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❤ @Koko_works_art | He/Him | Editor for Weekly Shonen Jump | Chronic illness warrior | My opinions are my own | 日本語ok | See Linktree for more |
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My name is Rae. I am a
#manga
editor for the English
#ShonenJump
(and
#Persona5
on
#Vizmanga
) for titles such as
#MyHeroAcademia
#DragonBallSuper
#JoJosBizzareAdventure
(Part 6),
#seraphoftheend
and more. I also edited
#Haikyuu
and some of
#DemonSlayer
, just to name a few.
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Aaaaand I'm editing this! It's so awesome and I'm so excited for everyone to read chapter 1!
Adrienne Beck is the translator and John Hunt is the letterer.
We got a pretty solid team going and I hope you enjoy it!
🧙 NEW SERIES ALERT! 🗡️
Ichi the Witch by Osamu Nishi and Shiro Usazaki starts this Sunday in Shonen Jump! In this world magic is alive, but only women have the aptitude to wield it. Until one fateful day...
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I mean... editing this manga definitely did a lot of these of these things for me lol
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I’ve been editing simul publications legally for a company since 2015 without the use of AI just fine and still am today and we can still produce high quality work every chapter as a team without it. Legal simul pubs without AI have existed since like 2013 or whenever the SJ
To clarify misinformation that has been spread, I would like to provide some additional information.
Firstly, regarding "AI-assisted translation," we have implemented a system from Mantra Corporation (). This system combines their unique machine
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@jonnybraham
@broseph_stalin
Luckily there are plenty of us Jews with common human decency and don’t support genocide and don’t have dual citizenship who can still go.
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I think the biggest issue with the AI translation is that it sets a bad industry precedent. I work with a lot of amazing translators every week who produce high quality work. If there is ever an issue in a chapter about nuance or puns that are difficult to translate and they are
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@LeoDickinsonTV
@FanimeCon
Imagine people who are immune compromised but still fans wanting to go to the event they thought was safe for them but now can't get their money back and will be exposed to people who think like you... the "year of our lord" part is pretty telling though.
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For Haikyu!! my translator and I sat down and studied Japanese setter charts and volleyball rules and compared them to English ones for the localization. We went so far down the actual rabbit hole that is volleyball that I actually know the sport itself REALLY well.
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My partner woke me up to tell me about Toriyama Sensei passing away. As the editor of Dragon Ball Super and a few other Dragon Ball titles I am shocked and saddened by this news. He really influenced how Shonen manga is today. My thoughts are with his family.
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I am rebuilding my account from scratch due to personal issues on my old one. I am a manga industry professional and editor on series like Dragon Ball Super, My Hero Academia, JoJo’s Part 6, and many more. If people could help by sharing this, I’d appreciate it a lot.
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This is not meant to be rude. I am the editor of Akane-banashi and the translators and letterers I work with are incredibly diverse, including transgender. The majority of my most complex series have been translated by the same female translator who I work with a lot. I am
@debaoki
I'm not accusing anyone of anything, there are multiple reasons this could occur including it being just chance, but there's also things like are companies not submitting titles by women, are they not giving more complex projects to women, etc.
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It has been an incredible honor editing this manga since 2021 when I took over. This last chapter made me tear up a bit, especially with that awesome two page spread at the end. I am sad to say goodbye like I was with Haikyu!! and Demon Slayer, but all good things must come to
The series finale is HERE! This is the tale of how they became great heroes!
Read My Hero Academia, Ch. 430 in Shonen Jump for free!
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IT'S HERE! (long post)
I love fantasy as a genre. I read A LOT on my own time (like novels) and having a more middle-high fantasy series again is a lot of fun (I've had a few).
Obviously, the art is just gorgeous. Shiro Usazaki was already amazing but I feel like her art is
Ichi the Witch, Ch. 1: In a world filled with magic witches and powerful creatures, one human hunter eagerly waits for the right moment to strike! Read it free from the official source!
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And lastly before I stop being obnoxious…I found something really important to me. And I still have the shikishi. I was given two weeks or so notice to tell my parents I was going home for NYCC for Toyotarou Sensei.
