Shinigami ni Sodaterareta Shoujo wa Shikkoku no Tsurugi wo Mune ni Idaku - Ch. 44 - The Azure Knight

[mailforporn]

bruh, after a 3 month pause i really could use a refresher on what each army, faction, character and whatnot is in the sidelines...

 

[LordTartaros]

Oh damn, Madoka Magica must be plagiarism then because it copied Sailor Moon 🤣🤣🤣

Those 2 have literally nothing in common except having magical girls as a base...

 

[AngleBoi7]

Why drop? at one chapter every two weeks, it will be mid/late 2025 before they even get to chapter 45.

 

[groudonvert]

Wth is this character, she speaks like she's doing some ruse to confuse the enemy, but it turns out she's just blabbering for the sake of expositing. With how formidable she appeared from the previous chapter, she gets worfed by another side character like nothing.

Actually, Félix is not a sidecharacter anymore. This mini-arc serves as his introduction as one of the main characters,

 

[stavekoff]

thanks for the tl

 

[AirKat]

It’s been a pleasure

 

[Coldlight]

Mekia's secret assault on Fort Astora was going well until their reasonably strong commander got overconfident and reinforcements arrived. She thought she found someone strong to fuck around with, and found out she's possibly outmatched and in actual danger.

Shame there's no Olivia again in this chapter. She's just a joy to see whenever she's around.

Thanks for the translation! It's a shame that we must stop here, but I will respect your decision. See you around.

The reasoning for that is because Manga-Dex (supposedly/hopefully) does not allow uploads of officially licensed series (OL) unless done by the publisher directly.

I'm sorry, but I feel that I must correct this misconception.

MangaDex only disallows uploads of official translations, raws and textless images. Site Rule 1.2 makes this clear. Nowhere in the site rules (which everybody should read BTW) does it say that uploading scanlations of licensed manga are not allowed, and I have seen a number of licensed manga where the scan groups continue to work on them without issue from MD staff. If a chapter is not an official translation (like this chapter and the ones before it), it is allowed to be uploaded regardless of licensing.

To be clear, official translations and scanlations are not the same thing, and scans of manga that have been officially licensed are still scanlations, as long as they do not use the official translation or ripped images of official translations (i.e. scanlations are unofficial translations typeset onto untranslated "raws" from the country of origin).

 

[groudonvert]

Mekia's secret assault on Fort Astora was going well until their reasonably strong commander got overconfident and reinforcements arrived. She thought she found someone strong to fuck around with, and found out she's possibly outmatched and in actual danger.

Shame there's no Olivia again in this chapter. She's just a joy to see whenever she's around.

Thanks for the translation! It's a shame that we must stop here, but I will respect your decision. See you around.


I'm sorry, but I feel that I must correct this misconception.

MangaDex only disallows uploads of official translations, raws and textless images. Site Rule 1.2 makes this clear. Nowhere in the site rules (which everybody should read BTW) does it say that uploading scanlations of licensed manga are not allowed, and I have seen a number of licensed manga where the scan groups continue to work on them without issue from MD staff. If a chapter is not an official translation (like this chapter and the ones before it), it is allowed to be uploaded regardless of licensing.

To be clear, official translations and scanlations are not the same thing, and scans of manga that have been officially licensed are still scanlations, as long as they do not use the official translation or ripped images of official translations (i.e. scanlations are unofficial translations typeset onto untranslated "raws" from the country of origin).

A manga like Detective Conan would never have been on Mangadex if you couldn't publish fantrad of a manga with an official translation.

 

[Coldlight]

A manga like Detective Conan would never have been on Mangadex if you couldn't publish fantrad of a manga with an official translation.

I agree. It's just that it seems way too many people believe in the falsehood that "MangaDex takes down scanlated chapters of licensed manga because it isn't allowed".

If they read even just the first few rules they'd realize it's not true. If scanlated chapters disappear apparently "due to licensing" it's the groups themselves who do it, not MD. The only time I'm 100% sure MD will take down something is when it's an official translation ripped from an official website that somehow got uploaded, which is very much against the rules here.

 

[AngleBoi7]

I agree. It's just that it seems way too many people believe in the falsehood that "MangaDex takes down scanlated chapters of licensed manga because it isn't allowed".

If they read even just the first few rules they'd realize it's not true. If scanlated chapters disappear apparently "due to licensing" it's the groups themselves who do it, not MD. The only time I'm 100% sure MD will take down something is when it's an official translation ripped from an official website that somehow got uploaded, which is very much against the rules here.

Some Shonen Jump / Viz stuff had their English scans removed, but that's more an exception.

 

[Sheo_]

She think she's the MC 🤓🤓

 

[Strela]

God dammit can't have nice things in the world. Oh well thank you for your hard work, hope we can see good stuffs coming up to replace this

 

[kn1000a]

The entitlement of some people here are so silly.

