Friday, December 30, 2011

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Tuesday, August 23, 2011

I've returned from the hiatus!

Tough month again, exams went okay, and I just recovered from a nasty cold last week! I hope I haven't kept you waiting for too long! Forgive me?

Just thought I should let you all know I'll be scanlating another chapter of Aphorism latest by this weekend. Please look forward to it!

Monday, July 11, 2011

2-Week-Hiatus Notice!!

This month is pretty hectic...few more projects left to go, a charity fair's coming up...but most importantly, exams are dangerously close...

So I don't think I'll be able to scanlate until next month. Sorry, everyone!! orz

Sincerest Apologies,
Fandom Business



Friday, July 1, 2011

Chapter 12.5 has been scanlated~

(lol, I have no life, since I could complete scanlating this in 2 days -orz-)

Well, I'll put up the download link first...! Because I'm too much a pansy to upload it on Mangafox at the moment...since something will probably screw the order up again...(or in the worst case, it will upside down  ಠ.ಠ;)

If you can/want to, feel free to upload the chapter onto a manga site!

http://www.mediafire.com/?z89tbqt9wvjarb3

EDIT: The chapter has been uploaded onto Mangafox!

Monday, June 27, 2011

Regarding the screw-ups of Chapter 11 & 12 of Aphorism

I'm deeply sorry for screwed-up order my Aphorism manga chapters (11 and 12) were uploaded in, on Mangafox. I understand some of you may be very frustrated...so here's the download links for the chapters to ensure a less-enraging reading experience.

I may not be uploading to Mangafox again, since the first two times I submitted chapters, they went horribly wrong. It was a bit embarassing to see the screwed-up-order manga chapters I myself submitted...and the threads that followed, involving the screwed-up order. I certainly don't want to repeat the experience.

Maybe I'll just upload the translated chapters on Mediafire, and perhaps a kind soul would upload the files on Mangafox for me...  

I assure you, these files are in perfect order sequence. There are no mixed up pages, nor are they backwards. Most certainly they are not upside-down either. 

Note: The following are .rar files. You need Winrar to extract them.

Chapter 11 (titled 'new folder'):

http://www.mediafire.com/?30dwkalvjp8hsqn

Chapter 12 (titled 'translation'):

http://www.mediafire.com/?5glt2r1cy09m56m

Aphorism-related posts

All Aphorism-related posts on TSH have been moved here.

Welcome! -introductions-

It's been decided that this blog, 'Fandom Business!' will be my professional blog (aka strictly for anime/manga/etc only) , while 'TSH' will be my personal blog.

ONE REASON:

Mainly this blog was started because of the massive hits I gained from just writing Aphorism chapter summaries, so I thought 'hey, why not start a separate blog just for otakus/anime & manga fans?'

MAIN REASON!!:

...Ok, I admit I was getting really a bit disturbed being so popular of all a sudden, since TSH is supposed to be a casual, personal blog, lol. So I made a separate blog for all otakus/anime & manga fans to enjoy!

The reason I didn't make TSH my professional blog is because I consider it my most favoured outlet for venting my personal life, and with it suddenly being so popular, it didn't feel like the funky, romanticist chick blog it used to be before (aka not personal anymore ._.)

...Also, I couldn't bear to import all my personal posts (a year's worth) to another blog...I suddenly consider my computer an 'escape from reality' now...since this year's been extremely rough...so I don't really want to give up my beloved TSH blog...I'm sorry...

CONCLUSION:

This is a site where I hope all anime/manga lovers can have fun reading my posts! I'll try my best to write quality posts as well!

Please look forward to them! -bows-

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Aphorism - I might translate this series

Holy chickenballs. I can't believe I had enough concentration to actually read through Chapter 24 to Chapter 28 of Aphorism...the Chinese version of those chapters...and understand them all!!! Right now I'm reading Chapter 29. (Sadly there are only 30 chapters out right now, so only 1 left to go for now)

Oh, in Chapter 28, there was such a BRILLIANT plot twist. I could've never known that HE was actually...!! Man, I'mma love this manga FOREVER.

