Ookii Onnanoko wa Suki Desu ka? - Vol. 8 Ch. 74 - Twins’ Secret

[ssj4maiko]

I've just bought Vol 1 and it's quickly apparent that the use of honorifics have been scaled back.
In the scanlations where Julia had been translated with 'awkward' Japanese as you would imagine a foreigner would have, in the official release she speaks flawlessly which takes away some of her depth of character.
Other than that, there are the obvious differences between how a passage is translated by two different people, but the meanings come across much the same.
Sound effects are translated which I like, but when every repetitive FX in a panel has its translation, the panels get a bit cluttered.
Also, it has been interesting spotting what changes have been made to the art between magazine and tank versions. In the first few pages where Kaouru is kidnapping Souta, in the train where the handstrap bar hits her head her mouth is changed from a grimace to a smile. Same page, the details of the gymnasium exterior are changed slightly. At the other end of the scale, some pages have been completely redrawn and others added. For instance, ch 3 where Souta and the captain have sex in the dining room is drawn a bit more graphic with only the genitalia fogged out, and a couple of extra pages of it. Bonus.

Thanks, regarding the changes between tankoubon and web versions I'm aware they exist, I already check on them for another manga I buy.

I was actually wondering if I should rather buy the RAW versions, which are already ahead and are much cheaper, but I can't really read (although I at least know the story up until this point, but it would be hard to deal with the follow ups), or if I should buy the english version that I can read, but the translation could be somewhat half assed.

Can't say your explanation pumped me up into buying it, not because of how you described it, but because I'm already used to publisher's localization, which annoys me most of the time... Well, it's not a priority for now, but I guess I would prefer buying the raws like this, it's not like I know nothing of Japanese.

 

[bruhjustletmeread]

pain

 

[Picolo]

HAs anyone watched the live action one?

 

[ikkyuisme]

Too bad, this was a good read for me. Thank you TL-san. Hopefully someone can pick-up this one again

 

[Spooder9]

thanks for the chaps

 

[silverpetricof]

Thank you for the translation up until now. You guys did great work.

 

[yetanothergeek]

Can't believe nobody picked this one already, this series has been on a hiatus, there is exactly 1 chapter untranslated, that is chapter 78!!

 

[Kurbo]

I think the author might've died or something, their blog stopped being updated in 2023