Hey ya’ll, here’s this month’s chapter. For this chapter we scanlated it from a physical raw because that’s the only raw we could get early this month. Which may happen more in the future probably because we’ve had a number of problems getting early raws recently. Possibly we won’t be able to do it early at all depending on how things go but we’re continuing to do that as much as a means of combating snipers, which always happens with this series, much to my personal frustration. Anyhow if you noticed it looks a bit different than usual, that’s why. We all worked really hard on this chapter. I worked nearly 24 hours straight on it. So I hope you all enjoy.

Besides this, go check out our scanlation of volume 5, I also worked super hard on that. I’m in the middle of translating Shima volume 12, which I should finally have time to finish now after all the stuff from the last few weeks. Really looking forward to doing that and maybe some other projects where I can do at whatever pace I want and don’t need to cram the whole thing into one day.

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The JOJOLands Ch. 22
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Hey everybody, I hope you’re having a good new year. Man we’re 5 volumes in already. Time sure flies. As usual this is mainly just a higher resolution version of the existing chapters with more image on the tops and bottoms and slightly less on the sides. And as usual this is done with scans of the physical raws which are way higher resolution than the digital ones. There’s also a handful of pages with new screentones and more blood spatter added and some things like that but they’re hard to notice if you’re not comparing the pages directly. I mentioned this in the last The JOJOLands post but also the name of the banker “Mack” has been changed to “Yokohama” and Acca Howler is now the 8th head of the Howler family rather than the 76th. Also a bunch of the numbers having to do with the loans and such changed for some reason.

This compiles up to the chapter that came out just a month and a half ago so there’s not much buffer between the magazine and volume chapters now. The next one is scheduled for just “Spring 2025”. The next chapter, which is chapter 22, is set to come out on the 18th Japan time. We’ll try to get it out as soon as we can as usual but stuff with raws has been more difficult lately so we’ll see what happens. In the meantime since Kokou no Hito’s been finished I’m going back to working on Shima volume 12. And there’s a new 3-Gatsu no Lion chapter coming out in the next issue of Young Animal that comes out on the 24th Japan time.

Edit 1/16/2024: There was a page missing somehow, that’s fixed now.

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The JOJOLands Volume 5 (Ch. 17-20)
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Hey everybody, here’s Jojolands 21. We had a whole bunch of problems getting early raws this month and were eventually able to with a backup source and then we were working nonstop since then to get it done for now. Sometimes our raw sources are inconsistent and we can’t be sure if we’ll get it early to be able to release it same-time as it comes out in Japan. There’s been lots of problems with those this year, but we’re gonna keep trying. Sometimes working on this project and trying to get it all done in one day to get it out this fast is really stressful, so I dunno ho long I can keep it up, if I’m being honest. But we’re gonna keep going for now, who knows what’ll happen next month.

In the meantime, The JOJOLands volume 5 just came out so we’ll be working on that. As usual it seems to be basically exactly the same as the magazine versions. One small notable change is Acca Howler has been changed from the 6th generation head of the Howler family to the 8th generation head (it comes up in chapter 21 as well). Anyhow we’ll be working on that but it’ll take some time to get a physical raw, scan it, clean it, etc.

Volumes 13 and 14 of Kokou no Hito are cleaned and typeset so they’re being checked now so there should be more Kokou no Hito done soon. The end of the series is really easy due to not having much text so I’m trying to just focus on that and get all the way to the end. A lot of the last few volumes have chapters where half the pages have no text on them so they’re very easy. So I figured I might as well just focus to get all the way to the end so this series is done. Then I’m gonna go back to focusing on Shima volume 12 once that’s finished.

Anyhow, this is the last Jojo chapter of the year, so have a good new year, everybody!

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The JOJOLands Ch. 21
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Aaand we’re back! After a month break The JOJOLands is once again, having chapters come out. We’re right back where we left off in that battle with Bobby Jean and Jodio. Not much else I can say without spoiling anything, honestly.

So meanwhile we’re working on more Kokou no Hito and Shima Kōsaku as usual. We just released Kokou no Hito volume 10, so go check that out. Kokou no Hito is really moving along so I’m going to try to get the rest of it finished in not *too* long as the remaining volumes have generally less text than the ones we’ve done so far.

