Havila Senki - Vol. 1 Ch. 1

[MangaDex]

 

[BluWacky]

Finally got around to the first chapter of this after picking up the first volume months ago - there's a nice write-up of the first few volumes in English here if you're interested. It finished a couple of months ago in Young Jump, but doesn't seem to have made the grade for getting a simulpub (probably because of all the Ryuukyuu/Amami/Okinawa stuff). Hopefully it'll get picked up soon now that it's finished, but I'm not sure how much of an English-language market there is for tiny people stabbing crows with scissor blades in amongst helpful biological lessons about sea cucumber anuses (as per one of the last posts on the manga's official Twitter).

This is a series where I admire things about it more than I actually love the series itself; it's a great premise, all the ecological details are interesting (as someone who knows next to nothing about the culture or environment of Ryuukyuu), and Minosuke's art is both weird and excellent (there are some GREAT animals later in the series!). I'm not a big fan, however, of the slightly simplistic characterisations at this early stage.

 

[xyzzy]

Imagine being a researcher and putting a camera in your car so you can ensure that the tiny people have sex

 

[loresx]

OMG I WANT TO READ MOREEEE, thanks for the translation!!

 

[havelmom]

I was confused at first, by the cover art, as to what was this
then I remembered the raws
thank you for picking this up

 

[Bertramm]

That was brutal. Seems like those tiny people have a low danger perceptions like normal human. No wonder they are on the verge of extinct.

 

[Nanaten]

Thank you for picking this series up
I finished reading this series on rawkuma a couple of weeks ago and I've been wondering why there's no translation

 

[mrboxeater]

this is like actually a ntr h premise, wonder if its the same artist. the author really wrote a whole manga about it crazy lmao

 

[boson__]

Finally got around to the first chapter of this after picking up the first volume months ago - there's a nice write-up of the first few volumes in English here if you're interested. It finished a couple of months ago in Young Jump, but doesn't seem to have made the grade for getting a simulpub (probably because of all the Ryuukyuu/Amami/Okinawa stuff). Hopefully it'll get picked up soon now that it's finished, but I'm not sure how much of an English-language market there is for tiny people stabbing crows with scissor blades in amongst helpful biological lessons about sea cucumber anuses (as per one of the last posts on the manga's official Twitter).

This is a series where I admire things about it more than I actually love the series itself; it's a great premise, all the ecological details are interesting (as someone who knows next to nothing about the culture or environment of Ryuukyuu), and Minosuke's art is both weird and excellent (there are some GREAT animals later in the series!). I'm not a big fan, however, of the slightly simplistic characterisations at this early stage.

Do you plan to continue scanlating it?

 

[BluWacky]

Do you plan to continue scanlating it?

This will sound like a stupid answer but I don't plan to not continue - as in, I like it enough that it's something I'd definitely go back to, and I've got the final volume on pre-order for next month, but out of everything I put chapters out for it's not a super high priority and my attention span is minimal.

 

[TestAddress]

Imagine being a researcher and putting a camera in your car so you can ensure that the tiny people have sex

And birds eat them like muffin and cream cheese.

 

[HaylenK]

Oh wow, thank you for this! It's been in my wish list for awhile as the premise seems so interesting. This first chapter is intriguing, I can see a lot of potential for world building as it goes.