Onban Kikou - Vol. 2 Ch. 10 - Canción Para Mañana

[MangaDex]

 

[KitRagnell]

That was comfy. TY for TL

 

[zothique]

We're now at 10 out of 20 chapters. Series was on break this month, so there's still the same overall number of chapters as last time. Also, the next few ones are on the shorter side (<20 pages) until the final one (which is 50) so hopefully they don't take me as long, but no promises. Look forward to more Koyomi chapters.

Also volume 1 came out in France, though the name was changed from the one announced in the expo. It's called "Sounds of vinyl" (oddly enough, it's an original title in English), but anyway you should get it if you can.

And though it's not related, the author's birthday was a few days ago, on March 31st.

 

[Suben]

Wasn't Argentina under a dictatorship (either Peronists or a junta) at the time this chapter takes place as well? Feels weird to portray it as preferable to or more free than Chile since those Latin America dictatorships were largely the same in their actions and motives.

 

[Angry_Panda]

Suitcase 78 player spotted! '78' is a retronym - prior to the introduction of the LP (33 1/3) and 45 formats, both in 1948, 78's were just 'records'. They stuck around through the mid-50's in the west, and somewhat longer elsewhere. Acoustic recording and playback was all there was until 1925; electrical recording took hold and quickly pushed out the older method, while acoustic playback stuck around somewhat longer due to the cost associated with the electric players (many of which included the recently developed technology of radio as an added option, at least in higher end models). Throughout, the discs were almost all made of shellac, which is good and hard, but also quite brittle - it's not difficult to break a 78 (I've done it myself once or twice), and also doesn't age well if you don't keep it dry and fairly cool. Also, they're very soluble in alcohol, so don't spill your highball on one.

The needle (and, in this case, needle is the correct term - it really is similar to a sewing needle in a lot of ways) would probably have been made of steel, though some types of cactus spikes or other materials were also used sometimes, and would have been intended as a one-use consumable under ideal circumstances. (Yes, you would have been expected to have a can of needles, and to replace them after each play. Makes listening a bit more of an investment!) Playback on an acoustic machine was through the resonator (the diaphragm the needle's connected to) through a throat that comprised the tonearm and then a horn; in the case of a portable machine like this, the horn was built as part of the case underneath the platter. The horns you see like the one Nipper the dog is looking at in the RCA/HMV/JVC logo were early; later machines tended to use a better design that was generally also folded into a cabinet and gave a much less 'honky' sound, due to their being as much as 8 feet long and exponentially expanded through their length, rather than linearly.

Curiously, there was never any strict formal agreement across manufacturers as to the actual speed - in the electrical era, most US discs would have run at 78.26 RPM, while the UK would have used 77.92, both due to how the synchronous motors in electrical players were set up. Older acoustic discs were all over the place, commonly as low as 60 RPM to as high as 90, and occasionally even higher. Most players had both a brake to stop the platter (which keeps you from having to wind quite as much) and a speed adjustment to get that roughly dialed in for the disc being played. There were also variations in whether the disc started on the outside or the inside, and in whether the sound was cut side-to-side or up-and-down in the groove, so playback could be a bit of a crapshoot with an unfamiliar label.

Thanks as always for the chapter - good choice to leave some of the Spanish, I think, as it lends some color to the dialog - and special appreciation for the enlightening translation and setting/background notes!

 

[Minipels]

Wasn't Argentina under a dictatorship (either Peronists or a junta) at the time this chapter takes place as well? Feels weird to portray it as preferable to or more free than Chile since those Latin America dictatorships were largely the same in their actions and motives.

Depends what year from that decade, from 70 to 72 we were under under a dictatorship (which had in-fighting leading to,as far as I remember, three changes of leader of the junta).'73 Perón gets elected and dies the next year.His wife,Estela de Perón, gets elected the same year, staying in office until 76 when coup d'état took place lead by Videla.

That's the historical context as far as I remember,haven't read history in a few years,but I do remember from school that the shittiest time for expression,music and culture was under Videla who,in short, saw communism and opposition in everything resulting in dissapearing anyone,even people that stayed low and followed the rules.

Tl;Dr- If between '73-'76 maybe possible,specially since Pinochet took power in the '73

 

[Kushikime]

Thanks for the chapter

 

[keatsta]

Really lovely chapter. Even though there's some nasty politics in the backstory, the actual events of the chapter are among the kindest and most positive of all the stories of the series. Thanks as always for your great translation, your notes, and your advocacy for collecting the manga physically.

 

[CEa_TIde]

Awwh sad to see this one taken down
@zothique I don't remember if you translated all chapters, but do you still have the files to the other chapters with all your TL notes?
I was planning on buying the raws and keeping your notes on the side but they are all gone now