Ganbare! Memeko-chan ch28 + extra

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It took over 3 months, but I'm back. Unfortunately, daily releases will not be coming back, but I'm trying to get back into the swing of things and hope to continue translating chapters in a timely fashion. I've also finally uploaded volume 1 of Memeko, which you can find on the projects page.
I'm looking forward to finishing this year on a strong note with more releases, and I'll see you again soon.

Breaking the resolution

I didn't want to make this post, but the streak is ending today. I've been struggling to keep up for a while now, and it's finally begun to affect my health, which is already tenuous to begin with. I'm a little worried about the future of my scanlating because sometimes it feels like my fear of breaking the streak and my resolution is the only thing keeping me going these days. However, I've learned and grown a lot ever since I started doing this, so maybe things will turn out better than I fear.
I want to thank everyone that's supported me over the past 5 months, and I'll see you soon.

Raika Days ch3

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Somehow it's funny to see Raika with an elementary school level workbook. She really is scarily smart given some of the books we've seen her reading.

Raika Days ch2

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Pic related is me right now. So busy...

Raika Days ch1

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To celebrate 150 straight days of releases, I'm going to start Munko's most popular manga, the highly requested Raika Days. Actually I'm just really swamped with work right now and don't have time to do My Home or Memeko, so you're going to have to bear with me for the next week or so. Also I know that the first 28 chapters are already translated, but they're translated so poorly that I have no problem redoing them.

Ganbare! Memeko-chan ch27

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I bet that Kishida was going to say "her tits" when asked by Ryou, but he knew that he couldn't say that out loud, haha.

My Home ch29

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Man, Mai's dad is an absolute monster on that bicycle. Don't try this at home, kids.

Ganbare! Memeko-chan ch26

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My Home ch28

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Yoshioka's got one heck of a dream...

Ganbare! Memeko-chan ch25

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Finally, it's happened! I never thought that the relationships would get to this point in a humble 4-koma manga, but Munko is always exceeding my expectations.

Sousei no Taiga ch6

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Nothing like almost getting eaten by an alligator to lighten up the mood.
P.S. The actual English name of the tortoise mentioned is the African spurred tortoise, but that would probably give people a stronger idea of where they are than it did in the Japanese, so I conveniently left it out.

Ganbare! Memeko-chan ch24

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Lots of juicy tidbits this time, but more importantly it's a mahjong chapter! I just can't escape from this game.

My Home ch27

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Yoshioka Atsushi... Looks like he's crushing after all. Good luck!

Ganbare! Memeko-chan ch23

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My Home ch26

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It would appear that residents of Hanamaru Town (or at least Munko protagonists) have an extremely high chance of winning a trip to Hawaii in the end of the year lottery. Quite a specific special power...

Ganbare! Memeko-chan ch22 + extra

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There's a lot to chew on in this chapter, but the most important one to me is that Tanaka is 100% confirmed male, so I can just say "he" instead of "they" or "it."

My Home ch25

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Looks like it's time to crack out the tissues again...

Ganbare! Memeko-chan ch21

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This time is a Sawako chapter. I think it's the first if you don't count chapter 8 when she went shopping with Memeko.

My Home ch24

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Ganbare! Memeko-chan ch20

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Man, all the tests they have to do are rough. I'm a little curious about what a barium swallow tastes like though.

My Home ch23

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Ganbare! Memeko-chan ch19

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There's a lot to say about this chapter, but I'm tired after procrastinating on the translation, so here's a couple bullet points:

1. I saw fireworks for the first time in a while last year, so I'm looking forward to seeing them again.
2. You'd think that Mai's dad would've had a cameo given that he works at the same company, but he doesn't drink alcohol so it makes sense.
3. The above image is a joke, but are we really going to have some love polygon action here? Well, we'll see.
4. That's Kishida's knee on the last page, just in case anyone was getting the wrong idea.
5. I haven't forgotten about uploading volume 1, I'm just procrastinating on that too. I'll say something when it's ready.

My Home ch22

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Miyuki is cute! Also Sawako and Izumi are here! Perfect chapter!

Ganbare! Memeko-chan ch18

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Thus begins volume 2. I don't know why this chapter is so short, maybe the deadline was too tight this time. Munko was doing 5 series simultaneously at this point, so I wouldn't be surprised.

