Wow. We did it. We finally finished Seikimatsu Leader Den Takeshi wide-ban 2! Yay.
We finished the last one in December of 2017 so… it’s been a while. But keep in mind we only did like 3 chapters of Wide-Ban 2 then I had to take a break from this series to finish other stuff, and then we resumed last July. Still, it’s been a while and I’m glad this is finally done. It’s a big milestone.
So, this chapter itself is a nice fun one-off chapter. Also included is all the extras from volumes 3 and 4 of the tankoubons (volumes). These extras are the various things Shimabukuro-sensei stuck between chapters in those volumes, including him writing little essays about him life. They’re kinda fun, not excluding because they’re about life in 1998 and before. Like he talks about his favorite manga growing up and that sorta thing. Plus a bunch of random artwork. Wide-ban 2 actually ends EXACTLY at the end of Volume 4, which I think is the last time that happens. Generally the wide-ban 19 chapters long and the volumes are 9.
Ok, yeah, so, moving forward we’re gonna continue along to wide-ban 3. Wide-ban 3 is where the Mummy Arc starts, which is the first arc where Takeshi starts feeling less like a random slice-of-life manga and more like an adventure manga which parodied battle manga. So I’m looking forward to getting there.
Sorry this series has taken so long to get released. Obviously I had to take a break for a year to finish other stuff so that didn’t help. But my hope is that once these other few projects are all caught up (Back JoJolion Volumes, the other 2-3 volumes of Ikoku Nikki, and the last volume of Innocent) I’ll have a lot more time to make sure these get done on a more regular basis. I still can’t guarantee I’m gonna do this WHOLE series because it’s 13 wide-bans long (The last chapter is chapter 247, so we’ve still got 211 more to do). But I’m gonna keep at it. If my schedule really clears up, maybe I can do them a lot faster. Also the battle manga chapters are way easier than the comedic ones which tend to very wordy and require a lot more time and thought in the translation.
Regardless, check the chapter out! Tell your friends! I love this series and it’s a lot of fun. It’s a great series from a generation ago which I really want English speakers to be able to enjoy.
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