'Ninja water sports' scanlated! ;D
Hey, everyone! :)
Remember this guy?
If not, let me refresh your memory: it's Fuuma from "Depth of underskin", a nasty ninja story by GD Mechano I posted a while ago. Amazing art, twisted scenario and one of my most favourite doujinshis.
And I finally managed to scanlate it. ^___^
If you still don't remember the book, missed it or never saw the guy, a little introduction. ^^
ABOUT THE FANDOM
The fandom is Sengoku Musou 2/Samurai Warriors 2, a game I never played. :P
The title is self-explanatory: samurais, warriors, battles and so on. ^^ If you're familiar with Sengoku Basara, it's quite similar, but a bit more serious I guess.
The guy on the picture is Fuuma Kotarou, he's a ninja, but you wouldn't guess looking at him XD, whimsical, unpredictable, relishing in chaos (and in talking about chaos XD).
For me the concept and design of this character is just amazing. Someone said he looks like an Indian god of war and there is something in it. ^^ But he's not a very... likeable fellow.
The other guy is Hattori Hanzou, he's also a ninja, more typical one I'd say, composed and withdrawn, completely devoted to his lord.
That's him, on the cover:
And again, with some clothes on ;D
ABOUT THE BOOK
As I said, I really love this book. The art is simply stunning - something you might expect from this author, but with all the fight scenes, open scenery, intricate costumes, you can really see her talent shine.
So in a really beautiful way the author tells us a really ugly story. And one of the few I never get bored of. It's quite simple in fact, but it still gets me, even after reading it many, many times.
I often wondered why.
Every time it strikes me how sick and creepy is the situation showed in this story. Because somehow I can believe in this situation, despite all its weirdness, I can believe in the characters' motivations and reactions, because there's more behind them than yaoi cliches - rape here isn't just a 'violent love' and they do what they do, not because 'every man is secretly a homosexual', but for far more disquieting reasons.
This book was and still is really disturbing to me, and that's one of the reasons why I like it so much. ^^
ABOUT SCANLATION
I've been trying to get it scanlated since I bought it, but didn't have much luck.
Getting a decent translation was as usual the biggest problem. But I finally got it a few days ago and did the rest by myself. So don't expect perfection. ^^'
Or scanlated sound effects - first, it's not my level really, second - it would probably take another year to finish it ^^', and third - I consider them a part of the artwork in this book, they were written by hand by the artist and I don't think they should be edited by someone like me.
So, with a few exceptions, you'll find only translations of the sfx on the margins. Except for the places where speach bubbles acctually turned into sound effects too, VERY expressive ones, and there was no way around it. ^^'
THANKS
And finally I'd like to thank the person who helped me finish this project and did the main translation: clock-tower.
You should probably know she actually did it charitably - she offered her translating skills on an auction in one of LJ charity projects and I put my bid. ^^ Look how yaoi helps people around the world. XD But seriously, I think doing something like that is really awesome of her. ^_^
Thank you so much, clock-tower! I wouldn't make it without you. ^_^
The translation was proofread by me and I changed a few things, sometimes without any consultation, so if something sounds off, that's probably my fault. ^^'
AND FOR THE END: ...AN INTRO ;D
So, I hope you'll like the scanlation, although, as I said, it's not a nice story. Remember how it begins?
Fuuma is bored. Watching Hanzo following his lord, he wonders idly: "A dog taking the form of a human, or a human taking the form of a dog?". And then he plays a wicked trick on him to find out what's hidden under his skin.
Twisted, unpleasant story, it's still yaoi, but you won't find a shred of romance here. Just violence.
So be careful - it's definitely FOR ADULTS only.
Title: Depth of underskin
Artist/Circle: Izumi Yakumo/GD Mechano
Characters: Fuuma Kotarou, Hattori Hanzou (if you're not familiar with the game and want to know more about them, check out these links: Fuuma, Hanzou.)
Genre/Rating: yaoi, R18, VIOLENCE
Download - Mediafire
You may share and repost this book but you have to credit Divine Squids as a source (a link to this community would be nice :) and keep the credit page inside the folder intact. Thank you! Thanks! ^^
Password: watersports
Remember this guy?