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The JOJOLands Ch. 20
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Here’s chapter 19, folks! The battle in the hospital continues.
There’s no new The JOJOLands next month. There’s a message at the end of this chapter saying as much. The next chapter will be out on November 19th Japan time. There’s another Jojo magazine coming out so possibly Araki-sensei will be writing another one-shot of some sort for that or maybe he’s just taking a break.

Anyhow, we just released The JOJOLands volume 4 and Division Chief Shima Kōsaku volume 10. I’m in the middle of Kokou no Hito volume 6 and just started translating Shima volume 11. So that’s what we got going on! Go check all this stuff out! They take forever and I’m exhausted!

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The JOJOLands Ch. 19
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Aaand here is volume 4, folks! Man, volume 4 already? It feels like it wasn’t that long ago when the series just started. Like usual, this is a higher quality version of the magazine version done by scanning the physical volumes. There’s like a couple tiny details and screentones and stuff added and a few pictures in between the chapters but besides that it’s pretty much the same (Besides the standard higher resolution and more image data on top and bottom and slightly less on one side). Also they added Charming Man to the intro pages where the characters are introduced.

The next volume is just scheduled for “winter” of this year. That should contain up to chapter 20 probably. And only up to 18 are released so far. So that means maybe December or January I’m guessing. Right now I’m in the middle of working on Kokou no Hito volume 6 and I’m trying to get Shima volume 10 done which has been taking a while, but I’m finally most of the way done on that. I’ve had a bunch of stressful stuff going on IRL which has made it harder to get through all this stuff quickly. But yeah I’m gonna keep going on it steadily. I kind of need to decide how much I’m going to take breaks while also making sure everything gets finished.

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The JOJOLands Volume 4 (Ch. 13-16)
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And here’s chapter 18! This is the next part of the “That Girls’ Bags’ Groove” arc. Volume 4 is now also out so we’ll be working on that as usual. And as usual we need to buy it, scan it, clean it, redo all the redraws, etc. So it’ll take some time, I’ve gotta schedule all this stuff around the rest of my life which has been kind of stressful lately.

Meanwhile we’re in the middle of Kokou no Hito volume 5 and Shima volume 10. Those should hopefully get done before too long.

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The JOJOLands Ch. 18
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Hey everybody, here’s chapter 17! Please go check it out. Uhhh more things happen in this one. I can’t think of much to say here. This one has a ton of text but so did the last one. Just kinda continues the current arc. Volume 4 comes out next month at the same time as the new chapter, which is August 19th Japan time. Besides that, we just finished a new Shima Kōsaku volume and a new Kokou no Hito volume so I’m starting work on the next ones.

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The JOJOLands Ch. 17
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Hey everybody, here’s chapter 16! I hope you all enjoy, this one has a loot of text. When I work on these I’m basically doing it all day nonstop from when I wake up to when I go to sleep and then I do some finishing work in the morning the next day if anyone doing final checks made any comments when I was asleep. Honesly I dunno how long I can keep doing these because it takes so much out of me but I’ll keep going for now.

Meanwhile I’m still working on the next Shima Kousaku volume and Kokou no Hito V2 is almost done. Kokou no Hito is an easy series that I’ve already translated so I’m trying to prioritize that to get it all done, but the first like 4 volumes have a ton of text relative to the rest of the series. Then the last bunch of it has like almost none, half the pages have no text, so I can probably typeset a whole volume in like a day, whereas the first ones take like several days. So as it happens the BEGINNING is where all the effort is going to go to. I’m hoping to have that done pretty soon.

Also we finished our HQ scanlation of volume 3 the other day. So please check that out. It took a long freaking time to do all those pages and I really love how it turned out.

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The JOJOLands Ch. 16
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Okay everyone, here we are at chapter 15! This chapter is lots of fun and full of weird body horror. It’s more fun hanging out with a bunch of weirdos. The magazine comes out a bit early this month for some reason, not really sure why. Next time it comes out at the usual time on the 19th Japan time.

Also we finished our HQ scanlation of volume 3 the other day. So please check that out. It took a long freaking time to do all those pages and I really love how it turned out.

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The JOJOLands Ch. 15
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