The iDOLM@STER SP Translation Project

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Coinciding with a certain secretly dark idol’s birthday (that’s Amami Haruka if you didn’t already know), news of an iM@S SP translation project was announced on YouTube of all places. Apparently the group has tools to change game internals and a few people already working on translating game scripts. The project’s page can be found on the VN Translation Wiki while the demonstration video can be viewed below:
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Rewrite Character Descriptions Translated

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緑化都市、風祭。文明と緑の共存という理想を掲げたこの都市に住む天王寺瑚太朗は神戸小鳥、吉野晴彦らの友人たちと平凡な日々を送っていた。そんな平和な風祭市に、年一回の騒がしい時期が訪れようとしていた。都市を上げての収穫祭。巨大な文化祭のようなその催しに瑚太朗は記事のネタ集めのバイトを始めることに。風祭では未確認生物の情報や、オカルトチックな噂がまことしやかに囁かれていたからだ。同時期、瑚太朗の身に不可解な出来事降りかかり始める。瑚太朗はオカルト研究会の部長千里朱音に助けを請い、知り合いの生徒たちをも巻き込んでの調査を開始するのだった。それは瑚太朗にとって、ちょっとした冒険心のつもりだった。騒がしく仲間たちと過ごしていけるなら、それで良かった。瑚太朗はまだ気付かない。それが誰も知らない『真実』の探求へ*がっていくことを。

–書き換えることが出来るだろうか。彼女の、その運命を。

Afforestation, Kazamatsuri. Living in this city which touts an ideal where civilization and greenery coexist, Tennouji Kotarou, Kanbe Kotori, Yoshino Haruhiko and everyone spent ordinary days. In such a peaceful Kazamatsuri City, the yearly celebration arrived–A harvest festival to raise the city. In that massive culture festival-like event, Kotarou starts collecting news material part-time. It is because in Kazamatsuri, gossip of mysterious animals and occult rumors were being spread as the truth. Simultaneously Kotarou begins falling into an inexplicable incident. Kotarou requests assistance from the Head of the Occult Research Society, Senri Akane, and gets other students involved by starting investigations. That as far as Kotarou is concerned was the plan of petty adventurous spirit. If he were able to go with his boisterous friends that would be wonderful. Kotarou has yet to notice. That reality that no one knows.

–Could it be possible to Rewrite that girl’s fate?
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Rewrite Character Relations Chart Translated

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As previously promised I finished translating the character relations chart from Key’s Rewrite site. Although there wasn’t much to translate, arranging the text and cleaning up the image took some time. Hopefully I can also finish the character bios soon as well but at least that won’t involve any image editing.

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KEY’s Rewrite Site Officially Launched: New Character Info Revealed

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Exactly one year since the announcement of Key’s newest project Rewrite comes the true opening of the official site. Though several parts of the site have yet to launch, of great interest is the revealing of the main character cast in the form of site banners and of course the character page.
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Late Impressions: Mobile Suit Gundam 00

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I love the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise, and every time a new chapter is added, I feel the need to step back and evaluate what it adds to the mythos as a whole. With Gundam 00 at its conclusion (for now), I have my own critical opinions and thoughts on the series to share. WALL OF TEXT ahead.

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Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei 2

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Normally I don’t like to do episodic blogging but for an OVA of one of my favorite series ever, I can make an exception. Episode 2 starts off Saikoroshi-hen (Dice Killing Chapter) which is an epilogue for Matsuribayashi-hen (Festival Accompanying Chapter) and unlike the completely comedic Batsukoishi-hen (Penalty Loving Chapter) takes a much more series tone.
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Yuri on the Chalkboard Week 17

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Umineko 4 First Partial Patch Released

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For those who don’t already know, The Witch Hunt recently released patch 1 of 3 for Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 4: Alliance of the golden witch. This patch covers chapters 0 through 9 and includes a few bug fixes as well as an in-game Grimoire Tips system addressing the Japanese language to help solve the mystery of Rokkenjima. Links for the patches can be found here.

Unfortunately I have to do silly things like exams this week so I can’t play this for a while ;_;

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Sasameki Koto Manga Impressions

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With the announcement of the anime adaptation of the Seinen Yuri manga Sasameki Koto I being the yuri fan that I am decided to read the original manga version last night. The manga follows the story of Murasame Sumika, a popular girl renowned for her excellent grades and sports ability. However, she has a secret: she is in love with her classmate and best friend Kazama Ushio. Ushio also has a fondness for other girls but has yet to notice Sumika’s true feelings.
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Yuri on the Chalkboard Week 16

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