Ok, well finally, this is done.
Sorry this kinda took a while but it’s like 360 pages long, took a while to clean, redrawn, get the typesetting moved over, all that stuff.
Uh so I’ve pretty much said everything I had to say back when we released the final chapter originally.
The short version who don’t want to read all that is: We’ve done the series from V33 to the end. It would be nice to do volume versions for volumes 46-72, but it’s just not worth it to me given the time it would take. Same for doing volumes 25-32, which were done by other groups but for the most part aren’t done at very good quality (And Viz’s official versions exist for the rest, which are all good quality). For those earlier ones, while there are fewer of them, each one would take a lot longer because I’d need to translate them too. I kinda wanna move on to other projects, so these last V33-35 and V73-77 have been my send off for the series.
Though if someone wants to volunteer to do any of that, feel free to email me at kewl0210@gmail.com and we could try to work it out, but I’d only be a minimal participant.
The volume is pretty much the same as the magazine, but the quality is better. A handful of panels in the last chapter changed I think to clarify what was going on with the fake reality created by Tamako. I also put all the extras, color pages, and apologies in from the magazines and that one note for the final delay they posted on Twitter. Plus the extras Sorachi added just for the volume about his horrible experience ending the series.
Also here’s a fun tweet of a mosaic-ed Sorachi being lifted up by all his editors from the run of the series. I can’t really put that in the release since it’s a video but it’s pretty cool so I thought I’d stick it here if anyone didn’t see it at the time it was posted.
And if you haven’t seen it yet, check out the end of the fanbook we translated, which contains some post-series-end interviews and stuff.
Uh, so this series is great. But now it’s all done. I hope everyone enjoyed it. Spread it out there to all those that haven’t read it yet. And check out some of the other series we’re doing! I try to find good stuff. This series changed my life for the better, and I hope it affected all yours for the better, too.
Gintama Volume 77 (Chapters 696-704)
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This reader is especially thankful that Hi Wa Mata Noburu stuck with Gintama till the end. I don’t know if I can read VIZ volumes the same way again. I’m too used to your translations.
We get to see THE Gorilla-sensei in all his mosaic-ed glory, as things should be.
Thanks! I’m always glad to hear I was able to convey the characters in a way that stuck with people. I feel like I’ve still got a lot to learn when writing character speaking-styles and making them feel more unique though.
You really did. When watching the anime, I would sometimes follow along reading your scanlations. Yeah, even subs seemed inadequate at times in comparison although they did do a great job getting the puns across. I was able to tell from listening to the dialogue that not only do you guys translate it as close to the literal meaning and sentence structure as possible, you also try to differentiate between each character’s speech patterns. Like how Gintoki’s got a casual way o’ speaking or how Shinpachi’s always super polite or even ending Kagura’s sentences with “yes” so we know she’s adding an “aru” or a “ne” at the end.
Agh, I just noticed I typed your guy’s name wrong. Edit button plz… @_@