Managing Director Shima Kōsaku Volume 7

Managing Director Shima Kōsaku Volume 7

Hey everybody here we are at volume 7. Sorry there’s such a delay between these volumes but I’ve had a lot of other life events going on that’s occupied a lot of my time. I actually translated like the first 3 chapters of this in March-May and then the whole rest of it plus typesetting and such in June. We’re down to the end of Part 3 now, next volume is the last one and then we’re off to the adventures of the Joumu/Executive Managing Director arc.

This volume has the rest of the Zeng Liesheng arc (at least for now) and then most of the Hu Fanglan arc. Volume 8 finishes that arc and then the rest of it is a bunch of little quick events before Part 3 ends.

So at the moment, I’m working on the next volume and also checking Gintama volumes. I really wanna get the rest of Gintama checked and released soon but checking stuff you translated like a decade ago is very dull work so I’m trying to get it done a little at a time. But all that’s left is me and Teppy checking them. Once that’s done I’ll probably focus on Shima more and maybe pick up some small manga that isn’t something I’d work on for years and years.

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

Managing Director Shima Kōsaku Volume 7 (Ch80-93)
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The JOJOLands Ch. 37

The JOJOLands 37

And we’re back! Here’s chapter 37. Will Jodio and friends survive the lion pit and get those silly skull stickers off? Find out. Lots of stuff happens in this one. And remember, don’t put lithium batteries in lions mouths in real life. The lions do not like that.

In the meantime, I’ve almost finished translating Managing Director Shima volume 7 and I’m gonna go back to finalizing more Gintama once that’s done. The Gintama thing is almost done it’s just checking them left which is kind of dull work, going through every line looking for mistakes. But I think it’s worth it cause we’ve already done so much else, everything else is finished. And there’s been no new announcements about 3-Gatsu no Lion.

Next The JOJOLands chapter comes out July 17th Japan time, so see you again then!

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Edit 6/18/2026: This has been updated with the higher-res Chinese raws. All the links should be up to date.

The JOJOLands Ch. 37
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Gintama Volume 57

Gintama Volume 57

Here we are, the next one, volume 57! We’ve got 11 volume versions left. I wrote a recap of what’s going on with this project here. This volume is the middle part of the Shogun Assassination arc, which is basically the 2nd half of 56, then all of 57 and 58. This one is the climax of Zenzou’s story in the arc and also the beginning of the fight with Takasugi and Kamui.

Like I said in the last post, everything is done but checking over the remaining volumes. Me and Teppy are working on that. These last couple didn’t take very long because this part of the story is very action-heavy. From the first half of 56 and earlier there’s a lot more text because it’s largely more of the comedy arcs.

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Gintama Volume 57 (Ch507-515)
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