Yuru Yuri S2 this July

Only a few more days and it’s Yuru Yuri season 2! Yuru Yuri is going to be big and I predict they’re finally going to introduce the sisters of one of the main YY characters. They might even steal the show away from the Amusement Club. Are we excited? Yes… YES WE ARE!

Fansubbing-wise, the people who are going to fansub season 2 are the same people who fansubbed season 1 and since it’s summer break in some parts of the world, Uichan, the translator will have time to translate the show and hopefully release the episodes faster. We sorta did that in season 1 and we hope we can repeat the pace in season 2.

In our fansub version, we will provide 2 subtitles — The first one will have the no-honorifics version and the second one will have them. Also we’d like to point out the translation for the title Yuru Yuri. In season 1 we used “Sway ‘n Shake” and I know, we did it wrong. Majority of you screamed “don’t translate the damn title!”… However, we will still stay true to our ideals and translate the title. We’re thinking of retaining “Sway ‘n Shake” and put it in the no-honorifics version and use Yuru Yuri in the honorifics version. Or scrap “Sway ‘n Shake” and use a new translation that stay true to the Japanese title.

Yuru Yuri S2 Episode 12 (END) is OUT!!!

Encore! Encore! Encore!

We’re finally done and boy that was a very exhausting season!

Episode 12 pokes fun at one of the most loved fairly tales out there and showed us one last Akarin Paradox. It’s so confusing, Stephen Hawking can’t even figure it out. And, uh… We can’t believe this is the last episode… Season 3, when? WHEN?! ;_;

Please enjoy this episode, folks! Oh and thank you for following this anime using our fansub version. We really do apologize for the honest mistakes we made and we assure they will be fixed in the batch torrents.

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TRANSLATOR NOTES:

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Pacchin — a word meaning “slingshot”. Yui is referring to the way the toy shoots upward, but it is clearly not a slingshot.

Popping Eyes (Poppin Ai) — a toy which was popular amongst Japanese children in the 1980s. It is made out of an elastic material, which, when pressed against a hard surface, will return to its original form. This produces a force which propels it upward, sometimes quite high into the air.

Cat’s Cradle — a game played between two people with string. The objective is to make several figures out of the string, including the titular Cat’s Cradle. It is a prevalent game originating in some form or another across numerous cultures around the world – one of which being Japan.

Kendama — a toy of Japanese origin which consists of a ball connected via string to a wooden piece of sorts (a spike with a cup on either side). The objective is to try and land the ball (with a hollow in the middle) onto one of either the spike, or two cups. There are more advanced ways of playing as well.

Beigoma — a traditional spinning top in Japan, which may have its origins in China. Interestingly, the “bey” in “Beyblade” is admittedly derived from “beigoma”. A big difference being that instead of a rip chord and launcher, beigoma are spun using a chord wrapped directly around them.

Ohajiki — a Japanese equivalent of glass marbles. The only real difference is that they are slightly more flat.

Menko — a Japanese card game popularized during the Edo period. It involves smacking down cards, which may be more entertaining than playing poker…

Taketonbo — originating from China, it is a toy bamboo propeller which, when spun from a person’s hands, flies into the air and gradually comes back down.

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Yuru Yuri S2 Episode 11 is OUT!!!

Yep, we’re back to our usual selves again… But we’re one episode left! I think that’s still a good thing.

Episode 11 is, as one would expect, is similar (somewhat) to sesaon 1’s episode 11 and dare I say it’s one of the best episode in season 2. The main focus is Akari is trying to get back what was lost to her and like any similar endeavor in anime, she’ll encounter lots of roadblocks along the way. Will Akari get back what she lost? Will she able steal plutonium from Libyan terrorists or generate 1.21 jigowatts of electricity or just hijack a train?

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TRANSLATOR NOTES:

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09:59:16 — The word “kami” can mean “paper” as well as “God” … so “kami no keiji” can mean “paper note” or “God note” or, in this case, “message from God”

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Yuru Yuri S2 Episode 10 is OUT!!!

TL Note: Hover your mouse over the picture.

As you may have noticed, we’re starting to slow down at releasing episodes and we’re guessing this will go until until the end of the series. That is not to say we’re being lazy or anything, it’s just, uh, part of the reason is some of us are pretty exhausted. Releasing an episode two weeks later is the last thing we’re gonna do!

Anyways!

Episode 10 is pretty much “paradoxical” because it pokes fun at one of the manga series’s gag. This post could have been longer like putting Akari in Stephen Hawking’s chair and sound device, and make a silly twisted of his Information Paradox, but… We admit we’re not creative enough to make it. Special thanks to Chitose for making an encode for us. :3

TL;DR

More Hima x Saku goodness.

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TRANSLATOR NOTES:

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09:26:10 — Otowa no Taki is a small waterfall of sorts located in the Kiyomizu-dera in eastern Kyoto. Drinking the water which falls from it is said to give one good fortune, longevity and success in studies.

13:26:29 — Japanese word for someone who is “skilled” , “experienced” or “professional-grade” is the English word they adopted, “technician”.

15:09:74 — Daimonji refers to the tradition in Kyoto of lighting a fire on the side of a mountain in the shape of the kanji for “big”, 大(dai). This happens annually on August 16th as a main part of the Obon Festival.

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Yuru Yuri S2 Episode 09 is OUT!!!

See? We’re not Anti-Yui in any way! And we’re no longer an episode behind! Told you we’ll release episode nine this week. *ahem*

Just in case you haven’t noticed, a certain big sister makes appearances at every odd-numbered episode. What episode are we now? Yes, it’s an odd-numbered episode! Prepare for another gnarly episode! (“awesome” is too mainstream nowadays).

