X_X

Sorry, I've got to make this a quick post. I had a few days off, but that was just from my job. Shit went down which I am still dealing with. I just wanted to let everyone know that we are still alive and hopefully I will have a release on Christmas X_X

Bad news...

So y'know how computers tend to get viruses every once in a while? And normally, they're easy to deal with - if you have protective software. Sadly, I don't! Well this virus I have made it so that I cannot get on the internet at home (basically...) It started with dropbox not being able to connect, then it wouldn't allow Firefox to connect, then not Chrome, and then not Explorer. SO I went out and bought AVG Ultimate (because I'm not rich) - thinking I could get the exe file from the disc and run it that way. But no! You need to download the exe file from the internet. WTF, am I just old-school in thinking when you purchase a program the exe file should be on the disc you buy??

Anywho, I went to my fiancée's computer and put the exe file on a disc and then went back to my computer to try again. Well guess what, you apparently have to be able to connect to the internet AGAIN to run that file. W.T.F. So with the fact that I can't use this product, and there was no way of knowing I had to connect to the internet to actually get this shit running, I called Best Buy and explained my story. What response did I get? "If it's been opened we don't accept it returned." LOL! So basically, I spent close to $60 on something I can't use on a computer I need to use? And before you comment saying "Well your fiancée is using it" - no he's not. He already has Norton.

Now here was tip 2, "Reset your computer." Alright, dandy. I did that but now I can't connect to the internet to get the driver I need for my wireless card (yes I'm still using an outdated card in my tower.) Once again I turn to my fiancée's laptop to download it but HAH Microsoft doesn't have it on their driver list anymore, nor could I find it ANYwhere to download. *sigh*

My reasoning for ranting like this is because A) I needed to vent and B) I wanted to explain why things are going to move a little slower than usual. Please bear with me as I deal with this crisis.

♥ Yukiko

Woot woot

What do I do on my day off? Work on manga, that's what. And thanks to that, I have brought you ch 32 of Noragami. Go read it :)

♥ Yukiko

By the way...

Here's an awesome release for you. Thanks to Soraxi for working her butt off on editing. GO! READ! Oh yeah and I'd appreciate it if people went to the forums more. I'm thinking of completely moving CM there from the blog. Not sure yet...

♥ Yukiko

Settle, settle everyone!

Hella! So I've made my Christmas list for CoyoMoose (we will be picking up these series anyway...):

• Karigari! by Furukawa Shiori - Kirishima Mel seems like your ordinary high school girl. However, she is also part of a special investigation team called "K9" - under the direct control of the National Police Agency! With her katana in hand, Mel must take on serious incidents in secret. But what happens with this one incident-!?
• Bambi to Dhole by Okaue Ai - Yukimi is her real name but everyone calls her Bambi. She is the student discipline committee member who locks students out of the school if they're a minute late, but sneaks cigarette breaks on the roof. Lone wolf (Dhole, Asiatic wild dog) transfer student Tetsu (everyone pronounces it Tooru) Nagasawa hops the fence after she locks it and breaks her cigarette in half when he finds her on the roof, but he's a super nice guy to a mother and baby on the train. Bambi already has a boyfriend but will the wolf steal her heart?
• Ooki/Taiboku-sensei to Kosame-san by Furukawa Shiori - No idea what it's about yet, as I haven't found a summary ANYwhere...but it's by FS, so it has to at least have nice art. *cough*

If we could get donations for these series, so my family doesn't have to buy for me, I'd appreciate it. But, if not then we'll just wait until after Christmas. I'm really itching to see raws for Karigari -not the ones on raffmanga - those don't do it justice.

I have to order Karigari v1-2 and BtD v1-3 off cdjapan, and after shipping that would be $48 (1-3 business days shipping)

I'm ordering Karigari v3 and TsKs v1 off of yesasia, and with 2-5 business day shipping that's $35.

Honestly, I'd love it if we could get $100 in donations so I don't have to rely on those as being "Christmas presents" - I hate having family pay for CM stuff. But at the least $50 would be great so we can order from cdjapan and get started on all that greatness *ahem*

YEEEEEEEEEEEP!




♥ Yukiko

I've come up with a schedule!

Yes, for once in my life - I've made a schedule and plan to stick to it. Some of you may not be pleased....but understand this will make things easier on me and my real life issues.

