Shihai Shoujo Kubaru-chan - Ch. 30 - The Real Teehee

[JethroBodine]

My crazy fu is stronger than yours!

 

[KitRagnell]

They'll need to rescue the murderer

 

[BakedBanana]

"Womp womp~" (Page 13)

All according to keikaku.

 

[kevytpiima]

Real "I'm not locked in with you, you're locked in with me" vibes.

And with that, we are officially caught up with the raws!

Now I can actually share my full thoughts without spoiling anyone. Sure is frustrating to hold back on participating in discussions because you have knowledge of the future and don't want to be that guy. Sorry for the wall of text.

Anyway, boy what a ride that was to get here. We went from suicide to a yandere to a car crash and now a serial killer. And it's only been like, what, a week in the story? When I first started reading this series last year I was just as clueless as all of you but by the end I was way too captivated by the train wreck? Insanity? Hodgepodge of crazy girls the author was cooking with.

Is it in part because I adore absolute batshit insane, manipulative girls like Kubaru? Yes. I mean that's probably 90% of the reason I stuck with it. But I also can't stop coming back because of how the author leaves you hanging every time and you can never predict what he's gonna throw next, both in a good and bad way. It's like I'm back to reading Boy's Abyss except with less despair and depression and with grounding in reality long obliterated.

Is this series actually meant to be taken seriously or is this all a masterfully crafted joke? Or as the zoomers put it, is this peak or is this trash?

What will Kubaru do with Hiro? Will she become a puppet too? And what will the author's next food commentary be? I have no freaking idea. I'm on the sinking boat with you all now.

One thing is for sure: this is Kubaru's doll house and we're all playing in it.

Seeing you all slowly lose your minds with each new chapter when I knew a new truck was around the corner was extremely entertaining. Like watching a real life frogs in boiling water experiment where the story tests you to see how much you can take before you jump off, or if you just let yourself get consumed.

To tell you the truth at some points I was scared that the community would majorly sour on this manga. Sure enough at various chapters many people quit and called this trash, which I can't blame. I had to mentally tell myself that it's not my fault, I didn't write this, I'm just a messenger. But sometimes it's hard to keep motivation to translate when many people dislike what you're working on. I think that's also partly what made me translate so much backlog at once. If I have it all done before people can criticize it I won't lose motivation to continue!

But I was relieved to see that despite that plenty you still came around to seeing the series for what it primarily is (at least so far, lord knows what might come later): just some crazy fun, and for better or worse stuck around to see how much further this train could derail. I really appreciate you all coming to these threads and commenting, regardless of how you feel about the series.

I will of course keep translating it whenever new chapters come out, but this is the end of daily posting. Thanks for being there.

Next chapter comes out September 17th.

Shameless plug: Outside of this I also work on a normal cute manga called Garuru Girl too, if you want something to cleanse your brain after this.

Random side note: before I chose to scanlate this manga I was actually pondering scanlating another weird ass manga that's also got a manipulative toxic main girl (and that one had ntr to boot which I'm sure would have been adored here! /s) called "Kimi no Mae de Kimi Igai wo Daku" or "Having Sex With Someone Else in Front of You" but I chose not to because it's beyond censored, like entire black pages censored, and because it looked way more annoying to clean (all this to say I think I'm just genetically attracted to walking red flags) but looking back on it now, I really think I made the right decision in choosing Kubaru-Chan. Despite the roller-coaster it became, it's always something entertaining every chapter and I think a lot of people eventually accepted the craziness. And no I'm not going to start working on that other manga now, this one already taught me I'm too busy to pick up more stuff (looks like someone's picked it up anyway.).

Thank you so much for the translation. It's definitely a wild ride. But I'm pretty sure that the ones left here are here to stay. It's the kind of people who see it for the wild train ride it is, and understand that it's only manga so they don't take it too seriously and know to enjoy it. It's been a really fun read.

definitely appeals to my funky brain that thinks oyasumi punpun and uchuujin no kakushigo are peak

 

[toru_okada]

Real "I'm not locked in with you, you're locked in with me" vibes.

And with that, we are officially caught up with the raws!

Now I can actually share my full thoughts without spoiling anyone. Sure is frustrating to hold back on participating in discussions because you have knowledge of the future and don't want to be that guy. Sorry for the wall of text.