(Also before I came out)
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I’ve been the Dragon Ball editor at my company for around 9 years now starting with the last arc of the 3-in-1s. I am weirdly in a funk still processing this news. I know I have a lot to do but my brain feels stuck. I went from wondering when DBS’s assets would come in to
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@lachancenaomi27
Unfortunately this is what Bibi wanted to claim they are the victims and cry antisemitism when it isn’t. I’m also Jewish and I don’t support Israel. I can see a genocide for what it is. People don’t get that Jewish is not the same as Zionist.
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Coming up with a tribute message at the end of the Dragon Ball Super was really difficult. I kept being told to make it shorter. But it is something that I wrote as the editor to reflect the entire English Dragon Ball Super team's feelings.
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Still remembering when I wrote this when Haikyu!! ended and it makes me happy and sad at the same time. It was such a privilege to edit and I am sad it's over but it also helped me have the skillset I have today.
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Also. Since it seems like another misconception. I’ve been a manga editor for almost 10 years come February. This isn’t my first title ever. I just finished off My Hero a few weeks ago. I have like 8 or 9 series or something like that right now. But like around 50 total?
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Good luck to Stephen Paul and Akane-banashi at Anime NYC and the Manga Awards.
Whatever happens, just know that I'm incredibly honored to have you as the translator of the series (and Snir and Vanessa as the letterers) and I'm proud of everyone who makes this manga what it is.
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I'm so excited to be editing Ichi the Witch.
Chapter one is---well, I can't say anything haha!
But I will say stuff Sunday :)
It's been a hot minute since I've gotten a new serialization cuz my workload.
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As I've said, I've finished the final chapter's script today... This series is going to be hard to lose. It's been an honor since I started editing it in 2021. I've had to say goodbye to Haikyu!! and Demon Slayer too... This one is gonna be rough too.
Heroes go above and beyond, even if it’s not asked of them.
Read My Hero Academia, Ch. 429 in Shonen Jump for free!
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@chaubey444
@jonnybraham
@broseph_stalin
Most people wouldn’t know I’m Jewish unless I stated I am. My last name is really only obvious to other Jews and I don’t practice. So unless they demand my genetics test it isn’t obvious. My point is always going to be that there are Jews and then there are Zionists. I don’t
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American Manga Awards Nominations - Anime NYC
I submitted through Viz
@translatosaurus
for his work on Akane-banashi and I am so proud of him for getting nominated for best translation. It’s so well deserved (the two letterers are amazing too)
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I'm honestly dead serious about Shinohara Sensei and him being one of the most underrated and yet one of the most successful mangaka in Shonen Jump.
The man has had 3 series: Sket Dance, Astra Lost in Space, and Witch Watch. Two of them in Weekly Shonen Jump (Witch Watch is
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Well, day 22 in the hospital. Definitely longer than expected. I had to get a whole second surgery because the first tube was compromised. It was known as a legacy tube and the part that connects to my stomach had, well...a leak... This new tube is more
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Some idiot just deadnamed me in an email asking me if I'd be interested in something and acted like Rae was a nickname. Blocked. If you're a professional in the industry, understand that there are LGBTQ+ people here and our preferred names are not nicknames or optional to use.
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I could use your help reaching my fundraising goal. Every single share and donation makes a difference. Especially with my medical bills and travel and upcoming hospitalization on Sunday and surgery
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Thanks to my main treating hospital's GI department, I have to resort to medical travel for all of my GI care.
Examples of cost are in the GFM but an average trip (my next one isn't average) is around $1,200.
@gofundme
#medicalbills
#medicalexpenses
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One week until the brain surgery... Exactly one week. It's scary as it keeps getting closer...
#GoFundMe
@gofundme
#medicalbills
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I've started work on Dragon Ball Super chapter 103 and I'm obviously not giving spoilers to anyone so don't ask. It just has me reflecting a lot on editing this series every month since chapter 1 and for some reason I feel "off". I can't describe the feeling...
