Hey y’all, just letting you know that this IS a real upload (haha unlike the fake uploads we sometimes see), but it seems like there was problem and the newest chapter didn’t load! ( ̄∇ ̄")
You can find the new chapter 2 on m*ngadex in the meantime, but if the newest chapter doesn’t appear by tomorrow, I’ll put in a manual report to get it up!
Sad (?) news everyone, today (12/25/2020) online BL publisher Futekiya announced that Baby Love Sitter has joined their licensed roster and will be produced soon (digitally), which means I gotta drop the manga.
I’m dropping it for legal reasons (haha don’t wanna get sued), personal reasons (it’s no fun working 15~ hours on a manga chapter only to find a better version done by pros, making your work purposeless), and morality reasons (Im just trying to distance myself from licensed manga now, unlike past me)
So so sorry to any and all who are saddened by this news!! I’m actually subscribed to Futekiya myself and I recommend it haha. I’m sure when Futekiya releases the final chapter, some kind soul will post it here!
But can I still get an F in the chat, boys
Hell yeah, I’m picking this up. I’m nearly done scanalating Baby Love Sitter so . Just bought the raws and I’ll start cleaning it soon!
LAKSALXKLSSL YOURE MAKING ME SCREAM TOO haha an update for y’all while I’m at it: chapter has been completed cleaned and translated, now I’m starting to typeset it, but I also gotta typeset the next chapter of Baby Love Sitter so I can get it out tomorrow So the next Oogata chap might not come out until Christmas or the day right after
Haha, some of y'all might have seen my comment a month ago, but I'm officially picking up Baby Love Sitter, and I just wanted to let y'all know that chapter 3 is in the works and I started typesetting the chapter today! Should only be a few more days!
I'll address this in the credit pages, but once again I have not been able to get in contact with Modan Scans, both their websites are down, so I will gladly drop the work if they contact me. Also, I translated chapter 3 and there's been a mix up in the main character's name. Modan Scans translated Akira's name as 'Tetsu Akira' when it is actually Igami Akira. I already got the summary changed haha so no more Tetsu (the new summary is a mix of the actual JPN tankoubon summary and Modan Scan's summary)
Does anyone know how to contact Modan Scans?? I was thinking of picking this manga up after my first scanalation project I’m doing right now (because it is completed and you can buy the raws on JPN renta), but I can’t find a way to contact the original scanalators to ask if they’ve dropped it. I mean yeah it’s been a year since the latest upload but it’s ONLY been a year and sometimes scans take a long time (like Rose Squad Scans) ( ̄∇ ̄")
Both their tumblr and wixsite links don’t work (a google search didn’t show anything either), but Baka Updates said they’re still an active group who posted two months ago.... I’m totally willing to pick this up but I really wanna ask Modan Scans if they’ve dropped it cause I don’t wanna snipe their project !!! ╥╥
Haha alright, I bought the raws and I’ll pick this up when I finish my scanalation project (Ippou Sonokoro)!! I just finished chapter 3 out of 5, so I’ll be free to work on Baby Love Sitter relatively shortly.
Granted, only if no one wants to pick this up until then! It’ll be another 2-3 weeks before I can start on it, so if anyone wants to take care of it before that, by all means (●'◡'●)ノ
UPDATE; that first scan project I was talking about is NEARLY finished haha I’m on the last chapter which should be out sometime this weekend and then I am freeeeeee to shift my focus onto Baby Love Sitter!! I’ve already bought the raws and cleaned the first few pages (and I deeply regret it), and Im so sorry it took so long to start working on this !! College and moving across the country again got to meee
How y’all doing, I’m back with another Renta upload that I’ll be updating every 3-4 days while working on my scanating project (Ippou Sonokoro)! ‘Life Ain’t So Bad’ has probably become my favorite work from Renta, and it’s about a closeted guy who has a fateful encounter with the actor from his favorite porn video!!
I promise it’ll surprise you, just as it did me. ‘Life Ain’t So Bad’ literally has no right being as wholesome as it is. Sousuke and Mitsuhiko’s relationship is so supportive and healthy and freakin’ funny, so if you would like to purchase this manga to support the mangaka, the Renta link is below!
https://www.ebookrenta.com/renta/sc/frm/item/139498/
Hey, everyone, local bitch baby scanalator here, and I literally cannot describe how elated I am to present ‘Ippou Sonokoro’ to y’all. It’s a story from our infamous Yamada Nichoume about a director of an evil organization and his head engineer subordinate set in a world with magical girls. I’ll be updating every 1-2 weeks (so sorry for the long wait times, college started back up), and I can promise you that it’s way better than the summary makes it out to be, I was literally crying translating that summary, crying tears of pain.
If you have the financial means to do so and you would like to support the author, please considering buying the raws from the Renta link below! And I hope y’all enjoy!
https://renta.papy.co.jp/renta/sc/frm/item/148264/
so sorry, just saw this!! It’s ‘Ichika Bachika’! Highly recommend, it’s about a friend group where the two main characters get curious after their other two guy friends in the group become a couple!
http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/ichika_bachika/
I’m another scanlator on this website, so I just kinda wanted to say my opinion after I stumbled upon this manga. I work with a group but I also do solo projects (I CLRD, translate, typeset). I used to upload Renta titles as well but stopped cause of reasons. This comment section is filled with different opinions so I thought it would be fun to have a scanlator’s opinion thrown in.
