Hi,

it's been a little while since I've made a [relevant] news post...

Anyway, I'm tired as hell, don't have much to say except give you the details of the releases.

Me & The Devil Blues ch17-28 [We've caught up to where it's at in Japan] (!Devil17 !Devil18 !Devil19 !Devil20 !DevilV04) - This concludes volume 3 and we're releasing the fourth volume in it's intirety... Is that even a word? Fuck it, I don't even care right now. Anyway. Now comes the problem... We don't know if the series was put on hiatus by the author or was discontinued altogether. We've seen different answers from different sites; MU said it was on Hiatus until recently, where it changed the status to discontinued. If someone is hooked up to these kind of things and is willing to let us know, we'd be pretty happy. If it does continue one day and we're still around, we'll pick it back up. In the mean time, do yourselves and the mangaka a favor. Buy this fucking series. I know I have---Well technically I've bought the first book by Del Ray, I'll be buying the second one shortly once I find it for sale here.

Shonan Jun'ai Gumi ch84 (!SJG84) - There was a small delay on SJG because the project leader, Kuthrow, had some real life issues to take care of before spending time on scanlations. Now that he's back, you can expect 85 in a few days hopefully... Bad news is, the author of this poorly written post will have to get back to translating... Sigh. The author sheds a tear at the thought of more work.

Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms (!Town) - Now I know what you're thinking... This has already been scanlated by Kotonoha. That's correct. Thing is, Dille had the book and wanted to scan it, so he did. This is the official release. Like with Me & The Devil Blues, do yourselves and the mangaka a favor by purchasing the official English volumes.

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On an unrelated note... If there are some Europeans from Spain/Portugal reading this... I want to make a good paella for a family get together with my uncles & aunts in a few months (Early July), but the problem is 1) I don't know the right spices & seafood for it 2) And I don't know the proper way of making it! So if you think you can help me out, send me an email. Much appreciated.

Have a good one.

Okay so releases today:

Idiot Section Chief 03 (!Idiot03) - Newest chapter, download it on IRC.

Trigun Rising (!Rising) - A 30 page oneshot to celebrate the release of the Trigun movie. It was authored and drawn by Takeyama Yuusuke. It's a short story that focuses on Rai of the Blade. There will be three more Trigun-related short stories to come out in the next two months. Two short stories by Nightow, the Trigun mangaka and a oneshot by Boichi. Assuming good raws are available and the kind people at www.raw-paradise.come don't put those disgusting watermarks on them, we'll be doing all three chapters.

Enjoy.

I feeeeelllll ssoooooo deeeeaaaddddd
Hard labor for almost no money and four meals over a 2 day period
I feel like a damn nigger right now

Took me a fucking hour to get dressed after showering.

Urgh.

So... Ummm... If some of you tried to contact me this weekend, sorry. I was helping my dad with renovations at his apartment. I should be around tomorrow afternoon.

We need a Japanese (or Chinese) translator to keep working on Holyland.
Unless someone steps up, the thing will stay stalled.

Now then, making a news post without releases is a bad style.
Here we go:
Me & The Devil Blues ch14-16 (!Devil14 !Devil15 !Devil16)
and
Idiot Section Chief ch002 (!Idiot02)



That's all.

Since dream-team Russia got pimp-slapped into ice by Canada otherwise known as the country of baby seal killers, we have no other choice, but to release this.. umm (dead?) project.
Saru Lock ch35, grab it from irc (!Saru35).

I know, I know.
It's only been like 3 months since last release and some of you can't follow up such hi-speed releasing tempo. Current arc is about Christmas, so we should aim to release other 5 chaps by December.

Unless you're a skilled redrawer and want to ruin our perfect 1 chapter per 3 months schedule by helping out.

Tonight will be the game.

Canda versus Russia.

If Canada wins, we'll celebrate by releasing something.

If Canada loses, well... We'll take it out on the group's Russian (Dumb_Gear).

So we had a nice release planned up for you guys tonight.

I watched a great hockey game between the Czechs and the Russians while making food this afternoon.

Then there was a rare Canadian athlete who didn't completely choke and actually got a medal (wow!) today. And it was right before the Canada-USA hockey game, it was looking to be a great night.

...Until Team Canada fucking lost to the Yanks.

Fuck.

What a way to completely ruin the mood of the night. I don't even feel that mad, I just feel fucking crushed. A real god damned downer.

So to the Americans reading, congrats on the win. To the Canadians reading, Brodeur is a fraud. And the faster you start understanding this concept, the faster you'll understand that his career has been boosted by playing behind the most defensively stable franchise in NHL history. And no, he isn't the reason behind it.

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Anyway!

So the release is on as expected.

A La Carte part one, Kohrogi (!Kohrogi) - A La Carte is a volume containing Oneshots by Higuchi Daisuke, the mangaka of Whistle! among other things. There are four total stories.

Buddha Volume 02 (!Buddha2) - The story of Buddha continues. If you like this manga, support Vertical by buying it.

Me & The Devil Blues chapters 12-13 (!Devil12 !Devil13) - A series explaining the life of Robert Johnson.

Shonan Jun'ai Gumi chapter 83 (!SJG83) - New chapter of SJG. Umm... Not much to add, I guess.

The Push Man And Other Stories (!Pushman) - A collection of stories by the author of Good-bye and Abandon the Old in Tokyo, Tatsumi Yoshihiro.

Enjoy.