no Lion chapter there. That’s a bit annoying when you’re trying to plan your time out to work on it… Oh well! Next year it is.

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3-Gatsu no Lion (March Comes in Like a Lion) 205

If you haven’t seen it, check out our release of volume 17! It goes up to the magazine of equivalent of 201 and it took a ton of work to finish.

Ok, here’s the newest one of these! This issue’s chapter is 10 pages long and it’s a fun nicey-nice one. This seems to conclude the uhh… current high-calorie thing happening and then maybe next chapter the Kiriyama VS Shimada match begins. Or maybe something else. Anyhow, there doesn’t seem to be a chapter next issue so it seems like the next 3-Gatsu chapter will be in January 2024. It’s been a great year of 3-Gatsu-ness, I hope you all enjoyed it. There were 6 regular chapters plus volume 17 in 2023, though it looks like the series is back to a regular pace with volume 17 all done so hopefully there’s more new chapters in 2024. See you then!

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Edit: Apparently there IS a chapter next issue despite it not saying “the next chapter is next issue” at the end of this chapter, so we’ll see you again on the 22nd Japan time.

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Division Chief Shima Kōsaku Volume 4

Division Chief Shima Kо̄saku Volume 4

Wheeew, we made it, here is Division Chief volume 4! Seriously, this manga is a lot of work, like you wouldn’t believe. It’s so exhausting and the last few days getting everything typeset and double-checked and finalized is the worst.

So, a few chapters into this volume and we finally reach the end of the wine industry arc. I gotta say that arc was even harder than usual for this series. There was so much terminology and so many French words I had to figure out on top of the usual industry-specific business jargon it made it a real slog to get through, so I’m pretty happy it’s now finally finished.

This arc also begins the Sunlight Records/Record Industry arc! This one is pretty exciting and I hope you all enjoy it. It has different parts to it so it sort of has sub-arcs. The first of which goes from here in volumes 4 to the end of 5. Then there’s uh, more. I won’t spoil it here. But the record industry arc makes up a good chunk of Division Chief. So I hope you’re all looking forward to it. As before, I’m trying to sort of figure out how much time I want to spend on this project and I need to balance it with other stuff I have going on in my life, so I dunno how long each of these will end up taking. But I hope you stick with us, a lot of really great stuff is coming up.

If anyone would like to volunteer to help out with checking/editing/cleaning/typesetting any of that for this project, please feel free to email me at kewl0210@gmail.com about it. We could always use more help on this series because of how much gosh-darn stuff there is in every single volume.

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Division Chief Shima Kо̄saku Volume 4 (Ch34-46)
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