• FIVE - Since we only have 3 volumes left, I plan on doing a volume a month release. So, starting soon, we will release an entire volume on the very last day of each month. Since the holidays are fast approaching, the rest of volume 13 will be sporadic. Once 13 is finished, we will do the volume releases. 
• Haigakura - This being my baby, I want to spend more time on it and make the quality "better" (meaning not rushing translations and edits...) However, this series is not complete yet, and we don't get any donations  so all of these purchases come out of my pocket. SO that being said, I will release a chapter on the first of every month. So, 12/1/14 will be our next release.
• Gekijou Komori Uta - *sigh* This series has disappointed me. Alas, say goodbye. I'm sure someone like Chibi Manga will pick it up.
• Jaguri - Well, we haven't even had a release of this yet, now have we? Well wait that's a lie...we did WAAAAAAAY back in the day. Our new releases will start once a month with FIVE, at the end of the month. As long as things are edited and whatnot on time, there may be  a release the end of this month. Not sure yet...
• Mune ga Naru noha Kiminosei - This is another *sigh* for me. I picked it up because Chibi Manga was taking forever, but honestly I don't have the time for it. So, CoyoMoose will be saying goodbye to this series as well.

Now - I had been contacted last month about bringing Urushima Ryuuguu Emaki either back or scanning the raws for another group. With all these series I didn't think I'd have the time - however now that two of them are gone, I may bring URE back sooner than planned. That is, if the other group wants to make it a joint or not.

So I've done this once before, but I figured it's time for a quick "update" on Yukiko's (my) life:
I work in the retail/service industry - specifically PetSmart's Pets Hotel (and on the main floor where all the shopping happens.) I love my job, and would hate to leave it. However I make $8.88 an hour and have 23-28 hour work weeks. Want to know my last paycheck? $170...YEAH. A "good" paycheck for me is about $240 - if I'm lucky.

My shifts are all night shifts, 1-9pm or 12-8pm or 5-9pm....Five days a week. I usually get Tuesday and Sunday off but that varies. I live 30 minutes from my job and go through a $40 tank of gas a week. Awesome, right? Oh yeah and my car is falling apart, so let's say I spend $50 a month on repairs for the bastard. Ah and then there's my $1500 rent that's due the 7th of each month + my $93 car insurance that's due the 18th of each month.

That reminds me, I'm going to fail the emissions test that needs to be done by the 29th of this month.

Now we need to talk about food. Do I have a kitchen to cook in? Nope, so everything is microwavable or ordered pizza. Lord, I'm so sick of pizza...and I'm pretty sure my intestines are as well.

My dog needs his shots + to get neutered. Same with my kitten. I'm not even going to go in to the shit I need to buy for my dragons...Per month I probably spend about $70 on all of them (cat, dog, fish, and dragons.)

So here's where manga comes in. On my two days off, I will normally scan, translate, and edit about 5-10 pages depending on what series I'm working on. FIVE is going swiftly because A) it's easy to translate and B) I have two people who edit for this series alone.

On those days, I also need to find time to clean and spend time with my fiancee (he and I barely spend time together unless we're sleeping or passing each other on our ways to/from work.)

I'll continue bitching later...

Traalalala

Thanks to Pig Rabbit Fansubs and our new Gekijou typesetter Minoko, we have a new release! Yay for Gekijou Komori Uta ch 2. Now I'm off to work! Seeee ya!

♥ Yukiko

OMGAHD

Y'all better be thankful my boss gave me a 4-day weekend. AND the fact that my car is dead, so I can't drive to do my errands. *sigh* For now, here are a chapter of FIVE and Haigakura. Gekijou is up next thanks to our new editor Minoko :3 Oh plus another chapter of FIVE.

♥ Yukiko

*hack hack*

I'm super sick, have been for a while. I have two things ready to go but I haven't been able to really move around much. Sorry!

So we missed our anniversary...

...by like four months. So here's my idea: we wait til Halloween for a mass release, OR I release randomly throughout the month. Lemme know what you'd like done.

But just to say....DAMN IT'S BEEN NINE YEARS!!!! Where the hell did the time go...2005 - you're so far away XD

♥ Yukiko

Yay Soraxi & Amanda!

Well thanks to Soraxi and Amanda, we have a release of FIVE for you today! Just a quick note, Amanda CLEANED this and Soraxi TYPESET. I forgot that when I was doing the credits *sigh* MY BAD GUYS! But the file's all zipped and I'm tired sooo it's staying that way for now. (I'll fix it, no worries!)