I was trying to
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As I said in my quote for the last
#MyHeroAcademia
chapter, it's been an honor editing this manga. I took over in 2021 and while all good things must come to an end, it was a wild ride editing this last arc. I will miss the series. It was strange not emailing the freelancers.
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Please pour one out for me, the editorial team, my translator, and letterer who work on HxH every week and all the text cuz chapter 402 was so many words.... So...many....words....
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In 11 days I will be having brain surgery… It’s a really scary thing to think about and I am scared… I do appreciate everyone’s generosity and support up until now. It means a lot to me in this scary time.
#medicalbills
#GoFundMe
@gofundme
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#gofundme
#medicalbills
#brainsurgery
#stiffpersonsyndrome
48 hours until brain surgery and things are kind of going south. I finished up what work I could finish up, which is fine. But my family is giving me issues and it’s causing a lot of stress I don’t
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I made it to Los Angeles after over 24 hours of travel in what was pretty much a hurricane. I am lucky the hospital kept the bed for me. My surgery tomorrow is at 6PM. See more in the update!
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I may be biased as the editor, but....
Facts.
Akane Banashi is really the best manga of the entire Shonen Jump roster
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Random thought about Dog English and how consulting on the series for Furudate Sensei has been but from the first chapter to the most recent one that came out, it's been interesting watching how Sensei's English in the drafts has improved and there has been less corrections.
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I am sad to say my surgery was not a success. I ended up hospitalized for other reasons after that were complications from other medical conditions I have. I was supposed to stay at least five days longer, but I didn't want to inconvenience anyone at work since I had only taken
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It’s not greed to try and stop manga piracy. Manga is a product. People in Japan and all over the world work in this industry. It impacts your favorite creators directly.
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I won't shut up about Israel's warcrimes as someone who is Jewish. Sorry if it's not your cup of tea. I will still talk about manga and other fun things, but I won't stay silent on an issue that directly impacts me. I have family in Israel. I refused to visit them. I refused my
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@galexy70
@travisakers
@JimmyMidyette
Wow. To be offended by lights on a bridge. I’m sure there is a better use of your time. No one is oppressing you. Go outside and just live your normal life like the rest of us want to.
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@pinkosapian
@rw_briggs
@daveweigel
@anna_orso
Was it the "birth right" thing? I refused to do mine cuz fuck Israel but it's something most Jewish Americans do and it is paid by Israel.
Also the fact that it's called a birth right is so fucked up and more propaganda...
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Honestly, if you haven't read Akane-banashi yet you are required to stop what you are doing and go read it.
I don't make the rules...
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Script for the second to last MHA chapter is done. This is a very odd moment for me. I feel like I am back to when Haikyu was ending… it’s gonna be so weird.
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My heart goes out to Toyotarou sensei too. I can’t imagine how he feels right now.
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I was able to be stabilized after extra hydrocortisone was administered at a high dose. Thank you everyone for your support.
Now it's not a joke. My heart rate is crashing. They are starting to do everything they can. Please keep me in your thoughts
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Now it's not a joke. My heart rate is crashing. They are starting to do everything they can. Please keep me in your thoughts
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It's at times like these where I remember I am the editor of HxH...
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I didn’t realize I was credited as the editor in the nomination for best translation but honestly between
@translatosaurus
as well as
@SnirAharon
and
@vsatone
Akane-banashi wouldn’t be what it is in English. The three of them make the magic happen. Honestly a dream team.
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To be honest, we did have discussions about the magic names too because the kanji had different katakana next to them than how they were read. Like Dau and Lazud. Adrienne and I were unsure after a lot of research if this was a real language. World Trigger, for example, uses
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I think the thing I’m most surprised about is that bushiroad is surprised people are angry at them. (And then double downed with a stupid excuse.)
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I am going to try and be as vague as possible about this but people complaining about what is actually my Stone Ocean rewrites as the editor for this arc need to understand the difference between censorship and legal issues. The anime had the luxury of Warner using its own
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facts.
And I edit this thing...except the chapter this month since I have been in the hospital...
