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just read that, wow this is exhilarating! i love how it is written, so interesting. aether, for your benefit, I checked the presence of a pronoun for I in "That's right. I am Fukamachi Shou." and it is there. so first and third person is being mixed.

thanks durendal, I'm not sure why those html tags appear, it happens sometimes, it's this stupid new editor the IPB programmers put in. they were too lazy to add new features to their in-house editor so they got a 'plug-in' one and it just doesn't work right. still waiting for them to fix it and release a new version.

remember how a lot of us reacted to gigantic XD? I think even if you currently think it would be disappointed, takaya sensei has a way of doing things that will make it all good.

cheers Odin! well I have been waiting for TV-Nihon to release episode 1 of gobusters before i watch the final episode of gokaiger. I don't want that sense of emptiness when a series finishes and there is no series to replace it. it shouldn't be too long now. edit: oh the video has been removed! never mind .

I love it. see, this is what translating from japanese is like. because very often, things are inferred from context. I can tell you that where durendal has used 'he', are places where the word 'kare' is used which literally means 'he' or 'him'. the places where 'I' are used in the first page are not actually writing 'I' or 'He', it is all contextual. on the second page, it is written first person because it says 'jibun' which is usually indicating 'myself'. although it can often mean 'himself'. it is my opinion that this is written in third person but it is also written in a weird way as shou's memory is coming back to him. I think the first part would be, "even so, he himself had lost consciousness just now" "consciousness was on the verge of returning." and just before that, "When he returned to see the surrounding scenery, he knew that he had been inside the darkness." oh yeah, there is no plural for boy. It's referring solely to tetsuro. "that figure, I recognised having met him. " I'm gonna get really caught up in this if i look at any more XD, then i won't get any scanlating done. I need to get my priorities straight!

ok cool, so we forge ahead with this then thanks everyone! (i guess i'll just put these here, since it's sunday and you guys have posted and them's my rules! ) good luck with that what you've been busy with Durendal

this is quite challenging. durendal, I am realising that a novel is pretty hard going, especially with the way prose is often written. is this intimidating for you? does it seem like a lot of hard work? I'm just trying to read the situation here.

I hope you don't get scolded because I like what you've done. I appreciate your honest comments too. I understand about wanting to leave it until there is more text to read. also, the phrasing thing is very understandable. when translating it is often very difficult to take the phrasing of one language and adopt the natural phrasing of another language. it's like coming off a motorway straight into a built up area. it's difficult to adapt to the different rules/conventions. I often find it difficult to phrase things naturally when I am translating. anyway, I just checked quickly, and this is written in the third person. so your instincts about page 2 were correct. edit: although the beginning of page two, is clearly written in the first person. so I feel this may be a writing device. I got this impression that the perception of shou when he regains consciousness is very odd. kind of distant or disconnected. so this could be why he refers to himself in the third person.

are we hosting this in japanese on our wiki? edit: I mean, are we having both japanese and english? .... well you know, I guess this is a really slow project because nobody seems that bothered by it. there seems to be no interest, which is surprising since this is a guyver novel that has never been seen in english. it contains story elements that nobody has ever experienced. I am honestly surprised that there is so little response in this thread. I mean, why am I the ONLY person to make any comment on the first translated page? it appears that I am the only person interested in this story. if that is the case then I'm not sure if there is much point us continuing this? on the other hand, is it possible people are not interested in this because japanese texts are being posted and they find it intimidating? I don't know.. I hate to say it, but is this a situation like in oliver twist?

by the way, getsu ga is moon fang. ten shou is heaven something. according to wikipedia, it is heaven slicing, but my kanji dictionary doesn't list 'slicing' as a definition for shou. it's likely that the usage is indicating an opposition, or preventative. i personally think 'against heaven' would be more suitable.

well dragon fang would be Ryuga. earth shattering should be daichikudaku. but that may not be the most elegant way of saying it.

Did I tell you guys I'm watching Zenkai Girl? it's really nice drama about a girl who was really poor as a child, studied hard to become a lawyer and is aiming for teh top, but she meets a guy, an 'annoying pill bug' who is not successful rich man but she finds that she is smitten by him. their relationship is one where they are pushed together by circumstance but she is such a stubborn woman she will not admit she likes him and things always get fraught and complicated. she is in a relationship with another guy but keeps swaying back and forth, thinking she should realise her true feelings but then something else happens to make her even more stubborn. the cherry on the cake in this series is the children. I love seeing japanese kids in drama, they are always such incredible actors and for such a young age, is so impressive. a lot of the story is conveyed through the childs perspective. they see so much truth in the world around and actually pass on so much wisdom to the adults. it's so funny to watch.

wow, now I am definitely interested in this! I am very intrigued by the way the character interactions are presented! to see these heroes, are NOT bum chums already, they are at odds with each other , that is really really cool! I am really looking forward to this now

english language version of this months issue - http://www.mediafire.com/?bu51k1scg7djdx1 knock yourselves out guys.

oh, there is one character i think may be a bit too blurred. it is 然

do you mean the project toku wiki? because i don't want to post this to wikipedia! sorry, couldn't resist well this is usually the kind of thing I do, but if you want to do it, I have no qualms about it. be my guest

that's pretty cool, very entertaining! it's got great movement, I love pixel art.

I don't know, I thought griselda had chopped it. i admit it doesn't show any movement lines, but it seemed too convenient a placement of her hand for it to not be a strike.

now that that's out of the way, I can air my own personal opinion! wow, this chapter is pretty awesome I am amazed at how much Apollon is being presented like Alkanfel. it is so cool. I wonder why he has turned up in this situation though. it's because of guyot perhaps? but his zoacrystal is merely a dummy crystal isn't it? maybe it is because of griselda and guyot in the same area? I'm not happy about natsuki though... that panel looks as though she impacted with the floor. that is not good. not at all good.

it had been suggested recently that if there is a basic version of the chapter available, there is no need to provide a superior version. therefore as the chinese version of this chapter is available, it was not seen as necessary to post the translation for it. a translation exists but it is not being posted to the forum, we'll just announce that it exists. I am trying to illustrate a parallel here, but please be aware I did not come to this decision, I am merely the messenger. I would like to convey that while nobody here is obligated to provide anything for the fan community, some posts on the forum recently were viewed as having a selfish attitude. we each have our own views on this and these views have been aired openly. I personally am not planning on treating my scanlated release any differently. although if fans feel that this kind of reaction is good, then I can keep the current months scanlation private and hand it to people via PM. at this current time I would like to remain as impartial as possible so I will leave it up to majority opinion. p.s. I am aware of how some people may be feeling upset or just fed up with things like this and I am looking at alternative ways to deal with situations like this. please lend me your patience!

great! I've attempted that first page a number of times, I think i had it right but it took me a lot longer than it takes you shall i post the next double page now, or shall i wait until Sunday like i had originally planned? btw, this is really interesting, a wonderful look inside of shou's head as he first became guyver.

this novel is pretty challenging for anybody. durendal, you made us sweat already we need your expertise for this. no rush or anything.

awesome! thanks very much cannibal, getting it now, can't wait

why don't you do that? I think we have a print shop for japan-legend stuff. you could do the same for your designs. it is your original work and is different enough from existing guyver designs to not be restricted by any copyright. (come to think of it, the japan legend shop is not linked from the site anywhere....)

Heh Heh, I like that part XD Well I type-setted page 69 today, it's on the server for you guys to enjoy, sorry I can't do more than that today, I cut a very dense ivy hedge right back and my wrists and arms are all but completely seized up (it's hard enough to type this post XD)