4420c824 No.2736[Last 50 Posts]
We're past due for a new Azuma tweets thread.
The last one stopped bumping, and I've fallen behind on translating Azuma's tweets since he went quiet for such a long time.
Previous thread at
>>146Here's this year's Wonder Festival art.
61f230cb No.2749
This month's Dengeki:
Yotsuba - No
IM - Yes
17a45420 No.2752
>>2736I like this better than most of the others years'. How long until the chapter "Yotsuba & Firearms!"?
61f230cb No.2756
>>2755Kinda looks like Yotsie is about to do terrible things to Duralumin.
055eb757 No.2765
>>2749Sorry, I'm way behind on this and still haven't made an attempt to catch up on Azuma's tweets yet.
I'm downloading the latest IM right now, and hopefully I can translate it this weekend or this week.
I'm trying to further my Japanese ability by taking a class at the local college, but the homework has really taken up all my free time in the evenings. This week is spring break though, so I should have a little more time.
4e01178a No.2771
This month's Dengeki:
Yotsuba - Yes
IM - Yes
78b13b54 No.2865
>>2863Heck yes.
Also Yotsu in that spacesuit is cute.
48f2c298 No.2923
>>2750@azumakiyohiko
My Nendoroid Yotsuba arrived. Playing with it now. The release is still a ways off, and I was going to mention this once it got closer, but since figures are usually produced based on pre-orders, you'll probably have a hard time getting one if you don't pre-order, so it sounds like anyone who wants one had better pre-order. https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B07MV5DKH3/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_wLovCb86CS97J9:57 AM Feb 2
48f2c298 No.2924
>>2751@azumakiyohiko
Nendoroid Yotsuba. Underneath her is the manuscript I'm currently working on. I'm aiming to have volume 15 out by the end of the year.https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B07MV5DKH3/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_lyrvCbEMCDKJ11:06 PM Feb 2
48f2c298 No.2925
@azumakiyohiko
Nendoroid Yotsuba. Next to the mini car I keep on my desk for reference. https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B07MV5DKH3/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_G.zvCbDMB2Z3110:49 PM Feb 2
"Mini car" might mean toy car or it might mean micro car, and since it's technically both, I left it as is.
2bc26194 No.2926
>>2736@azumakiyohiko
The Nendoroid Yotsuba I got is a rare and precious sample, so I took it home with me. I suspect there will be some adorning the Good Smile booth at Wonderfest on the 10th, so if you go, try to see if you can catch a glimpse. I'm also doing the banner art for Wonderfest.3:05 PM Feb 4
48f2c298 No.2929
@428and_tweet
There's going to be an exhibition of original Yotsuba&! manuscripts!It'll be at the Ikebukuro Parco Museum from April 5 (Friday) to 22 (Saturday).https://art.parco.jp/parcomuseum/detail/?id=179 The exhibit will mainly consist of the latest manuscripts from volumes 13 and 14, along with storyboards, reference photos, and making-of videos. Hope to see you there!10:17 AM Feb 26
48f2c298 No.2930
@azumakiyohiko
Just a minute ago, all the writing implements on my desk, like the pen I was using, got taken away to be used in the exhibition coming up in April.