And also, I've had thoughts about possibly translating the chapters (so maybe I can be freed from writing any more summaries ._.)...below is my translation of a page from Chapter 13.



It was easy enough to replace the original text with english text...and since the scans are from 99mh, I don't need to clean them, since they're shiny clean already.

There's someone on Mangafox that also wants to upload new chapters of Aphorism, but they want to directly scan Chuang Yi's version of the Aphorism tankobon...so they'll have to rip out all the pages, and do alot of cleaning (since a direct scan will make the pages appear gray). There's no gurantee that they'll make smooth rips of the pages either...

Maybe I'll consider this a contest...I'll try my best to translate every chapter as fast as possible, and if the person on mangafox uploads faster than I do, I'll go back to doing summaries. Maybe. Now I have to do all this compressing stuff... 

EDIT:

I've submitted Chapter 11 to Mangafox...all's left for it to be moderated...(hopefully it can be uploaded)

I forgot to write in to tell the moderator that in the .rar file, the pages are actually numbered in descending order (like pg 38 is at the top and pge 1 is at the bottom) It's obviously in the wrong order, so I spent about 30 minutes to reverse it. (By having the page 1 named as page 38, and page 38 as page 1) Painful times. I hope the moderator will catch on and know that...

I can't believe I spent the whole day translating this...I thought it was so easy...but now I understand a translator's pain...(I did not procrastinate either, and it still took me about 7 hours)

This is my blood, sweat and tears...headaches too. Since it took me so long to translate ONE chapter, I could maybe just stick to summaries...(I'm still schooling, after all)

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Aphorism Vol. 4 (Chapter 13) summary-

Being summary writer...is suffering! /人◕ ‿‿ ◕人\ 10 more chapters, and I'll be home-free. I think. Scans are from 99mh.


The chapter starts with the main cast in Hinata's dorm room, half of them doing guard duty lest Tomonaga sneaks up on them; the other half sleeping. Hinata contemplates what course of action to take towards Group 4.

Hinata catches a glimpse of Rokudo's belongings, and makes a morality speech about Rokudo's death. (aka Once again, he swears to avenge his deceased friend. And I just realised his seal is on his neck.)

i came back for teh lulz hinata-kun 

Kuro (aka InnerRokudo, Kuro is my nickname for him) suddenly sneaks behind Hinata, and it takes Hinata a few seconds to realise who's standing near him. Hinata has a major WTF moment.

Kuro seems to be unaware that he has no heart (literally) It's only after Hinata questions why he's alive even after his heart's been ripped out, does he actually realise this. 


Everyone's in disbelief at 'Rokudo's sudden revival. Mea immediately grabs Aira to see him, and she's so overwhelmed with emotion that she collapses onto the ground and bawls. Aira mutters out that she's so relieved to see him again.

Does anyone want to be in Aira's place right now or is it just me...? 


Aira gets hugged by Kuro, still bawling. She's momentarily stunned when she cannot hear any heartbeat from Kuro's chest...

Kuro asks the main cast why he doesn't have a heart. Hinata explains that it's because Tomonaga stole it due to the main cast not heeding his wishes. Shortly afterwards, Kuro dashes out of the dorm upon learning of Tomonaga's whereabouts.

Hinata and Aira chase after him, asking what's he's going to do...He says he wants to get his heart back, since Rokudo's presence is fading quick. He has to restore Rokudo's life back fast otherwise the worst might occur.

Not even Rokudo would so retarded as to shape back a stomped-on heart ಠ_ಠ

Hinata catches sight of Rokudo's bloody, squished (and still beating) heart. Kuro attempts to...re-shape the heart into it's original state. I believe a quadruple facepalm is required at this stage.

Aira and Hinata go 'wtf Rokudo were you always this retarded i mean srsly'

Kuro thinks that the destroyed heart can't be used. (No shit sherlock) So, he tries to enter Tomonaga's territory, but unfortunately is obstructed by a seal-made barrier. He can only retreat for now.


The main cast, for now, decide to return to their own dorm rooms. Hinata stops Tatsumi and Mikotogawa (let's just refer to her as Mikoto for short) before they leave, and he apologizes for being unable to prevent their unfortunate situation. (mute/blindness) He wants to get Kato to hide the two until the government staff come, and asks their opinion of it.

