Yup, I plan to continue the TL but as a solo translator with other projects, it's hard to give an exact schedule. I rushed like never before to get 3 chapters out today but consider it to be exceptional as I'm just trying to catch up with the raws. We're not so far behind as chapter 15 should be...
Quite difficult to answer this one. Basically you buy balls/medals/tokens to play the slots (gambling is illegal in Japan, you cannot play with money directly), play to win (or lose) more medals and exchange them to the parlors against "special prizes". You can then go to a seconhand dealer...
Heya, Chiqui here.
To be honest I translated this on a whim, I don't think I'll continue as it's already a lot of work for a solo translator like me. I just wanted to advertise it like “look this LN got a manga adaptation now”. If anyone/group wants to continue with the translation, I'd be happy...
I'm far from a Pachinko expert (I've never even played, preferring to catch Bandai Namco figurines on claw cranes/UFO catchers) but if I had to sum it up quickly:
Slots are supposed to be randomly initialized (RNG) and they're reset regularly (every night or 2-3 days maybe). While it's possible...
True! For most tourists there's a real difference in purchasing power in Japan. It's even worse for Japanese people because the government has decided to raise certain prices (especially for housing) to make foreigners pay more, while local salaries are not keeping up.
For those who are too lazy to make the conversions:
total photo book sales: ¥6.45M ~ $44.6k
Souko and Sumire's share (10% of total each): ¥645k ~ $4.46k
Sumire's debt to the old man + Femme Fatale: ¥300k ~ $2.1k (x2)
payment for costume made by Aya: ¥40k ~ $280
remaining amount for Sumire: ¥5k...
Yup, it's the correct order (I adjusted the titles).
The idea is that Sumire (chap 45) is caring for Yuusei, trying to convince him that it's okay if the photobook doesn't succeed, while Femme (chap 46) is concerned about the whole situation, realizing that Yuusei was overworked and need to slow...
Yup, we're at 3/5 girls from the original idol group. Ayumi was introduced in chap 15 and Souko in chap 27, so I guess we should have a new encounter soon.
Seems that the only 2 images where we have clues about the remaining members are the one I sent above and these panels from Souko's...
Seems like you've missed the point but she decided to use the urinals because there were too many people waiting for the men's stalls and she just couldn't hold back any longer (see p. 13).