3:20 PM Mar 12
a5a9a41a No.2931
@azumakiyohiko
The Yotsuba& Manuscript Exhibit starts at the Ikebukuro PARCO today. Stop by if you get a chance. There are original manuscripts on display, plus they just tried taking the first video of me drawing the other day, so that's supposed to be playing on the monitors.https://art.parco.jp/parcomuseum/detail/?id=17912:17 PM Apr 5
a5a9a41a No.2932
@azumakiyohiko
To commemorate the opening of the Yotsuba& Manuscript Exhibit I'm going to try posting a small selection of some old research photos on my utterly abandoned Instagram.It's perfect timing, because there's a balloon festival in Watarase this weekend.https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv33JZ6BHti/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1bgtfsdhiitkz 8:57 PM Apr 5
a5a9a41a No.2933
@azumakiyohiko
In commemoration of the opening of the Yotsuba& Manuscript Exhibit, I'm uploading some old reference photos.http://bit.ly/2CXKgYw 9:27 PM Apr 5
8aef7325 No.2934
@azumakiyohiko
http://bit.ly/2VkCIXe 9:27 PM Apr 5
8aef7325 No.2935
@azumakiyohiko
The Yotsuba& Manuscript Exhibit is going on now.http://bit.ly/2I5ToyC http://bit.ly/2WOjtpd 4:26 PM Apr 6
8aef7325 No.2936
@azumakiyohiko
http://bit.ly/2uShZOF 6:26 PM Apr 7
8aef7325 No.2937
@azumakiyohiko
http://bit.ly/2G8wPXO 11:28 PM Apr 8
8aef7325 No.2938
@azumakiyohiko
A generic campground in Tsumagoi. (The Manuscript Exhibition is going on at the Ikebukuro PARCO now♩) http://bit.ly/2U7XmIC 5:26 PM Apr 9
8aef7325 No.2939
@azumakiyohiko
Harajuku, where I went first thing in the morning to take this picture, since normally there are too many people. (The Manuscript Exhibition is going on at the Ikebukuro PARCO now) http://bit.ly/2G5iCcV 6:26 PM Apr 11
8aef7325 No.2940
@parco_art
Yotsuba&! Latest Manuscript Exhibit
The exhibit-hall exclusive souvenir Danbos that come with a ticket purchase have run out due to popularity.
There are plans to restock before the exhibit closes. It will be announced on the PARCO Art homepage and Twitter when new stock arrives.
1:33 PM Apr 12
Kind of a somber note to end on, but that's the last of Azuma's tweets for now.
2bc26194 No.2941
This month's Dengeki:
IM - Yes
Yotsuba - No
df0c2717 No.2942
>>2941Yay! (Sad about no Yotsuba, of course, but oh well.)
a5a9a41a No.2946
A little late on this one…
@kotobukiyas
【5/24 Manufacturer's Order Cutoff①】The cutoff for preorders for the planned September re-production run of Danbo: Mini is coming up!!https://www.kotobukiya.co.jp/product/product-0000001339/#Kotobukiya #Yotsuba& #Danbo6:15 PM May 222:15 AM - 22 May 2019
41e80cb4 No.2964
This month's Dengeki:
IM - Yes
Yotsuba - No
733eb4f2 No.2966
>>2964Crap, I just saw this.
When will we get back to a regular schedule of regular length chapters of regular daily life shenanigans?
b1648bd2 No.2972
>>2966Never. He'll die before Yotsuba's first day of school (the end of the series).
3d47a81e No.2975
This month's Dengeki:
IM - Yes
Yotsuba - Yes!
ebc529ca No.2986
Are the raws out yet? any time frame for the translation? Sending my best Ralen
e7e8f011 No.2987
>>2986I'm traveling for the next 2 days, but there were no raws yet as of Saturday when I left.
I'll resume checking for them once I get back.
d8c729b7 No.2989
>>2987Raws used to get leaked WITHIN 24 HOURS of the Japanese release. The latest Dengeki Daioh was relaesed nearly 2 WEEKS ago and the raws are still not out yet?
I am calling for a total and complete shutdown of Japanese raws entering the Western hemisphere until our representatives can figure out what the hell is going on!
a5a9a41a No.2990
>>2988Thanks!
I'm back now, and still no raws that I can see on Share.
a5a9a41a No.2992
>>2990Just an update, I'm still not seeing anything from the latest issue of Dengeki on Share yet.
e2afc423 No.2993
>>2992Okay, I've got both sets of raws now. I should be able to have them translated this week.
Yotsuba is relatively short this time around at 15 pages.
903a0bb8 No.2997
>>2993Thanks a lot Ralen!