Anyway, boy what a ride that was to get here. We went from suicide to a yandere to a car crash and now a serial killer. And it's only been like, what, a week in the story? When I first started reading this series last year I was just as clueless as all of you but by the end I was way too captivated by the train wreck? Insanity? Hodgepodge of crazy girls the author was cooking with.

Is it in part because I adore absolute batshit insane, manipulative girls like Kubaru? Yes. I mean that's probably 90% of the reason I stuck with it. But I also can't stop coming back because of how the author leaves you hanging every time and you can never predict what he's gonna throw next, both in a good and bad way. It's like I'm back to reading Boy's Abyss except with less despair and depression and with grounding in reality long obliterated.

Is this series actually meant to be taken seriously or is this all a masterfully crafted joke? Or as the zoomers put it, is this peak or is this trash?

What will Kubaru do with Hiro? Will she become a puppet too? And what will the author's next food commentary be? I have no freaking idea. I'm on the sinking boat with you all now.

One thing is for sure: this is Kubaru's doll house and we're all playing in it.

Seeing you all slowly lose your minds with each new chapter when I knew a new truck was around the corner was extremely entertaining. Like watching a real life frogs in boiling water experiment where the story tests you to see how much you can take before you jump off, or if you just let yourself get consumed.

To tell you the truth at some points I was scared that the community would majorly sour on this manga. Sure enough at various chapters many people quit and called this trash, which I can't blame. I had to mentally tell myself that it's not my fault, I didn't write this, I'm just a messenger. But sometimes it's hard to keep motivation to translate when many people dislike what you're working on. I think that's also partly what made me translate so much backlog at once. If I have it all done before people can criticize it I won't lose motivation to continue!

But I was relieved to see that despite that plenty you still came around to seeing the series for what it primarily is (at least so far, lord knows what might come later): just some crazy fun, and for better or worse stuck around to see how much further this train could derail. I really appreciate you all coming to these threads and commenting, regardless of how you feel about the series.

I will of course keep translating it whenever new chapters come out, but this is the end of daily posting. Thanks for being there.

Next chapter comes out September 17th.

Shameless plug: Outside of this I also work on a normal cute manga called Garuru Girl too, if you want something to cleanse your brain after this.

Random side note: before I chose to scanlate this manga I was actually pondering scanlating another weird ass manga that's also got a manipulative toxic main girl (and that one had ntr to boot which I'm sure would have been adored here! /s) called "Kimi no Mae de Kimi Igai wo Daku" or "Having Sex With Someone Else in Front of You" but I chose not to because it's beyond censored, like entire black pages censored, and because it looked way more annoying to clean (all this to say I think I'm just genetically attracted to walking red flags) but looking back on it now, I really think I made the right decision in choosing Kubaru-Chan. Despite the roller-coaster it became, it's always something entertaining every chapter and I think a lot of people eventually accepted the craziness. And no I'm not going to start working on that other manga now, this one already taught me I'm too busy to pick up more stuff (looks like someone's picked it up anyway.).

we're all mentally ill here so this manga is perfect. Thanks for the meal chef

 

[Animepedia]

What the fuck am I reading...

Thanks for the TL

 

[Cirrius]

Womp womp:3

 

[ThermiteKitty]

Big thanks for TLing, this series is super entertaining. Definitely feels like we're still in the initial "building the cast" saga, which I'm enjoying, but I think that's why people are expecting and missing depth for the characters.

I imagine the mangaka quickly developed the entire early cast in their mind before serialization and really wants to get everyone in rather than doing multiple small arcs with each status quo before introducing a new puppet. The fact that the chapters are short also does it a disservice: a lot of classic manga have a couple chapters that each stand alone as their own stories to say "these are the kinds of stories we can do here" before doing multi-chapter arcs. But by the nature of the series, it needs to mainly do multi-chapter arcs stretched over months.

Kubaru's house has three bedrooms, so I'm hoping that this girl is the final core puppet for a bit and we start doing schemes to either improve their lives or to push each of them further into rock bottom to increase their dependence on her.

I also think that Kubaru's overall plan for Kiba is to make him a saviour, based on the chapter with her "dad." By surrounding him with people who are worse off, instead of feeling like living garbage, he'll feel like an underdog and someone who can help others. Similarly to how her "dad" believes that he's protecting Kubaru, he follows her commands and went so far as to dye his hair pink and try to kill himself for her. Even with that, he only saw Kiba as having the qualities of a saviour. That would allow her to have an engine where she seeks out new puppets and has a plan to induct them, but Kiba is ultimately the one who does the heavy lifting before she goes in for the kill. Like if Senjougahara actively wanted Araragi to do his thing instead of simply tolerating it.