Tatsumi writes on his notebook and tells Hinata that he'd like to fight as well, and so just requests Kato hide Mikoto. Hinata agrees to his request. Mikoto chides her own uselessness in battle; her seal doesn't do anything, she thinks, but Kuro thinks otherwise and shares a secret to her.


Sometime later, three people from Group 4 sneak into Hinata's dorm room to do some dirty work for Tomonaga. The three are knocked unconscious by the main cast, un/fortunately.

The three are then tied up with ropes, the main cast waking them up afterwards. Thus an interrogation begins. First, Hinata asks where Tomonaga is. They naturally keep mum at first, but they spill it out after Hinata threatens them.


Hinata's last question is what Tomonaga's true agenda is. None of them know, but they say Ryo should know. One of them realises Kuro's presence, and pleads with him to take down Tomonaga. Kuro owns them immediately by saying that they're not in any position to ask for anything. 


Then suddenly Tatsumi hears a voice which demands he summon his weapon...and obeys. He immediately attempts a slash on Mino. Hinata thinks it must be the megane guy (Tobari) doing mind-control on Tatsumi. Hinata, Immortal Guy (Hakamada) and Kuro ditch Mino, and the poor guy is left to fend off Tatsumi's attacks.


Hakamada and Tobari bump into each other by coincidence after the latter turns at a corner. (How convenient) Hakamada proceeds to beat the daylights out of Tobari, commenting that Tobari reminds me of his roommate...both of who are/were weaklings. Hakamada says he's particularly strong when it comes to dealing with weaklings, much to Tobari's chagrin.


Just when Hakamada catches Tobari...


...Tomonaga 'saves' him, leaving Hamakada to die from ripping out the guy's ribcage. (or something like that) Tobari is then asked to rid of Hakamada's 'corpse' later on...this incident merely strengthens Tobari's belief that he'll survive to the end if he follows Tomonaga.

"I'm going to survive...!! "

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

for those searching for aphorism manga...

  • For those searching for my Aphorism manga summaries, please click on the 'aphorism' tag on bottom on this post.

  • If possible, please support the original mangaka and buy the official english version of Aphorism from Chuang Yi. :)

  • And you should also learn that Tvtropes is the best site for finding out more info of 'not-mainstream' manga/anime.

Ignore the below section if you have no time for trivialities.
-- The tvtropes page for Aphorism is sort of  detailed. (ok, not really. if you're mainly reading scanlations of the manga, and read certain forum threads, you pretty much know almost all of the stuff there.)

I'm pretty sure one troper has read (or interpreted) at least a part of chapter 26 and 27, since it mentions Yama...and a few other 'wtf?' spoilers. I just checked 99mh today, and I had previously stopped at chapter 25. Now there's 30 chapters of the manga!

I'm doing my best to shift through the dizziness in reading the chinese in the latest chapters with my basic vocabulary. Please cheer me on ._.

I also assume at least one person who added in a trope on the tvtropes page was someone who at least saw scans of the omake after chapter 23. Since it mentions...'that'. 'That' omake/side-story. Daaaaamn. Ho Yay indeed. Once a crack pairing, has become somewhat canon. +w+

Actually if you buy Chuang Yi's vol 4 to 6 of the manga, it's catching up to the Chinese version (raw?)of the manga. (English version is slow by 7 chapters, that means slow by 2 volumes max, which should come out in maybe 3 or 4 months for each volume.)

