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!

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

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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...!! "

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?"