Wings of Yuri

shijima February 19th, 2010

Download: Strobe Blue
Download: MA Zero

Strobe Blue
Okita (R-77)
14 pages.

Copy book at C77.
A short story about Syouko x Migiwa.
Osa is just too fun to tease.
Hmm…you can probably blame Arwyn for drawing me back into the world of Aoishiro. :p



MA Zero
Sapuri (さぷり。)
43 pages
Thank you to Shynaku for proofreading!

From C76.
This is a prequel to the others in the MA Series and is about how Marisa and Alice met.
Highly recommended for all MariAli fans.
Reading this made me want to buy a FumoFumo plush… (must restrain myself…)
But please pay attention to the disclaimer given on page 3. =)

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shijima December 31st, 2009

As expected, there were even more people on Day 3.
I didn’t really pick up too much today since I didn’t really know what was really yuri or not in the East Halls.

• 6:00 - caught the first train to Shimbashi. Train was packed.
• 6:30 ~ 10 - waiting outside. The wind was quite cold. I was also surrounded by people who were coughing…
• 10:00 - 10:15 - headed for the Vista booth. I thought the line would snake out the door so I got lost looking for the end of the line. However, there were only about 20 people so that was fast!
  Peeked at the Atelier Miyabi booth and I couldn’t even find the end of the line. Same for Russian Blue so gave up on that.
• 10:15 - 10:30 - Tried to look at the other East Halls for yuri Saki doujin but got a little scared by the covers of the doujin and fled.
  Peeked at a original yuri doujin and also decided to give up on that route.
  The crowds for the ero stuff were intense (though not as bad as Touhou Day which also had ero stuff).
  This was only compounded by the fact that only one set of doors leading to each end of the East Halls was open…
• 10:30 - 11:00 - Headed to the West Halls for Aoishiro stuff. That was quick and easy.
  Edit: Forgot to add that the person at the Miyageya booth was very nice and make little Rex Coffee labels to put on top of Tirol Chocolates. So cute!
  I gave her some chocolates in return and see gave me another Rex Coffee. =)
• 12 - 12:30 - checked out some cosplay.
  Saw a really toned Yuffie, Beato and Virgilia, and Bayonetta.
  It was quite crowded with many guys with cameras out, probably b/c quite a few of the girls were making suggestive poses.
• 12:30 - 1:00 - wandered back to the East Halls and surprisingly, the Atelier Miyabi booth had a really short queue and they had plenty of stock. I didn’t pick up the calendar, only the new K-ON book.
• 1:30 - met up with Yuri from Yuribou.
  It was great to have a chance to meet a fellow translator and yuri afficionado. His wife was also a really nice person. =)
  He’s much better at Time Crisis than I am.
  If anyone has questions about what it’s like to live in Japan, I’m sure he can answer them.

Here’s some of today’s haul.
Seems like I didn’t need to queue up that early for Day 3.
Comiket as a whole was a great experience, though quite tiring.
I hope the commentary was useful and I wish everyone a Happy New Year!

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shijima November 17th, 2009

Download

Aoishiro Visual Guidebook (アオイシロ ビジュアル・ガイドブック)
by JIVE
138 pages.

Guidebook for the PS2 version of Aoishiro.
It’s about a third thicker than the Akaiito one and a third of it is in full color.
It also comes with a two-sided pull-out poster.
I’m a little disappointed that the gallery section didn’t contain pictures of the special telephone cards that came with pre-ordering the game at different locations.
The Akaiito one had those.
Otherwise, it’s an excellent guidebook with a wealth of material and definitely a pleasure to look through even if you don’t read the articles (I haven’t yet).
I especially like the rough drawings section where there are conceptual designs for each of the characters.

If anyone wants to stitch together the foldout poster, here’s the raw scans.
I’d appreciate a link back to the fixed version of course. =)

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shijima September 19th, 2009

Download:
Aoishiro Waltz Extra
towai - Tomoni, kimito
towai - Hitoyo ni ikiyuku kuroiki oni

To celebrate the completion of Aoishiro PC, let’s have some manga and doujin!

Finished the side-story about the former Captain and Vice-Captain from Seijou’s kendo team.
This was only released in Yurihime and completes all official manga releases.
Apparently the Comic Rush version of Aoishiro was licensed in Taiwan.

