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NEWS: Japanese Company Otome's Way to Release Boys-Love Manga in English




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SnaphappyFMA



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 5:51 pm Reply with quote
More BL (and in English) is always a good thing. Wink I'll look at what they have to offer.
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wohdin



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 6:50 pm Reply with quote
Cool; now they just need to do it with bara artists as well.

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TsukasaElkKite



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 7:07 pm Reply with quote
More BL is always good.
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fencer_x



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 9:50 pm Reply with quote
More BL is great, and I'd like to applaud a Japanese company for taking this route--but if you're going to do it, do it RIGHT. The typesetting is horrible, the formatting is off, the English isn't even up to par, and there are spelling errors in the video provided.

Wouldn't pay for this, sorry :/ There are dozens of scanlator groups out there who'd likely work for pennies for the chance to get in on the ground floor of such an opportunity (I know I personally would), but if they're not going to do any decent research, the market's going to show them the door the hard way.
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Oraculo



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PostPosted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 4:40 am Reply with quote
fencer_x wrote:
More BL is great, and I'd like to applaud a Japanese company for taking this route--but if you're going to do it, do it RIGHT. The typesetting is horrible, the formatting is off, the English isn't even up to par, and there are spelling errors in the video provided.

Wouldn't pay for this, sorry :/ There are dozens of scanlator groups out there who'd likely work for pennies for the chance to get in on the ground floor of such an opportunity (I know I personally would), but if they're not going to do any decent research, the market's going to show them the door the hard way.


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I'd still think about paying for it though… The artwork is impressive and I'm not the type that necessarily demands perfection. I personally don't mind translations being more literal or stilted, as long as you get the main idea. I do agree that a spellchecker would help, especially if they want more people to go to their "facebok" page… Anime catgrin + sweatdrop
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