Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Wah~! Apologies for the lateness. :'D

Aiyah! Sorry guys, this time's update was a few days late..... (A few days? More like four days late...) 


Anyhow, I've posted up this time's No Hero chapter 1-4 part 1 up, and I'll try to get part 2 up later tonight. I'll have to see though!


As for Eclipse Hunter, I'm applying to be a translator now, so for now I'll not be posting any EH chapters until I hear back from them.


Oh, and if Odd Squad really is going to pick up Eclipse Hunter again, I very well might pick up another series (since my workload would lessen considerably.......). So keep polling! I may put up the summary for another of Yu Wo's series, Gong Hua (公華) for polling as well. I have a feeling the release pace for EH will be slower, but then there won't be double work being done.  But this is all still just tentative, so feel free to leave your opinions! :>



[No Hero] 1-4: The master's safety (part 1)

Dear father,

You had once said that a good butler would, no matter what, remain calm without changing expression so that his moods would not affect the master. However, you had never told me what I should do if not changing my expression still cannot deceive the master?

Please bless me from heaven, that from now on my emotions will not affect the young master.

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When I first arrived the junkyard, there was not a sign of a single person; I could only pick an empty area that was not too messy and wait.

Today was a very clear and sunny day. Seems like they had purposely chosen a clear day, and their choice had been quite good. I felt as if my entire body was being roasted……After saving the young master, perhaps tonight’s dinner can be baked fish? I wonder how many will be needed to be enough?

I don’t know if twenty will be enough, but the house oven definitely cannot cook that many. Perhaps I should buy another big oven and another smaller oven; the bigger oven can bake the main course, and the smaller oven can bake the dessert……
I diligently tried to focus on how to become a better butler, trying my best to drive my attention away from the two words “baking hot”, but, the more I thought the hotter I felt……As expected, I should not have been thinking about ovens.
Huh, then perhaps dessert should be ice cream? Although it had just been used for dessert, since it is so hot the young master should probably want to eat ice cream; last time, he very happily finished three buckets full.
“Charles Andres!”

I pulled my attention back from dessert and looked in front of me. The other was currently standing very far from me–approximately one hundred meters away–and there were around thirty people all carrying guns. I also saw my former master, Mr. Burt, standing in the center of all of his body guards. He seemed as good as ever, and even heavier than before.

When I had been in his service, the only duty as a butler I fulfilled was helping him prepare food. The food he liked was very similar to the young master’s tastes; all foods with high energy content. Although, the amount of food he eats is still not as much as the young master……But, the young master was still only half of Mr. Burt’s width. The young master’s stomach really is a mystery.

Although I saw Mr. Burt, I still had not seen young master Daren.

I frowned and asked loudly, “Mr. Burt, may I ask where my young master is?”

Burt bellowed, “Did you think I would be stupid enough to bring him here? I warn you, Andres, my other subordinates are watching that kid. If you dare to move, I’ll immediately kill him!”

I fell silent. With one move, I jumped, practically disappearing from my original place and reappearing right in front of Mr. Burt.


Thursday, November 10, 2011

[Eclipse Hunter] 2-6: Demon friend (part 1) -2

[Eclipse Hunter]
Sixth Hunting: Demon friend (part 1) - 2
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“Erlian he……” Eloise was terrified. She had never seen Erlian be so different from usual. Wasn't he supposed to appear calm and intelligent?

Eli backed many more steps away from Erlian, explaining to Eloise. “Before, he was very worried about Dari, but now he is very angry—no, livid!”

Livid?! Eloise turned to look at Erlian. The latter’s smile had thickened to……a very terrifying level. Unknowingly, she consecutively backed away many steps until she had already backed up to Eli’s side—she only barely didn’t duck behind the latter’s back to hide.

“Erlian really looks scary. I’ll leave Ezart to him; I should go look for Dari.”

After Eloise gave her conclusion, she immediately turned to leave……Ah!

