Chou Kadou Girls ch3 + Shinkon no Iroha-san ch3

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We're still getting everybody introduced here, but I'm happy about the density of references in this chapter.

Chou Kadou Girls ch2 + Shinkon no Iroha-san ch2

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Both of these chapters are still kind of settling into things, so I'll just leave it at that.

Chou Kadou Girls ch1 + Shinkon no Iroha-san ch1

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Yup, we're finally back with not one new Öyster series, but two. I decided that I might as well pick up Iroha as well since I'm sure it'll be fairly popular. You'll be interested to know that the building seen in the new chapter of Chou Kadou Girls is in fact a real place. I guess you might wanna check it out if any of you are in Japan (or just watch a video about it or something).

Also, just so you guys know, I will be releasing these series weekly. I know that it's a lot slower compared to the frantic release pace for the original series, but it's also 2-4 times faster than they come out in Japan, so I think we'll be okay.

Chou Kadou Girl 1/6 ch45 (end)

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I'm done! I'm done! And I actually managed to finish ahead of the anime! I'm gonna let y'all just read and enjoy for now, and if you really want to read my sappy thoughts, they'll be after the jump. Peace!

Chou Kadou Girl 1/6 ch44

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I like how the Q&A segment is kinda like a throwback to way back in chapter 7 when Mikoto interviewed Nona.

Only one more chapter to go... I'll see you guys on Thursday.

Chou Kadou Girl 1/6 ch43

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Getting close to the end... The chapter title is a reference to the Maaya Sakamoto song "Uchuu Hikoushi no Uta" (Song of an Astronaut), which is about someone who dreams that they're an astronaut far off in space remembering their time with a farmer wearing a straw hat... Sound familiar?

Chou Kadou Girl 1/6 ch42

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I'm releasing this a little earlier than usual so that I can say that I'm caught up again, if only for a couple minutes. This will be the last time I have to worry about "staying caught up," because I will be finishing the series next week. One interesting thing about being "behind" is that this is the first time I directly compared the anime subtitles to my translation. For some reason DP System's dialogue is a little difficult for me to translate at times, so using CR's subs as reference helped me spot a couple points of improvement.

Once again, the anime adapted this chapter pretty faithfully, with the only major change being Hitoma Ruu's motivation for fighting. Honestly she comes off a little less sympathetic in the anime for that reason, but it's not a big deal.

Chou Kadou Girl 1/6 ch40-41

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I initially intended to release these chapters together because chapter 40 isn't vital to the "story," but now it's more because chapter 41 has already been animated (almost in full, surprisingly). This is also the last double release I'm doing for the series, so enjoy it while you can, haha.

Chou Kadou Girl 1/6 ch39

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It's a real bummer that this chapter was cut from the anime, because the subsequent reveal ends up coming out of nowhere.

P.S. Not releasing a chapter tomorrow, just as a heads-up.

Chou Kadou Girl 1/6 ch38

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There's a lot to say about this chapter, but the one thing I want to say is that the attached picture is a direct reference to the Dragon Quest series.

Chou Kadou Girl 1/6 ch36-37

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I got a double release for y'all today because they aren't very important to the "story." It feels good to be ahead of the anime again, but not for long...

Chou Kadou Girl 1/6 ch35

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The chapter was mostly adapted intact, but I'm glad that they softened Subaru's expression of horror when her secret gets out. Seeing it always makes me feel a little uncomfortable...

EDIT: I also just uploaded the complete volume 3, with a couple of fixes. You can find it on the Projects page. 

Chou Kadou Girl 1/6 ch34

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I still can't believe that the entire part with George was skipped in the anime. And also the explanation of how Rindo can beat Subaru (almost creating a plot hole if you ask me). Not including that last joke was probably for the best though...

P.S. The title of this chapter is the final reference to Battle Yarou, being the second part of the chorus along with "Become a master" from the beginning of this arc. A nice bookend, eh?

Chou Kadou Girl 1/6 ch33

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Oh boy, where do I even start? Just about everything in this chapter was cut from the anime, even some pretty important stuff. The one thing non-spoiler thing I'll say is that the "Yude Theoretical Physics" which Kanmuri mentions is actually a real term in the otaku community ("Yude" coming from Yudetamago, the authors of Kinnikuman). Öyster really does like his Kinnikuman references, this is the third one in the series thus far.

Chou Kadou Girl 1/6 ch32

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In this post-"keeping up with the anime" world, I can now talk a little bit about what the anime cut out from each chapter. Not much was cut here, except for some extra dialogue from the Dragon Demon Lord.

Chou Kadou Girl 1/6 ch31

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Well, the anime just completely obliterated the head start that I had by cramming this entire arc into a single episode, but hopefully y'all will keep following along anyways. So much material was cut anyways that it might as well be a completely different series anyways, haha.

Chou Kadou Girl 1/6 ch30

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When originally reading this series, the quiz questions were probably the first time where I truly thought "I wanna translate this." I have to admit that I don't like this arc very much, but like the previous arc where I said that, there's enough funny and endearing moments to make up for it.
Also, Vernois's "Let's save why we're fighting for later" is another reference to Battle Yarou.

Chou Kadou Girl 1/6 ch28-29

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Now that Subaru is settled into the cast, it's about time for another story arc.

P.S. The "Become A Master" part of chapter 29's title is a reference to the Kinniku Shoujo-tai song "Battle Yarou," which was used in commercials for the original Super Famicom release of Street Fighter II. The author makes reference to the lyrics of this song multiple times during this arc, so I'll be pointing it out every time simply because I'm a little proud that I was able to figure out the reference, haha.

Chou Kadou Girl 1/6 ch27

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This was pretty good for a stand-alone chapter. I think my favorite moment is the callback to chapter 15 (though in hindsight I wish I translated it in a way that fit into this chapter a little better, haha).

Chou Kadou Girl 1/6 ch26

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