>15 pagesouch
2fd3eb7a No.3021
@azumakiyohiko
The Yotsuba& Manuscript Exhibit is heading to Nagoya. It's starting the 17th. https://art.parco.jp/nagoya/detail/?id=2521:25 PM Aug 12
Image: "So stay close and come with us…"
fb781ae3 No.3047
This month's Dengeki:
Yotsuba - Yes
IM - No
e2afc423 No.3050
@azumakiyohiko
In honor of The Yotsuba& Manuscript Exhibit now going on in Nagoya, here's a story about manuscripts. If you're wondering how the manuscripts differ from the final paperback compilations, the first thing is that they're huge. Like, unnecessarily huge. In the case of Yotsuba&! the total page area is about 3.3 times larger for the manuscripts. https://art.parco.jp/nagoya/detail/?id=2529:50 PM Aug 24
e2afc423 No.3051
@azumakiyohiko
In honor of The Yotsuba& Manuscript Exhibit in Nagoya, here's something else about manuscripts. In Yotsuba&!, every page has been trimmed, but the artwork goes right up to the edges. That means I have to actually draw a little past those lines in the manuscripts. It's a pain. https://art.parco.jp/nagoya/detail/?id=25220:27 AM Aug 25
0b3ad2b5 No.3052
>>3051Wow! Look at the handwritten speech bubbles.
fa11f894 No.3053
so why do they have to crop out so much art?
a530e895 No.3054
>>3053 When they print a physical book or magazine, they trim them to size after they're glued or stapled.
But there's always slight movement not only with the cutting, but also with the actual printing. So the inner border is the safe zone where all your words and closed panels should be.
The outer border is the maximum variance for the trimming. If you want your art to extend right to the edge of the page, you should draw up to or beyond this line in what's called the "bleed".
Here's an example-
and a site explaining it all-
https://www.clipstudio.net/en/howto/manga_02 c89ae774 No.3055
But those cannot be manuscripts?
I mean, shouldn't backgrounds, foreground figures, and text bubbles be drawn separately?
eea3b7fd No.3056
>>3055The manuscript is the final version ready for print except the publisher will replace the mangaka's text on a computer with the print font.
In the Name (rough draft stage) you plan out everything including speech bubbles and then once it's approved by the editor you work on a final version.
c89ae774 No.3058
I just know that it in the tankobon versions some backgrounds are replaced with more elaborate ones, so I thought that they are kept separately.
58c5eff9 No.3059
Yeah I don't know. Kiyohiko revises his art a lot, he added 8 pages to chapter 72 after it was in Dengeki Daioh and revised the hell out of his Azumanga art for the new editions.
a26fbdf7 No.3060
>>3056>>3057Are you the same as
>>3054?
You seem to know an awful lot about this. Are you a comic artist?
82893636 No.3061
>>3060Amateur. I got into it years ago buying the pens, professional paper, ink, screen tones and the like. I've also read a lot of interviews over the years.
I'm also the person who used to buy Dengeki Daioh every month just in case it didn't pop up on Share. I scanned a few things for here and the old board. I have a big Yotsubato collection and I did the type setting and image editing for your translation for this Ichigo M. chapter (I think you were in Japan or on vacation?)
bb608771 No.3063
>>3062Oh, awesome. You're an old institution and no one can even tell.
ebd539bf No.3070
I got the raws for the new Yotsuba chapter last night. I should be able to have it translated this weekend, if not sooner.
342ca9a8 No.3073
>>3070Great! How long is it this time?
ebd539bf No.3074
>>307322 pages, continuing the chapter from the last issue.
ebd539bf No.3132
It looks like they overhauled the Dengeki Daioh website.
This month:
IM - No
Yotsuba - No
source:
https://dengekidaioh.jp/blog/entry-10212.html f2b5ee8d No.3150
>>3149He’ll be dead before he finishes the series.
4d30e947 No.3153
>>3150So, he's going all Robert Jordan on us then.
48f2c298 No.3157
>>3154Lolicon is rarely fatal.
c12a6363 No.3158
>>3157If that was the disease everyone mentions Barasui having, wouldn't he be drawing more instead of less?
>rarely fatalWait… you mean some times it is?
