Makai no Ossan FINISHED and Onepunchman DROPPED

Hey, guys, sorry for being unavailable for days (weeks?). I've been very busy lately and I don't think it'll change in the near future. Nevertheless, I've been translating a few pages of Makai no Ossan before going to bed every night and have finally finished it.

Well, what can I say... ONE is a great writer. His art may be not be everyone's cup of tea, but he has all these great ideas. Granted, some of them may be childish and random, but they don't seem out of place at all in the crazy little (under-)world he creates in Makai no Ossan. It was a great ride and I've come to love all the characters as I was translating it. I hope more people will read it now that it's finished.

As for OPM, the dreaded time I announced in this post exactly 10 months ago has arrived at last. Viz' Shonen Jump Alpha has long caught up with OPM and they've already translated the special chapters while I haven't even started. I realize that many of you don't have any legal access to SJA, but considering how busy I've been and I will surely be in the future, I simply don't have the time to translate what is already getting translated, only better, faster and more professionally. Another problem is the weekly/bi-weekly release of OPM. I can't guarantee that I'll have time to translate on Thursdays anymore. It's just not feasible anymore and I'd hate to make the fans of OPM wait. I hope you'll understand my decision.

I still remember how I stumbled on OPM 13 months ago and couldn't believe that it wasn't getting translated. No one seemed to know about it except for the few fans who read Japanese web manga. I just had to pick it up and show it to you all. OPM is now possibly the most popular web manga in the Internet and I'm sure I've done my part in it. Because of OPM's popularity, I'm 100% positive someone else will take my place and continue translating OPM and I've also seen Viz' versions getting uploaded regularly. In any case, I'm not worried about OPM not getting translated in the future, in fact, I think I know some guys who'd love to replace me. I'll keep the OPM chapters in my mediafire for as long as they're needed, so please don't worry about that. Thank you very much for reading my OPM translations all this time.

Now that Makai no Ossan is finished, I don't think I'll get to translate a manga again anytime soon, but if it's a short manga that's already complete like Ketchup Ninja, I might do it in what little spare time I have and upload it as a whole (or at least in big chunks). I guess I'll be focussing on translating the threads a few posts a day.

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Old Man of the Underworld (Makai no Ossan)


If you don't feel like reading it online for some reason, go to this Mediafile folder.

RAWs can be found here:
http://tonarinoyj.jp/manga/makai/

Comments

  1. HikariiNovember 20, 2013 at 7:00 PM

    Hey Boone! I figured something like this might happen. Coincidentally, today, I kept thinking how I could express my gratitude for what you have done for us. I noticed the requests and questions came flooding in at times, and really I'm so appreciative of how patient you are with everyone. I don't know what else I can say.

    I also thought about how in Murata's livestream, he mentioned he thought "Huff Puff" Prisoner was a cute name, but the Puri Puri Puri part was meant to match more of the "Pretty". (Even though it was understood that it is a pun.) I guess all I really wanted to say about this when we decided on "Pri Pri Pri" Prisoner in the end, we did good (collectively). ^^

    Also, I really hate to end this with this kind of question because I'll sound greedy, but I was wondering if you won't take up on the extra chapters released in the book volumes of OPM? Viz hasn't released the book in print, and they haven't announced they'll do so, though everyone is keeping their fingers crossed. If not, as I understand you are busy, that's fine as well! I'll try my best to get by. -laugh-

    Once again, thank you so much. I'll still be checking around for whatever other releases you pick up. I support you all the way in what you want to do, and I wish you the best in keeping up with a busy life!

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  2. AnonymousNovember 20, 2013 at 7:32 PM

    I'm sad to hear about you dropping Onepunch Man, but you gotta do what you gotta do right? Don't stress out too much and peace!

    Also, thanks for finishing up Makai no Ossan! It's an adorable story! And I'll agree that the art goes really well with it.

    Good luck on all your future endeavors!

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  3. AnonymousNovember 20, 2013 at 7:55 PM

    thanks for your hard work, i really enjoyed reading opm :D

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  4. AnonymousNovember 20, 2013 at 7:56 PM

    Just wanna say, thanks for OPM and Makai no Ossan.
    But even more so, thanks for translating Molester Man =D

    That was the series that started bringing me here.

    Thank you and good luck with whatever is keeping you busy =D

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  5. AnonymousNovember 20, 2013 at 8:13 PM

    Same as all the others thanks for showing us OPM and Molester man. OPM brought me here and I loved your work on it. But many of us can understand.

    I myself thought about scanlation but after testing my speed it would take me a month minimum to translate one chapter and wanted to translate 3 series which obviously wouldn't work out.

    So good luck with RL. :)

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  6. DoomroarNovember 20, 2013 at 8:25 PM

    Wow this is really a mixed news, a finished project and a dropped one, i... well things happen, thanks for the OMoTU!

