The Interview  love_aristocrat
<Aaerul> 1st question: How did you make your start doing VN translations? Is this your first project? Why Shirotsume Souwa? <Love_aristocrat> It is indeed my first project, I started reading VN in japanese around 3 months ago, I decided to translate Shirotsume souwa because it was both short and was fun to play through <Aaerul> so you’ve played through the game once already? <Love_aristocrat> yeah, I readed through it once <Love_aristocrat> It would be unwise not to do so <Aaerul> 2nd question: I think there are some people who might be turned off by the Little Witch’s artstyle. How would you convince those players that the game is worth playing? <Love_aristocrat> simple, the story is a mix of both slice of life with a piece of drama and some fights here and there, there protagonist is really cool, and I hardly see someone not liking the girls in it  3rd question: What is your relationship with Amaterasu? Are you a subsidiary? How come your name isn’t in the staff section in the official blog? How did you convince Ixrec to TLC for you? <Love_aristocrat> That is actually a interesting question, although I am not a subsidiary, I am not really a member of the team either, I am what you could call a student of Ixrec, I actually started learing around 1 year ago, thanks to his help, and as I was thinking of translating since long ago, I asked him to tlc for me and he agreed. <Aaerul> actually when I was interviewing Ixrec, he did mention something about ‘currently tutoring others’ [18:31] <Love_aristocrat> oh, yeah, I’ve heard a little of them, but afaik, none of them tl for now, other than me <Aaerul> also he said something like, motivated people can’t be bought. but people with good Japanese skills are a dime a dozen <Aaerul> 4th question: Are you looking for additional staff? <Love_aristocrat> I am not, we have enought people in the project right now, yet I welcome anyone that is willing to join the project, as long as they actually work.  <Aaerul> going back to your answer earlier, how did you meet Ixrec one year ago and what convinced him to tutor you? RL friends? <Love_aristocrat> Ixrec is a curious guy, I got to irc and started talking to him, I then started asking stuff about japanese and slowly I became an student of his, we didn’t decide it at the moment, nefore we noticed, we were student and teacher <Aaerul> did you know about Amaterasu before you spoke to him? 01[18:38] <Aaerul> so you stumbled onto #ammy? <Love_aristocrat> actually, I knew of amaterasu before entering #ammy [18:41] <Love_aristocrat> not much though, just that the guy was translating Cross Channel, got curious, entered #ammy, and talked to him by PM <Aaerul> Is there anything else you would like to say to the fans?  <Aaerul> do you have an estimated time of arrival for the project? <Love_aristocrat> “I may not be Ixrec fast, but I’m sure I can deliver Shirotsume to all of you, just be patient.” 01[18:44] <Aaerul> yes he is a beast. <Love_aristocrat> also, the idea is to have it ready in less than 6 months (Post Interview Chatter) <Aaerul> I heard that this is your alias <Aaerul> not your real internet name. Why is that <Love_aristocrat> <@Sheeta> **** is just shy about his first tl <Love_aristocrat> <Love_aristocrat> FINALLY SOMEONE UNDERSTANDS IT <Love_aristocrat> also I wanted to see if it had any reaction in /jp/ <Aaerul> /jp/ is a little… 01[18:52] <Aaerul> how to say, 01[18:52] <Aaerul> mean-spirited 01[18:52] <Aaerul> too mean to care. [18:52] <Love_aristocrat> heh [18:53] <Love_aristocrat> they are just tsundere (?) 
My thanks goes to love_aristocrat for taking the time to do the interview. Best of luck with the project.
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Yes, I have no website, yet you can find me at Amaterasu forums under the name Love_aristocrat, and I also have a temporal email for anyone to contact me: [email protected] finnally, you can also find me sometimes at #ammy.