P.S

I hope the scanlators will hurry up with their scanlations, so I will see more fanfiction, more fanart...or at least a bigger fandom. I hope my Aphorism manga summaries will attract more fans as well. :)

Aphorism Manga Vol. 4 (Chapter 12.5) summary-

Aphorism Manga Chapter 12.5 -summary-! For the scans, credit goes to 99mh.
Izuru Tomonaga (Age 6) and his elder brother, Satoshi Tomonaga (Age 15) 
Year 2027, Spring
(English and Chinese version of the Year differs)
The chapter starts off in Tomonaga's childhood years aka backstory. Izuru Tomonaga is staring out of the balcony of his modern Japanese home while his elder brother, Satoshi Tomonaga, is outside his home preparing to set off to Naraka High.
Satoshi's conversation with his mother informs us that Naraka High does not have any clubs.
Tomonaga rushes down to the bottom level of his house to see his brother off. Satoshi demands his younger brother to not make their parents worry by hurting himself. Tomonaga, being a little snarker, assures him that "it's more of your thing to make people worry...because I'd never do such things".
Satoshi comments that Tomonaga's really snarky for a Grade One student, and then proceeds to teach him what to say when he returns home. Satoshi will say "When I get back...", and then Tomonaga will say "It's Ichiro the Second." Satoshi'll kill his little brother if he forgets this.   
Next we find out Satoshi's a real baseball fanboy. "Ichiro the Second", is the name of a famous baseball player; his idol. Satoshi tells Tomonaga he already made up his mind to stay in Naraka for only 1 year. After that, he'll transfer to a local neighbourhood school to further pursue his love for baseball, instead of becoming a government official.
Satoshi then sets out for Naraka, but before that reminds Tomonaga what's his supposed to say when he returns. "It's Ichiro the Second!" Tomonaga then waves him goodbye.
One year later, Tomonaga catches his mother on the phone upon returning home from school. Satoshi's on the other end of the phone, so his mother tells Tomonaga to speak with him.

Tomonaga snatches the phone almost immediately. After the usual greeting and 'how are you', we find out that Satoshi is already working. (Part-Time Job.) Tomonaga asks about Satoshi's initial plan to transfer to another school for baseball. "Ah. I gave up on that," Satoshi nonchantly replies. He also mentions he thought it'd be a good idea to work part-time while studying.

Tomonaga obviously finds this strange, according to his facial expression...the boy gets heavily suspicious when 'Satoshi' gives a very wrong reply to the 'when you come back' greeting. The answer's supposed to be 'It's Ichiro the Second', but 'Satoshi' answered with "Oh, you want a souvenir?"


Their conversation concludes with Tomonaga hanging up; slamming down the phone. He promptly asks his mother who the person on the phone was.

"What are you saying, dear? That was your brother...I wouldn't forget what my own son's voice sounds like, right?" Also, this is apparently the first time since enrolling in Naraka High that Satoshi bothered to call home.

'Satoshi' really did sound like Tomonaga's brother, and it's possible that he could've changed his mind about transferring, but...the main point is that the real Satoshi could've never forgotten about his love for baseball so easily; not remembering his own idol, Ichiro the Second, is simply impossible.

Tomonaga wonders where his real brother is, panicking...


The scene shifts to a library, Tomonaga typing away on a computer. He seems to be searching for information on Naraka High, and comes upon some alarming news that a certain amount of students are rumoured to be missing or dead, since they never came home.

Suddenly Tomonaga encounters a 'mission notice' which target group are the people whose children went missing upon them enrolling in Naraka High. They mention that they've discovered that the deceased students' bodies are routinely discarded at Mountain K in Prefecture G, so they ask the target group to join them so as to retrieve their beloved children.


Tomonaga, though highly tempted to join the mission (since Prefecture G is a neigbouring prefecture) , thinks he cannot be sure that his brother is actually dead. He still might be alive and kicking...

Unfortunately, the mission notice also informs the target group that their child is probably dead, if they have received false phone calls or have been visited by someone similar-looking to their child. (Actually I'm not sure at the second possibility, it could be that...or a government staff visiting the family to inform them of their child's progress...so as to avoid arousing suspicion of their child's death)

Tomonaga loses hope.


The scene shifts to the mountains. The mission group is seen, discussing on their course of action. A woman with glasses (who will shall refer to as 'Doctor') announces that the remains are somewhere behind a nearby building, it's entrance straight up front, security cameras disabled.

She wants everyone to retrieve a bone fragment, and to bring them to her warehouse at the bottom of the mountain for DNA testing. She also warns the group, however, to immediately hightail out of the building if danger arises.