“What are you doing Eli? Let go of my collar. I’m going to go look for Dari……”

“You want to run away right?”

After reaching out and grabbing Eloise’s collar with both hands, Eli slowly turned his head, half of his face hidden in shadow as he asked coldly, “You want to leave me behind to deal with an out of control Erlian alone?”

[Eclipse Hunter] 2-6: Demon friend (part 1)

[Eclipse Hunter]
Sixth Hunting: Demon friend (part 1)
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Demon does not give up
Looking for companionship
Human does not give up
And becomes a demon

As usual, Ezart arrived at school not long after the bell rang and lazily slunk into the classroom. The noisy classroom immediately quieted for a few seconds when he arrived, judging that his expression seemed to be as usual.

Then, the chaos continued.

He leisurely and slowly walked to his own seat, casually throwing his backpack to the side and preparing to begin what he must do every day in class: sleep.

But, this time, the one who had already long since sat in his own seat, Daren, suddenly stood up and slammed both hands on top of Ezart’s desk, stopping the latter from sleeping.

Ezart coldly raised his head and glared at him.

The classroom was again struck into silence. Every student had their mouths open in a gape as if they had seen a ghost during the day, and one after another slowly froze in the middle of what they had been doing.

“If you don’t move your hand from my desk, you had better prepare to be sent to the hospital,” Ezart said coldly.

[Eclipse Hunter] vol 2 character profiles

[Eclipse Hunter] Volume 2 Character Profiles

☆Eloise☆
Identity:Elite Combat Section (ECS) student
Personality:A lively girl who loves beautiful men and women
Appearance:A pretty girl with red eyes and short pink hair
Weapon:Two gigantic ball hammers
Catchphrase:「Dari~ You're really so cute!」

☆Eli☆
Identity:ECS student
Personality:An easily unnoticeable block of ice
Appearance:Light green hair and silver-eyed ice block
Weapon:Throwing knives & mind-reading
Catchphrase:「……」

[No Hero] 1-3: Practice conversing with the master

Dear Father,

I believe I can understand the lesson you had once taught me, that the reason a master could make his servants truly dedicated to him is not money. I cannot seem to find a safe enough place to store the painting the young master has given me; at the end, I could only put it inside my metal pod. Please bless me from heaven, so that I could receive even more rewards aside from money.

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At night, when I served the young master during dinner, the young master was eating very slowly at a pace that was the same as a normal person. Just when I was feeling that it was strange, the young master put down his utensils and asked me worriedly, “Charles, how do you talk with classmates?”

I looked at the young master’s worried expression and understood that he had definitely met with another relationship problem. After thinking about it briefly, I chose the safest answer. “By talking naturally about some common topics.”

The young master’s face turned bitter. “But, I completely do not understand when my classmates are speaking. And when I start talking first, my classmates would only look at me dazedly and not reply.”

“May I ask for the young master to give an example of what you said?”

The young master nodded and said, “Once, I heard everyone talking about how the report the teacher handed out was too difficult, the time was too short, and that it was impossible, so I said, ‘It isn’t. This time’s report topic is ‘Current trends—Energy Weapons.’ I chose the focus of ‘How to improve the usage time of energy weapons’ and can start by focusing on the energy output. As long you find a balance between energy output and attack efficacy, then it will be very effective in battle. Of course, you could also talk about the weapon type; energy blades can be used longer than energy guns, and energy blades can even shatter reinforced concrete. Although the downside of energy blades is that the distance is short, if the energy blade is accompanied with a gun…….”

I can completely understand the troubles of the young master’s classmates.

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Summaries of GOD and No Kill



A bit late, but as promised here are the summaries for [GOD] and [No Kill]:


:)

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[GOD] - Summary

What should a book's male main character be like?

Handsome and stylish?
Wrong! He looks cute and loves to act innocent!