Oh my gah!
487fcbad No.3219
>>3149The only thing I recognize there is that series about the stepsisters who cook gourmet food and blush at each other while their parents aren't home.
be136bce No.3220
>>3219>stepsisters>blush at each other while their parents aren't homeI don't need to hear more, I'm reading that manga.
487fcbad No.3226
>>3220The food is kind of the focus, though. Each chapter includes a recipe, but you'll have to find your own cute stepsister to feed it to.
1783e7d5 No.3231
>>3226>Each chapter includes a recipeSweet Baby Jesus, that's awesome! I wanna cook those, I love cooking. I'm reading that manga, I'm cooking the food.
>>3230>a distant cousin of Sideshow BobThose are wine-making feet, highly appreciated in Europe. Also, "hello Bart" is an anagram of "herbal lot", which is the term tea makers use when they buy in bulk. The author knows about cooking and has hidden those easter eggs, I haven't started reading the manga and I'm already having fun with it.
01107a3c No.3233
This month's Dengeki:
IM - Yes
Yotsuba - No
Source:
https://dengekidaioh.jp/blog/entry-10252.html d6c03447 No.3234
>>3231>I love cooking. I'm reading that manga, I'm cooking the food.You should read Shinya Shokudo.
6039d562 No.3236
>>3233Just an update, I've had the IM raws (4 pages, new chapter) for a few days now, and I'm planning to translate them Thursday.
a26fbdf7 No.3259
This month's Dengeki:
IM - Yes
Yotsuba - No
Source:
https://dengekidaioh.jp/blog/entry-10271.html 8e11ca2b No.3269
>>3259Still nothing on Share.
ebd539bf No.3270
This month's Dengeki:
IM - No
Yotsuba - Yes
https://dengekidaioh.jp/blog/entry-10289.htmlStill nothing on Share from last month, though.
df0c2717 No.3273
>>3270Yay!!! And wow, that's surprising.
e73b075d No.3275
>>3270My smile… is back!!
a26fbdf7 No.3277
Still nothing on Share from last month or this month, though…
fc22cd29 No.3279
Still nothing on Share for last month or this month.
I know Share doesn't work after Windows 7, and I know support for Windows 7 ended last month. I've been using an XP VM for years now.
Have the Japanese abandoned Share? What are they using for their file sharing now?
More importantly, how come they never adopted Bit Torrent like everyone else?
972c582b No.3280
I've managed to find the latest chapter, just not in Japanese (or English), so the raws must exist somewhere.
At least the pictures are cute.
Korean:
https://imgur.com/a/igTStgHChinese:
https://imgur.com/a/vR2smBv cbfa953d No.3281
Maybe you could ask around to scanlators of other Dengeki Daioh series to see where they get there raws?
Yagakimi was scanlated by Kusoshop and 4s, which don't have websites listed on Mangadex.
Shinmai Shimai is being scanlated by Yuri-ism (yuri-ism.com).
I don't know any others offhand.
019bb182 No.3282
>>3281Thanks for the tips.
I used Yuri-ism's contact form to send them a message asking if they could let me know where they get their Dengeki Daioh raws.
df0c2717 No.3283
>>3279>how come they never adopted Bit Torrent like everyone else?It's just viewed as highly illegal there and policed way more, I think. Even DDL blogs don't stay up for long. No clue what they're using now, but it must be something new – never knew Share didn't work on anything above XP. Hoping something good will come of
>>3282 and you can get pointed to some raws! If nothing comes of it, let me know and I can try asking some folks who I know have generally been pretty resourceful here in the past.
feb5136f No.3284
>>3280No wonder it takes so long to make new chapters, that first page alone must have taken a month.
055eb757 No.3285
>>3283I got a response that said they also use Share, so I'm trying to troubleshoot what the problem could be.
Share still works okay for me in general (I can find content from old issues of Dengeki Daioh, like the 2020-01 issue and earlier) But searching for the 2020-02 or 2020-03 issue returns no results.
