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Thanks a lot, Durendai!

Ryuki, I've been thinking about this business for the whole day and came up with an idea. It may be not a good one, but still, I'll give it a go: The aim of the Advocacy is to provide people with translations of Guyver manga while encouraging them to buy original merchandise from a certified reseller. Hope I got that right. So, ultimately, the goal is to support Takaya and his work. I believe that there are a lot of people like me who'd love to buy the manga, but only seek English version. And there is none in existence. So, in order to pursue the goal of the Advocacy we need to persuade some publisher to officially release English Guyver tankobons. I looked at the petition thread on this forum but as of now there are only ~120 people, who signed it and that number is not high enough. Plus, it doesn't have any real force, as anyone who signed may hesitate when it comes to actually giving their money. Thus, we have to create some other way for people to proclaim their desire of purchasing Guyver manga. And i think I have an idea on how to do that. We all know about Kickstarter and it's enormous contribution into funding lots of awesome projects. So, maybe, we could start a campaign to raise money for the case. And if the sum accumulated is enough it shouldn't be a problem to find a publisher, because they'll see that there are people willing to pay. You could promote this campaign through your releases – put some text on pages touting people to get involved. Of course, many will ignore this text, but some won't and we can eventually gather enough followers to make it happen. Also, once we have enough backers and we contact the publishers, we could tell them that there is already a magnificent translation by Advocacy in existence, which they could simply patch up. That, of course, if you don't mind that your work is used for such cause. And if they agree, your name could be inscribed in history of Guyver, being put on the back page of every English Guyver tankobon. I realize that this is a bit idealistic and naive, but maybe you could consider it at least?

I'm sorry for budging in and being a "closet fan" rather than a passionate contributor I would just like to give you another point of view on this whole business. First of all: Thank, Ryuki, I had a good laugh. No offense, but copyright law nowadays suits the needs of the publisher, not the needs of the creator. We live in an imperfect world and that's just how it is. Secondly, Guyver Advocacy should continue their awesome work, because you guys are the ones who make a HUGE difference to all of the Guyver fans around the world who do not have the opportunity or will to learn quite complicated Japanese language. I, personally, live in Russia and here there is absolutely no chance of getting my hands on ANY Guyver merchandise that hasn't been released in the previous millennium. Literally. Thirdly, no matter how hard you try and whatever you do, if people want to steal something they'll do it. And there is no preventing that. That's a sad truth. So maybe, instead of finding a way to PREVENT people from stealing your work, you should consider doing something that would PROMOTE your site. I believe this idea has been around for some time, but the way I see this is posting small bits of text on pages of scanlation advertising japan-legend and asking fans to be with the original scanlators. Idea's imperfect, but maybe it's boost the brainstorm. Fourthly, being a Guyver fan ever since 1993, I really love the series and ache to know the story up to the end. However, being a rational man, I wouldn't do "anything" for that cause (and I believe that I represent the opinion of the most). I wouldn't want to buy original manga from Japan, as I hold no use for it. I don't need action figures or toys to play with, I'm just not a collector. What I want is to buy translated tankobons from whoever gives me such an opportunity. As it is impossible now, I would simply resort to paying Takaya-san for every issue he does directly, so that it would be more of a Kickstarter type of relations. I mean, I'm eager to give money to the series, I just don't want unnecessary things clogging my living space. So, my question to the community is: Is there a way of supporting Guyver series and Takaya-san financially and directly? Hopefully, opinions I've shared won't offend "true" guyver fans.

Signed

Odin, in January issue when Guyver and Aptom invade Chronos' headquaters, Aptom serves as a protective suit wrapped around Guyver 1's body (http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/330/f/b/pagina_de_guyver_tomo_29_orgasmo_orgasmo_friki_by_alkan009-d5mb9g7.jpg). I think that can be used for a support move in game, i.e. give Guyver additional protection or even make him invincible for a short time. It's a matter of balance, you can work it out later in the process.

Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Guyver breathe through a portable organ located on his neck? If so, why would his ribs be going up and down the way they do on your gifs, odin?