Thread 283021366

>writes a masterpiece
>no more works afterward
>disappears off the face of the earth
For me, it's Sumire 16/17 sai

Shit /a overrates #26.

>283021484
>contrarian #822543 trying to farm (you)s with bad baits

>>283021366 (OP)
>no more works afterward
This is wrong.

Meh. Only the ending is good.

>>283021366 (OP)
I thought I was the only person on earth that read this

>>283021366 (OP)
this reminded me of Tomehane and just found out someone continued the TL. thanks OP

>>283021366 (OP)
This seemed so stupid until I read it an hour ago. I'm on chapter 14 and it's indeed really funny.

>>283021484
What are other 27?

this looks really sweet, I'm tempted to give it a go

>>283027016
you should, it's very good.

>>283022727
Nah. This has been a cult favorite on /a/ for decades. I discovered her back in the late 00s, when the series was only half-translated and only like the first two chapters of 17-sai were done.

It still gets storytimed every couple of years.

>>283028505
I'll wait until I can place a bulk order online (I pirate all my anime but I prefer having physical manga to read)
Would be a bit silly paying for shipping all the way from Japan just for a few euro's worth of manga on its own

>>283028626
I wouldn't know, I just read it online. I'd say try a couple chapters online before you buy physical.

>>283028553
why, because Jiisan is what we'd all be if we could make a puppet?

Bisco Hatori did one more series after Ouran and hasn't done anything since I think its been 7 years). I wish she did another series.

>>283021366 (OP)
This shit is a guaranteed aots for any studio that picks it up as long as they don't completely botch the animation.

>>283029700
there was a live action adaptation
it had a real actress play Sumire with an actor following her around with his hand on her back

>>283021366 (OP)
Can someone explain why the old man has to be there? Why is this funny?

>>283030418
You wouldnt get it....

>>283026984
Berserk

can someone here upload the jdrama? i can't find it anywhere

>>283030182
>it had a real actress play Sumire with an actor following her around with his hand on her back
It would flip-flop between an uncanny puppet and an actress, depending on which made more sense for the scene.

Interestingly, it also had some Sumire 17 characters in the cast.

>>283030822
>it would flip depending on the scene
hopefully the serious drama scenes were done with the puppet, and the comedy with the actress

The author actually wrote several other series but the only one that was every translated was Princess On The Train. MangaZ went down last year and that's where all of his work was available digitally. Unfortunately, I couldn't save any of it. Sumire 17/16 Sai is my favorite manga and I bought it digitally and physically for less than $20.

https://mangadex.org/title/f46eb8a2-eb95-49a9-ba41-c78400b58833/densha-no-ohimesama

>>283030797
It's available on a bunch of Japanese streaming platforms, if you can get any of them to accept overseas payment.

https://ktv-smart.jp/store/series.php?id=086006

>>283030797
I was able to purchase the first episode for 70 cents off Bandai Channel with Paypal. But it's EXTREMELY slow loading.

>>283031378
holy shit. do you speak moon?

>>283032171
Does anyone here NOT speak moon?

>>283032268
Y-yeah I totally speak Japanese too haha

>>283032171
It's pretty good, actually. If I had ANY idea how to rip it, I would.

>>283032451
I've been waiting for someone to rip it so I can pay someone else to translate it

>>283032689
I mean, I can do like a screen recording of it or something.

Or you can just rip it yourself. Site takes paypal payments and any random VPN works.

>>283032773
link that site, anon

>>283032932
https://www.b-ch.com/titles/2419/001

Alternatively, there are a ton of DVDs of the series on Yahoo Auction Japan.

bump
someone please upload the episodes

>>283033707
Like I said, I can do a shitty screen recording if you really want, but I gave the link to the other guy so I think he can do it.

>>283033745
so, I don't currently have the means to screenrip them. I am willing to pay for them if someone else can rip 'em

>>283033976
https://limewire.com/d/I4NNX#BrhlV6qfVl

This? This is what you want?

I assure you, the video quality is on the end of the player, not my recording software. It maxes out at 480p, so I suspect these are the same webrips that were uploaded to 2009 streaming platforms. (I did screw up and cut off a bit of the top and bottom. Might have to make another pass at it)

>>283033976
If you don't want the 480p webrips, there's another option: If you buy these DVDs off Yahoo Auction Japan, you can have the entire series for around 50 bucks.

Just be warned, vol 1-3 are rental store DVDs, so they're on the rare side (there's no demand for them, so they're also not worth anything). The alternative is buying the commercially released DVD box 1, which goes for stupid prices, but is much more common.

Monitoring this thread

>>283035490
I don't wanna do the DVDs cause I've gotta send it to someone else online who I'll pay to translate and sub

>>283037128
You do know you can just rip the video from the DVDs if you have them in your possession, right?

>>283036950
does it have nips

Whatever. Have episode 2, since I'm watching through it on my own time, so I might as well hit the "record screen" button since the thread is still up.

https://filebin.net/37gxlurlwiov88wq

>>283038095
Appreciated, mate.