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  7. VacedNovember 20, 2013 at 9:49 PM

    Thanks for everything! I'll continue checking back here pretty often, as I'm sure others will too.

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  8. AnonymousNovember 20, 2013 at 10:55 PM

    Thanks for all the hard work Boon. Been eagerly waiting for Makai no Ossan. Looking forward to finishing it.

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  9. AnonymousNovember 21, 2013 at 2:11 AM

    Thanks for all the the hard work up til now. Best of luck with whatever you plan on doing.

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  10. JohnNovember 21, 2013 at 3:48 AM

    thnx for all your hard work

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  11. UnknownNovember 21, 2013 at 4:24 AM

    Noooo...no no no no no! I'm one of those that can't access WSJ-alpha, even if i had the money for it.(for something that is free in japan!) Well, there are some people who upload WSJ-alpha stuff, but they don't have any website or so, so it is hard to find them properly...
    but i understand, most scanlators see their job as a sort of bridge until american publishers license a series or catch up to one.
    Well, godspeed to you

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  12. AnonymousNovember 21, 2013 at 4:57 AM

    Thanks for everything !

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  13. AnonymousNovember 21, 2013 at 6:03 AM

    Thanks for all your hard work in introducing us to this awesome manga!

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  14. AnonymousNovember 21, 2013 at 6:05 AM

    Thanks, Boon! Yes, you took part in promoting OPM to non-Japanese speakers! And thanks for translating Makai no Ossan! A very good story indeed!

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  15. UnknownNovember 21, 2013 at 6:56 AM

    Thank you for all the hard work!!!
    Will you continue to put raws on your mediafire folder at least?

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  16. theduskNovember 21, 2013 at 7:24 AM

    Aww man, that's so sad. Really.

    I've just starts reading OPM, and now you've dropped it.
    And yeah, you surely took big part in OPM's fame for translating this great work.

    Thanks a lot.
    Big thanks for all your hardworks. I mean it :D

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  17. SilverbladeNovember 21, 2013 at 8:22 AM

    You are the best, Boon.

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  18. AnonymousNovember 21, 2013 at 8:57 AM

    Does anyone know where to find the latest Viz One-Punch Man Chapters? I live in Japan so I can't access any of these online Manga sites like Viz and Crunchyroll. It really sucks! Damn region locking.

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    1. AnonymousNovember 21, 2013 at 10:16 AM

      There's a thing called proxy and it's not difficult to use.
      http://hidemyass.com/proxy-list/

      Delete
  19. AnonymousNovember 21, 2013 at 11:04 AM

    Thank you for introducing me to OPM.

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  20. AnonymousNovember 21, 2013 at 1:23 PM

    here's my mail address: ultimateking50@gmail.com

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    1. buruburuburuberiNovember 21, 2013 at 1:26 PM

      Okay, I sent you an invite. Try to edit something to see if it works.

      Delete
    2. AnonymousNovember 21, 2013 at 3:22 PM

      i've tried uploading chapter 30, however it's not showing up. I guess i need your permission for every file i upload to your folder?

      Delete
  21. AnonymousNovember 21, 2013 at 2:24 PM

    nooo but a new chapter just came out!!!

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    1. buruburuburuberiNovember 21, 2013 at 2:27 PM

      Don't worry, ultimateking and his anonymous crew are already working on it. You'll get the chapters probably even faster than when I used to translate them.

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    2. Sora19November 21, 2013 at 2:37 PM

      where? where can i find these chapters?

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    3. buruburuburuberiNovember 21, 2013 at 2:48 PM

      I believe they'll be uploaded to the same mediafire folder as I was using. I invited ultimateking to it and he should be able to have the permissions now.

      https://www.mediafire.com/folder/7xwbxpp4nan4h/ONEPUNCHMAN

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    4. UnknownNovember 22, 2013 at 12:45 AM

      Hi boon, why are there no raws of the 30th chapter? At first there were and now I can't even open the RAWS folder :(

      Delete
  22. AnonymousNovember 21, 2013 at 3:11 PM

    rip in piece

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  23. UnknownNovember 21, 2013 at 3:29 PM

    I Love you dude, I was going to say I was too shocked by your revelation to properly thank you, but now that somebody else did the chapter all i can say is THANKS A LOT!!!!!!

    Damn, I love this manga, and I love Murata's art so it's one of those few manga i always find time to enjoy in Between work an studies, no matter what...

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  24. AnonymousNovember 21, 2013 at 4:19 PM

    Thanks for the fucking awesome times I had while reading all the stuff you were scanlating.

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  25. AnonymousNovember 21, 2013 at 4:53 PM

    Thanks for your hard work to showing us all this great manga! You really did have the biggest hand in this. Have a good life, dude.

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  26. AnonymousNovember 21, 2013 at 5:03 PM

    Thanks for all your hard work on OPM Boon!

