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Section Chief Shima Kōsaku Volume 16

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Section Chief Shima Kо̄saku Volume 16

Hoooo boy, we have made it to volume 16. And if you’ve been following this series, you know what that means, the next volume is the final volume of the Section Chief arc. It’s been quite a journey and it’s nearly at the end. Feels kinda crazy. This series seriously requires a lot of work, a lot of research, a lot of slow careful checking and editing, so it feels good to finally be at this point. I guess we’ll be starting on the Division Chief arc after that but I’m not sure if we’ll be attempting to keep up the same schedule because this series just takes tons and tons of time to make progress on. I kind of need to balance out my time so I’m not spending all my free time scanlating. But I’m quite proud that we’ve now nearly finished Part 1.

So this volume contains the second half of the Office Chief Hirai arc and then all of the short but sweet Thailand arc. It ends exactly at the end of the last chapter of that arc. Next volume, volume 17, is sort of the climax of the entire 17-volume series. It ties up all the plotlines that are still open, mainly about the drama around the possibility of Nakazawa becoming president. It’s gonna be a great one, so I hope you’re all looking forward to that. “Section Chief Shima Kōsaku” just on its own without its sequels is a pretty complete story and I think it’s really good even without the whole rest of the series which would take us like 7 years of releasing one volume a month to finish, so I’m definitely not promising I’ll do the whole thing. But we’ll see where the future goes.

Check out my summary here of what this series is about if you haven’t seen it yet.

Also, we have a new Discord! Come hang out and talk about manga. https://discord.gg/Nw45rfJYZF

Section Chief Shima Kо̄saku Volume 15 (Ch143-153)
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The JOJOLands Ch. 2

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Here’s Jojolands chapter 2! I wrote a little intro to this part of Jojo and my current feelings on this project in the chapter 1 release post here. Unfortunately it seems like we’re dealing with snipers again, (groups competing to do the same series as soon as it comes out when we were doing it first for years) which we’re just going to ignore and hope they quit eventually as they usually do after a while. But like I said it’s really frustrating that we have to deal with this sort of thing still after working on a series for over a decade now. Most folks generally just read whatever comes out first, so when this happens it makes everything more stressful and more difficult when you need to compete like this and really with all the series that aren’t translated at all, it’s just a severe waste of time and resources (Like right now we’re doing Shima Kōsaku which is a classic series that’s been going since the 80’s that hasn’t been translated ever, and that’s not the only series like that). I’ve talked about this on the FAQ page because it’s happened multiple times now. Anyhow, please do us a favor and don’t support those groups. We’ll try to keep a positive attitude here.

Anyhow, enjoy! See you next month. The next chapter comes out on April 19th Japan time, so a bit later in the month than the first two but that’s when Ultra Jump USUALLY comes out, it’s been early these past two months. At the moment I’m working on Shima Kōsaku volume 16, but there’s still a lot to go with that.

Also, we have a new Discord! Come hang out and talk about manga. https://discord.gg/Nw45rfJYZF

The JOJOLands Ch. 2
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Ikoku Nikki Ch. 52

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Here’s 52! Hope you enjoy. This one has less text than the last couple and is a lot more on the minimalist, emotional side of things.

Also check out volume 10 of Ikoku Nikki which we released a couple weeks ago if you haven’t yet. We’ve now done volume versions of 10 volumes in this series, it’s really come a long way.

The next release is probably going to be chapter 2 of The JOJOlands which should come out on the 17th Japan time, assuming all goes well.

Also, we have a new Discord! Come hang out and talk about manga. https://discord.gg/Nw45rfJYZF

Ikoku Nikki 52
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Section Chief Shima Kōsaku Volume 15

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Section Chief Shima Kо̄saku Volume 15

Ooookay, here we are, volume 15. A whole lot has been going on in my life this past month or so and it’s really been quite distressing. Just a generally stressful and difficult time all around with a lot of ups and downs. But it feels good to have this volume done, working on this series is generally a pretty enjoyable time (for something that’s work, at least).

This volume concludes the Cosmos Group Acquisition arc and starts the Office Chief Hirai arc. After this volume we’ve just got two volumes left in Section Chief, so we’ve really got not too much left at this point. The plan for now is to start Division Chief at least and just see where we go. I might do it slower or more infrequently or something like that but I really don’t think I’m just gonna marathon through 85 volumes of this series (which isn’t including the prequels, spinoffs, and non-canon extra things. And also the series is still going.) I hope you’re all enjoying it, I know I am. There’s really just a lot that happens in this series and it feels like it always tackles a different part of society. And it’s interesting to look back on their perspective on the future back in the 80’s and early 90’s. The whole Cosmos Group buyout story is loosely based on how Matsushita (Panasonic) bought Universal in 1990. But I’d imagine it’s also quite dramatized and combines some other semi-real-life events to create what we ultimately end up with. The Hirai arc is also a really good human drama with a lot of complexity to it. I thinks folks will really enjoy that if you’ve liked those sorts of arcs so far.

Anyhow, I’m gonna go relax. The next release will probably be the new Ikoku Nikki chapter that comes out on the 8th Japan time. Then the next Jojo chapter should come out on the 17th Japan time.

Oh by the way the Gold Soushuuhens only went up to volume 14 so we don’t have any more starting color pages for the last 3 volumes. We’re just gonna have to make do with the color pages from the tankoubons, bunkobans, and zenshuus from this point on I’m afraid.

Check out my summary here of what this series is about if you haven’t seen it yet.

Also, we have a new Discord! Come hang out and talk about manga. https://discord.gg/Nw45rfJYZF

Section Chief Shima Kо̄saku Volume 15 (Ch143-153)
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