Anywho I'm off to bed. ENJOY!
♥ Yukiko

Woot

So I have finally gained internet once again! Yay for tractor trailers zooming down my road and snapping our line in half V_V Yeeeah....ANYWAY now that I'm back, we have two releases for you. Chapters 4 & 5 of Kiminosei! FIVE and Haigakura should be following shortly fyi :) Oh and since it took me so long to release these two, I'm putting them directly to Batoto if you want to go and read online instead of downloading. TTFN!

♥ Yukiko

Job well done!

Alrighty folks, I have a few releases for you today! But first I want to thank Amanda for coming to the rescue with chapter 61 of FIVE. She edited in like...two days or less? Not sure. I was the slacker here - well not really slacker BUT having a job and now school....I was busy needless to say. PLUS I got a kitten ♥ Her name is Jinx lol. Anyway so FIVE ch 61, Haigakura ch 23, and Gekijou Komori Uta ch 1 are all out for your reading pleasure! I'm going to upload them to Batoto in a few minutes. Enjoy! Also excuse the first half of Gekijou - Raff manga has rough scans x_X But Pig Rabbit Fansub will be offering up their raws - and if we get a good following, I may buy the tanks :) Oh and one other thing, I wanted to wait and release all this including Kiminosei but after talking to Suki and PRF, we are going to split the work on that. Woot woot.

♥ Yukiko

So a little update...

FIVE: Currently, ch 61 is being edited by Midge and I'm translating...it's coming along nicely. Ch 62 is being cleaned by Amanda, but I won't start translating that til I'm done with everything else.
Haigakura: Lohathe is cleaning a few pages so I can get caught up on translating.
Gekijou Komori Uta: Basically done, I'm just waiting to hear back from another group about borrowing the last 5 pages. Raff Manga didn't have the entire chapter on there ><
Senmono: I was contacted by someone who is willing to help clean - but I would need another translator and typesetter for me to bring this series back to activity.
Mune ga Naru noha Kiminosei: The volumes are being shipped but a lot of the translation is done :)
Jaguri: Our source just received the volume, so he's working on scanning it and whatnot right now.

I'm rather proud of myself, and the new staff I have. FIVE is definitely going to move along swiftly with that team. I just REALLY NEED another translator. My poor brain can only handle so much, guys.

♥ Yukiko

PS. The new volumes are on their way from China now~ USPS is keeping me up to date via text haha. New fangled tech and whatnot.

Gekijou Komori uta!

YES! I finally found half-way decent raws for this series! I've had my eye on it for a while now, and as far as I know - no one else has picked it up. Since I don't have money to purchas volume 1 right now =_= we will be using magazine raws. Anyway, I think everyone will enjoy it. It's a cute shoujou by Nanajima Kana ^^ I'd really like to buy the tankoban so if we could get $25 - which would have it ship 2 to 5 business days - in donations that'd be awesome. If not, well...Uhg I'll put up with the rough stuff.

Oggle the goods...

♥ Yukiko

Well you've been patient I guess...

So I've realized that my nights seem to go a little like this lately: come home, shower because work was gross, take my meds, snuggle with Goober and Dan while watching Family Guy or American dad on Netflix, then try and fall asleep while those two are asleep on top of me. One of those moments where all I can move are my toes and hands because if I do more than that they will wake up.

Once dan finds his way to his side of the bed, Goober gets up only to go chew on one of his million toys (lately he's become accustomed to tearing apart tennis balls and leaving the fuzz everywhere.) Then I'm left with the sounds of my ac, fish filter, bunnies chewing on the bars of their cage or drinking from the bottle, my water dragons falling off their sleeping perches because a cricket woke them up by crawling on their faces, the glow of their heat lamp, and the little blue light from my computer.

Yep that about sums it up. As for me, I sit here awake thinking about all the possibilities of my life, what I'm going to translate and/or edit tomorrow, and how late I should let myself sleep in after I wake up at 8 am because my inner clock likes to mess with me.

On a completely different note, I finished up FIVE ch 60 for all you addicts out there. *sigh* I'm really torn between quitting the series, or continuing with just an every blue moon release. I haven't heard/seen anything from that group who contacted me asking to take it on, and I'd kinda feel bad leaving you guys hanging like this lol. I just need motivation for it. I love Haigakura because it challenges me (and is just amazing in all aspects...) Whereas FIVE....I could live without it. Hime went from being this kick ass heroine to an imbecile in love. *huff*

Also let me reiterate that if I get more staff for FIVE specifically we will keep it active. Contact me via email at banvi_nohime@ymail.com

This post is dedicated to the gorgeous pastel ball python we have at work.