Also scanlated 2 doujin by Hzk of Towai.
These shouldn’t be read until you finish the respective routes for each character because of spoilers.

I was quite thrilled to see a Kohaku / Yasuhime doujin at C76.
If anyone writes any fanfics (TheShinySword?), please let me know.

The other doujin is about Kaya after her Good Ending.

Hitoyo ni ikiyuku kuroiki oni (人世に生きゆく黒き鬼)
by towai
33 pages

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shijima September 18th, 2009

Main Page

Well, this post is going to be rather long, and some of it is mostly as a reminder to myself.
Download links are located at the page above so feel free to just skip my babbling. =)

First, let me give thanks to Nik for his translation tools and help in editing images.
And also to TheShinySword for proofreading.
Without them, this work would never have been completed.

As you can tell from the current banner, Aoishiro is the one of the main reasons I started translating yuri material, so I think it will remain special to me.
Though I still had some open questions after the game.
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After you finish the Grand Route, you’ll get access to the Onikiri no Oni minigame.
The endings are quite funny so here’s the translation.
If you need help on the game, see the FAQ.
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Kei’s Ending

Uduki’s Ending Translated

Uduki’s Ending Japanese

It’s been quite a long journey so let me just highlight some milestones:

• February 02, 2008 - Finished Ch.1 of the Web Novel
• May 4, 2008 - Finished Aoishiro Vampire Scene Demo Game
• May 12, 2008 - Finished final chapter of Web Novel
• July 17, 2008 - Finished Aoishiro Original Demo for PC.
• January 9, 2009 - Started translation of Aoishiro PC.
• September 18, 2009 - Finished translation of Aoishiro PC.

I know some wondered if this would ever be completed.
In truth, I myself underestimated the amount of work required. :p

Here’s are some approximate stats for the script.
The lines include duplicate lines for each ending.

• Total Number of lines: 32751
• Number of endings: 56
• Lines in Yasumi’s Route: 11231
• Lines in Nami’s Route: 5381
• Lines in Migiwa’s Route: 5432
• Lines in Kaya’s Route: 4268
• Lines in Kohaku’s Route: 3477
• Lines in Grand Route: 2454
• Lines in Gaiden: 502
• Average lines translated per day: 133

I was unable to capture all the subtle nuisances about the game, so the translation is far from complete.
There’s still many things I myself don’t fully comprehend.
But I believe, it should at least give an accurate feel for the game.
Example puns:
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Enjoy the game!

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shijima July 23rd, 2009

Kaya and Kohaku’s Route Complete!

For tracking purposes.
A big thank you to TheShinySword for proofreading Migiwa part of Nami’s route (updated it) and for currently working on Kaya and Kohaku’s Route.

I was planning on just finishing it off before releasing anything else,
but since a couple people (and I really do mean 2 people ) pinged me about it, I’ll post an update.
I have completed all the endings, but I haven’t updated much of the FAQ yet.

However, I highly recommend waiting until everything is complete.
It should needs to be done by October since there are other tasks I need to focus on.

Latest SCRIPT.AFS

Kaya’s route was mostly depressing (as expected).
I quite liked one of the bad endings, but then again, I’m quite morbid at times…
Kaya’s happy ending was also quite nice. Poor Syouko…

Kohaku’s route was awesome.
She’s arrogant, but has the skills to back it up.
Her interaction with Syouko = Win++!
(I still feel like slamming my head into the wall as she quotes the Heian Monogatari though).

Slight event scene spoilers ahead (no CG spoilers though).

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Kaya’s Route

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Migiwa and Kohaku actually make a pretty funny duo.

Let’s thump Syouko on the head.

Nope, nobody’s home

Migiwa’s really proud of her uniform.

Syouko is underwhelmed.

Kohaku is just embarrassed.

I’m sure Syouko can relate.

Kohaku’s Route

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My favorite scene so far. Flashback with Yasuhime-sama.
She’s the only one capable of making Kohaku blush. =)

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This is the best lovey-dovey scene.
I never knew Kohaku was so into that body part.

It’s hilarious the way Syouko speaks this line.

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