Hi, fellow Saiunkoku fans! I'm here to ask your help with something. I have actually just finished translating one of the Saiunkoku gaiden stories, which I would like to post for everyone to read; however, since I have never formally studied Japanese and was basically just teaching myself as I went along, I don't feel completely confident in my ( Read more... )

Hey everyone!  As we know, a new Saiunkoku novel came out on 3/27.  The title is “Saiunkoku-hishou gaikotsu wo kou.”The book has 5 short stories featuring Yushun, Ouki, Anju, Ryuki and Shi-sen (Sho-taishi) respectively.  It also includes the re-edited version of “Unmei ga deau yoru”previously printed in Beans magazine.  Since it’s only been 3 days ( Read more... )

 Hey guys, the end of the series is almost here! The final light novel is going to be released in Japan on July 1, and Charmian has a link to the new book cover posted on her blog: http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/lnovel/bk_detail.php?pcd=201007000128

 Charmian updated her blog with a post about book 17 spoilers. Apparently some bookstores in Japan (and Amazon Japan) are selling it a little earlier than originally planned (June 1 is the official release date in Japan). Anyways she's got some notes on who makes appearances and a very basic gist of what could happen.

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