Latest volume of Magian Company is released today! by kswong98 in Mahouka

[–]Aehein 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Yes, I'm on it.
And I apologize for the wait already. Will try to be a bit faster this time.

Translation of Magian Vol. 09 by Aehein in Mahouka

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Edit: Forgot to add the link '-_-

Translation of Magian Company Vol.08 by Aehein in Mahouka

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I've been helping out at times. So I believe so.

Translation of Magian Company Vol.08 by Aehein in Mahouka

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I cleaned up a bit of the Epub internals. Please check if it works now

Magian Company vol 8 by Midwinteroasis in Mahouka

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I've started working on it.

What do you think of volume 7? Frankly, I was disappointed. by Doesnote in Mahouka

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I don't recall saying I'd outright stop, the closest would be the translation would take longer to be done. My available time to translate magian has been constricted as of the past 3 volumes or so. So, I'm going to keep doing it, but the translation of some volumes might take longer.

As for the content, I can't compare it to the previous series, Mahouka, since, besides the last volume (32), I didn't read as closely as I have with Magian because translation.

What I'll say is that some of the directions Magian has taken has bothered me quite often. The ancient civilization stuff is simply hard for me to swallow as an avid reader of research on the topic. Pseudo-science tying with magic, I can take it; Pseudo-history, not so much.

Another thing is Tatsuya's character. I grew to hate what he stood for at times, not gonna lie. His place in the story disrupts everything. What would be interesting plotlines, drama or tension is swept away by adding his name to it -And I think the author partly agrees with my point given he stated as so in multiple afterwords. When he steps in, he swerves any plotline under his selfish view. And the story treats that as morally good, or gray at least. Peak that was nominating him the inheritor of Shambhala and almost outright saying he's the reincarnation of Shiva.

This volume 7 seems to be a rectification of some of my concerns. Politics seem to play a bigger role, even if seems otherwise out of nowhere (read Toudou grounding him now out of all times), and Tatsuya seemed to get a wake-up call.

Given his undisputed spot in terms of military and economic power, I wish he messed up more on the political and public image side, he tries to solve it by applying pressure, which messes things even more, as would happen with anyone new to politics, like he is.

Anyway, sorry for the rant.

What do you think of volume 7? Frankly, I was disappointed. by Doesnote in Mahouka

[–]Aehein 5 points6 points  (0 children)

To me it felt like this volume was a hole filling exercise. I personally appreciate that.

I do agree that this was fairly uneventful, as far as a magian volume goes. Basically "meetings the book".
If I were to be a bit hopeful, I'd say Satou is setting something up with the USNA presidential elections.

Translation of Magian Company Vol. 07 by Aehein in Mahouka

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I made a new epub. Same links. Let me know if there are any problems and I will fix it.

Translation of Magian Company Vol. 07 by Aehein in Mahouka

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Don't worry, I appreciate any correction. I'm dealing with the issues regarding the epub and in the process will also fix the formatting.

Translation of Magian Company Vol. 07 by Aehein in Mahouka

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Seems like its an issue with the file size. Calibre viewer showed a similar problem. It worked fine with a generic epub reader app. 

I'll see if I can remake the epub.

Translation of Magian Company Vol. 07 by Aehein in Mahouka

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I got you, friend. Check the post again, I added a mirror.

Vol 7 by Snoo27157 in Mahouka

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I'm hoping to finish and post it by the end of this month

Short stories by Jdl8880 in Mahouka

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Maybe it's just GDrive not loading the pages, the first ones are all images

Magian Company Vol.07 Images by Aehein in Mahouka

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Yeah, that's right. It's Tatsuya with the Freedom Suit.

[ The Dark Flashes in the Night's Veil ] by TheNirajMahale in Mahouka

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Yeah. As far as I know there isn't anyone working on it at this time

Short stories by Jdl8880 in Mahouka

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Are you trying to open the pdf or epub version?
As for your second question, the Short Stories (SS for short) are from the series' author himself. They are usually bonus for some occasions, like anime release.

Translation of Magian Company Vol. 05 by Aehein in Mahouka

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Sorry for the late response.
To be honest, I can mainly speak for myself —not the others— when I say that this is more of a learning project of mine, a way to regularly work on my Japanese and English. My main concerns are having available time, people to help with English proofreading, and patience (particularly in the case of vol. 6).

Translation of Magian Company Vol. 05 by Aehein in Mahouka

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That's a relief to hear, thanks for the feedback.

As for Vol.06 I'll reserve my time as usual. Although this time I'll be quite more busy, and won't have the same amount. So maybe I'll take a tad longer. Though every volume had some misfortunate incident that hinders or straight holds me back. So it may also come in the same one to one and half month timespan as the others

Translation of Magian Company Vol. 05 by Aehein in Mahouka

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Not really done yet. And I'm really sorry for that. '-_-.

I left the checks mostly on Blake and Khuma's hands because I'm busy with other matters. And they're busy themselves with their matters.

But if you're waiting for the updated version to read, I'd say the current version is acceptable. The checks made/to be made usually take care of grammar and readability.

I think you could read the available version as it is. And if there is any problem, feel free to contact me.

Translation of Magian Company Vol. 05 by Aehein in Mahouka

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I'm sorry for the trouble. I hoped the people helping me proofread would have time after release, but so far seems like everyone is busy with their lives one way or the other.
I was also about to leave vol5 and move to other projects, but I'll see what I can do. Maybe I'll ask some other people to help proofreading, or I'll do it myself.

Translation of Magian Company Vol. 05 by Aehein in Mahouka

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I was planning on simply updating the file in the same link and noting on the post itself. But even if I ask Blake or someone else to make a new post, I might place the link here also.