Hey there and welcome to our weekly VNTS series, in which we track visual novel translation updates ourselves (we don’t rely on /jp/ posts on 4ch, for example) and post it for you each week on Saturday. Hope you’re surviving exams and keeping a positive mental attitude : P. If you find any errors, or you think a project is missing from this list, please let me know in the comments. Any new updates are marked by orange text.
The Short Version:
Only the New Stuff
- Amagami – Added ~30 scripts (TL: 60.2%, 1391/2308)
- AstralAir – Solid 2% bump up to 11.29%!
- Ayakashi Gohan! – This team is on fire! They’re bringing in a ton of lines each week and they’re already at ~12%. (Exams coming up this coming week, tho, so progress will be affected)
- Koiken Otome – Some modulation in TL% that went down very slightly, but good bumps in TLC and QC
- Koisuru Natsu no Last Resort – Continued steady editing progress (up 2% up to 82.12%)
- Mangagamer – Lots of project updates! Check it out below
- Majikoi A-1 – Picked up by SkySpear TL (new to our list starting this week). Current stats: TL: 50.6% (42/83 scripts); Edit: 12.04% (10/83 scripts)
- Sekai Project – The Reject Demon: Toko Chapter 0 was RELEASED and you can get it here; lots of date clarifications (including that Grisaia comes out in the end of May)
- Supreme Candy – Two people have told me in the last week that this has been dropped for good. I’m leaving it on the list for at least another week, or until I can confirm this.
- Rance 5D – Up to 26% TLC’d
- Rance Quest Magnum – Up to 30% TL
- Rance VI – Up five percent to 64.6%
- Subarashiki Hibi (SubaHibi) – Solid TL and editing progress! TL is at 97.2%, and Editing at 90.4%
Recruiting
- AstralAir – As far as I know, still needs a video editor and an image editor (link)
- Oreimo Tsuzuku (Rinjinbu) – Needs TLCers for disk 2 (contact info)
- Ushinawareta Mirai wo Motomete – Editors, TLers, TLCers (link)
- Leave a comment or contact me to get your recruiting listed here!
Fan Translation
| Fan TL Project | Team | Brief Status Summary |
| 12Riven (VNDB) | Lemnisca TL (Updates) | TL: 100%; Editing: 4% (3/72); QC: 0% |
| Akaya Akashiya Ayakashino (VNDB) | AkaAka TL (Updates) | TL: 98%; Editing: 15%; 2/3 of common proofread; Demo being tested |
| Amagami (VNDB) | Ni Shi Shi TL (Progress) | TL: 60.2% (1391/2308); latest updates will be found on the project’s IRC channel (#[email protected]) |
| Amairo Islenauts (VNDB) | Sakura Subs (Progress) | Prologue TL: 100%; Edit: 100% Common TL: 100%; Edit: 99% Airi: TL: 0%; Edit: 0% Masaki TL: 18.5%; Edit: 0% Shirley TL: 10%; Edit: 0% Yune TL: 0%; Edit: 0% Konoka TL: 55%; Edit: 0% Bonus TL: 20%; Edit: 0% |
| Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm (Aokana) (VNDB) | OriginalRen (Progress) | Ep 1 TL: 23% (482/2085) |
| AstralAir (VNDB) | AstralAir TL (Progress) | TL: 11.29% (7,220/63,940) |
| Ayakashi Gohan! (VNDB) | Hanataba TL (Progress) | Overall ~12%TLPrologue: 66% (1204/1813) Human Common: 0% (0/9184) Ayakashi Common: 0% (0/7886) Haginosuke’s Route: 32% (1476/4634) Asagi’s Route: 5% (314/5631) Manatsu’s route – 1.7% (71/4358) |
| Black Wolves Saga -Bloody Nightmare- (VNDB) | Golden Spirit (Progress) | Need TLers (see above) |
| Bunny Black 2 (VNDB) | Seiha TL (Progress) | Aroduc put together the to-do list and project plan. (Update topic) |
| Clover Day’s (VNDB) | Yakusoku TL (Progress) | Common TL: 100%; Anzu TL: 49%; Anri TL: 16%; Hekiru TL: 10.25%; Tsubame TL: 0%; Izumi: 0%; Anzu partial patch released, (link) |
| Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai (VNDB) | Library Shepherd (Progress) | TL: 43% (29878/69128); Edit: 36% (25533/69128) |