It cracks me up how confident people can be about being wrong on here.
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I know people were upset about some things with Haikyu!!'s localization. A friend informed me of it. I can say as the editor (one who is disabled, has ADHD, is trans, and gay) that we worked really hard to make it as accurate as possible.
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man, tiktok ban and JK Rowling graduating from being transphobic to transphobic holocaust denier in one day. What possibly could happen next?
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Glad to have the privilege of editing Ichi the Witch. It really has been a hot minute since I've gotten a new serialization. But My Hero ended and I'm pretty much done with JoJo's Part 6. Jiangshi X ended in February...so I needed something. And I wanted this one lol
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Raised the goal a bit due to the hospital behind the brain surgery messing around... If I could realistically raise enough for a lawyer, I would.
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She looks beautiful but the fact that she was forced to adopt conventional beauty standards to shut people up is sad. A lot of this also is rooted in racism against a brown woman who didn't fall into conventional western beauty standards. She competed in the 2020 olympics and
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/sigh
I’m Jewish and the situation between Palestine and Israel is just…not okay. Israel’s far right leadership needs to cut the crap. I know there is more to the history and I’m not fully educated on the subject to speak on it. I remember reading about the war in Jordan that--
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Uuuuh if you followed me today just know I am a hot mess and may just vent about my health issues and stuff sometimes.
I do talk about what I work on and anything I say is my opinion. The post about the male translators for the awards did bother me a bit on a personal level
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This is gonna be a bit controversial but, in my opinion, even though I edit HxH, Togashi Sensei's best work is Level E. Not HxH or YYH. Level E really feels like him just doing what he wants to do and having fun with it. And it's hilarious.
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With my brain surgery in two weeks from today, I am sharing this again with an updated goal. The hospital that was negligent and the reason I need surgery is now preparing to illegally bill me for something and I do need extra help.
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I said who the translator was on Ichi the Witch and it's Adrienne Beck. HOWEVER. Cut the shit out about other freelancers in the industry. Until you work on serializations and graphic novels for years yourself, sit down.
You don't know the process, you don't know how demanding
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Anyways. Going back to my favorite show while I try not to puke but... Insult any freelance translator or letterer I work with to my face and you are blocked. Until you know the demands of working on multiple weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly serializations along with GNs, shut up.
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Why is this series always so good?
It's been so amazing finally getting to see Shiguma in action.
Akane-banashi, Ch. 125: Akane and the crowd lock into the end of Master Shiguma’s mesmerizing performance! Read it free from the official source!
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There is an author comment in one of the Mission Yozakura volumes about how the concept for the series originally was supposed to be very different and when I was assigned the series it was that other concept. I remember getting chapter 1 and I was like...this is not what I
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I’m a chronic, terminal mess but I still work hard even from the hospital sometimes to bring everyone their favorite manga the same day as Japan.
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I just died because of this tweet. I’m sorry. I will miss all of you.
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@jessieblake1991
I’ve been an editor at viz for nearly 10 years and have around 50 titles under my belt at this point. I dont engage in that sort of thing. There are official channels for errors. Im on here to either say a thing or two ankh a chapter I worked on or just be an idiot.
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And at least one of them was edited by a trans man. Gender of the nominees had nothing to do with who was chosen. The quality of the work was and I will also stand by the picks. (Probably biased because of Akane-banashi but stillll)
putting this here for visibility:
45 titles were received for consideration for the translation category -- of which, 21 were translated or co-translated by women. and it was a pretty broad array of titles and genres.
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@dramata1
Been legally working without AI assisted translation for years as an editor for Shonen Jump. There’s no excuse.
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Oh look. It’s that time again that I remember I am the editor of this series. It’s gonna be an interesting ride again!
You can smile again, everyone! Hunter x Hunter returns to Shonen Jump this Sunday!
Download the app and uncover the next part of Togashi Sensei’s legendary series!
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Working on chapter 2 now so your wish will be granted....in a week lol
Today's new JUMP series is Ichi the Witch by Iruma-kun author Osamu Nishi and former Act-Age artist Shiro Usazaki about a hunter boy in a world of witches who discovers he is an aptitude for magic.
