http://yuzutea.net/log floating in the ether Sun, 13 Jul 2008 09:10:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Taiheiki is a chronicle (gunki monogatari) detailing events in medieval Japan. Although around forty chapters long, only the first twelve chapters have been translated into English. (They have also been abridged, because according to the translator, there was a lot of extraneous local history) Anyway, the record opens during ... http://yuzutea.net/log/2008/07/13/taiheiki/ This is just to say that sorry, I'm not taking requests on translations. It takes me a long time to do translations because I'm not that skilled in Japanese, really, nor am I at a pro level, and also the author's Japanese is sometimes kind of off. I'm not offended ... http://yuzutea.net/log/2008/06/29/a-note-on-requests/ This highly unrealistic manga takes place during the Shogunate. There are two clans of ninja, the Iga and the Kouga, and they hate each other, even (or possibly because) they live near each other. The Shogun decides that he will have the Iga and Kouga battle each other to the ... http://yuzutea.net/log/2008/06/25/basilisk/ Narutaru, or Shadow Star in the NA translation (the official translation is not, or will never be? completed) appears at first to be a cute story about a tween girl who finds a powerful, but oh-so-cute, magical critter and the adventures she has. You know the sort. Well, Narutaru is ... http://yuzutea.net/log/2008/06/16/narutaru/ Probably this is my favorite manwha so far, except for Island (by the same creators). I would like to read more manwha, but when I looked last at what they were translating commercially, a lot of it was... uh, probably licensed quite cheaply. Anyway, Shin Angyo Onshi, although created by ... http://yuzutea.net/log/2008/06/11/shin-angyo-onshi/ So, I was looking around for some manga (nowadays I don't watch too much anime) blogs, but I find a lot of them focus on a) the US DVD anime industry and release schedule b) the US manga industry, release schedule, and related gossip c) conventions All of which, while worthy topics, are ... http://yuzutea.net/log/2008/06/11/seeking-more-anime-blogs/ Finally I figured out how to view 2chan by RSS: if you can see a page, an RSS feed can be made of it on the web via RSS third party services like post2RSS. BTW, this is why turning off your RSS feed on LJ is not an effective ... http://yuzutea.net/log/2008/06/05/turning-pages-into-rss-feeds/ What if there were tabloids in Saiunkoku? (some of these I posted somewhere else before, some are new) PAID TO MARRY THE KING—SHOU TAISHI ATTEMPTING TO QUASH GAY RUMOURS? KING'S AFFAIR WITH CONSORT'S SERVANT? KING STALKS EX-WIFE FINANCE MINISTER CAUGHT CUDDLING WITH INTERN NOT SUCH A GOOD BOY AFTER ALL: TOP EXAM SCORER'S UNDERAGE DRINKING, ... http://yuzutea.net/log/2008/05/27/saiunkoku-tabloid-headlines/ I have created a page here for translations. Just look above; it should be right next to "About." This page serves as an index to my summaries and translations. It will be periodically updated, because I have to do it manually. http://yuzutea.net/log/2008/05/25/created-a-page-for-translations/ Because wordpress.com bought gravatar, now gravatar support is native. That's how I have the baby sloth icon. Anyway, if you want your own gravatar, you can go and register at Gravatar.com. The gravatar is linked to your email address, so if you enter it when you comment, blogs that support ... http://yuzutea.net/log/2008/05/23/getting-a-gravatar/