Sousei no Taiga ch5

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Finally, it feels like the ball is rolling here. My favorite part of this chapter was definitely seeing more of Riku and Chihiro's personalities; it's funny seeing Riku cracking jokes after spending all this time doing serious infodumping.

Ganbare! Memeko-chan ch17

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You blew it, Kishida... Didn't you learn anything from what happened in chapter 13?

My Home ch21

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Man, I miss summer vacation. Though unlike Mai, I just played video games all day, haha.

Ganbare! Memeko-chan ch16

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Kishida doesn't look like the sort of guy that'd know his table manners. He's full of mysteries...

My Home ch20

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Ganbare! Memeko-chan ch15

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For anyone curious, 70F is something like a 32DD or 32DDD in American sizes. Apparently at least, I didn't feel like doing too much research about that kind of business...

My Home ch19

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Ganbare! Memeko-chan ch14

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A new character has joined the cast, and he's... yeah. Let's hope that future chapters bring some good development to this walking stereotype.

My Home ch18

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We're on to volume 2 now, and it starts off with some familiar faces from Ganbare! Memeko-chan. Even Memeko herself is alluded to (at least her umbrella). This "Munkoverse" of sorts is definitely one of the things that makes Munko's series so enjoyable.

Ganbare! Memeko-chan ch13

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And that, my friends, is why you make backups of anything that's important. Could've avoided all that drama just like that.

My Home ch17 + Rep Player's Daughter oneshot

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In a rare convergence of manga and reality, the last chapter in this volume coincides with this year's Golden Week. Mildly cool if you ask me. And with it comes an extra oneshot that was published in Kindai Mahjong (the home of Akagi until it finished, as well as a multitude of other mahjong manga classics). It's pretty funny given that it's a 4-koma manga that doesn't have any actual mahjong in it, but at the same time, it's probably better than some of the other things that have been published in the magazine recently, haha. Also there's currently two 4-koma series being published in Kinma as of now (Jansou no Saeko-san and Hakkun), so it's not exactly a foreign concept. Anyways, I've rambled on for too long. See you next time!

Ganbare! Memeko-chan ch12

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I don't remember if this has been shown previously, but eagle-eyed readers will note that Sawako's boss is the same person as Mai's dad's boss. In other words, Hanamaru Corp. and the company in My Home are one and the same, so you can expect some crossover action in the future.

Sousei no Taiga ch4

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Finally we're getting somewhere. And that somewhere is their first brush with death. Yikes...

Ganbare! Memeko-chan ch11

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Ganbare! Memeko-chan ch10

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116/365

It's Christmas all over again! Woohoo!

My Home ch16

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Spring... No wonder I've been feeling so lazy lately. And my watery eyes must be from hay fever, certainly not the events of this chapter!

Ganbare! Memeko-chan ch9

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This time we've got an extra long, (formerly) full color chapter. I think that this is the point when Memeko became the cover title for the magazine, because after this just about every chapter is longer and was in full color. It'll be more work for me, but we'll see how it turns out.

My Home ch15

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Yoshioka, my boy... What you're looking for is a chocolate truffle. Well, maybe the chocolate itself isn't the important part, am I right?

Ganbare! Memeko-chan ch8

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The last strip raises some questions, so I can only hope that I was able to get the meaning across correctly... I guess we'll see in future chapters.

My Home ch14

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Ganbare! Memeko-chan ch7

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110/365

Sousei no Taiga ch3

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Finally, the next chapter. And spoiler alert: nothing happens. I really should have made this a double release with chapter 4, but I was already taking too much time to finish this one, so my bad. At least it's better than the 2 week wait that Japanese readers would have had to deal with when this chapter first came out, haha.

My Home ch13

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Christmas in April? Yeah, that's how it turns out with these monthly 4-koma.

Ganbare! Memeko-chan ch6

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Taking "staycation" to a new level.

Ganbare! Memeko-chan ch5

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I think they should've known that this proposition was doomed from the start...

My Home ch12

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Oof... Miyuki is too precious. I hope that she shows up again in future chapters.

Ganbare! Memeko-chan ch4

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104/365

I feel you, Inui...