>>283032451
I wouldn't bother desu. It's probably on AvistaZ.

>>283038095
Also, the version on modern streaming platforms, on top of being 480p, also has no opening or end credits. So I'm 100% sure this is just the version uploaded to whatever primitive late-00s streaming platform it used to be on, and it got migrated over to newer platforms. Apparently this show is so obscure nobody at these companies is interested in doing a higher-quality rip of it.
>>283038160
Alright, thanks for the heads up. I'll just watch it on my own, then.

>>283021484
What the fuck is /a?

>>283038160
>probably
>behind this private tracker
Kill yourself

>>283038204
I wouldn't be surprised if it was. It used to be on Nyaa, but it's a 20 year old RAW torrent of an obscure drama, so it hasn't been seeded in over a decade. It's likely nobody even still has it there.

If the private tracker's been around long enough, I wouldn't be surprised if it's still on there.

>>283037316
hmmmm I did NOT know that. Ok I'll consider that if the streaming site doesn't play out for me.

>>283038518
That should really be your plan A. The stream version is terrible quality and doesn't even include the theme song.

it will be an historic moment when someone uploads the episodes

>>283038095
pretty cool of you anon, thanks.

>>283038095
i liked the random janitor and the guy selling chicken sandwiches.

Another bump. I'm letting this thread anytime soon

>>283039487
Ah, you keeping it alive? Well, I guess some people are watching the live action version, so I'll probably toss a few more episodes up if I feel like watching it tomorrow and the thread's still around. Assuming nobody finds a better quality version before that.

I wonder if the Japanese also rediscover obscure western media and circlejerk it too.

>>283038180
Evil /a/'s twin.

>>283039570
>Evil /a/'s twin
So there's /a/, then evil /a/, and now evil /a/'s twin?

>>283039601
Don't forget El Herm/a/no.

>>283021366 (OP)
The body switching arc dragged on too long.

What was the deal with the colonel Sanders guy?

>>283039601
no, "evil /a/"s twin
you know how in the classic stereotype the evil twin has a mustache? That is the second /.
So /a is the good twin

>>283040163
but those are sideburns...

>>283030822
>>283030797
the puppet is cuter

>>283030936
>Salaryman leaving work at 5pm
Damn, that really took me out of the story. To think everything he wrote was so grounded and realistic so far.

>>283040082
What are you talking about anon? He was a perfectly normal old man.

Pretty Face.
I miss Yasuhiro Kano.

>>283040752
Dude, Mx0??????
Then he infamously wrote Kagami no Kuni. I still hate him for that.
Then he did a definitely-not-Parasite-clone alien stuck in a guy's tongue, now he has to kiss girls to find his alien enemies.
And then one about an assassin girl and a rich dude she has to kill. It was good, fully translated in manga+ to spanish but it is censored to oblivion so I never kept reading.

>>283040880
Yeah but the author of this also just disappeared.

Wakaki didn't disappear, but nothing after TWGOK was as good. I guess 16bit was somewhat popular since it got an anime, and the marriage one too, but TWGOK was on another level. The current one about the wrestler girl is weird and in TL hell.

>>283040951
Except he is still working in the assassin girl one.

>>283040987
Been in hiatus since 2022, anon.

I worry Flying Witch author will disappear once it's done.

>>283040752
>>283040880
If motherfucking Psyren can get resurrected as an anime. Mx0 can get one.

Kazurou Inoue did some other stuff after but none of them got any real traction.

>>283042677
the wart I resented, iinchou best girl

Is Onio alive? I miss his art club manga

>>283042693
Honestly I preferred Maho no Iroha

>>283042704
Artist for Shiryou Majutsu no Yougisha since 2024

>>283021484
/a/'s disabled sibling /a

Sumire appreciation post

>>283041001
I got really surprised when I saw a thread posting a new chapter of the manga, I only watched the anime and thought that the manga would already be over by now.

>>283044281
Did they ever kiss?

>>283044377
It's been a while but I think the manga ends shortly after introducing her.

>>283045428
They had a big rivalry but I don't remember how that concluded

>>283044281
>there's a boy doll controlled by a foid later on
Ok, so this thing develops, I might pick it up again. After first few chapters I thought it was just gonna be a school comedy with this 1 weird gimmick.

>>283045783
Stop being a fag and read the entire thing.

>>283045783
she nearly gets raped several times

wait

>>283047341
Wait, he says. Do I look like a waiter?

>>283047468
like a waitress

>>283030936
I remember the storytime
>MangaZ went down last year and that's where all of his work was available digitally
that sucks a lot. I liked Princess on the Train as much as Sumire.

https://filebin.net/ad5nsnp8cw8qyae4

Sumire's actress is REALLY good.