Share works with at least Windows 7, but when I upgraded to Windows 8 a number of years ago, it stopped working. I had to get an XP VM to continue to run it.
I don't know whether it works with Windows 10 or not, but if it didn't with 8, I assume it wouldn't with 10 either.
df0c2717 No.3286
>>3285Weird. Hope you're able to debug it and sort out the issue! Maybe you (or someone here) could ask for someone else to grab the raws for you this time around, for these couple ones, if it comes down to it… I do wonder why these also don't get re-uploaded on other DDL sites or dumped on 2ch (different culture there I guess) and such though, either by Western or Japanese fans, especially considering how big Yotsuba&! is.
df0c2717 No.3287
>>3285>>3286Also maybe they could pass you the raws for this issue if need be…?
fc22cd29 No.3289
>>3281I just realized, when you said Yuri-ism translates Shinmai Shimai, I just assumed they had published a new issue from the 2020-02 or 2020-03 Dengeki Daioh. That's why, when I contacted them and they said they also get their raws from Share, I was confused.
I just checked Yuri-ism's website though, and I don't see any new issues of Shinmai Shimai since the 2019-12 issue.
There was a new chapter in the 2020-01 issue, chapter 44, which I can see on Share.
The last chapter I can find on Yuri-ism's website is chapter 43, though.
https://www.yuri-ism.net/slide/series/shinmai_shimai_no_futari_gohan/According to the Dengeki Daioh website, that series also appeared in the 2020-02 issue, (which is one of the Dengeki issues I can't find on Share at all).
https://dengekidaioh.jp/blog/entry-10271.htmlDo you know if Yuri-ism has posted a translation of the last 2 chapters? If not, they may be dealing with the same issue I am and just not realize it.
fc22cd29 No.3293
Well, still nothing on Share, so I've ended up partnering with Sense Scans for releases of IM and Yotsuba going forward. They'll provide the raws, and my releases will go out through them. I'll still be posting them here as soon as they're complete, the only difference will be that they'll be credited within the translation.
I've got the raws of the latest chapter of Yotsuba&! now, and the raws for last month's IM should be coming soon. I'm not sure when I'll be able to start on them, but I expect to have Yotsuba&! done this weekend at the latest.
df0c2717 No.3294
>>3289>Do you know if Yuri-ism has posted a translation of the last 2 chapters?Not according to Manga-Updates or MangaDex.
>>3293Seems like a lot of overhead, tbh. Do they really care
that much about being credited for simply giving you the raws? Are there no other sources? AFAIK you don't even put your name on the translations anywhere or have a credits page, but I guess that'll change now.
I always liked how simple it was just going through here – as opposed to all the drama that goes with some scanlation group's blog and website, a whole BBS forum set up to discuss chapters, a custom manga reader set up on their domain, etc… Sense-Scans also restricts uploading on MangaDex for 24hrs after release in effort to drive more traffic to their website. To be blunt, it just seems annoying and attention-seeking which is the opposite of pretty much everything I've liked about your great, lowkey, easy-going operation here going on who knows how many years now.
853f4cc8 No.3295
>>3294Well, the arrangement is that I can still post the chapters here first, so the only difference you should really see is the credits, which are just going to be a note in one of the margins, so that should hopefully be pretty unobtrusive.
They've told me the 24 hour Mangadex restriction is still in place, which is the main reason for putting the credits on my translations now.
I don't really understand all the fuss myself (in my opinion, the more distribution, the better) but it's not much additional burden on me, and hopefully you guys won't mind too much either.
13e0886b No.3297
>>3295I can provide you with raws each month, do you have a Discord account I can contact you on?
79db9fe5 No.3298
>>3295OK, that sounds decent at least. The delay on other sites just to drive more traffic somewhere else I guess is a philosophy that irks me, analogous to something like serving ads on sites that host scanlation content as well.
Just to offer, know someone who has access to pretty much anything you can find on an online store, e.g. eBookJapan, and reached out, and he says he should be able to simply provide Dengeki Daioh raws whenever needed as soon as they pop up for digital download/purchase on those sites (which I think is immediately at the time of release, right?) Let me know if you'd want to look into this way of getting raws and I can send you an email (or whatever contact method, let me know) with his contact info.
