Aircraft Carrier Ibuki
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@kampervan - Thank you for taking this off my plate. I have all thirteen volumes in my basement.
Comment on final rant: Well of course! This series is from the guy who brought us 43 volumes of Zipang, after all. I find alternate history to be interesting, but in the end it is not reality. But then again, neither is 99% of all manga.
Comment on final rant: Well of course! This series is from the guy who brought us 43 volumes of Zipang, after all. I find alternate history to be interesting, but in the end it is not reality. But then again, neither is 99% of all manga.
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Nice! Thanks for picking this up 
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I have these mixed feelings whenever a certain scans group picked up Kawaguchi Kaiji's.
I'm talking about the consistency of the chapter release which makes me sad because I can't enjoy all the chapters till the end. Either they suddenly dropped it or disappeared. I know it's normal in the community. Not to mention IRL stuff to put into consideration too, but, well, I still appreciate their hard work tho.
Anyway, thank you for the update!
I'm talking about the consistency of the chapter release which makes me sad because I can't enjoy all the chapters till the end. Either they suddenly dropped it or disappeared. I know it's normal in the community. Not to mention IRL stuff to put into consideration too, but, well, I still appreciate their hard work tho.
Anyway, thank you for the update!
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Uhm, yeah... You might want to turn it down a notch.
100+ chapters is a bit too much for one person, especially when I keep learning (and forgetting) new kanji in every page I turned.
Was hoping the first chapter would generate enough mindshare for another to pick it up and then I can jump in the bed with them.
Thing is I loved Zipang, its very mature in dealing with the issues and I can simply turn off all the nitpicking, given that its an alternate what-ifs with ridiculous premise to begin with.
This one... Not so much, it deals with a very real & sensitive matter thus I think it warrants a more criticized point-of-view, if you will.
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Sort of but not really your average jingoist's wet dreams. The political and strategical aspects is rather well-researched.
Consultation with Osamu Eya, a journalist & visiting professor specializing in military intelligence of Soviet and North Korea, definitely pays off.
(Unfortunately, he passed away in May 20th, 2018 and the story does take a noticeable hit)
The tactical aspect... Well, let's just assume they had to be a very incompetent armed forces incapable of performing basic check & conducts in many of the following chapters.
But then again, its mostly entertainment and this is what the author believes to be necessary to instill the dramatic elements.
Uhm, yeah... You might want to turn it down a notch.
100+ chapters is a bit too much for one person, especially when I keep learning (and forgetting) new kanji in every page I turned.
Was hoping the first chapter would generate enough mindshare for another to pick it up and then I can jump in the bed with them.
Thing is I loved Zipang, its very mature in dealing with the issues and I can simply turn off all the nitpicking, given that its an alternate what-ifs with ridiculous premise to begin with.
This one... Not so much, it deals with a very real & sensitive matter thus I think it warrants a more criticized point-of-view, if you will.
@4v29ln0n
Sort of but not really your average jingoist's wet dreams. The political and strategical aspects is rather well-researched.
Consultation with Osamu Eya, a journalist & visiting professor specializing in military intelligence of Soviet and North Korea, definitely pays off.
(Unfortunately, he passed away in May 20th, 2018 and the story does take a noticeable hit)
The tactical aspect... Well, let's just assume they had to be a very incompetent armed forces incapable of performing basic check & conducts in many of the following chapters.
But then again, its mostly entertainment and this is what the author believes to be necessary to instill the dramatic elements.
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hi! thank you for scanlating this
i've always wanted to scanlate it myself because i have the physical manga(including great game), but wasn't sure if i had the time or dedication to do it on my own, especially since i know nothing about cleaning or typesetting
good luck and i hope to see more of this series in the future!
i've always wanted to scanlate it myself because i have the physical manga(including great game), but wasn't sure if i had the time or dedication to do it on my own, especially since i know nothing about cleaning or typesetting
good luck and i hope to see more of this series in the future!
The fact nearly all of kaiji kawaguchis series are untranslated are a shame. They’re genuinely the only modern naval and political thriller manga out there. Zipang and spirit of the sun is basically constantly dropped and picked up again and silent service hasn’t been translated period. It sucks I’ve read through silent service using ai and google translate as well as finished Zipang. And the endings are usually very hopeful and not at all nationalistic. Here’s to hoping one day all of his series will be translated. They won’t but he’s in my top 5 manga artists so they should.