Suddenly, Tomonaga appears. He mentions that his brother is missing too, and so asks them to bring him along in their search. Doctor and one guy thinks it's too dangerous for a kid to be here, so Doctor leads him away to catch him a taxi back home.

The mission group make their way into the building. Upon entering, they encounter a horrible stench wafting around. They reach a giant door after walking straight down a path, and they slowly open it. They are greeted with a blast of horrendous smell...
       
-insert satrical joke bout' le corpse mountain here-

...And an enormous pile of Naraka students' rotting corpses.

Before the mission group can get out of the building to tell the world of their gory discovery, trouble arrives. The government staff force them to into one of their suspicious-looking trucks. (Most likely they will be sent off to a remote area and be silenced...permanently)


Tomonaga, for some reason, is in the building. (Maybe got off the taxi after some distance, or escaped from the Doctor.) He succeeds in hiding his presence from the government staff, and cautiously enters the corpse mountain room.

Tomonaga stares at the corpse mountain, somewhat stunned. "I see...so...my brother's in here somewhere," he comments.

By the way, Tomonaga's holding a case, inside it is his toothbrush and toothpaste. Funny, I didn't notice it before...

We see Doctor in her warehouse, calling someone (most likely mission group member) They don't pick up, leaving her frustrated. Then Tomonaga shows up, cradling something in his bloodied shirt. That something turns out to be bone fragments, and he scatters them on the Doctor's coffee table.

Tomonaga asks the stunned Doctor to test the fragments.

The girl at the very bottom left is Ryo, the doctor's niece.

Tomonaga is now determined to find his brother's remains, searching for them everyday. Day after day, day after day...it's a difficult feat though (understatement!) since he has to dig through a mountain of corpses, and worse, more corpses are dumped to the pile over time. Some of the government staff caught a glimpse of him too, at times.

We find out that Tomonaga hasn't been going to school since searching for his brother's bones. (Probably he still goes home, but instead of going to school in the morning, he goes to the doctor's warehouse instead. Every single day.)

Doctor suggests that they reveal the public about the corpse mountain, so Tomonaga can return to his normal life. Tomonaga rejects the idea, since the chance of them being silenced (like the mission group) is highly probable if they actually went ahead with it. He swears that he will find his brother's bones.


Ryo decides to help Tomonaga in his search. (The corpse mountain is accessible from a manhole covered with leaves on-top, somewhere in the mountains.) She reaches the corpse mountain area and tells Tomonaga she'd like to help too. Tomonaga turns down her offer, but Ryo merely crouches down and begins retrieving the bone fragments.  

Tomonaga shouts to her that his brother's bones wouldn't so old, and Ryo immediately goes to a further pile of bones. This search continues on for 7 to 8 years...

Thus, the birth of a sociopath.

I seriously can't help but help feeling sympathetic towards Tomonaga, after reading this chapter. He's sort of like Takano from Higurashi. Both were good people once, but horrible circumstances tested their sanity. Tomonaga is more tame than Takano though (cos' almost everything is more tame than Takano!)

Anyways, Tomonaga says he hates Spring, since that is the time where a fresh heap of corpses would pile on top on his brother's remains. Tomonaga becomes seething with rage, furiously flinging away the corpses 'making his brother's remains buried under'.

Then one day, Doctor reveals to Tomonaga that a bone fragment he found belongs to his brother. Tomonaga is overwhelmed with emotion, and starts crying. From seeing his brother's bone, he decides to enroll into Naraka High as well.


Tomonaga comes home, and finds his mother on the phone. Fake Satoshi on the other end, his mother tells him to go talk with him. (Basically a complete repeat to what we saw in 2028) 

Alright, all them conversation is complete BLAH BLAH TOMONAGA IS PLAYING TRUANT AND HAS BECOME A PROCRASTINATOR. YOU'RE WORRYING MOTHER.  OH, I SEE, I'LL PAY YOUR FEES IF YOU DECIDE TO ENROLL IN NARAKA, TOMONAGA!

                                                   
You're still smoking hot, Tomonaga, regardless how sociopathic you've become ._.

*cough* After that, Tomonaga slams the phone down on the floor. (See, such deja vu) Horrific looking facial expression follows. Tomonaga swears to annihilate everything that involves his brother's death.


