Kyuutei Kajishi no Shiawase na Nichijou: Black na Shokuba wo Tsuihou Saretaga, Ringoku de Koushaku Reijou ni Dekiaisarenagara White na Seikatsu Okuri…

[MangaDex]

 

[Haxens]

All this needs is some chapters. It's doing pretty well

 

[Darkshade13]

The team that translates this seems to still be active. And while it was like a month or more ago I swear that I saw them say they hadn't dropped it.

I wish they'd either continue or announce it as a drop so someone else can pick it up though. If I'm understanding the raws source on Comic-Walker correctly (while being totally unable to read Japanese) it appears that the series is up to chapter 14.1 while the translation last did 8.1.

 

[Telestare]

somebody please continue this

 

[Darkshade13]

I did ask on their discord like a month ago and was told that they do want to continue but.... actually there was no "but" or explanation. Just that they "want" to continue and that was that. It seems like their output is rather low in general though as they seem to only manage 1 or 2 chapters of anything a month (not 1 to 2 chapters per work, 1 to 2 chapters in totality across everything they translate. So that means that some of their stuff goes 3-5 months in between seeing any progress)

 

[Arhunt]

Hmm, interesting concept but kinda poorly executed.

Lots of missing necessary details that we should know from the first few chapters is not there such as

• why blacksmith is important in the world, so much so that the duke of a country is a blacksmith.
• although we know it later on it should be explain at the start as to why he was bullied, not when he is about to quit. (Cliche reason)
• Why she is so nice to him?

Would be better if she is constantly visit the workshop as a guest of famous blacksmith and she his skill and honesty? Imo. Rather than she just interested on him on a whim.
- MC suddenly falling in love with her also ehhh.


All in all it is good reading still, just could be much better

 

[Darkshade13]

So based on what I can tell from comic-walker and book-walker, this series is up to about chapter 20 right now as book-walker is listing to release volume 4 at the end of the month and the most recently released chapter on comic-walker is what looks like a volume-end extra episode. Since the series splits its chapters into halves (which on here are marked as X.1 and X.2) that means there are 11 chapters or 22 half-chapter releases untranslated as of right now, plus volume extras.

I know the TL group that was working on this is said they want to keep working on it but 5 months removed from their last release and 22 releases is a strong case for someone else (competent, please) to pick this up and run with it.


Super late on this but I just popped in here for the above, so I might as well respond:

Hmm, interesting concept but kinda poorly executed.

Lots of missing necessary details that we should know from the first few chapters is not there such as

• why blacksmith is important in the world, so much so that the duke of a country is a blacksmith.

This is, by all appearances, a pre-industrial-revolution type society. Blacksmithing would be a vital industry for the creation of basically anything metal. Weapons and armor for warfare, but also a ton of components for construction, tools for a ton of other professions, elements of other devices like carts and wagons. Metalworking is one of the things that really pushed society forward. Hell, if you want nails to build anything you need a blacksmith to make them.
And as for the duke being a blacksmith, it's said in the story that the family rose to its dukedom through blacksmithing efforts. Maybe an ancestor supplied the kingdom with weapons, or was integral in a great construction project. It's not ridiculous for a fantasy setting like this that someone amassed enough wealth and influence via their chosen industry to push their way into high society.

• although we know it later on it should be explain at the start as to why he was bullied, not when he is about to quit. (Cliche reason)

This trope is so common in Japan that it doesn't need explanation. He worked for a "black company", basically an exploitative hellhole run by arrogant, manipulative jerks who piled work on him because they could and because standard Japanese social ethics are that you just have to take the abuse of your seniors and superiors and "betters". He's not really bullied for a reason other than the fact that everyone else are assholes and believe he has no choice but to take it. And it's something that doesn't need explanation in Japan because that sort of story is so common that everyone understands it.

• Why she is so nice to him? Would be better if she is constantly visit the workshop as a guest of famous blacksmith and she his skill and honesty? Imo. Rather than she just interested on him on a whim.

I don't think this has been answered, but it's been hinted that there is an answer, which is enough for a while if they want to take their time to reveal it. It's been hinted that she probably interacted with him in the past and saw his work and saw that he was a good person or that he was being abused by people and putting up with it. It's clear from the beginning that the "fake fiance" thing is just a ploy and she didn't pick Fake simply to fill the role but rather because she wanted to be with him but couldn't think of another way to approach him and suggest it without just opening their first conversation with "I like you" (which is far too direct for a manga story and for Japan in a lot of circumstances.

- MC suddenly falling in love with her also ehhh.

She's beautiful and is the first person to treat him kindly in a long time, plus she shows interest in his work and skills and compliments him for it. It'd be more surprising if he didn't fall for her.


I agree that this story is good but not great. But I don't have a big problem with most of your issues.

 

[Leber]

I am loving this series and would love to see more of it. Please continue the translation.

 

[Darkshade13]

EveScans appears to be dead someone else needs to pick this up along with their other works (Shigure-san Wants to Shine is another one they were doing that I've read. It was the last thing that EveScans did and released on here and that was 7 months ago.)

Mangadex needs something like an official "salvage yard" discord or forum where people can nominate abandoned or dropped series and groups looking for projects can browse and find series that either fit their tastes or are popular/interesting enough to attract attention.

 

[AlexUSV]

this sh is dumb but still better than some mangas, cant judge because its not alot of chapters here.

 

[Darkshade13]

We're now in December 2024 and this series is up to chapter 27, which means we're 17 chapters behind. I would kill for some decent, non MTL slop group to pick this up and run with it because I like silly lightweight blacksmithing SOL rom-com nonsense.

I just don't know where to go to get this attention from any decent group looking for something to do.