Hello everyone, Ian Smith here, I founded Mangascreener back in the 1990's in case you don't remember me. Anyways, I've been unemployed since April and I'm heading to Tokyo for a couple months in June, so for the dual purpose of cleaning out my closet and lining my pockets I'm putting a bunch of manga up on eBay.

Please make sure to check out my eBay auctions, right now I've got lots of Beck, Katteni Kaizo, Bastard!!, Blade of the Immortal, Shonan Jun'ai Gumi, Kyou Kara Ore Wa!! and many more running, all starting at just one dollar. I'll be auctioning off a couple hundred more volumes of manga, artbooks, dvds and Japanese CDs over the next couple of weeks.

Sorry for the shameless advertisement, maybe when I get back from Japan my Japanese will be good enough to help out with the translation of some of our old series.

Not much on my mind this week, so let's just run through the releases real quick.

We've got a nice five-chapter batch of Bokurano this week that covers another character arc. Things are really winding down to the end on this sucker, and I'd like to thank myndzi for stepping up to ably fill the editing duties. Here's hoping we'll see the story through to its completion.

Meanwhile we're also finishing out the last of Volume 4 of Vinland Saga, with Volume 5 coming fairly soon as well. Enjoy!

TORRENTS

Bokurano 48-52
Vinland Saga 27-28

...The end of My Name Is Zushio. No climax, no resolution. The series was cancelled due to a rift between the author and the magazine and thus the story stops rather abruptly. (You'll even notice there's a normal "to be continued in Volume 5" blurb at the end. Well, that never happened. Funny world, huh? Goodbye, sweet prince.

TORRENTS

MNIZ v4 c25-26
MNIZ: The Entire Manga (v1-4)

Full speed ahead!! Yes, only one week after we inundated you with a whole four chapters of Ciguatera, here's another quad to the gut. What horrible/wonderful things happen to Ogino and Nagumo this time? Well sheeeeeeeeeeeit, I ain't gonna tell you... you gonna take our manga, cause we're givin' it away!

Next up, another hefty double release of Children of the Sea. The plot thickens, of course, and more eerie and mystical happenings arise. I can't really push this sucker any harder than I already have, so just read it!

Also, the previously promised two-part Noramimi story featuring everyone's favorite cool dude, Dottari. I'm not even gonna bother trying to sell this one on anybody because they don't wanna hear it! It's like there is a smokescreen blocking anyone with bad taste from even recognizing the word Noramimi. Their loss!

And last alphabetically but of course never least, is a new batch of Ressentiment chapters to kick off the second half of this story. My goal is for us and Kotonoha to get this sucker done before the end of the year!

Speaking of ending, one very long-standing incomplete project will be coming to an end next week. In fact, I think it's the oldest unfinished (and still unlicensed) project we have. But no more! Wait and see...

TORRENTS

Children of the Sea v1 c5-6
Ciguatera v4 c39-42
Noramimi v4 c33-34
Ressentiment v3 c23-25
And for completists: Ressentiment v1-2

Because the bikes are back! After many moons, we have procured the needed copies of Ciguatera to forge forth and shine the light of Furuya into the murky waters of the scanlation world once again! Four chapters from the fourth volume will kick off the second half of this six-volume series. The plan is to continue with these hot and heavy (we've got nearly the entire rest of the series already translated) to make up for the lengthy downtime.

Next on the list is the last segment of Goodnight Punpun Volume 1. These chapters are a bit more serious and set the stage for some epic happenings in Volume 2, which we will diving headfirst into very soon! Hang in there, Punpun!

Third up for today is a triumvirate of Noramimi chapters! These are great (as usual) but I think all people of good taste will agree that next update's Noramimi batch, a two-parter featuring the mighty Dottari, will be even better.

In the clean-up spot is a pair of Pluto episodes with a very dramatic finish! Methinks there isn't too much of this story left to go...

And last but certainly not least, a massive three-chapter explosion of Vinland Saga that takes our party to the rocky, misty land of Wales. More coming very soon!

TORRENTS:

Ciguatera v1-3
Ciguatera v4 c35-38
Goodnight Punpun v1 c10-12
Noramimi v4 c30-32
Pluto c50-52
Vinland Saga v4 c24-26

And before I forget! All you Frenchies out there who love quality film, check out this French "sweded" version of the Big Lebowski that our good pal and bot provider Athanor appeared in. It's an entry to a Be Kind, Rewind contest so visit the link!