"Hey, big brother..."
"Let's smash this dump together, shall we?"

Monday, June 20, 2011

Aphorism Vol. 4 (Chapter 12) summary-

Once again, 99mh is credited for the scans. Here's Aphorism Chapter 12's summary:
Chapter 12 (34 pages)


The chapter starts off with Rokudo waking up in a comfortable-looking bed, in a rich, exquisite Traditional Chinese Palace.

Rokudo has no clue where he is, nor why he's wearing such weird clothes. (obviously Traditional Chinese garments) He also has no memory of what occurred after his gruesome death; only remembering he was getting food with Aira and Hinata. While questioning his location, he wonders if the place is some isolation ward.

Looking outside the window, Rokudo sees the large area filled with rock-architecture. Suddenly, his servant (lolwut) pops out of nowhere and politely asks him, his young master, whether he'd like his tea now. Rokudo accepts the tea. Being the dense brick that he is, Rokudo takes a few moments to turn to his servant, asking him who he is.

 DOES THIS REMIND OF YOU ANYTHING, YOUNG MASTER
KUROSHITSUJI x APHORISM
"Greetings, Momiji-kun." (seriously what are those things clipped onto Rokudo's ears o_o)

Rokudo asks the servant who he is, once again. The servant replies that he's 'Rokudo'; everyone knows him by that. Rokudo immediately realises that the servant is actually his transformation. (To make things easier, since he has no official name, let's refer to the servant as 'Kuro') However, Rokudo does not recognize Kuro at all.

But Kuro does resemble Aira's previous description of his transformation, like 'completely different personality and skill set', Rokudo thinks. Following after is irrelevant but amusing thoughts of the situation by Rokudo.

Anyways, Rokudo comments that Kuro really is a completely different person, though the latter disagrees; after all, he's Rokudo too, the same person. This completely confuses Rokudo.


Rokudo asks Kuro where they are right now. Why is he here, more importantly? The latter says he should be the asking that, since Rokudo isn't supposed to be here...the place isn't meant for the living. If Rokudo's here...that must mean...

Kuro is certain that Rokudo is dead, if he's here right now. Only his spirit remains.

Kuro begins to think the possible causes of Rokudo's uncertain death. (Like everyone else, he thinks the young master is a dense brick for not even remembering his moment of death.) Kuro has to think fast on his next course of action, since it'd be impossible to do anything if Rokudo's body starts decomposing... 


Rokudo gets sleepy. Lucky bastard gets tucked in by Kuro, and knocks out in 2 seconds flat. Unfortunately, Rokudo's tiredness is a sign of his spirit weakening at an alarming rate; Kuro tells the slumbering Rokudo he'll definitely get back his life for him.


Kuro regains conciousness in the real world; immobile and sees pitch black darkness, due to being in the body-bag onboard the body truck. Good luck strikes when his body-bag is accidentally thrown off the truck. Kuro unzips himself out of the body bag, finding himself in the mountains; he quickly makes his way to Naraka High.

The apathetic-looking girl is Ryo Mukai,  Group 4.  

The scene shifts to Naraka High, and we see the main cast comforting Aira. Suddenly a student, Ryo Mukai, from Group 4 (affectionally named "Tomonaga's mutt" by the Immortal guy) confronts them. She warns the main cast that they'll be asking for a death wish if they continue to interfere with Tomonaga's affairs. (Strangely, she refers to Tomonaga by his first name "Izuru")

Immortal guy gets pissed fast. Hinata calmly asks Ryo what Group 4's true agenda is, but she merely gives them a menacing glare. She says farewell shortly afterwards.

Ryo's seal is 'Decoy'. 
In this case,
she uses it to turn Hinata's nakama comrades against him (decoy).                

Immortal guy is still mad, and gets set to punch Ryo. The girl predicts such punching action, and uses her seal 'decoy' to direct his brutal punch towards Hinata instead. Next, Aira attempts a violent slash on Hinata, the victim and Immortal guy barely dodging.