Uh...yeah this fucking rules. More pleade
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Not editing that Beyblade manga but I may have told the editor who the only correct choice of letterer for the series is...
Congrats
@brandonbovia
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I may almost be done with my time as the editor on JoJo's (don't worry, I have more stuff in the future) but at least I get to start working on another JoJo's series in Witch Watch...?
WITCH WATCH, Ch. 168: Chami’s magical performance doesn’t end when the cameras stop rolling! Read it free from the official source!
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Finally back in San Francisco. It’s literally been a month and I’m just happy I can sleep in my own bed tonight. I need to start reaching out to specialists about all sorts of things when I wake up.
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I guess I should be clear. I don’t engage with people who are going to belligerent towards me about work. If there is a typo or error in something use official reporting channels. I am on here to just talk about something cool that happened in a series or hobbies I have.
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@ChimayBlue
@leeleedutchaski
@travisakers
@JimmyMidyette
Yes. Please stop shoving YOUR lifestyle choices down the throats of people who are genetically LGBTQ+ and there is a lot of research to back this up and get out of our lives where we want to be left alone and live in peace like everyone else? Is that too much to ask? If it is
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Me geeking out over my comp of
#jojosbizarreadventure
#stoneocean
volume 1. Obviously all my personal opinion as the editor. I’ve never worked on a book like this before. It’s just so cool!
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you know what's cool about being the editor of HxH...being the second person to have read the chapter. Cuz my boss beat me to it by like 2 seconds lol
Already working on the next one.
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Boss told me about a tweet that made it seem like we just randomly choose who translates or letters a series. The very least I can say is that’s not true. A lot of editors have core freelancers we work with (for me it’s kinda obvious translator-wise I work with Nate Collins and
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but it’s like…where? They know they have nowhere to go and can’t go anywhere and are willingly just killing innocent people, including children. It’s deplorable.
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a huge problem. But Israel’s government should be condemned by the UN at this point. I know Hamas is considered a terrorist organization by many nations and I still don’t know the full history behind it. Israel told the people who are not affiliated with Hamas to get out of Gaza-
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Sorry for the lack of updates. This hospitalization has become a lot more complex than it was meant to be. It's 3AM now but I was woken up at 11PM and spent 3 hours with a medical emergency regarding my blood pressure being really low. I've had issues with my platelets and heart
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To be blunt I may start seeking second opinions on my heart and blood pressure issues. I want to live long enough to see Kingdom end. Or at least One Piece because Kingdom hasn’t even unified China yet. I’m just tired of the bullshit health issues burdening those I love.
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I'm still so proud of the entire team and Stephen Paul for his work on this title. I wish the letterers also had recognition for their work on this title. It really is a dream team and editing this manga is so enjoyable because of everyone involved.
@MangaAwardsUSA
.
@MangaAwardsUSA
Best Translation nominee: Stephen Paul
@translatosaurus
for Akane-banashi fr.
@shonenjump
/
@VIZMedia
-
“I was very impressed with the effort and skill the translator put into the sango-jigo structure of the jokes." -
@Ninetail_foxQ
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I’m going private for a bit because people need to touch grass. And also everything I’ve said is my own opinion and it’s blatantly obvious people don’t know the job of an editor…
Like literally using examples of localization decisions that were made when I was like 8 years old
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Before becoming a manga editor, I read A LOT of historical fiction series that most people probably never even heard of that were not Jump. Gintama and Sket Dance were my transition into reading Jump... before that it was mostly historical fiction and Josei manga.
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@chungisgomer
@tinselhag
Uuuuh, no. Go google her disease and the laws of the country is from. Goodbye, bigot.
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I finally have some idea of when I am getting home from the hospital. What was supposed to be a few days stay turned into the entire month of February. But the doctor today said that Monday will most likely be the day.
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It was an honor to meet him back then. I was there as the editor of Dragon Ball Super. He was honestly one of the nicest people I’ve ever met.
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