If not, let me refresh your memory: it's Fuuma from "Depth of underskin", a nasty ninja story by GD Mechano I posted a while ago. Amazing art, twisted scenario and one of my most favourite doujinshis.
And I finally managed to scanlate it. ^___^
If you still don't remember the book, missed it or never saw the guy, a little introduction. ^^
ABOUT THE FANDOM
The fandom is Sengoku Musou 2/Samurai Warriors 2, a game I never played. :P
The title is self-explanatory: samurais, warriors, battles and so on. ^^ If you're familiar with Sengoku Basara, it's quite similar, but a bit more serious I guess.
The guy on the picture is Fuuma Kotarou, he's a ninja, but you wouldn't guess looking at him XD, whimsical, unpredictable, relishing in chaos (and in talking about chaos XD).
For me the concept and design of this character is just amazing. Someone said he looks like an Indian god of war and there is something in it. ^^ But he's not a very... likeable fellow.
The other guy is Hattori Hanzou, he's also a ninja, more typical one I'd say, composed and withdrawn, completely devoted to his lord.
That's him, on the cover:
And again, with some clothes on ;D
ABOUT THE BOOK
As I said, I really love this book. The art is simply stunning - something you might expect from this author, but with all the fight scenes, open scenery, intricate costumes, you can really see her talent shine.
So in a really beautiful way the author tells us a really ugly story. And one of the few I never get bored of. It's quite simple in fact, but it still gets me, even after reading it many, many times.
I often wondered why.
Every time it strikes me how sick and creepy is the situation showed in this story. Because somehow I can believe in this situation, despite all its weirdness, I can believe in the characters' motivations and reactions, because there's more behind them than yaoi cliches - rape here isn't just a 'violent love' and they do what they do, not because 'every man is secretly a homosexual', but for far more disquieting reasons.
This book was and still is really disturbing to me, and that's one of the reasons why I like it so much. ^^
ABOUT SCANLATION
I've been trying to get it scanlated since I bought it, but didn't have much luck.
Getting a decent translation was as usual the biggest problem. But I finally got it a few days ago and did the rest by myself. So don't expect perfection. ^^'
Or scanlated sound effects - first, it's not my level really, second - it would probably take another year to finish it ^^', and third - I consider them a part of the artwork in this book, they were written by hand by the artist and I don't think they should be edited by someone like me.
So, with a few exceptions, you'll find only translations of the sfx on the margins. Except for the places where speach bubbles acctually turned into sound effects too, VERY expressive ones, and there was no way around it. ^^'
THANKS
And finally I'd like to thank the person who helped me finish this project and did the main translation: clock-tower.
You should probably know she actually did it charitably - she offered her translating skills on an auction in one of LJ charity projects and I put my bid. ^^ Look how yaoi helps people around the world. XD But seriously, I think doing something like that is really awesome of her. ^_^
Thank you so much, clock-tower! I wouldn't make it without you. ^_^
The translation was proofread by me and I changed a few things, sometimes without any consultation, so if something sounds off, that's probably my fault. ^^'
AND FOR THE END: ...AN INTRO ;D
So, I hope you'll like the scanlation, although, as I said, it's not a nice story. Remember how it begins?
Fuuma is bored. Watching Hanzo following his lord, he wonders idly: "A dog taking the form of a human, or a human taking the form of a dog?". And then he plays a wicked trick on him to find out what's hidden under his skin.
Twisted, unpleasant story, it's still yaoi, but you won't find a shred of romance here. Just violence.
So be careful - it's definitely FOR ADULTS only.
Title: Depth of underskin
Artist/Circle: Izumi Yakumo/GD Mechano
Characters: Fuuma Kotarou, Hattori Hanzou (if you're not familiar with the game and want to know more about them, check out these links: Fuuma, Hanzou.)
Genre/Rating: yaoi, R18, VIOLENCE
Download - Mediafire
You may share and repost this book but you have to credit Divine Squids as a source (a link to this community would be nice :) and keep the credit page inside the folder intact. Thank you! Thanks! ^^
Password: watersports