Happy New Year, everyone! I hope you all have a wonderful 2009.
Today’s release, “The Sleeping Man,” is a New Year story. Please visit this page for downloads.
Wow! I translated this oneshot over a year ago, I think. I can’t remember exactly how long it’s been. It’s strange to see it again. ^__^ Anyway, I should probably mention that the beginning of the 21st Century was January 1st, 2001. If you’re like me, though, you probably celebrated this event at midnight, January 1st, 2000. The dates in this story are a little confusing if you don’t distinguish Turn of the Century celebrations from the actual Turn of the Century.
Thanks to GB for editing! I know this was a tough one (which is why I couldn’t get anyone to work on it for so long…) I really appreciate your accepting the challenge.
And for Cornered Mouse fans:
I’ve had a few people leave comments or contact me privately about the new chapter that was released in December. I thought I’d post my answer here so everyone can see it. To answer the main question… yes, there is a sequel to The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese. “Melancholy Butterfly” is Chapter Five, “Owl” is Chapter Six, and “A Carp on the Chopping Block Jumps Twice” is Chapter Seven. [She added a short chapter to the manga version of Cornered Mouse which is why the English version has five chapters instead of four. Technically, "The Black Cat, Looking at the Moon" is an "extra," not a chapter. I've corrected it on the web page, but the downloads will still be labeled chapters One through Five... just to confuse you. ^__^] The problem is, except for “Melancholy Butterfly,” the other two chapters have been released in sections via mobile phone. The most recent one (she says it’s 160 pages) started on 12/20 and will probably finish sometime in the Spring. The bad news is, you have to be in Japan and have a Japanese phone to read these chapters. Someone kindly sent the files to me, but, unfortunately, I can’t open them. They are encrypted so they can only be read by the device that purchased them. My hope is, once the last chapter has been fully released, we will see a paper version. However, last time I checked, I didn’t see any indication that a paper manga is forthcoming. It may well be that there will never be one. At this point, we can only keep our fingers crossed.
If I hear any new information, I’ll post it here so everyone can stay informed.
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