Kind-hearted?
Wrong again! His attacks sting and he loves to gorge out people's hearts.

He doesn't use XXX holy sword (randomly insert holy sword name in XXX), and instead uses a bloody snake whip to SM people.

Battle fanatic?
I'm sorry, but would love to "eat" work?

Particularly enjoy saving princesses?
This is completely true--after saving them he'd make them his pets!

OH~MY GOD!
This, this is what kind of male main character?

This type of person as the main character~~A mess, this story is a mess from the beginning!
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[No Kill] - Summary
An assassin who has sworn not to kill--Legolas--has fallen into another world while being pursued. In this messy, undisciplined world, can Legolas continue following his oath?


The world's laziest person--Kyse--fortunately or unfortunately picked up an assassin who doesn't kill. What crazy script will a lazy person and a former assassin bring out? The world's last hero? A righteous fighter against evil Golden Mask? What kind of weird thing is this? Wasn't our main character the icy and handsome not killing assassin Legolas? Oh, oh, oh, heavens. Don't tell me that such a stereotypical righteous Golden Mask is.......In conclusion, this is a story of a jaded assassin + a lazy person who would not lift a finger so long as he could help it. The story is just on the first page.


[Eclipse Hunter] 2-5: Demon Sorrow (part 2)

[Eclipse Hunter]
Fifth Hunting: Demon Sorrow (part 2)
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“Brother……” Daren called timidly.

Devon neatly pulled out a hand pistol, beautifully fired a shot, and the bullet grazed by Theodore’s cheek, leaving behind a mark of blood.

This action was already shocking enough, but, the latter’s reaction was even more shocking. The one who had been shot at, Theodore, only pushed up his glasses with an expression as if he were listening to heavenly revelations. Then, he continued his unfinished treatment, continuing to treat Daren’s bruises with the needle suction machine.

“Who was it?” Devon said furiously.

“It’s only a fight between classmates,” Theodore explained helplessly, even though this explanation was difficult for he himself to believe.

“A fight between classmates?”

Devon looked at his little brother’s bruised body, and his crimson ruby eyes were filled with heartache. “Beaten this badly in a fight between classmates? Who dares to hit Dari? Could it be that porcupine head with the strange haircut?!”

“No! It wasn’t Ezart, really! He won’t hit me……” Daren suddenly stopped speaking.

Devon roared viciously, “Then who was it? If you don’t tell your brother, I’ll kill that porcupine head!”

Daren began to panic. If his brother knew which students had hit him, he was afraid that those people would never need to go to class anymore. He flailed his hands in a panic, “Brother, Dari is fine, only just a little injured. After daddy Theodore treats me I’ll be fine.”

Devon walked over, touching each of his little brother’s wounds with heartache, almost as if each injury hurt him as well.

He was really wrong. How could he let his brother be so sad……. Daren hung his head and said regretfully, “Brother……Don’t be sad. From now on, Dari won’t obediently let people hit him.”

Hearing this, Theodore who was currently treating injuries revealed a weird expression.

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Surprise! Eclipse Hunter (玄日狩) translations~

Hey all!

So, to those EH fans out there (which is most of you, I'd reckon) I'll be picking up Eclipse Hunter from where Odd Squad left off, which was at volume 2, chapter 4. 

Eclipse Hunter is the series about Daren's story that comes before No Hero. The chapters before this are on the Odd Squad's website.

The chapters were a bit longer than I had thought, so I'll have to split them into parts this time.

Enjoy! :)

[Eclipse Hunter] 2-5: Demon Sorrow (part 1)

[Eclipse Hunter]
Fifth Hunting: Demon Sorrow
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The demon’s friend
Is not a friend
The friend is a demon
Please do not abandon

Daren walked anxiously, afraid that Ezart would arrive at school earlier than him. When he arrived at the place that Ezart would definitely need to pass by, he checked the time. Fortunately, it was only seven. Normally, Ezart would only pass by at around eight, so he would definitely come.