Scanlation exists to introduce great titles, it is not supposed to be your ticket to free content. Competing with official sources is not only illegal to the scanlators who’s doing the risky and extra work, but also giving back nothing for the creators. So you’re telling me it’s okay for both scanlators and authors to fuck themselves for your enjoyment? Let’s say the localizers fucking suck like they do with some of their “localizations”, how many people complaining here actually buy the Japanese raws to directly support the author whenever they read and like a series? Wdym that’s unheard of?

This is not to mention grouping ALL localizers, both good and bad, into one umbrella of “yeah they suck and no physicals”. This is how you kill goodwill and legitimate effort to help the scene, because even the good ones catch flakes from unreasonable people who view the world in absolutes.

Pirate all you want but at least don’t be entitled assholes. I still remember when the Jaminis Box drama happened, how fucking greedy that group was for their scans that they forget scanlation exists out of the desire to let the world reads more untranslated manga using their own time and effort. Scanlating a chapter takes lots of underappreciated work, that’s why I also dislike sniping.

Anyway, thank you to Carefree Scans for your admirable work and respect to not just official outlets, but also to yourself and the community. May we see other manga from your group!

 

[zerio]

A series getting licensed has never been an excuse to drop it.

Looking forward to your scanlation!

 

[AngleBoi7]

The entitlement of some people here are so silly.

Scanlation exists to introduce great titles, it is not supposed to be your ticket to free content. Competing with official sources is not only illegal to the scanlators who’s doing the risky and extra work, but also giving back nothing for the creators. So you’re telling me it’s okay for both scanlators and authors to fuck themselves for your enjoyment? Let’s say the localizers fucking suck like they do with some of their “localizations”, how many people complaining here actually buy the Japanese raws to directly support the author whenever they read and like a series? Wdym that’s unheard of?

This is not to mention grouping ALL localizers, both good and bad, into one umbrella of “yeah they suck and no physicals”. This is how you kill goodwill and legitimate effort to help the scene, because even the good ones catch flakes from unreasonable people who view the world in absolutes.

Pirate all you want but at least don’t be entitled assholes. I still remember when the Jaminis Box drama happened, how fucking greedy that group was for their scans that they forget scanlation exists out of the desire to let the world reads more untranslated manga using their own time and effort. Scanlating a chapter takes lots of underappreciated work, that’s why I also dislike sniping.

Anyway, thank you to Carefree Scans for your admirable work and respect to not just official outlets, but also to yourself and the community. May we see other manga from your group!

Jaimin's, Manga Stream and the like were releasing chapters ahead of their official (Japanese/magazine) releases, which is illegal, and a lot of series wouldn't have official translations if not for the popularity gained thanks to the scanlations.

 

[kn1000a]

Jaimin's, Manga Stream and the like were releasing chapters ahead of their official (Japanese/magazine) releases, which is illegal, and a lot of series wouldn't have official translations if not for the popularity gained thanks to the scanlations.

I believe in the no-duplicate-effort mantra of scanlation. If something exists with English TL then it shouldn’t be competed by two or more sources translating it, including official publishers. Hence also why I hammer hard when a fan TLer or publisher shit the bed with shabby standards, they take on a project they should treat it with care.

While simulpub a fan TL isn’t as atrocious as stealing the raws early and getting the fan TL out early to collect “donations”, both are illegal. Fan TL in essence is a gray area, no matter how much it has help with the community, and the laws will lean against us scanlators that you know, scanned and ripped the pages then modified it without the author’s permissions. That said, it’s a risk worth taking to get the community more manga to read, so back to that no duplication of effort belief; same risk, but not competing with anyone is a better use of your time than simul-posting fan TL while the publisher is catching up.

I rather use my time to scanlate a new manga instead of bothering with another scanlator or publisher doing the title (and if you pirate then region locking doesn’t matter).

 

[theldras]

Those 2 have literally nothing in common except having magical girls as a base...

and besides a few base concepts and ideas, this series has nothing in common with any other series as well, yet here you are trying and failing extremely hard at trying to make a argument that this is plagiarism.

 

[LordTartaros]

and besides a few base concepts and ideas, this series has nothing in common with any other series as well, yet here you are trying and failing extremely hard at trying to make a argument that this is plagiarism.

Funny how you’re talking without having any idea of what Im talking about. Oh and you dont need to respond this whole discussion is getting old and pointless. I made my point. Move on.

 

[wugglesx]

oof j-novel strikes again... . thank you for doing this so long valiant27. appreciate the work you did and time you took for it.

edit: thought this might be the one to have me get j-novel club so checked and in 3 months time they're only up to chapter 6 T_T

 

[AngleBoi7]

oof j-novel strikes again... . thank you for doing this so long valiant27. appreciate the work you did and time you took for it.

edit: thought this might be the one to have me get j-novel club so checked and in 3 months time they're only up to chapter 6 T_T

They only post links to the first chapter of each volume.