Aira and Immortal guy's weapons seem to be moving on their own, same goes for the rest of the main cast. They only halt their injuring spree when Hinata demands them to.

The scene shifts to Hinata's dorm room, the main cast discussing on their next course of action, and it concluding when Immortal guy accidentally flings...something (a cuff?)...directed at Hinata's head.   


Next we see Ryo and Tomonaga in a dorm room, the former bandaging the latter's badly-cut palm. (It seems that these two have a close relationship, since...Tomonaga sees almost everyone as pawns? It's strange that he'd let someone bandage him)

Ryo tells Tomonaga not to be so reckless, and heads for the door when she finishes bandaging him. Tomonaga asks of her location before coming here, and after hearing her reply, warns her not to do anything 'unnecessary'. She assures him that she won't do that...not now, not ever.

Oh, it's always the hot ones that gotta be the crazy sociopaths       

Tomonaga mentions of the lack of action made by the 'governmental slaves', saying they've failed his expectations, same for the main cast...he says he deliberately  spared their lives...for some reason. He decides that 'trash', ultimately, has to be cleared away after all...it's only human to keep things clean, amirite?

Kuro is then seen walking the streets, making his way back to Naraka High. He smiles, telling Rokudo to wait for him, and swears to make things normal again.

Welcome back!
  

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Aphorism Vol. 4 (Chapter 11) summary-

FANGIRLISM ROCKS. Seriously. I got such a high when I went to the bookstore today and got me 8 manga tankobon! (Aphorism Vol. 4, 5, 6/ Are you Alice Vol. 1, 2/ Afterschool Charisma Vol. 2, 4, 5)

So for the Aphorism manga Vol. 4 summary...

This is for chapter 11 of Vol. 4. Most likely I will post 1 or 2 chapter summaries each day.

Click on the 'Aphorism' tag at the bottom of the post for more Aphorism manga summaries.

(btw, THIS IS MY FIRST POST WHICH INCLUDES PICTURES. Yaaaay. The pictures are from 99mh, because I'm too lazy to take photos of my bought manga.)

Chapter 11 (38 pages)

http://thesweetheaven.blogspot.com/2010/12/end-of-anguish-start-of-bliss-cos-of.html

The above link was the previous summary of Chapter 11. (my attempt of translating the chinese version of the chapter) My translation was better than expected, as almost everything was correct; one part was omitted though, when comparing it to the English version of chapter 11.

So for past viewers of the above link, it's highly recommended you read this version of the summary, as it's more organised and easier to understand. (By the way, the one part I omitted in the previous summary due to lack of understanding is Hinata's conversation with his sister.)


- The chapter starts off with Tomonaga squishing (with his foot) Rokudo's ripped out heart, after questioning why it's still beating.



Next scene is Rokudo being confirmed dead, heart missing, but cause of death unknown. (lolwut) The body-packers seal Rokudo up in a body-bag, then transport him to their truck. Aira cries in distress, after seeing Rokudo's body driven away, shouting his name all the while.


The main cast (aka Hinata, Mea, the immortal guy, etc) contemplate the danger they're in, since Tomonaga is most likely targeting them as well. Hinata dashes off to his room, and shouts at someone on the laptop, demanding he let him see his sister immediately. Hinata curses at his sister, eg "old hag!", and in general describes the current situation in a nutshell.

Hinata's sister suddenly shows up on the monitor, telling Hinata to go die for insulting her. (lol) Hinata immediately humbles down at her presence.


Hinata's -elder- sister's name is Toko Horai,  person-in-charge of Naraka High.
Hinata tells his sister, Toko, that she should've received his report of the current situation by now. Toko says she's seen it and what to do about Izuru Tomonaga is under deliberation. Hinata demands at least background info on Tomonaga, and is told that the guy has a sibling and parents that get along perfectly well.

Hinata suggests that they use Tomonaga's parents as hostages/bait. Illegal, his sister reminds him, but Hinata reminds her  that Naraka High is beyond legit,  the irony of it all. Toko asks him to calm down, and says she knows his roommate (Rokudo) was killed too. Hinata swears that he'll get revenge on Tomonaga for killing Rokudo right in front of his eyes.


