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I've been having nightmares about scanlating. Well, not exactly nightmares, but bad dreams none the less. I took a nap yesterday morning, and I dreamed that I took up a project about the wacky adventures of high school students, drawn in a "popular, but not-my-taste" style. (Let me point out, I intensely dislike manga about the wacky adventures of high school students.) My editor hated it so much that she wrote a detailed review in a prominent forum, and, honestly, I didn't blame her one bit. But, I felt like we had to finish it, because some people liked it. The worst part was, not that I had to translate it, but that I had to force my editor, who hated it as much as I did, to work on it.
I also had a dream about Carp, but I don't remember it.
I think this is all because the end of the month is quickly approaching.
Anyway, I wasted the entire day today reading manga and silly yaoi novels. I really need to clean up around here and pay some bills. It's only 8:09 as I type this. I still have time. I shouldn't be writing this dumb post, but, eh... most of the day is wasted anyway.
I did revise Kusama Sakae's "Beautiful Days," today which I absolutely loved. The title is actually something like, "Even though terrible things happened back then, those days were still beautiful to me." I had to shorten it to "Beautiful Days," even though that's not quite right. It irks me, but what can I do? Everything I come up with sounds strange, or it's too long. Anyway, the story is about high school students. Hahaha... well, I don't hate all manga about high school students, just most of them. And this is a very mature story. But the thing I like best about Kusama is the way she manages to create tension between her characters. I don't know if it comes across in English, but I always feel all a flutter with anticipation when I read her work. With other authors, I rarely feel the characters' attraction to each other. I may believe that they are attracted to each other, but I don't necessarily sense it in the same way. Kusama somehow manages to capture it, even in rushed situations. I don't know why she's not more popular. I've heard some people say they don't like her art work. Oh, well. To each her own, I guess.
Then, I read this book called Eat or Be Eaten by Jinko Fuyuno. As far as these DMP/June novels go, this was one of the more enjoyable ones. I understood the characters' motivations. There weren't horrible typos or grammatical errors. (They actually had "all right" correctly in this book. I cringe every time I see "alright" and "anyways," which their proofreaders, if they exist, never fail to miss.) I liked all the characters, and the author developed the relationship between the two leads adequately. The sex scenes were a little disappointing because the main character turns into a wavering mass of "No, no, stop!" And the love interest is described at one point as "dressed with simple grace, in a button-down shirt and leather pants." Leather pants?! I laughed out loud. This just calls to mind 80/90s metal bands, not grace of any kind. It seemed out of character. But, overall, I liked it. It's nice to read in English once in a while.
Apparently, I have a very short memory. I ate sushi again and, all day, I've been picking sesame seeds out of my teeth. I think they're all gone now. I hope so.
Well, I'm just rambling because the vacuum cleaner looks evil. And I have a stack of mail that also looks evil. One envelope says "Important information about your 401K." That can't be good news. Not like I'll ever be able to retire on that anyway.
I also had a dream about Carp, but I don't remember it.
I think this is all because the end of the month is quickly approaching.
Anyway, I wasted the entire day today reading manga and silly yaoi novels. I really need to clean up around here and pay some bills. It's only 8:09 as I type this. I still have time. I shouldn't be writing this dumb post, but, eh... most of the day is wasted anyway.
I did revise Kusama Sakae's "Beautiful Days," today which I absolutely loved. The title is actually something like, "Even though terrible things happened back then, those days were still beautiful to me." I had to shorten it to "Beautiful Days," even though that's not quite right. It irks me, but what can I do? Everything I come up with sounds strange, or it's too long. Anyway, the story is about high school students. Hahaha... well, I don't hate all manga about high school students, just most of them. And this is a very mature story. But the thing I like best about Kusama is the way she manages to create tension between her characters. I don't know if it comes across in English, but I always feel all a flutter with anticipation when I read her work. With other authors, I rarely feel the characters' attraction to each other. I may believe that they are attracted to each other, but I don't necessarily sense it in the same way. Kusama somehow manages to capture it, even in rushed situations. I don't know why she's not more popular. I've heard some people say they don't like her art work. Oh, well. To each her own, I guess.
Then, I read this book called Eat or Be Eaten by Jinko Fuyuno. As far as these DMP/June novels go, this was one of the more enjoyable ones. I understood the characters' motivations. There weren't horrible typos or grammatical errors. (They actually had "all right" correctly in this book. I cringe every time I see "alright" and "anyways," which their proofreaders, if they exist, never fail to miss.) I liked all the characters, and the author developed the relationship between the two leads adequately. The sex scenes were a little disappointing because the main character turns into a wavering mass of "No, no, stop!" And the love interest is described at one point as "dressed with simple grace, in a button-down shirt and leather pants." Leather pants?! I laughed out loud. This just calls to mind 80/90s metal bands, not grace of any kind. It seemed out of character. But, overall, I liked it. It's nice to read in English once in a while.
Apparently, I have a very short memory. I ate sushi again and, all day, I've been picking sesame seeds out of my teeth. I think they're all gone now. I hope so.
Well, I'm just rambling because the vacuum cleaner looks evil. And I have a stack of mail that also looks evil. One envelope says "Important information about your 401K." That can't be good news. Not like I'll ever be able to retire on that anyway.