Daren had plenty of patience. He continued stretching his neck, his eyes not missing any corner as he continuously search the streets.

After waiting until eight o’clock, Daren started to become worried. Could it be that Ezart isn’t coming to class? Right, yesterday he seemed to say that he wasn’t going to come to class, but, the fighting competition did not end that late and when we were roasting meat he also said that he would come to class today…….

“Could it be that he’s so angry that he’s not coming to class?” Daren felt his spirits sinking. Should I keep waiting or should I go to class?

The battle school starts class at eight-thirty. If I go now, I could still walk over. But, if I wait another ten minutes, then I would have to fly in order to make it to class on time. Daren hesitated uncertainly.

Or should I wait until Ezart comes to class to apologize?

While he was hesitating, he did not notice that a few students had circled him, and it was only after they had already completely surrounded him that Daren finally regained his senses.

Monday, November 7, 2011

[No Hero] 1-2: Help the master learn to sing



Dear Father:

I must confess that I have committed an unpardonable mistake: during the first week of work, I burned the young master’s soup and bread. If you were to know, you would most likely severely scold me as an incapable child!


Please bless me from the skies, so that I will not err again.

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"It's alright! The steak is very good! The parfait is also delicious!"

This time, it was the young master’s turn to comfort me.

I cannot let the master comfort me. I forced myself to regain my senses and said, “Young master, I will go call a taxi. The karaoke is slightly far from here.”

The young master shook his head. “There’s no need. We can ride the motorcycles; I have two of them.”

Two? That probably means the motorcycles in the workroom. But, I thought those for decoration? I asked a bit uncertainly, “But, how is the young master going to bring them downstairs?”

The young master said confidently, “There’s an elevator inside the workroom.”

It looks like this house’s secrets are more than I had thought. I have been cleaning the workroom for a week, yet I completely did not see any elevator inside.

“Very well. But, Charles does not have a motorcycle license. He may have to inconvenience the young master to take Charles for a ride.”

The young master looked at me uncertainly, and asked, “License? I don’t have that kind of thing either. If you don’t have it, it should be fine, right?”

Saturday, November 5, 2011

[No Hero] 1-1: Diligently become familiar with working environment


Dear father:

It is currently the year 2112. I have finally found a job as a butler, and furthermore my master is not a member of the mafia. Ah, according to what my master says, he isn’t a member of a mafia. Thus, this really is a memorable year.

Please watch over me from heaven. This time, I can become a true butler.

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After I agreed to become his butler, I was no longer Daren’s equal. Thus, I said respectfully, “Then, venerable master, there are some things I should first inform you…”

After hearing the address, Daren started to laugh. He said jokingly, “Do I look old?”

True, calling a barely twenty years old young man “venerable master” felt slightly unusual. I could only ask, “Then, may I ask who are some of the important people in the household?”

Friday, November 4, 2011

[No Hero] - Prologue

I walked under the moonlight.

It was midnight, but the streets were far from peaceful. Colorful neon lights flashed so brightly that they hurt my eyes, and although the crowds were not necessarily less than the crowds during the day, they were definitely more lively. They did not seem to understand why the night was supposed be used for sleep.

The night turns terror into violence.

The bodies of people in the crowd were not completely whole. Some had a robotic prosthetic arm; some had mechanical legs; some had a clear cover on the top of their head, inside of which was not the brain, but control cords; and some had an entire upper body that was robotic.

But, their faces did not carry any hint of regret or shame. Instead, they proudly showed off their prosthetics to each other.

Using fighting.

Status and updates!

Sorry for the delay! Just after I set up the blog, my grandfather had an art exhibition I needed to help with, so I was kept busy. 

Well, I'll be posting the first chapter translation up today. Then tomorrow I'll likely get another done to keep it going, and after that, I will try to post a chapter up every two days or so.

Look forward to updates soon! :)