The time has come.
We are proud to give you “The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi-Chan” chapter 01.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/njnhteza1lq/Haruhi Chan ch 01 [E-S].zip
We would love any comments and criticism.
We currently have no ETA on the next chapter, but we have the raws for the whole volume, and we WILL scanlate it. (Unless another group does it, or legal issues pop up.)
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June 2, 2009 at 9:08 pm |
thank you for this, I hope you release the following chapters soon
btw, why aren’t you listed in mangaupdates.com?
June 2, 2009 at 9:18 pm |
I don’t know how to update it. I’ve put in a comment, though. Should I send the admins a note? Anyway, we just started releasing today.
Thanks for first comment. +1 internet for you.
June 2, 2009 at 9:26 pm |
there, I added your group and your release
just have to wait for it to be aproved
June 2, 2009 at 9:31 pm |
Thanks.
June 2, 2009 at 10:54 pm |
epic wins!!!!!!!!
thx a lot.
June 3, 2009 at 12:19 am |
after reading it…um…why aren’t there honorifics?
is that how the original is?
June 3, 2009 at 12:45 am |
We made the decision not to include honorifics in the translation. However, we’re pretty new at this…. Is it more common to have it included?
June 3, 2009 at 1:54 am |
it depeands on the group
also, some comedy manga use honorifics in some jokes
June 3, 2009 at 2:01 am |
Hey I dont know if it’s just me but the media fire link isn’t working.
June 3, 2009 at 8:15 am |
Added rapidshare link in downloads page.
June 3, 2009 at 3:02 am |
thanks for the chapter
June 3, 2009 at 3:33 am |
yeah it is, but it especially important for haruhi because everyone in the anime/light novel speak to each other in different ways. ex: towards Nagato Yuki, Kyon usually uses Nagato (disregarding honorific), Suzumiya Haruhi uses Yuki or Yuki-chan, Asahina Mikru and Koizumi Itsuki use Nagato-san. this gives infomatio about the characters status and the personality of the speaker… ex: Haruhi is overly familiar to the members of the SOS-dan’s girls in using -chan, whereas Kyon and Koizumi use honorifics for Asahina (Asahina-san) and Koizumi even uses honorifics for Nagato, although Kyon does not (presumably because their relationship is closer, since leaving off the honorific is usually for friends or to be rude towards that person by disregarding their status)
also,if you didn’t know (I doubt it though), try to leave the name order as is (ex: surname then given name). This is also a common practice in scanlations (less so in published English manga…though most online fans prefer the surname first, then the given name, such as Suzumiya Haruhi)
another thing that is much less common (though I personally would hope that it were more common) is no-translations of puns and key terms, which I prefer to be left in their original Japanese (unless it is a word in kakatana that is meant to be an English word that was taken from English ans sound-translated into Japanese, such as Animation, which is アニメーション, or a-ni-me-shu-n). Translating the pun (by which I mean substituting an English equivalent) usually loses the meaning of the pun, so it is best (in my opinion, though many disagree) o have a tl-note for the pun. This has a dual effect of properly explaining the original pun while teaching readers a japanese pun (I like learning Japanese, so…).
for key terms (such as “Data Integration Thought Entity”, Nagato Yuki’s faction in Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu) it is best to keep them as is (though they should be transliterated into English since they are written in kakatana, I think)
the second to last of my suggestions (on puns) is not very common, as many prefer to kind a substitute, though I find such a measure to be inadequate. this is up to you. but most of what I have said represents much of the scanlation community (please don’t try to find examples to counter what I have said, since there are bound to be a few)
As a new group, I would be happy to help out in editing the script before you guys type set if you want…
just e-mail my at bubba_yu at Yahoo.com, or the other one (the required mail address to post!)
I hope this helps. Good luck guys!
June 3, 2009 at 3:35 am |
sorry for the wall of text (I just noticed after I posted)
translations interest me, so I have a lot of opinions on them (I’m taking Japanese in College in hoping to start scanlating on my own…)
again, feel free to ask me far any help you might want…though don’t ask for a cleaner (I suck w/ photoshop…)
June 3, 2009 at 3:40 am |
also, looking back at the topic post: there should be no legal issues, as this is a doujin (an epic one, but a doujin nonetheless), meaning that it is fan-made. Unless I’m totally wrong (I hope not though).
anyways, most of the scanlation community is at odds with teh laws…actually, a lot of the internet is…so I wouldn’t worry about it.
also, are you guys also interested in nyoron? (Nyoron Churuya-san has 3+ volumes I think)
I will mail links to you if you want them.
as for haruhi-chan raws, I sent them to you in Sakurahana…check your pm-box, supernerden!
June 3, 2009 at 5:53 am |
Thanks alot for feedback and help
We’ll look into it, and probably implement it in the new releases. Appreciate it 
June 3, 2009 at 5:59 am |
Thanks for your comments. I agree with you on many points, and it would be nice to have someone to have as backup in the translation process. I have doubts in including you in the group, though, as communication is already slow even though me and sirjoey is in the same class. You’ve given us something to think about, however. Thanks again.
I might be wrong, but I believe we included honorifics some places, usually when they weren’t san. Oh, well.
About puns, I think directly translating them, but providing an explanation is the way to go. Have to talk to SJ.
Also, I can tell America woke up. Yesterday we had 17 views, today 177
June 3, 2009 at 7:06 am |
really? I’m in NJ, and I saw this earlier…
also, another group did the whole first volume…but the translation is very poor (It looks google-translated…)
so I hope you guys keep on working on it.
good luck!
July 10, 2009 at 2:09 am |
thanks for release. x3
October 20, 2009 at 4:53 am |
Hehe a very cute anime and as far as scanlating goes you did great. Quality of the pages are better than a lot of fan scans I’ve seen witch really get’s annoying to the point it’s almost un-readable. The translation wasn’t bad either, everything made sense, unlike google translations.
And one last thing… The Game… I lost too >.< DARN IT! xD Very nice job ^^
October 20, 2009 at 6:51 am |
Thank you very much. Expect new release today or tomorrow.
Aww… i lost the game…