Drifters - Ch. 84 - Surfin' Bird

[MangaDex]

 

[Darshi]

Translator this side
I am translating chapter 84 and 85. Please give me some time. I am a sole translator and the last translating group did a horrible job at numbering the chapters.

 

[Wolvenworks]

Oh wow that lazy bastard Hirano is back?

 

[dreminh]

We got this before Half Life 3 and GTA 6

 

[soulyard7]

Translator this side
I am translating chapter 84 and 85. Please give me some time. I am a sole translator and the last translating group did a horrible job at numbering the chapters.

Godspeed to you, I didn't think we'd ever get a continuation to this manga to be honest

 

[KappaDvorak]

Oh wow that lazy bastard Hirano is back?

The question is how long will he stay active this time round

 

[JethroBodine]

Translator this side
I am translating chapter 84 and 85. Please give me some time. I am a sole translator and the last translating group did a horrible job at numbering the chapters.

Bless you. I thought this series would never continue. I'm shocked it survived the May 2025 nuke.

 

[JethroBodine]

I noticed the title is Sunfine' Bird and the titles are usually song titles. I looked for a song called Sunfine' Bird but couldn't find it, is it a mistranslation of Surfin' Bird?

 

[HayashidaYuki]

Just fyi, the raws have about 94 chapters, but currently there are some problem in the chapters numbering. Basically, [the past chapter number] - 2 = [the current raw chapter number].

The issue might be that some chapters that originally separated in the magazine combined into a single chapter in the comic book. So it isn't the old group did a horrible numbering job, but the publishing numbering incosistency between the magazine and the book.

1. The old chapter 60 and 61 is becoming the new chapter 60.
   • Everything after goes down by one number.
2. The old chapter 68 and 69 is becoming the new chapter 67.
   • Everything after goes down by one number again, for a total of 2.

This stay up to the lastest chapter(83 old, 81 new).

Translator this side
I am translating chapter 84 and 85. Please give me some time. I am a sole translator and the last translating group did a horrible job at numbering the chapters.

Thanks for picking this up!

Now, here's my suggestion:
Why don't you use decimal number to catch up with the new chapter numbering?

For example: chapter 82(new) will be the chapter 83.1, chapter 83(new) will be the chapter 83.2, then by the time you reach chapter 84 it will be naturally matches up.

Just make sure to put the actual chapter number in the title(e.g. 83.1 New #82 [title]). This way, you wouldn't need to be confused with the deficit of chapter numbers and the readers can continue reading easily.

Or just continue the old numbering i guess, but I think it would be confusing if the numbering is discontinued in the actual raw.

 

[Darshi]

I noticed the title is Sunfine' Bird and the titles are usually song titles. I looked for a song called Sunfine' Bird but couldn't find it, is it a mistranslation of Surfin' Bird?

Ohh I wrote wrong here. The chapter's first page is correctly named

 

[JethroBodine]

Ohh I wrote wrong here. The chapter's first page is correctly named

No worries.

 

[Darshi]

Just fyi, the raws have about 94 chapters, but currently there are some problem in the chapters numbering. Basically the past chapter number - 2 = the current raw chapter number.

The issue might be the 2 chapter that originally in the magazine is combined into 1 chapter in the comic book. So it isn't the old group did a horrible numbering job, but the publishing numbering incosistency between the magazine and the book.

1. Old chapter 60 and 61 is becoming the new chapter 60.
   • Everything after goes up by one number.
2. Old chapter 68 and 69 is becoming the new chapter 67.
   • Everything after goes up by one number again, for a total of 2.

This stay up to the lastest chapter(83 old, 81 new).


Thanks for picking this up!

Now, here's my suggestion:
Why don't you use decimal number to catch up the new chapter numbering?

For example: chapter 82(new) will be the chapter 83.1, chapter 83(new) will be the chapter 83.2, then by the time you reach chapter 84 it will be naturally matches up.

Just make sure to put the actual chapter number in the title(e.g. 83.1 Chapter 82 [title]). This way, you wouldn't need to be confused with the deficit of chapter numbers and the readers can continue reading easily.

Okk this makes sense now. I messaged the previous people who were translating and they didnt respond. I will do this this weekend. I have too many other works or else I will beg for donations here. Thanks for letting me know.

 

[HayashidaYuki]

Okk this makes sense now. I messaged the previous people who were translating and they didnt respond. I will do this this weekend. I have too many other works or else I will beg for donations here. Thanks for letting me know.

Oh no, you replied faster than I crosscheck my shit! Now my bad grammar and badly written unedited comment will be immortalized in a quote hahaha

(It's alright tho!)

 

[Darshi]

lol

Oh no, you replied faster than I crosscheck my shit! Now my bad grammar and badly written unedited comment will be immortalized in a quote hahaha

(It's alright tho!)

 

[Remixman87]

Ah Publius Cornelius Scipio... I need to read Ad Astra again (fortunately it wasn't in the DMCA splash zone.)

Oh wow that lazy bastard Hirano is back?

I hope so, please let this bastard stick around & finish

 

[AEnigmatrices]

Thank god I just re-read this last month, so I do remember what's what. 😅

 

[LilHoodie]

Man, I don't remember shit. Guess I'll have to start over once I get some free time

 

[huntercheco]

4 years ago? Sheesh

 

[Bootybug]

WHAT YEAR IS THIS?

 

[WJ_PK]

Props to the translator! Godspeed and thanks!