Umishi chapter 77

My stomach hurts. Too much Christmas food and Christmas wine. It's a good kind of hurt, though :-D And it doesn't hurt so bad that I wasn't able to bring you chapter 77. Enjoy! (Also Maaya is an idiot, but you knew that already).

Umishi chapter 77

Umishi chapter 76

Phew! First term of grad school over, thank God! I'll try and get this arc over with before the next term starts in about a month's time, but don't hold your breath. Thanks for your patience, though.
That three-month blank of no releases wasn't by choice, I was just way, waaaay too busy to do anything except work and study. I'd like to spend this holiday catching up on my sleep, but if I can catch up on Umishi as well, that'd be great.

Umishi chapter 76

Merry Christmas!

Umishi chapter 75

Nothing to say about this one, it speaks for itself.

Umishi chapter 75

No Side chapter 26

In the last chapter Bentendou lost their best played and found themselves 'Suarezed' first by the wind and then by lightning. Will things get worse in this chapter or is there any hope out there for the team? Find out in chapter 26, below.

Chapter 26

Umishi chapter 74

You know, for a world-class salvage master, I'm astonished at the number of things Sawamura has forgotten to check or just assumed in this case. First there was the whole gas leak thing, where he conveniently managed to blame the whole thing on the Coast Guard, and now... Well, you'll see when you read this chapter.

I think this is what is called "Plot Induced Stupidity", where otherwise sensible people do dumb things just to make the manga dramatic.

Umishi chapter 74

Umishi chapter 73

When I come across a chapter like this, with extensive redrawing on almost every page, I can't help feeling that the artist has it in for me. Like Takemura was psychic or something and thought "How do I make this really painful for anyone who wants to scanlate this 4 years from now?" Anyway, it took a while but now it's done. Here you go.

Umishi chapter 73

No Side chapter 25

The last chapter in volume 3 and then we get to move on. You don't need to know anything about Buddhism or mandalas to understand this chapter, but for the few curious ones, wikipedia is as helpful as ever.
Mandala
Womb Realm Mandala
Diamond Realm Mandala

Chapter 25

I just finished translating Umishi vol 8 yesterday, and I'll be done with No Side volume 4 today so I'm feeling pretty good about myself. So good, in fact, that I'll take the rest of the week off. See ya!

Umishi chapter 72

Here we go, at last.
Chapter 72

Internet problems

I've had Umishi 72 ready for the past week, but my internet connection won't stay stable long enough for me to upload it anywhere. So...yeah. I'll have to make time to go to a cafe this weekend or something.

No Side chapter 24

Still no luck on the raw front, so releases continue as usual. Anyone still wondering what a kaleidoscope is (what do they teach kids in school these days?!) can check wikipedia.

Chapter 24

Thanks for all the suggestions I've received over the past months and weeks. However I've decided that I won't be picking up any new series once I'm done with Umishi and No Side so I can focus on grad school. Of course finishing those two series is still a long way away judging by my current pace (especially for Umishi), but I thought I'd give everyone a heads up.