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.

There are a few more scenes I want to translate, but I’ve gotten most of the ones I want to do out of the way.

The next Saiunkoku novel is coming out in May, so there’s a long time to wait.

I think after this I’ll translate some scenes from Legend of the Galactic Heroes, and maybe try my hand at some manga. LoGH would be mostly a self-indulgent project for me, because so few people watch the anime these days. I should try reading something more substantial than light novels or space opera, but oh well. I’m also thinking of reading the Irresponsible Captain Taylor novels, or maybe Crest of the Stars, speaking of space opera.

I just wish I knew more about Japanese fantasy novels other than Twelve Kingdoms.