November 9, 2018

Final Update

This site is mainly here for preservation reasons. The original blog has not been updated since the middle of 2016, and I have no plans to revive it for the foreseeable future. Since the original blog was moved from another host, expect most—if not all—links and images to be and remain broken.

July 9, 2016

The Grim Future of this Blog!

I didn't have a release for last month. I'm not entirely sure, but looking at the sidebar, that seems to be the first time that has happened since I started this blog eight years ago. I'm sure there has been months without actual content, but I've at least made a post every month since the beginning. I did release something earlier this week, but never got around to posting it here—which leads us to the main motivation behind this update.

Maintaining this blog has unfortunately become a chore. I've felt this way for a while now, but I've kept updating it, maybe purely out of habit. With my limited time nowadays, I've come to the conclusion that this is one time sink I want to get rid of. Some of you might think it shouldn't take much time to make a post, and maybe I'm just slow and meticulous, but it does for me. The reality is that it includes a lot of small things that have to be done before you can hit the publish button, and it all adds up. Downloading the zip with the edited files, renaming files if needed, uploading the zip to gallery/DL sites, picking out and cropping a preview image, uploading that image, writing something for the release, adding all the links, updating other parts of the site like the release list, and so on.

If I'm to put a number to this process, I believe 20 minutes is a very conservative average estimate. Multiply that with 720 releases and you end up with 240 hours or 10 full days. By comparison, I've spent around 105 days watching anime, 30 days playing LoL, and although it's based on a very incomplete list, at least 30+ days on gaming in general only counting the two latest console generations. Of course, this is completely disregarding the time spend translating, editing, and QCing, which I'm sure is something I'd have to count in months instead of days by this point.

The thing is I enjoy doing all of the above, with the exception of maintaining the blog.

I think I'll still update the finished projects page, because I do enjoy keeping records of inane accomplishments—which is why I know I've accumulated 106 days and 13 hours watching anime. Also this doesn't mean I'm done with translations. As mentioned before, I still enjoy the translation process, and the only difference going forward is that I won't make a blog post when something is released. Right now I'm not sure what I want to do with this site, or even if I want to do anything at all. I've thought about just having the release list on here and remove all posts, or re-purposing it as an actual blog if I feel like sharing my thoughts on stuff. For now, it'll simply remain dormant.

Even though this isn't really a goodbye, I feel it would be amiss of me to not thank everyone who has visited this blog or has in any other way come into contact with me or my releases over the years. I honestly owe most of what I have today to the support I've received ever since I posted my first translation back in April of 2008, so thank you.

With that out of the way, I can now spend the rest of my weekend doing something I enjoy, like playing the Odin Sphere remake or watching the first episode of Orange. Maybe I'll even get around to translating something...

May 22, 2016

[Digital Lover] D.L. action 105

Time to learn about Golden Week. Children's Day in particular.

Scanned by NEET☆遥 and edited by AntiAgingAnon.

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May 13, 2016

[Yashiya] While Patche-san Sleeps

Patchouli is too lazy to exercise on her own, so she asks Koakuma to exercise her in her sleep. Little did she know that she's more than happy to oblige help her mistress work up a good sweat at night.

Edited by Sorcerer and Veinfag.

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May 11, 2016

[Tachi] Sakura Trick Vol.5 Ch.06

While not explicitly stated, it's implied that the girls visit Sunshine City. The part about the anteater seems to also be based on a real event. Download at Lazy Lily.

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May 6, 2016

[Digital Lover] D.L. action 106

Here's a spin-off of the regular D.L. series with a new Admiral.

Scanned by NEET☆遥 and edited by AntiAgingAnon.

Update: Fixed a typo.

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April 10, 2016

[Tachi] Sakura Trick Vol.5 Ch.05

Can you make a meat and potato stew without potatoes? Find out at Lazy Lily.

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April 1, 2016

[Digital Lover] D.L. action 104

Kashima gets to be the star in this doujin as she nurses a sick admiral.

Scanned by NEET☆遥 and edited by AntiAgingAnon.

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March 26, 2016

[Yamatogawa] Should We Study?

Quick color short. DL104 is edited, but I need to look over it, so expect that Sunday/early next week.

Scanned by SXIndy27 and edited by AntiAgingAnon.

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March 14, 2016

[Yoban Left] Be ready!

Short Aikatsu! doujin featuring another idol named Rin. Scanned by Lazy Lily.

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