79db9fe5 No.3299
>>3297>>3298Hah, wow, this isn't the person I know, so just incredibly weird timing. Anyway, sounds like there's two more potential sources now.
13e0886b No.3300
>>3299Haha yep, I'm sometimes able to get the raws a little earlier than they're officially released, so I thought I could offer my help when I saw the chapter wasn't released yet.
cf59e52e No.3301
>>3297>>3298>>3299>>3300I appreciate the offers, I just wish I would have known about them sooner.
I've already agreed to partner with Sense Scans, and they've already given me the raws for this month's Yotsuba&!. I feel like it would be bad etiquette for me to back out now after I've committed, especially since they've asked me multiple times over the past few years to partner up and I've always been resistant.
99f7ac76 No.3302
>>3289Damn, sorry I sent you on a wild goose chase. I thought they released one recently, but I'm a new parent so my sense of time has been wonky for months. Maybe it was longer ago than I thought, and the raw from even earlier.
Thank you for all your efforts in bringing us these series. I hope it goes more smoothly for you in the future.
df0c2717 No.3303
>>3301I think people made sort of hand-wavey offers previously but should've been more concrete; I should have at least, or taken some more initiative to help out and say, hey, there are very viable, better alternatives here (and to be fair, there still are).
I do have to read some malintent into this (not on your part) of them repeatedly asking you to partner over the years – your resistance seems to have been a good natural instinct, and I'd ask you to reconsider, even if it is a bit rude on your part (good on you) – in my guess, because they know Yotsuba&! is a popular series, it will get their name even farther out there and credited, drive traffic to their website, etc. It just seems like an attention ploy, and it's sort of ridiculous to want to be credited (& restricted access for 24 hrs on other sites) for providing you some JPGs that can be purchased on Amazon for, like, $5 or less anyway.
I guess this is a pretty negative take on it all, which is actually pretty rare for me to have, and such a strong opinion at that – and I know I'm being a bit harsh – but I'm really not too happy to see this. I've seen it demonstrated for years that you do this for the joy of it all, and your (and everyone else's) love for the series, which is what Yotsuba&! is all about in the end… not directing people to some shitty personal site that gets off on restricting access and boosting their personal brand and name.
6d2605a8 No.3413
>>3278I remember seeing this post, but didn't realize it was from Azuma's twitter.
@azumakiyohiko
Today is WonFest. I drew the billboard.11:10 AM Feb 9
bb608771 No.3419
This month's Dengeki:
Yotsuba - No
IM - No
source:
https://dengekidaioh.jp/blog/entry-10325.html 90ad2739 No.3422
>>3419I'm not going to accept this. Not this month.
If someone doesn't bust out their crayons and give me new Yotsuba, I'll be EXTREMELY perturbed.
64b6d98c No.3423
>>3422I know the feeling, but we must be strong.
dc5345f0 No.3446
This month's Dengeki:
Yotsuba - No
IM - Yes
source:
https://dengekidaioh.jp/blog/entry-10339.html 92f6c76d No.3447
>>3446>Yotsuba - NoThis month I won't complain and I won't cry, at least not publicly.
4abbf71c No.3468
>>3446Now WonFes is cancelled too, so that's one less thing holding back Yotsuba.
20b08a55 No.3469
I miss the delightful adventures of Yakisoba or whatever her name was
88f0f570 No.3470
>>3469Her name is Yotusba.
89db3bb9 No.3471
>>3470It's actually Yatusabe
dc5345f0 No.3472
>>3471It was like a flower or something. Tanpopo?
88f0f570 No.3473
>>3472Sounds about right. And her last name is Kawaii? Her dad is mister Kawaii, I think.
Her friend is Ana, who invented the robot Rambo.
7d1ee41f No.3487
>>3472Don't forget their neighbors, Asahi, Fuuma, and Uno.