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TRANSLATOR NOTES:

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20:12:24 — To clear up confusion, Sakurako refers to the ground meat as fried meat because she is oblivious to the difference. They want to show her lack of knowledge about any sort of food preparation past the instant kind. This is why Yui wonders if she’s only acting dumb.

21:08:89 — The name “木耳(kikurage)” is made up of two kanji. The first is “ki” meaning “tree”. The second is “mimi” meaning “ear”. The pun arises from the fact that “kurage” is a word meaning “jellyfish” while also being an alternative reading for the kanji 耳 (the reading used in the name of those mushrooms).

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Yuru Yuri S2 Episode 08 is OUT!!!

Whoa! We do apologize for the very huge delay, folks. This is one of those instances we ran out of steam and it took us a while to get our engines chugging again. We’re now back and running… sorta! Expect episode nine to be released very soon!

Good news to all Chinatsu fans: A good chunk of episode 08 is dedicated to our lovely pink-haired princess! Yes, Chinatsu finally got her very own episode, and it is G-L-O-R-I-O-U-S! Seriously, we even got a new and enchanting ending theme to compliment Chinatsu’s charm! Yeah, really! *ahem* I’m getting excited here… On to the links!

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TRANSLATOR NOTES:

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23:50:00 — In Japanese, the terms “carnivore” and “herbivore” have the additional meanings of “aggressive” and “passive” respectively. This is similar to English, where these words have the same connotations, but is more pronounced in Japanese discourse. Regardless, you can probably tell why Chinatsu would be called a “carnivore” in the first place. :3

SPECIAL THANKS:

I, SHiN, would like to personally thank AS2023 for donating his TF2 items (vintage weapons and hats). It’s not related to the release, but I really do appreciate all the items he has given me. More weapons for me! Yay… And now I need to expand my backpack…

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Project Updates – 08/18/2012

Kaibutsu Oujo OVA XviD, Working!! S1 DVD batch torrents within 24 hours! We can now finally say we’ve re-TLC’d Working!! episodes 10-11 and release them with no more sense of guilt. We’re still going to release the BD version Working!! S1 as soon as we’re capable of encoding our stuff on our own… Or scrap the idea because there were like a handful groups that released the BD version? If you want the SHiN-gx brand, then that would be a different story.

As we mentioned before, we’re going to do the BD version of Yuru Yuri season 2 and the first order of things is re-check the scripts for translation errors and apply actual typesetting. I do admit the text box thing is crap and even more crap if you used MPlayer to play it. You won’t see them in the BD version.

Also it’s no surprise that some people are skeptical of our translation choices, so you’re really curious or give advice/correct our translators, please go to our new Q & A page. Please note we may not be able to answer questions regarding our past projects because our current translators never worked on them or have seen them. Now, now, don’t be shy. We’re really not that obnoxious and we actually listen to you guys.

Blood Types Personality and Compatibility

In the Land of the Rising Sun, blood types have their personality profile and today, they are often used to describe a character’s personality and compatibility with each other through their blood types. As far as I’m concerned personality/compatibility reading through blood types is popular around Asia.

Not to make this article really long, read this. Done reading? Here we go!

A is most compatible with A and AB.
B is most compatible with B and AB.
AB is most compatible with AB, B, A, and O.
O is most compatible with O and AB.

Guess what blood type is Ayano and who is the most compatible girl for her? Yep, she’s an AB and she goes very well with everyone, really. Including TOSHINOU KYOUKO. What about Yui? Well, she’s not compatible with type Bs (lol) and is most compatible with a fellow type O, and an AB like Ayano.

Yui Status:

[x] TOLD
[ ] NOT TOLD

HAHA! LET THE AWKWARDNESS BEGIN!

What happened?

I do admit I’m not an avid follower of the manga, so I might have missed something important and, if ever, they will only be vaguely mentioned in the anime. I do read the manga… by random chapters.

Anyway, in this scene, Chitose claimed Ayano is “a little shy” and “she usually sits alone at her desk” on their first year. This is very surprising because, in their second year, Ayano is very vocal during her student council activities, and doesn’t even shy away from yelling in a crowded hallway.

What happened? I’ll make a wild guess — TOSHINOU KYOUKO happened. Something happened during Ayano’s first year and Kyouko was the catalyst that influenced Ayano’s shift from a shy girl to a vocal school representative. I do hope this is covered in the manga or at the very least show the back story between the two in the anime.

— SHiN

P.S.

The sarcasm detectors are seem to be broken in the previous blog post. I should have been subtle.

Yuru Yuri S2 Episode 07 is OUT!!!

Seriously, what’s up with groups and bloggers posting spoiler screenshots in their release posts and blog posts? It ruins the surprise and literally ruin whatever goodies the episode is going to offer. I saw a few blogs posting screenshots of one particular Yuru Yuri character making an appearance on an episode and ruined the surprise to people who have yet to watch it. But what the hell! If you want to spoil people, then go ahead! We can do it, too!

Here’s one comment from our fansub team who genuinely didn’t see it coming — {o m g… this girl needs serious help}.

On to the release!

Yep, we’re back to our three-day release schedule and it was a good thing too because episode seven has got to be one of the best episodes in Yuru Yuri to date! Really! Let’s not wait any further!

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P.S.

We’re improving our typesetting of our releases and we hope you won’t see the generic text box again.