| Denwatls’ Secret Project 2 | Denwatls (Progress) | TL: 75.214% |
| Gore Screaming Show (VNDB) | Crying TL (Progress) | Common & Other TL: 36%; Edit: 36% Akane TL: 0%; Aoi TL: 0%; Kiika TL: 0%; Yamiko TL: 50% (ish, maybe); Yuka TL: 12%; Editing: 10%;Patch available on Feb 6, 2015 post |
| HaraKano (VNDB) | Loe Quality (Progress) | 44% beta patch released on Feb 25, 2015 |
| Haruka Na Sora (VNDB) | trjr (Progress) | The team is currently focusing on Yosuga no Sora before working on this one. |
| Hatsukoi 1/1 (VNDB) | Kousetsu Translations (Progress) | TL: 10962 lines (unknown %); Edit: ~9900 lines4/11 – Posted new videos! Link |
| Hiiro no Kakera (VNDB) | Otome Game TL (Progress) | Being translated, see site. Latest post: [HnK] Chapter 1 – Day 2 – Pt 1 |
| Ken ga Kimi (VNDB) | Golden Spirit (Progress) | TL: 36%. REALLY needs TLers! |
| Koi ga Saku Koro Sakura Doki (Koisaku) (VNDB) | SakuSaku TL (Progress) | TL: 64% (31858/49257); Edit: 46% (22891/49257); QC: 46% (22891/49257); Konami & Mio Patch Version 1.10 released, almost done with Yuri route. |
| Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate (Koichoco) (VNDB) | Basic TL (Progress) | TL: 100%; Edit: 98% (390/397); QC: 53% (217/397)First partial patch out |
| Koiken Otome (VNDB) | Flying Pantsu (Progress) | TL: 95% (39028 lines); TLC: 87.99% (35819 lines); Edit: 83% (33824 lines); QC: 75.81% (30863lines); Prologue patch released. |
| Koisuru Natsu no Last Resort (VNDB) | MDZ (Updates: Page, Doc) | TL: 100%; First-Pass Edit: 82.12% (29830/36325) |
| KoiTate (VNDB) | Magicflier (Progress) | TL: 89% (34139/38001); Edit: 58% (22248/38001) |
| Kurukuru Fanatic (VNDB) | Dark Eye (Progress) | TL: 74.79% |
| Lamento (VNDB) | Aarin Community (Progress) | 5/9/2015 – Exam interference : P. The lates update in the Aarin thread. You’ll need an Aarin account. |
| Lamune (VNDB) | Project Zoom909 (Progress) | Nanami: partial patch released; Hikari: 1436/6085 lines |
| Lilium x Triangle (VNDB) | Tiny Lily (Progress) | TL: 100% Edit: 29% (872/2,995) |
| Little Busters EX/ME (VNDB) | Doki & Fuzzy (Updates: Page, Doc) | Total TL: 98.5% (29712); Total Edit: 58.27% (17576) Total QC: 0% |
| Lovely x Cation (VNDB) | Elevator TL (Progress) | EldritchCherub posted an update here. |
| Magical Marriage Lunatics!! (VNDB) | (Progress) | Common Route Translated: 11,856/15,935 = 74.4%, TLC : 1433/15,935 =8.99% Edited : 1433/15,935 = 8.99%Routes Total 11,856/64,062 = 18.51% Note: Decay reports the project is at 13,534 lines. I’m going by their website, here, however so that’s why my numbers are lower. |
| Majikoi A-1 (VNDB) | Skyspear TL (Progress) | TL: 50.6% (42/83 scripts)Edit: 12.04% (10/83 scripts) |
| Majikoi S (VNDB) | Maji TL (Progress) | IP |
| Monster Girl Quest Paradox (VNDB) | DargothTL (Progress) | “Temporarily on hold: No, it’s definitely not dead!”Small patch was released last month (link) |
| Muv-Luv Altered Fable (VNDB) | Jutsuki Sen (Progress) | 3rd patch released in 2014: with Sumika, Meiya, Kashiwagi routes |
| Noble Works (VNDB) | Oxford Comma (Progress) | TL: 74.9% (43,216 / 57,690); Partial patch out |
| Nursery Rhyme (VNDB) | Kururu (Progress) | TL: 19% (6302 / 32977) Edit: 2% (805 / 32977) |
| Oreimo Tsuzuku (VNDB) | Rinjinbu (Progress) | —Disk 1— Patch released;—Disk 2— TL:: 88.1% (236); TLC: 61.9% (166); Edit: 48.5% (130) |
| PersonA (VNDB) | (Progress) | TL: 43%Edit: 33%NOT DEAD! Dealing with lots of errors. “So far I have all of Raoul’s and Fantome’s routes translated. I am working on Philip sand would say I’m about half done with them.” |
