Showing posts with label Bisco Hatori. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bisco Hatori. Show all posts

Jun 26, 2014

Let's Get this Party Started! Ane Lala Oneshot: "Petite Peche" Story 1 by Bisco Hatori

Let's get our 5th-year anniversary started with the mangaka that begin it all, Bisco Hatori! Yes, before we limited ourselves to unlicensed content, I started scanlating "Ouran High School Host Club". That seems so long ago!

Thanks to everyone for being patience while we completed projects and while I dealt with some tough real-life issues. Hopefully real life will stay stable for me so we can keep moving and introducing you all to some new artists and exposing you all to the cutting edge of shoujo and josei.

As with any anniversary post, I would like to thank all past and present Omari's Sister and Crimson Flower volunteers.  You all are more than I ever asked for or deserve. Seriously, the quality of work the volunteers output is amazing! I feel blessed to have such a talented team.

All right, now, let's get to the actual release. This oneshot is from Ane Lala, a magazine that is advertised as "shoujo for women". Like it promises, the works in this magazine straddle the line between shoujo and josei. Most of the works involve working young ladies making their way in the world, but there are also a few historical and high school girl stories.

Petite Peche is nothing like "Ouran High School Host Club", but it's still very Bisco Hatori. It follows the recent trend of food in shoujo and josei manga. I would LOVE for this oneshot to expand into a series, and given that there is a second story, which we will release tomorrow, I think there is a strong possibility. I welcome any new series that explores healthy friendships between women.

And now onto the release!

Jan 17, 2013

Detarame Mousouryoku Opera Chapters 1 - 3 (end)

Phew! I am so glad to have this series behind me now! Yeah, I bitched and moaned at every step, but it's a very good short series and I'm glad I went through the aggravation. Like "Seigi no Mikata," this feels like it was only the beginning of a longer story. I would like to see that longer story, but not if I have to translate it.  (It's my hope that Viz will continue to publish English versions of Bisco Hatori's works. Honestly, Hatori-sensei's works need to be professionally translated because her writing is a difficult read.) And with this, another series is complete!

Well, there's not much to say, so I'll just get on with the releases. I'm including ZIPs of the first two chapters also so you all can make fan art. Please do not upload these files to any of the manga aggregators.