I haven’t been around much because I’m busy. Don’t ask me when I’ll be done with the translation, because I don’t know myself. XD
Anyway, in The Beans #15, there were the results of a character popularity poll (there were also some mini-novels). I don’t have The Beans #15, so I don’t know what happened in them, but there seems to be one about the Kou clan, one about the Nightmare exam group, one about the Censorate, and one about the Ran clan. Actually, the Ran clan one contains some pretty shocking information. Which I shall talk about in the ‘more’ section.
1. Shuurei
2. Ensei
3. Ryuuki
4. Seiran
5. Seiga
6. Reishin
7. Kouyuu
8. Kouki
9. Ryuuren
10. Suou
11. Yuushun
12. Shouka
13. Shuuei
14. Houju
15. Riou
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Heading into the home stretch, but it might take me awhile to finish things, because of external factors (busyness, etc.). I wonder how people think novel 16 compares to novel 15? We’re almost to the end anyway. Perhaps people are losing interest in the novels because the story is taking a darker turn. On the other hand, as I can see from the LJ comm, people are more interested in a scan of a picture than a translation which must have taken someone a long time to do, so eh, whatever.
Maybe the official translation of the manga will change things, but with only five volumes out, the translators are going to catch up to the Japanese publication schedule fairly quickly. In any case, we’ve heard like nothing about the next novel (totally unsurprising), although I have heard via blogs that the next The Beans (the magazine) will have Saiunkoku on the cover, and that there will also be a Saiunkoku short story in it. As the cost of international postage is prohibitive, though, I won’t be buying it, although if I end up finding detailed spoilers on Japanese blogs, I may relay them.
BTW, just so we are all on the same page here, as I said in the FAQ, I don’t take requests. ^_^ Thanks for your understanding.
http://tieba.baidu.com/f?kz=761330306
These are the cover, character intro pages, and pictures from Volume 16.
Chapter one is the longest chapter, so I’m going to divide it into several parts.
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Table of Contents
Prologue
Chapter 1: Snow which should not be falling
Chapter 2: The shaken capital
Chapter 3: The priestess with the red umbrella
Chapter 4: Chains of azure darkness
Chapter 5: The night in which the guqin echoes
Chapter 6: When all of the gates open
Epilogue [note: I may change some of the translations of the names of the chapters, as I reread the novel and further consider matters; as a whole, this is true for all of the translations as well. XD ]
So possible book 16 spoilers have begun coming out on Japanese blogs/fora. As usual, please note that these are NOT RELIABLE. This post will continue to be updated as I find more spoilers.
It’s as the website said it would be.