| Princess Maker 5 (VNDB) | (Updates: Page, Doc) | TL (100 – unTLd): 86.06%; Finalized TL: 32.91% |
| Prism Ark (VNDB) | Seiha (Progress) | Common route translated. Check out forum post here to follow. (It’s kind of hard to understand how aroduc formats his posts, but essentially he makes to-do lists and marks items off or deletes them as he goes) |
| Rance 5D (VNDB) | 2.0 TL (Progress) | TL: 40% TLC: 26% |
| Rance Quest Magnum (VNDB) | 2.0 TL (Progress) | TL: 30% |
| Rance VI (VNDB) | Arunaru (Progress) | TL: 64.6% |
| Rewrite Harvest Festa (VNDB) | Amaterasu (Progress) | TL (total lines): 50.46% (15,158/30040 lines) |
| Rose Guns Days 3+4 (VNDB) | Witch Hunt (Progress) | TL: 100%; Edit: 60% |
| Sanarara R (VNDB) | Gao Gao (Progress) | TL: 14.5% (15/103 parts) |
| Sayonara wo Oshiete (VNDB) | TLWiki (Progress) | TL: 29.8% (4269/14309); Edit: 0% |
| SonoHana 10 (VNDB) | Yuri Project (Progress) | Some TL , some editing and QC done |
| SonoHana 11 (VNDB) | Yuri Project (Progress) | Some TL done |
| Starry Sky ~in Summer~ (VNDB) | Golden Spirit (Progress) | Needs TL help |
| Subarashiki Hibi (SubaHibi) (VNDB) | TLWiki (Progress) | TL: 97.2% (51798/53290); Edit: 90.4% (46254/53290); |
| Supreme Candy (VNDB) | (Progress) | Two people have told me in the last week that this has been dropped for good. I’m leaving it on the list for at least another week, or until I can confirm this. If you know what’s going on, let me know in the comments or by email/PM.TL: ~33.7% (~14573/43261) |
| Sweet Pool (VNDB) | Aarin Community (Progress) | Translation: 100% Translation checking: 100% Editing: 100% Proofreading: 96% Insertion: 96% |
| Tasogaredoki no Kyoukaisen (VNDB) | Kohaku (Progress) | TL, Edit & TLC : 100%;To do: 1) Fix technical stuff; 2) QC |
| To Heart 2 (VNDB) | (Progress) | TL: 73.4%; Alpha4 Patch Up |
| Ushinawareta Mirai wo Motomete (VNDB) | Sharin-Sub (Progress) | TL: 12.2% (4282/35056) Looking for TLers, TLCers, and editors |
| Wand of Fortune (VNDB) | Otome Game TL (Progress) | Being translated; see site.Latest post: Week 1 – Day 1 {Part 9} |
| White Album 2 (VNDB) | Baka-Tsuki (Updates: Page, Stats) | TL: 22.32% (15684/70253); Rough patch released |
| Witch’s Garden (VNDB) | WG TL (Progress) | TL: 40.08% (26932/67201); TLC: 4.35%; (2926/67201) Edit: 3.11% (2089/67201); QC: 3.11% (2089/67201);Prologue patch available |
| Yosuga no Sora (VNDB) | trjr (Progress) | Overall TL: 82.92% (32655/39383) |
JAST USA (Updates)
| Game | Brief Status Summary |
| Raidy III | Translation finished. Testing build for bugs. |
| Seinarukana | Translation is done. Game’s engine is being localized and tested. |
| Shiny Days | Translation draft is complete. Now editing script and checking of timing.Sanah’s recent opinion piece offers one take as to why you should still get the game. |
| Starless | Pretty much done. |
MangaGamer
| Mangagamer | Brief Status Summary |
| Bokuten | TL: 66.3% Edit: 26.1% |
| Da Capo 3 | Translation: 44.4% |
| Euphoria | –Translation Complete –Editing Complete –Compiling Demo Scripts |
| Free Friends | TL: 100% Edit: 34% |
| Free Friends 2 | TL: 52.3% Edit: 25.3% |
| Gahkthun | TL: 76%; Edit: 21.5% |
| Higurashi (Retranslation) | Onikakushi to be released 15 May; available for pre-order.Lots of bonus material to be translated later (link). TL’d 20.1% of Watanagashi; |
| House in Fata Morgana | TL: 51.9%; Edit: 1.3% |
| Kara no Shoujo 2 | TL and testing complete.Edit: 65.7% |
| Myth | Announced |
| OZMAFIA!! | TL: 32.6% |
| Supipara | Intend to fund through Eden’s sales; see http://www.mangagamer.org/minori/ |
