Managing Director Shima Kōsaku - Vol. 8 Ch. 107 - These Foolish Things

[MangaDex]

 

[deezenautz]

https://mangadex.org/title/50552b6d...bbec/executive-managing-director-shima-kosaku
this one's the next one, btw

 

[Jojeke]

That was a weird last volume.
Exorcist story for half of it and then promotion out of nowhere.

 

[Kewl0210]

That was a weird last volume.
Exorcist story for half of it and then promotion out of nowhere.

Well that's cause it's not really the end of anything it's just the end of this part. The story keeps going and all the same characters are still around in the next part.

 

[77BLc9JwJGpLVARkamJx]

What an ending, no one dead in this chapter so thats cool. Kinda surprised the mamahuhu thing got clamped down pretty quick too,but since its china and our mc will be responsible to the whole region, these kinda establishment probably everywhere. Thanks and congrats Kewl0210 for another completed series.

 

[jeezits]

lmao what an ending!

"Hey dad, what you up to?"

"Oh nothing much just laying in the garbage in an alley after getting rolled."

 

[Draugadrottinn]

Thanks for the translation, good work and really fast as well. I was impressed that it came so early, but now that it's here I'm already waiting anxiously for the next stage in Shimas salaryman life.

 

[Kewl0210]

Thanks for the translation, good work and really fast as well. I was impressed that it came so early, but now that it's here I'm already waiting anxiously for the next stage in Shimas salaryman life.

Most delays are sort of me feeling like working on it or not for the most part. Or maybe the next chapter being really difficult and me putting it off for a while. If for some reason I were super motivated we could probably finish like one or two volumes a month but life typically doesn't go like that, gotta balance this with work and various other life obligations and sometimes you're just sorta too exhausted to focus on hobbies like this. Also I'm translating like 3 other series generally speaking.

 

[HCO]

Massive work on the TL. Fun volume, and the whole China series has been pretty interesting. If anyone's curious, there are apparently several good Chinese golfers on the PGA tour these days. One of the current greats is Haotong Li. Interestingly, he actually has a win at the series mentioned in the manga! The Volvo China Open. How's that for foresight?

Still, Hatsushiba getting into golf course investment is a pretty funny twist. I guess it makes sense when your business is effectively a corporate dynasty that has its hands in every pie.

 

[Suben]

Just going by this chapter I think that Yagi's going to have a much rougher time in his position than Shima had. He's been around Shima a long time but as he's moved up he's clearly developed an ego which combined with his increasing need to outdo Shima, by the general tropes of this series, is probably going to lead to him being humbled.

Anyway, with another series down I feel like my feelings on this one are more mixed than Section Chief or Division Chief. The good stuff is good but I feel like there's a ton of decompression this time with the writing and it's not quite as focused. I liked the Zeng story and I assume that's not finished yet, Sun has been a good character and Yang is awesome.

But the Zhou Hongmei story is IMO the worst out of all three series. Hirokane's note at the beginning of the previous volume said it came about because an editor wanted him to do a romance story and it reads a lot like a story done because an editor pushed for it and not because the author wanted to actually do it. She just shows up, Shima's instantly smitten for no real reason (despite Yang, the best girl, being right there) and there's supernatural bullshit involved. Mamahuhu is set up as some kind of immense threat with eyes everywhere and then they're dealt with relatively easily right after. The whole thing is just a little too fantastical, even ignoring the (maybe) magic, and kind of jumps around before ending. As a romance story it's certainly not as good as as the one with Shinko from Division Chief.

 

[jeezits]

Most delays are sort of me feeling like working on it or not for the most part. Or maybe the next chapter being really difficult and me putting it off for a while. If for some reason I were super motivated we could probably finish like one or two volumes a month but life typically doesn't go like that, gotta balance this with work and various other life obligations and sometimes you're just sorta too exhausted to focus on hobbies like this. Also I'm translating like 3 other series generally speaking.

Not to mention this is a hell of a lot harder to translate than some power leveling shounen isekai.

 

[Kewl0210]

Hey everyone if you didn't see it we've released the next volume which is the start of Executive Managing Director, here: https://mangadex.org/chapter/72a96448-3531-405c-a8fe-03c48368e47b