>>283049363
Which one is webm(1)? I only have 2 and 3

Yugami-kun's author went radio silent for 5 years and only resurfaced recently. That was pretty weird, I thought they died of covid or something

>>283050166
>Episode 1: https://limewire.com/d/I4NNX#BrhlV6qfVl
>Episode 2: https://filebin.net/37gxlurlwiov88wq
>Episode 3: https://filebin.net/ad5nsnp8cw8qyae4

>>283040179
~
\a/
v

If Sumire gets a boyfriend I will drop the manga

Bump for episode 4

>>283045725
one of my issues with the series is how the boy puppet and the butterfly girl both just leave off screen in the penultimate chapter because the series got cancelled and had to wrap up quickly

>>283051556
seconded

>>283052170
Oh...I didn't know and I guess that explains why that plotline never got a good conclusion, I am now sad.

>>283052617
>I am now sad.
:(

https://filebin.net/ad5nsnp8cw8qyae4

It's in the same link as the last one, I guess.

What surprises me about this adaption so far is how damn faithful it is to the manga. I know it diverges pretty heavily later, but I was expecting it to be a lot looser of an adaption than it is early on. (the next episode does jump ahead about a volume, though. I'm sure you can probably guess which chapter it is)

i swear i'm not retarded, but i'm having trouble playing the webms
(can't skip ahead properly, time code doesn't advance but the video does)
what software do you use to watch them?

>>283053142
Media Player Classic, K-lite Codec pack. The same program you've been using to watch anime for the past decade.

>>283053217
thanks

>>283053217
i use mpv

what's going on here

>>283056153
funny manga. go read it. It's on my reread list.

stop bumping the thread

>>283030936
I like how the internet gave us such a false promise that information could be saved forever.

>say no-no word online once
>saved, filed, catalogued, and redistributed for 50 years
>beloved story content cherished by thousands if not millions
>404, oops there are no more copies anywhere
>maybe you can get a paperback in akihaba- oops they rotted away/were recycled to make mcdonalds paper straws

>>283059082
No

Bumping for episode 5

>>283059082
okay

>>283059082
Say "please"

What happened to her? Last I saw she was just a hired artist for isekai slop. I swear Chibi Vampire was huge.

>>283021366 (OP)
Are there any manga about puppets?

>>283064051
>>283064065
Fuck, wrong thread

>>283040752
Love it, but towards the end you could tell he was running out of ideas for slice of life school chapters. If only his editors didn't failed him by not letting him do a plot line with delinquent girls. There was a lot of potential there for conflict and interesting characters.

>>283068451
He should have stepped it up with stuff for his family's disappearance.

>>283064147
She hasn't done anything noteworthy since then, and well young manga fans aren't known to go back to the classics unless there's a new anime to advertise them. Looking at her twitter, and she has moved on to selling doujins on conventions.

>>283068941
I agree, and even to this day I'm disappointed that he didn't use the extra pages from the Vol 6 release to resolved that plotline. There was plenty of room for it, and instead what we got was a forgettable chapter that wastes our only chance of seeing Yuna hanging out with Rando. I may be misremembering wrong, but for half of it she spends it hiding in a fucking bush.

>>283059082
y?

>>283070076
Rina*

Episode 5 will be uploaded. I have faith

>>283040163
Did you even watch the show?
Evil /a/ was pretending to be /a/ so everyone thought /a was evil /a/'s twin but he's actually /a/'s nobody. He was just pretending to be pretend-/a/ evil /a/'s good twin because he thought a/x/ was a stupid name (it is).

>>283032977
>Alternatively, there are a ton of DVDs of the series on Yahoo Auction Japan.
would be tempting if it had subtitles. I dunno why Japan hates the deaf.

>>283070899
People are still watching this? Well, here you go, I guess.

https://filebin.net/ad5nsnp8cw8qyae4

>>283072496
Based anon. I will patiently wait for episode 6

same, i'm here for every episode if possible
thank you

>>283072496
I haven't wached the 4th episode yet but I'm pretty sure I'll get to it and also end up watching the rest, thank you. It's honestly better than the manga, at least the pacing.

Bump

I believe in episode 6

I don't

>>283042677
Midori no Hibi was the only one that got an anime but I wouldn't say nothing else got traction. Ai Kora was longer than Midori and honestly I liked it more

>>283074678
I... legitimately had no idea Ai Kora was the same author as Midori Days, despite reading both back in the day. Huh.

Anon will deliver I know he will

>>283029634
Why does that happen? Did she make enough money off of Ouran to not need to make any more manga?

>>283077219
>the old man actor struggling to keep up with sumire's sudden movements
that's a nice live-action touch that was probably unintentional.

>Mangaka makes a quite pretty Romcom
>Itoshi no Karin
>but alas is cut short after just 20 chapters
>next work is an anthology, then a shoujo that is only 1 volume long
>hasn't gotten serialized in 10 years, works as an assistant
>still keeps Karin on her Twitter account
It just pains me.

>>283032689
Are you planning on uploading that translation to nyaa?

>>283077632
I like the scenes were Sumire's actress gets noticeably less emotive, because you can tell he's tiring out. Honestly, she does an amazing job with the unnatural body movements and expressions.

>>283076438
Hot

>made one comfy SoL manga about Tibet in 18th century
>no social media, no website, refuse to elaborate
>*leave*
Such a shame.