"Lily" Chapter 6 (End)

 

LINKS ARE NOW CORRECT

And now we come to the final chapter of "Lily", though I don't think the story is over. Rather it'll be continued in Magnolia. (Hopefully this means we'll get longer Magnolia chapters.) It's no big guess what happens here after the sudden entrance of Dr. McCreepy-Pants in last chapter. Still what Saiga has to say to this creeper is fresh (at least to me.)

So without saying much more, here's the release!

"Lily" Chapter 4

I have the sinking feeling that this chapter is going to piss a lot of people off. It's well worn shoujo territory and there are lots of folk who read OS who are opposed to student/teacher relationships, including myself. Unfortunately, this is part of the "Magnolia" story, so I can't just not translate it. That would be weird.

I had to set a lot of my brain aside to accept this chapter. First I had to set aside my hatred for student/teacher relationship fantasies, then I had to set aside my hatred for age gap fantasies, and finally I had to shut down a most of the feminist part of my brain to get past Lily's desperation. I pretty much accepted this as a 15-year girl with raging hormones raging at the first guy she happened to meet.  And what have we learned from past one-shots about 15-year old girls? MEN, STAY AWAY FROM 15-YEAR OLD GIRLS. THEY WILL GET YOU IN TROUBLE FOR LIFE. I like Lily, but Saiga needs to run far, far away from this impending disaster.

It's pretty funny the way Saiga walked through all the ways their relationship was a bad idea and Lily, in teenage fashion, didn't hear a word he said. Seriously, Lily? You're not even going to try to resist your raging hormones? UGH!!! Okay, that aside, it's well written and well drawn, and I don't know mind cliches as long as they are done well.

Onto the link!

Magnolia Chapter 13

 

Hmm...I wonder what happened between Lily and Arthur in the hall...I guess we won't know until late December T_T.  Anyhow, here's "Magnolia" chapter 14.  Finally! Another day!  I wonder how many chapters this day is going to last...heheheh... well at least this isn't as bad as "Skip Beat."  Anyhow...Nagi's suffering continues and Ayato is being forced to grow up.  Now I'm suffering as I wait for chapter 14. It sounds like chapter 14 may actually have more than 23 pages (PLEASE!!!  We need a nice 50-pages  PLEASE!!!).  Onto the link!

"Lily" Chapter 1

First of all!  Get the Lily themed desktop wallpaper set!  (Link -- the second button is the download button)

And now, here's the first chapter of "Lily" the companion series to "Magnolia".  This is a wonderful addition to "Magnolia" and I'm glad naked ape recognized how wonderful Lily's character is.

Links to Lily Chapter 1: (Zip) (PDF)

If you can, I encourage you purchase this volume of Itan to support "Lily" and naked ape.  Who knows, you might find something else inside the magazine that interests you (I have, but I don't have enough bandwidth to add anymore series).

Links to Purchase Itan 3:  (Amazon Japan) (Yes Asia)

Also! naked ape has a store!  Link to naked ape's store  You can buy naked ape merchandise through their Amazon storefront and they have a private online store with special books and items.  Hopefully, they'll make some "Magnolia" stuff soon.  I need a poster or a lovely calender!

Next up is "Orange Chocolate" chapter 21!

"Lily" in Itan Magazine!

Update!:  Lily Themed desktop wallpaper set!  (Link -- the second button is the download button)
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Our prayers have been answered!  It's a Lily themed Magnolia companion series of extra stories!  Yes! It's "Magnolia" from Lily's perspective!  I will release this opening chapter with Magnolia Chp 6!  Unfortunately, Itan is only published every three months and the next one-shot will be in Itan 5, which means the next chapter of "Lily" won't be out until the end of June.

Magnolia Chapter 2

Update 01/04/2011:  Minor change to page 29 that doesn't impact the story.  The change was made to be consistent with the first "Lily" extra story.

Update 12/5/2010:  Minor change to the translation of page 8 that does impact the story.  Ayato's father is the only one who doesn't like Vincent.

Here's Magnolia chapter 2. Chapter 3 will be released on Monday at the latest so you won't have to suffer the cliff-hanger for long.

Link to Magnolia Chapter 2 (Zip - high quality)(PDF - convenient)

Starting at chapter 3, Magnolia will become a joint project with Hyper Parfait and Pika Ichi will become an Omari's Sister only project.  The highly stoopid one-shot "Hidaka Muffler" will be released with Magnolia chapter 3.  After that comes the final chapter of "Zettai Heiwa Daisakusen" along with some extras from Volume 3 and then Pika Ichi!