Musket Girls! ~Tensei Sanbou to Senretsu Otome-tachi~ - Vol. 4 Ch. 19 - The Battle of Jarakhud Part 2

[Ryoga21]

seems like the story is in a hurry to get where it wants to go

 

[hunterwar]

So this Duke Zichtberg is someone who is supposedly a veteran, had his fair share of commanding troops in war, but still not knowing about the characteristic of cavalry? Who in their right mind sending cavalry into anything other than open field? Unless the horse being used is an umamusume then he's just sending them to death

i think MC said something about the enemy being so low tech that most of strategies about how to deal with them are not teached anymore and he tried to use modern concepts to try and win just to get horde mob.

 

[Rathendar]

I really enjoy this series! Thank you for your time translating it!

 

[xyzz313]

So this Duke Zichtberg is someone who is supposedly a veteran, had his fair share of commanding troops in war, but still not knowing about the characteristic of cavalry? Who in their right mind sending cavalry into anything other than open field? Unless the horse being used is an umamusume then he's just sending them to death

He was a politician not a military person. He was given the title of Marshal, which in this world, is a civilian rank that has political/ceremonial connotations. Prev chapter, MC also says Zichtberg literally has no military experience, like the Duchess of the 5th house and the Colonel up until the battle at the fort.

 

[BanzaiYuri]

Didn't really notice anything too off, but I'll comment again after I re-read because my memory sucks if I don't have a manga in my head on a monthly release at most.

 

[Pyras]

Redrawing the smaller stuff where the kana/kanji are just on top of patterns and simple white space has been easy enough, and even on top of more complex shapes it's been fun to redraw it all so it looks nice for you guys. But this chapter was just... ugh. The first page that needed redrawing took me 3 straight full days of work, and then when I got to later pages that had a lot of fades, transitions, and details that were hard to repeat, it was just too difficult for me to do.

Unless someone comes forward to help with that then I'll probably do just that and put the SFX nearby or in the margins. It bothered me that I wasn't able to meet the expectation especially since I've been able to redraw every page prior to this.

Maybe I'm holding myself to too high a standard, but I want to give this series the treatment that other better teams are able to give.

And we deeply appreciate your great work ethics.
But, just like how many modern AAA games flop one after another, it's not really about the pretty graphic fidelity, when the gameplay is shit, or the writing sucks; no need to bang your head against walls for days reworking the FX stuff, if the TL is correct and in context, 90% of readers will be more than happy. Don't lose sight of what's important. o7

 

[MagnaDrake]

Say goodbye to Lela everyone. She's not even waving a death flag anymore, that's a whole ass death banner.

 

[ZanHail]

So this Duke Zichtberg is someone who is supposedly a veteran, had his fair share of commanding troops in war, but still not knowing about the characteristic of cavalry? Who in their right mind sending cavalry into anything other than open field? Unless the horse being used is an umamusume then he's just sending them to death

I could be wrong but I think it was mentioned in past chapters that Zichtbergs are the second rank among the nobles and their territory borders that of Kionis.

so it's very possible that politics (rankings) and assumptions (Kionis borders their territory so they should know more about the enemy) played a part in how the appontment of marshal went.

I also think "Veteran" also plays a huge part in it. I don't know how 'new' artillery and guns are, considering that the sword instructor was a former knight that was almost retired (pls tell me if I'm wrong), Marshal Zichtberg might have been very accomplished BEFORE the age of guns and artillery, last chapter had people laughing at him for using a formation used for spears or something. Good for him for getting with the technology, but not applying it correctly I guess?

 

[Dicrel]

I have no doubt that the 6th will make it off the field albeit with a few casualties it seems. What I'm curious about are the political and military ramifications of this defeat as it seems the 2nd no longer have any cavalry or any officers.

 

[IvanDFakkov]

I also think "Veteran" also plays a huge part in it. I don't know how 'new' artillery and guns are, considering that the sword instructor was a former knight that was almost retired (pls tell me if I'm wrong), Marshal Zichtberg might have been very accomplished BEFORE the age of guns and artillery, last chapter had people laughing at him for using a formation used for spears or something. Good for him for getting with the technology, but not applying it correctly I guess?

IIRC, they use flintlock muskets in this manga. That should be at least early 18th century, in our world it would be Great Northern War. So, sword fighting wouldn't be completely out of place, especially with those of higher standings. In last chapter, page 13, MC and colonel did say Marshal Zichtberg had no real combat experience, so it can be a case of an amateur messing shits up... as the duchess had planned.
His ideas are sound based on past experiences, but the way he actually applied things are not.

 

[Shygig]

You shouldn't be too hard on yourself lol, you're already bringing us great translations. Thanks for the TL

 

[NakajimaA4M]

My man just melee a cavalry and won

 

[Bibliothecarius]

Thanks for the chapter!!!

 

[theShear]

...the girl that got an Arrow wound is as good as dead isn't she? This isn't the kind of manga that has "Easy manga medicine" or healing Magic and an Arrow to the gut is already bad. And they are retreating, making the whole thing worse.
Edit: I reread an earlier chapter and this was the Girl 2 chapters back admiring our MC (and remembering how she capped her abusive dad with his own rifle). Yup she is dead for sure.

 

[einrip]

Japanese SFX can be considered part of the art too, so there's nothing wrong with leaving them. Also, some readers do know hiragana and katakana, so reading the SFX in japanese is part of the experience. In any case, thanks for the chapter!

 

[Alex_79]

Thanks for the effort. good job!

as for the paper general, attacking a city with cavalry is providing the inhabitants of said city with a good lunch. so they will be grateful for the horsemeat

 

[RanmaChaos]

Thank you so much for the chapter
This series is so awesome.

 

[SatouPendragonlvl313]

Man's got balls of steel to use the grim reaper to know when to duck!

I think the significance of those panels where he recalled his kendo experience was that instead of using the grim reaper to know when to dodge/duck/retreat, he used it to turn a crisis into an opportunity to boldly exploit an opening.

 

[Kinkaiser]

So this Duke Zichtberg is someone who is supposedly a veteran, had his fair share of commanding troops in war, but still not knowing about the characteristic of cavalry? Who in their right mind sending cavalry into anything other than open field? Unless the horse being used is an umamusume then he's just sending them to death

Chapter 18, page 13: "Hehe, what a reckless thing to do. He thought it was a good idea even though he didn't know how many enemies are even in the city? Even for a person like Duke Zichtberg, who has absolutely no combat experience, that kind of decision..."

The guy has literally no idea what he's doing. He's an armchair strategist whose closest exposure to war is probably reading stories about it.

 

[Dagger]

I feel scanlators are getting too caught up on SFX lately, as long as the normal text is proper that is all that matters.