otakai's Questions (6)

yatamomo ^^

I really need to try that were do you guys listen to BLCDs ?

https://blcd.online/type/blcd/

Thank you so much ( ˘ ³˘)

Since your BL archive contains mostly of manhwa, i'll recommend you some manga now :
http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/kasa_no_shita_futari/
http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/hana_no_mizo_shiru/
http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/slow_starter_ichikawa_kei/
http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/papa_is_a_bride/
http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/haikei_niisan_sama/
http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/number_call/
http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/senpai/
http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/links/
http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/colorful_line/
http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/paradise_view/
http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/koori_ga_tokeru_no_o_matteru/
http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/lonely_to_organdy/
http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/never_understand/?av=2

Hello, idk if you read them
http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/hollow_lovers/
http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/fools/
http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/11_59/
If you want other shounen-ai, don't hesitate ^^

this will drop u into depression

http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/december_rain/?av=1

(p.s it gets so much sadder)

NEW YORK NEW YORK
COLORFUL LINE

Ff

lover boy

at the end of the road was really depressing ngl (〜￣△￣)〜

Lonely to Organdy
http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/lonely_to_organdy/
Life Senjou no Bokura
http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/life_senjou_no_bokura/

These are the only ones I can remember of the top of my head....

10 years where i loved you the most

It’s the opposite for me

well, you can't be gay if you're not straight for once. that's how you know you're gay, bcauz u're straight before.

did you turn straight? (⊙…⊙ ) I'm actually super scared of that happening cos I like being gay haha (︶︿︶)＝凸

I guess you can think you're straight then later discover you like the same gender?

In real life, you can discover you're gay or bi or that you're straight but like having sex with the same gender because it's fun and different, but you can't be straight and "turned gay".

I think it's mostly at puberty when people realise what sexuality they belong to but it varies for everyone.

But i can guarantee if a gay dude rapes a straight guy in hopes of making him gay (like in yaoi) the only thing he's going to get is jail time lol

Ehem, the straight can be bend

I want to be gay but I'm a girl (￣∇￣")

hi, been there done that.
but honestly I don't think of it as "straight turned gay". it's just people discovering more about themselves and finding a proper label to their sexuality rather than what they've put on themselves because of the norm.

I mean I thought I was straight for years until 2 years ago when I suddenly had this crisis when I thought a person of the same sex was cute. then I had flashbacks to 2nd grade when I had this weird emotion I couldn't place back then towards a classmate of the same sex. then I realized I was bi all this time lol. the more you learn about yourself.

You can be gay girl aka lesbian?

I think she means she wants to be a gay boy. It's a wish many of the girls on here have ლ(´ڡ`ლ)

Yes. For most of my life I was a lesbian, but for some reason I turned straight.

yes straights can become gay and gays can become straight (๑•ㅂ•)و✧

Do you have a particular manga in mind? Because first things first, you have to make sure there's no group already translating the manga. Otherwise, it's kind of redundant to have two versions of a translation floating around the web.

Secondly, where is the manga you want to translate? Do you have a physical copy, like from a book or a magazine? If so, you'll have to de-bind it to ensure higher quality pages when you scan it. Plus, it will make it easier to scan. After scanning, you'll have to clean and touch up the pages to make it brighter and get rid of any blurring on the page that may have occurred when you scanned.

If you already have raws that are scanned, great. Then you can just get to translating it normally if you have knowledge of the language. Just make a word doc or something where you can write down your translations. Always proofread it as well to ensure it's readability. Sometimes, a translation can come out sounding unnatural or weird, so it's fine to tweak it to make it make more sense for readers. Provided it still carries the same meaning.

After that, you'll want to clean the raws again to get rid of any text in word bubbles so that you can typeset. If you want to clean away any sfx, it might be trickier to clean, and may involve re-drawing, as sfx often appear on the drawing of the manga panel itself. This includes any small text a character might say that may appear on the background of the panel as opposed to in any word bubble.

Once you're done with that, you can typeset your translations. :D Pick a non-annoying font, or whatever font fits with how the text is written in the original manga, and just type up your translations into your now clean and clear manga page image, whether it's the sfx in the background or the text in the word bubbles. Personally, I like using the font CC Wild Words for normal dialogue.

And congrats! You've translated your first manga page! Just repeat that when doing the rest of the manga.

There's no one way to translate a manga, this is just how I feel like doing it. Also, figure out how you want to do the sfx. Some people write the English sfx above the Japanese ones, some just don't translate it at all, and some erase it completely to insert new English sfx. Do whatever works for you. Translating manga takes a lot of time and dedication, though, so if you can't put in the effort, you shouldn't really do it. Unless you're ok with taking as long as you need.

go & check the description on the top
http://www.mangago.zone/home/mangalist/343447/

I think (im not sure)
Webtoon =korean manga
Manhwa =chinese manga

Mangas are usually graphic novels by japanese artist, while webtoons are just comics/stories/toons that are posted online, and Manwha's are graphic novels , usually by korean artist.

Manga : Japanese
Manhwa : Korean
Manhua : Chinese
Webtoon : A long comic strip published online in digital format rather than physical copies or in magazines