Inu ga Arukeba done
It's finished. I already x-posted it to free_manga and yami_no_matsuei. I also tried to include it on MangaUpdates, but they initially refused it because they don't accept unscanlated oneshots. When I told them I had scanlated it (as an Oriya/Ukyou scanlation - visit the site for DL links), they told me to announce it first then add it to the database - and they'll approve it when they're good and ready.
So it might appear on MangaUpdates, or it might not.
Although it's only 40 pages, it felt like a lot of work because it was crammed with a lot of text. A few of the sfx struck me as redundant, because the images spoke for themselves. So I left them out. But it was only a couple. The majority are in there, and most of those had to replace the original Japanese. It would've been way too cluttered otherwise. As it is, it's already very cluttered due to page count constraints.
I think Shinri's battle to prove himself equal - and eventually superior - to Iruka has echoes of the lines from YnM vol 8, when Tsuzuki assures Hisoka that one day he will overtake Muraki (I think). So to me, the Shinri/Iruka battle of wills is a tamer version of the unresolved Hisoka/Muraki conflict - a younger character defiantly doing his best to prove himself better than an older manipulative bully, yet driven by a gnawing sense of insecurity.
So it might appear on MangaUpdates, or it might not.
Although it's only 40 pages, it felt like a lot of work because it was crammed with a lot of text. A few of the sfx struck me as redundant, because the images spoke for themselves. So I left them out. But it was only a couple. The majority are in there, and most of those had to replace the original Japanese. It would've been way too cluttered otherwise. As it is, it's already very cluttered due to page count constraints.
I think Shinri's battle to prove himself equal - and eventually superior - to Iruka has echoes of the lines from YnM vol 8, when Tsuzuki assures Hisoka that one day he will overtake Muraki (I think). So to me, the Shinri/Iruka battle of wills is a tamer version of the unresolved Hisoka/Muraki conflict - a younger character defiantly doing his best to prove himself better than an older manipulative bully, yet driven by a gnawing sense of insecurity.