    -OnePunchManFan (@ Batoto)

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  27. AnonymousNovember 21, 2013 at 8:13 PM

    Where did you see Viz's version being uploaded to?
    The problem with SJA is the backlog, if you sub'ed early you get access to older chapter that is not available anymore.
    The other problem is that Viz is only US and not available worldwide, which I bet most of your readers are from. The concept of English=US is too outdated.

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  28. AnonymousNovember 22, 2013 at 9:26 AM

    Thanks for all of the time you dedicated to bringing this title to the eyes of English speaking people.

    I enjoyed all of your translations immensely.

    I wish you good luck in all of your future endeavors!

    Take care, Ace!

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  29. AnonymousNovember 22, 2013 at 10:36 AM

    Thank you for your wonderful translations, and good luck to you in the future.

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  30. AnonymousNovember 22, 2013 at 11:48 AM

    A ton of thanks for your hard work so far.

    You really brought the awesomeness of OPM to us all.

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  31. AnonymousNovember 22, 2013 at 1:20 PM

    Thank you very much for all the time and effort that you put in.

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  32. SteelpulseNovember 22, 2013 at 1:40 PM

    Thanks a lot for all your work dude. I think all of us really appreciate it, if werent for your translations i never could even know about OPM.
    Fortunately Ultimateking took the point, your legacy is in good hands.

    Take care and hopelly we gonna see more of your work in the future.
    Thanks again.

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  33. AnonymousNovember 22, 2013 at 4:35 PM

    I want to thank you for all the OPM you have done. It has been awesome.

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  34. KiwiNovember 22, 2013 at 5:38 PM

    Thank you so much for all your hard work on OPM Boon. You're a cool guy. Take care and once again, thanks so much!

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  35. ShurikenTeamNovember 23, 2013 at 4:47 AM

    Харамсалтай л байна, гэхдээ яая гэхэв дээ. Бид ч гэсэн ажлынхаа хажуугаар хийдэг болохоор ойлгож байна. Ванпанман-г орчуулж өгсөнд баярлалаа. Тэтгэвэртээ гарч байгаад чинь баяр хүргэе, хаха. /Бид ч гэсэн удахгүй тэтгэвэртээ гарах байх аа/

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  36. AnonymousNovember 23, 2013 at 10:26 AM

    I wanted to thank you for your great work. You, together with Emergency Exit, are two of my favourite scanlators (or are you possibly one and the same...? I can only guess.) You gave us the best we can get as foreigners and self-proclaimed western otaku.. the 2ch threads alone are more valuable than many books on Japan. Always looking forward to seeing your new translations.

    Cheers

    Kinza Datteri

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  37. UnknownNovember 24, 2013 at 9:05 AM

    Thank you so much for everything Boon. Time flied by really fast...

    Take care and may you get buckets of great karma for showing and broadcasting OPM to the western world ;)

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  38. AnonymousNovember 24, 2013 at 1:09 PM

    Thank you for translating OPM up till now

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  39. UnknownNovember 25, 2013 at 5:00 PM

    thanks boon for introducing me to OPM and thanks for the release so far.
    It seems like Ultimateking and his crew already released the new chapter. Thanks for that!

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  40. AnonymousNovember 25, 2013 at 6:10 PM

    I love you and all the things you brought us in English.

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  41. AnonymousNovember 26, 2013 at 2:51 PM

    There's been an update to the meteor [4] chapter. Murata has added an animated panel!!

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  42. AnonymousNovember 30, 2013 at 12:58 AM

    it would be awesome if you could do penis man.

    http://kyoharasoto.web.fc2.com/index2.html

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  43. AnonymousDecember 7, 2013 at 8:59 PM

    Just wanna drop by and say thanks for the OPM translations!

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  44. AnonymousDecember 13, 2013 at 3:59 AM

    Thanks for the Onamidori' Ipod threads!

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  45. AnonymousDecember 31, 2013 at 9:42 AM

    thanks for translating opm

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  46. askanceJanuary 5, 2014 at 8:51 AM

    It looks like starting with chap 4 rabuta has some problems with the images. And its the last thing you've done that I haven't read! Well, thanks foe all the translations

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    1. buruburuburuberiJanuary 5, 2014 at 11:40 AM

      Sorry, it's because I'm still in the middle of translating it. The rabuta site layout is taken from the original site and I'm just filling the pages with my translated versions one by one.

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  47. AnonymousJanuary 30, 2014 at 1:36 PM

    Why didn't you made a new blogpost about Rabuta?
    When are you going to continue Fapwatchbird threads?

    Also thank you for all the translations.

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    1. buruburuburuberiFebruary 11, 2014 at 7:46 AM

      Because I figured RaButa alone wouldn't warrant a new blogpost. Btw, I translated another short manga. Please read the new post.

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