Sekai Project
| Sekai Project | Release Date |
| Ame no Marginal | April/May 2015 |
| CLANNAD | Q4 2015 |
| fault -milestone two- | Demo released, full version slated for Q4 2015 |
| Hitomebore | Tentatively May 15, 2015 |
| Koenchu! | TBD |
| Kokonoe Kokoro | May 2015 |
| MMD | TBD |
| Moonshot | TBD |
| November Boy | TBD |
| PacaPlus | TBD |
| Planet Ruler | TBD |
| RaidersSphere4th | Steam Early Access Link |
| Shizuku no Oto | TBD |
| The Fruit of Grisaia | End of May 2015 |
| The Reject Demon: Toko Chapter 0 | RELEASED! Buy it here. |
| WAS -The Hourglass of Lepidoptera- | TBD |
| WORLD END ECONOMiCA episode.02 | Alpha is out for Backers onlyQ1-Q2 2015 |
Zakabox™ Commentary
The Zakabox may or may not happen this week, depending on Zaka’s schedule. Sorry!
TAYsteful™ response
No response this week (it’s 5AM and I can’t get myself to go to bed, so chances are I won’t be awake before this auto-posts). Let’s just hope that if Zaka makes it around to the Zakabox, he won’t be too evil.
This week’s header image comes from The Reject Demon: Toko – Chapter 0. I finished it a few hours ago and enjoyed it for the most part. Fuwanovel will be putting up two reviews of the game as well as other coverage in the next few days (VNDB) (buy the game).
Wasn’t the guys who ditched their Supreme Candy tl just one group, Skyspear? Don’t think habluka completely abandoned it yet, granted it’s still going to be slow as fuck.
I don’t understand how anyone managed to translate 201% of Watanagashi.
Look forward to subahibi on June 20th… maybe 😛
IIRC, Cafe (jokingly) shared some of habluka’s translation in April on his twitter. So I guess it’s still alive. The tweet should be easy to find, but I’m too lazy to stalk him again lol.
Indeed, the Supreme Candy doesn’t appear to have been dropped, it’s just inactive. Every once in a while you get some faint signs of life regarding the project from Habluka or others associated with it. It’s one of those projects where you shouldn’t get your hopes up for anything anytime soon, but it’s not entirely dead either.
Oh, and by the way, Raidy III has a release date now, July 20th. (http://www.jastusa.com/raidy3.html)
Maybe you’ll want to update Shiny Days’ entry to reflect the estimated release window of “June or July”, although I’d wager it wouldn’t come out this month and it’s JAST, so it may not even make July. (https://connect.jastusa.com/support/discussions/topics/5000047459/page/1)
And uhhh, maybe it’s a bit late to point this out but Starless isn’t just “pretty much done”, it’s coming out in three days. I know, I’m not used to JAST actually doing things, either. :p
Oh hey actually it seems Shiny Days just now got a release date of August 25th. Pretty much what I figured. (http://www.jastusa.com/shiny-days.html)
TL’d 201% of Watanagashi;
???
After checking, it’s apparently at 20.1% translated. rip Tay
Tay, just informing you(if you didn’t already know) that Kami no Rhapsody is getting translated. Link is here:
http://forums.fuwanovel.net/index.php?/topic/9828-kami-no-rhapsody-translation-project-update-6-20150507/
Majikoi A Translation?
Oh my god yes!
I agree, I am looking forward to when they start with A-2 since Monshiro is pretty much my favourite/adorable character in the games :3
Though honestly 90% of the characters are interesting so I am fine with anything majikoi really 😀
grisaia is End of May 2015
grisaia no kajitsu or grisaia no meikyu or grisaia no rakuen or three of them?
Kajitsu
Damn! i really want to play meikyu and rakuen
I guess i should say that i’m recruiting translators for “Kamikaze ☆ Explorer!”.