The room goes quiet. Toko breaks the silence by saying that Tomonaga has a deceased elder brother, which Hinata deems as useless information, until Toko says his elder brother's body is in 'that place'.

Hinata gets a shock, realising that Tomonaga's brother was enrolled in Naraka High as well, if his body was dumped in 'that place'. Toko momentarily goes silent and confirms Hinata's assumption. Tomonaga's brother had died during an Eclipse.


Toko reveals a photo of Tomonaga's elder brother (the guy on the very top^), and comments that Tomonaga must be the looker of the family. (I agree) The guy in the cap says this could imply that Tomonaga is trying to avenge his brother...or something.

Hinata says that's impossible, because Naraka High does not return their students' corpses to their families, nor do they inform their families about their child's death.

Hence Tomonaga's knowledge of his brother's death is impossible. Immortal guy is in disbelief hearing such shocking news. Hinata says that it'd be unrealistic for them to return a family their child's corpse, due to the horribly-mangled state of it. The families would probably be shocked to death. (What a gloomy way to put it...)

To hide a student's death (avoid suspicion), someone who possesses transforming abilities will be tasked to follow-up with the student's family members. However, to a point, this practice is impossible to keep up. 

Toko says that Tomonaga doesn't have any known close friends, and doesn't attend school most of the time...then going silent. Hinata stresses to her that their lives are going to be in great danger if Tomonaga is not dealt with soon, and pleads for her help.


Toko understands his situation, and tells him that she will arrange Tomonaga's powers to be suppressed...but it'll take at least ten days. Hinata thinks waiting for so long is asking for death. She reminds Hinata that in her school days, the student body would take care of the problem themselves,  whenever a student went psycho.

Hinata angrily says that Toko is thinking light of such a lethal situation, but is proven otherwise when Toko says that Tomonaga is definitely a extraordinary person, and understands all difficulties they're facing. She's already doing her best to remedy the situation, so expecting much more than this is too unrealistic. Any complaints shall be ignored henceworth, she says, and ends the conversation.


Hinata goes into the 'it's hopeless' stance. In midst of his stance, he notices Aira is gone, and promptly asks Mea (arrow-bow girl) where she is. Mea doesn't have a clue either. "She was here just a moment ago," she says. Shocked looks then form on Hinata and Mea's faces.


In the next scene, Aira is seen looking around for Tomonaga. Upon finding his location, she eargerly chases after him at an extraordinary speed. She summons her katana when Tomonaga comes dangerously close to her area.


Aira attempts to slash Tomonaga, only to be foiled by his swift dodge. She then wields her katana extremely close to his throat. Immense hatred is reflected on her eyes.

(holy shit the above writing is so !quality! I'm sorry if the bleak writing has bored you to tears by now)

Tomonaga mockingly asks her if this is her idea of 'revenge'. He says her method is pathetic, and grips her katana. "The bonds between you are so shallow. That's why you're all so vulgar" Tomonaga mentions that he spent 7 years, crawling in 'that filthy sea of trash' (dump site!) Aira is all 'wtf'.

Day after day, day after day, day after day...insistently repeating his words, that Tomonaga...

Aira thinks Tomonaga's lost it, acting so higurashi-like psychotic. Tomonaga persists in tightly gripping the katana, and his hand oozes with red blood from the pressure.

All the while, he menacingly asks what's Aira's deal with her being so sentimental from Rokudo's death; her reactions make him so nauseous that he wants to puke his guts out.


Aira pulls her katana away from Tomonaga, and collapses to the ground, knees first. Tomonaga questions her whether she came for revenge or not. Aira's prevalent sense of justice prevents her from 'killing people so easily', regardless who. She then breaks down in tears. Tomonaga looks down on her, and walks away. He deems her 'not even worth killing'.


Aira proceeds to mentally beat herself up, for not having the courage to kill Tomonaga when she clearly had a very good chance to. Mea suddenly turns up and snaps Aira out of her daze; comforting her.

The scene shifts to the mountains. The body truck is driving along the path, when a body bag flies out of it and is left alone on the path. The body inside the body bag unzips itself out.

It's f*cking Rokudo.