 

[ItsThatBriGuy]

before I chose to scanlate this manga I was actually pondering scanlating another weird ass manga that's also got a manipulative toxic main girl (and that one had ntr to boot which I'm sure would have been adored here! /s) called "Kimi no Mae de Kimi Igai wo Daku" or "Having Sex With Someone Else in Front of You" but I chose not to because it's beyond censored, like entire black pages censored, and because it looked way more annoying to clean (all this to say I think I'm just genetically attracted to walking red flags) but looking back on it now, I really think I made the right decision in choosing Kubaru-Chan. Despite the roller-coaster it became, it's always something entertaining every chapter and I think a lot of people eventually accepted the craziness. And no I'm not going to start working on that other manga now, this one already taught me I'm too busy to pick up more stuff (looks like someone's picked it up anyway.).

Interestingly, that did get picked up recently (though by a scan-hoarding outfit, so who knows when we'll see more), without any censorship whatsoever. Granted, that was just the first chapter, so things may get more restrictive after that.

 

[Nosebleed]

Interestingly, that did get picked up recently (though by a scan-hoarding outfit, so who knows when we'll see more), without any censorship whatsoever. Granted, that was just the first chapter, so things may get more restrictive after that.

Yeah I'm not a big fan of the group who picked it up (mediocre to bad TL, plus forces people to go off site for newest chapters). but I am just way too busy to pick up another manga.
As for you seeing it uncensored It's because volume 1 was released recently which is uncensored. It's very much censored to hell and back in the app. So when they run out of volume material (chapter 8) they'll either have to release censored chapters or wait several months for volume 2. I didn't want to deal with that.

Kubaru-chan actually did have a censored chapter too but volume 2 released in time for me to use the uncensored pages. So there's a chance we'll run into censored chapters in the future. Hopefully not though as I don't think the author wants to add a lot of fan service.

 

[INBERUN]

I'm the only one who think that boy mc gonna suffer even more?! Girl mc is clearly just having fun lmao

 

[Lobuttomize]

If she isn't scared then why did she not fight back in the first place

 

[Kushikime]

Thanks for the chapter. Glad to be caught up. Thanks for all the work.

 

[Kitsune_115]

This is a crazy vs crazy showdown

 

[NerimaShinjuku]

Puppet master girl. Puppet boy. Split personality girl. Psycho substitute dad. Serial killer.

The team has been assembled. Now, to save the world, they must go into space and divert a killer asteroid.

 

[XicoYe]

Womp womp

 

[DrShitACrit]

To tell you the truth at some points I was scared that the community would majorly sour on this manga. Sure enough at various chapters many people quit and called this trash, which I can't blame. I had to mentally tell myself that it's not my fault, I didn't write this, I'm just a messenger. But sometimes it's hard to keep motivation to translate when many people dislike what you're working on. I think that's also partly what made me translate so much backlog at once. If I have it all done before people can criticize it I won't lose motivation to continue!

But I was relieved to see that despite that plenty you still came around to seeing the series for what it primarily is (at least so far, lord knows what might come later): just some crazy fun, and for better or worse stuck around to see how much further this train could derail. I really appreciate you all coming to these threads and commenting, regardless of how you feel about the series.

(Wanted to respond to this sooner, but I had issues remembering what my password was.)

Yeah, so far this series pushes a lot of buttons for me, but I'm gonna echo the sentiment that the author needs to put the brakes on things a bit. We need to see more (relatively) normal interactions between Yuuto, Kubaru, and Aihara. Flesh out their personalities and the intricacies of the "love triangle."

Anyways, thanks a ton for picking up this series, because I'm absolutely the target audience for this.

 

[Mithgol]

Seeing you all slowly lose your minds with each new chapter when I knew a new truck was around the corner was extremely entertaining. Like watching a real life frogs in boiling water experiment where the story tests you to see how much you can take before you jump off, or if you just let yourself get consumed.

So nice to see the translator not so far from the characters.

 

[silverpetricof]

I swear when Hiro joins the party it's gonna be so nice.

Thank you for the translation.