♥ Yukiko

Music Requesting?

For those of you who watch anime, you probably stumbled across Noragami (it's also a manga, but that doesn't come with music....) - right? Well the opening song is performed by an amazing group called Hello Sleepwalkers. I'm an avid music lover, and needless to say I have been listening to their album on repeat all morning XD So while I was sitting here translating some FIVE the idea came to me, that you guys should be allowed to pick what music I put up on our player. SO! Comment on this post with a song title and artist name, and I'll put it up in the next rotation :3

Also, I'm going to put a link to HS album Masked Monkey Awakening for your listening pleasure.

♥ Yukiko

Nyar~

So I am working on chapter 23 of Haigakura finally. *sigh* I wish I could get paid for doing this stuff. It's much more fun than retail. ANYway, I purchased the limited edition of volume 7 the other day ♥ I'm excited to see what it comes with! I also bought volumes 1-4 of Mune ga Naru no ha Kiminosei. Chibi Manga is currently working on it but they haven't had a release in a while, and I'm itching for the next chapters XD However I checked their site and everything is almost done for the chapters except editing. With so many staff I don't know why they haven't released them yet but ah well. I'll wait and see *yawns*

I've been helping out Faiien Scans with PtJK and Yuki wa Jigoku ni Ochiru no Ka. It's weird getting used to how another group manages things. Ahem one more thing before I end this: YES I know a lot of you would like us to continue with FIVE. So here is what needs to happen for that...I need another translator and a typesetter. Lohathe is willing to clean, but I want to focus all of my time on Haigakura. Frankly, FIVE has become a series of redundancy and a huge bore.

When I first announced the drop of FIVE, another group asked if they could pick it up. I said go for it, but that was many moons ago, and they have yet to release anything. Plus, I forgot what group it was who emailed me *scratches head* if you're still out there, email me again so I can let people know what's up. Erm, I believe that's all I have to update for now. I'll keep you guys posted on anything new in life that includes CM.

OH! One more thing before I go! I still have the info booklet for Haigakura but I need an experienced translator to help me out. My level of kanji knowledge is pretty low, and there is no furigana to work with. If you're interested in helping out with that, I'd really appreciate it! Email me and lemme know! banvi_nohime@ymail.com ♥ Yukiko

Ya ya!

I'm awesome. That's all that should need to be said HOWEVER I have a little side note. Haigakura ch 22 is out, and I also made a new forum. Releases will be immediate there, and you can also see the status percentage-wise on the projects you love ♥

Anyway bai bai! Oh and this is the forum... http://cm.jcink.net

OMG

Alright so a couple things...Haigakura ch 21 is done and ready to download. YAY! In a couple days it will be up on Batoto.net to read online :) Another couple things....

My new sugar gliders BiggerZ and Chikadee, and then there are my two new bunnies Momo and Sebani (Goober is there too, with his little sweater lol.)

That is all. Now I'm off to work on my RPG Depasi.

♥ Yukiko

Hey all~

Just going to make a few key points...

1. Haigakura is ALMOST DONE! I promise, work is just killing me.
2. Volume 7 of Haigakura is now out for purchase :D
3. I need at least $30 to get it v_v So if y'all could donate it'd be much appreciated. Otherwise I'll wait til rent isn't due.

♥ Yukiko

Gag

Been sick. Enough said. *crawls back to bed*

Soooo

...I started working on Haigakura today now that my other site is up and I have a day off work :3 That's all! ♥ Yukiko

GEH

Busy life, nowhere to hook up the scanner yet, or time to do ANYthing but work! My car was impounded so I've been working like crazy to get a new vehicle. Yes. Chaos. I'll keep you posted!

Ohkaaaay

So, my trip to NYC is done - I'm home in Maryland. I have to say, I was a bit disappointed by the venue AND the show. Wtf, 45 minutes? I stood in line for 6 HOURS for a 45 minute set, whereupon I ended up behind tons of tall people (I'm 5' 2") and had to move up to the seats where it was like watching TV. YEAH not as great as I thought it would be. Ah well, live and learn. Go to Japan for their shows, because people here are assholes. *ahem*

Anywho, now that I'm back, work will commence on Haigakura and FIVE once more.

♥ Yukiko

HAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHA

Haigakura is done. Dear God please someone read it and enjoy it. I worked hard on that mofo....Now it's time to enjoy my birthday this weekend. PEACE!

♥ Yukiko