1) On the topic of notices: they are..... weird. I’ve never seen anyone go ‘hey guys I’m calling this manga and will update later’. It’s fine if it’s just one person (maybe), but I think if scan groups did that it would be chaos, tens of new manga, all no content just ‘will update later’. I get (and appreciate) that the Uploader was trying to spread awareness but....... it’s kinda weird and I don’t know how I feel about it, as a reader AND a scanlator. Now with mangago’s new instant uploading system, mangas/webtoons are getting all these ‘notices/extras’ chapters from uploaders saying someone uploaded over them/sorry for uploading over them, etc. It sucks cause other scanlators work are getting pushed off the front page by false updates
2) On the topic of renta. A rule in scanlation is to not touch anything that has been licensed. Just because of morality reasons and we know we’re taking away from oversees sales so the least we can do is stop when it’s licensed. Also....... nearly no translator wants to have their translation compared to the official English one and have all the tl mistakes pointed out. VERY embarrassing . A little counterproductive too.
But the weirdest thing to me is the Uploader ‘took’ the first pages of the English Renta preview??? Like they started translating after the preview??? So they knew the English version existed and instead of posting that they tried to tl?? That’s just weird to me, that you know there’s a better version out there but you still want show everyone yours. Also.... if it’s a retranslation you’re supposed to keep the credit pages of the Spanish group after asking permission???
I guess in the end, I don’t really know how to feel, other than I know it feels weird. As a scanlator I’m like all like ‘notices are frustrating for the reader experience, if you can’t typeset/tl don’t put out a chapter that looks and sounds bad, don’t retranslate without permission, it’s a rule not to scan/upload licensed stuff’, but on the other hand as a reader I’m like ‘legit I’m grateful for anything I can get, as long as the work is understandable I’m happy’
LOL SO IM TORN, though I know the majority of scanlator would be upset by this and I don’t think this should be the norm
i think over the years as manga has become more accessible and more titles get licensed, people newer to the scene have no idea about certain rules. and because of the fact that everyone here is so hungry to read anything new and anything updated, no one cares that theyre dismissing these rules that might be somewhat unspoken but definitely known. people only get upset when tl's are poorly cleaned and the person used google tl to make some quick scans but otherwise everyone is cheering the fact that they got something to read lol
i also agree about the using other peoples scans, like they very much said they used a spanish tl but there were no credits or watermarks anywhere /:
I agree 100%
The notices are so annoying and it always frustrates me when I see the uploader's note saying, "english/(whatever langage) isnt my first language, but im gonna still upload it bcuz y not, dont hate!"
As cruel as it sounds, please dont waste your time putting so much effort into something that wont even look good.
omg period like this one was so extra "its not my first second OR THIRD LANGUAGE" like baby.... aint that telling u something...
This so much and I hope you’re not getting downvoted to oblivion just for spitting facts.
I also dislike that this person didn’t even had the capacity to do this while groups waste weeks trying to make something of good quality.
I’m just baffled how people can even defend this behavior.
You really just spoke my mind. It was super confusing and jarring to see the first few pages looking one way and the rest of the chapter looking another way. Everything you said about licensing issues and creditting the original TL group is on point. I'll just add how I feel on the quality of this person's portion.
I couldn't even comment on the translation bc of how... awful the editing is. As a translator and novice typesetter, I take great care to make sure the presentation of the pages look AT LEAST decent so that ppl won't get distracted and turned off right away. This typesetting is so bad that I couldn't even bear to look at it and read the translation properly. Point is, presentation matters. I'm not even an editor but I have strict standards when it comes to how things look.
Thank you. I scanlate as well and I share most of your thoughts.
And from a scanlator perspective: Honestly, people complain about readers being picky and ungrateful, but I'd rather have those than readers who just take whatever. Complacent readers are the reason why scan groups that use Google Translate/DeepL or just pump out horrible work in general continue doing their thing, instesd of trying to fix their mistakes and improving. (Granted, this is Mangago, so the standards are lower than on Mangad*x for example...so honestly, I don't expect much in the first place when reading here.)
Insults are obviously a whole other thing, but criticism should be accepted.
people are so quick to upload bad translations and notices now since the upload changed in the website and we can see now who uploaded which chapter. imo they just want attention
Haha agree. What annoys me the most is that they take up public space by doing that:
- When they post their translation, even if it's shitty, decent scanlation groups would not do that comic anymore, and readers don't get to read even an alright version
- When they post anything on this website, their update pushes other comics' updates to the back and eventually they'll disappear from the main page. It's unfair for them to be pushed faster by trashy scanlation works.
As a fellow reader who hv seen most of og scanlators team doing this. I agree. It's until recently when they doing mtl with sniped scans from other scanteam. They shd stopping TL it if there's a official translation available. And sniping others scan for raws w/o their permission is aint nice too.
Thanks for bringing this up bcz i thought abt it too
i've been telling this to other "translators" for a while now but they just act all entitled and keep saying "if you dont want to read my translation then don't"... like bruh,, u think anyone wants to read your shitty uploads???? i hope more people from this site read this because i feel like no one knows or cares about this rules anymore