Sure.

a'ight

do it

you will get laid

slow scanner scans slowly

forgive the different sizes. Im too lazy to uniformize

agh I hate scanning

How many pages is this? Might it not be easier to scan all the pages first, then rapidshare them as a rar or something?

you could send it to me and I'll scan it for you.
It might be faster

more

a legendary image is born

between slow updates, watch this!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=vSk4SUpWVuY

but wait there's more

the breathtaking finale approaches

Im going to work azu. Those that can read moonspeak may languish in anticipation after this one.

Welll, while Anono's at work...

>>112748
Page 5
1
Yt: What's "Higashinga"?

2
T: Our neighbors, the Yamadas, have a dog called Higashinga.

Yt: Awe-...awesome!

YmFX: It is?

Ym: Quit making up junk.

3
O: Okay, lemme put this in easy terms...

4
O1: Some guy called Higashi got in on this...

O2: An' before we knew it, it became Higashinga!

Yts: I don't get it!

5
S1: You should figure it out if you read the already published books.

Ym: Damn, you're blunt!

>>112751
Pg. 6
Yotsuba & Mr. Abe

1
D: Looks like another big win for Hanshin.

TV: Ho, and that's three strikes for Abe!

2
D: Hm? What's wrong, Yotsuba?

3
Yt1: Hn... hn-hn...

Yt2: Mr. Abe... Mr. Abe is...

4
Yt: Mr. Abe is dead!

D1: Wh-?

D2: Dead?!

5
D: Calm down, Yotsuba! Abe's not dead!

D2: He just struck out!

Yt1: Huh?

Yt2: Wow! Mr. Abe came back to life!

>>112753
Pg. 7
Flap Flap

1
O: Aah! Chiyo, what happened to ya?

Yt: Huhh!?

2
FX: Flap flap flap

3
FX: Flap flap flap

O: 'Nother new style, huh? Four extra parts should double yer flight speed!

4
Yt: Are you having fun?

FX: Flap flap flap

O: Heck, yeah, this's the best!

>>112755
Pg. 8
Still Flapping

1
FX: Flap flap flap

2
C: Huh? What are you and Yotsuba doing, Miss Osaka?

3
O1: Whew...y'all scared me, there...

O2: So you and Yotsuba are two different people!

4
O: So is Yotsuba your clone, Chiyo?

Yt: Loan? Sure, we've got plenty! (Daddy says so.)

>>112756
Pg. 9
The Pretty One

1
T: A question for the lovely Miss Asagi!

A: What?

2
T1: What's your normal life like?

T2: Please, teach us the secret of your good looks!

T3: Be sure you teach Yomi how to stay thin...

3
A1: Well, let's see...I usually lie around reading magazines wherever the A/C's working...

A2: ...eating popsicles and sweets.

A3: I just don't put on weight, so...

4
T: Well, that doesn't help!

Ym: She's yanking your chain.

>>112757
Pg. 10
A Scary Girl

1
T: Here's the problem: See this girl?

T2: Is this Yotsuba? Or is it Chiyo in costume?

2
A: So we just have to figure out which she is? No sweat!

F: I'd think her hair color would be a big clue...

3
A1: Hey-up!

A2: Whoo, look how tall you are!

A3: You're poking right out of the panel!

Yt: Eeeek!

F: Whoa, you're a powerhouse, sis!

4
A: Judging from the reaction...she's Chiyo, right?

C: Th-...that's...right...

FX: Shake shake tremble tremble

T: S-...scary...

>>112759
Pg. 11
Young Fuuka

1
F: How do you do? I'm Fuuka Ayase.

2
Yu: Your voice reminds me of Noriko Hidaka's.

FFX: O-oh, really?

3
Yu: "Fuuka"?

F: Right. Written with the kanji for "wind" and "scent"...

4
Yu: You sure it's not because you look likely to weather? That's another "fuuka".

F: Ack!

>>112763
Ah, you beat me this time Sprocket.
It didn't help that I spent about a half hour trying to figure out the kangi on page 7 before realizing it was 飛.
I also couldn't for the life of me figure out how the なら fit into Yotsuba's line on page 8.

Did you catch the pun on page 6? You didn't mention it in your translation.
阿部三振だ (abe sanshin da, abe has struck out) sounds like 阿部さん死んだ (abe-san shinda, abe-san has died)

>>112768

>Ah, you beat me this time Sprocket.

<twirls nonexistent handlebar mustache>

>Did you catch the pun on page 6?

I caught it, but in my rush to post before I had to go back to work, I didn't have time to mention it.

Now that I have another free moment or two, I can see I should've translated it as "And Abe goes down with three strikes!" and then have Yotsuba cry about someone beating Abe three times 'til he fell down.

la la la

oops, had to repost #8

also, what does the color cover say?

>>112790
Much obliged for the lettering.

Oh, and a correction for page 6 in an attempt to convey the sense of the original pun:

2
Yt3: Mr. Abe...

Yt4: ...they hit him three times...

3
Yt: ...and now he's DEAD!

And if you like, a footnote to explain:
*"Abe sanshin da" = "Abe has three strikes" versus "Abe-san shinda" = "Mr. Abe's dead."

The referring asterisk can probably go at the end of Yotsuba's dialog in panel 3

>also, what does the color cover say?

From left to right:

Favorite Doll: 2500 yen
Favorite T-shirt: 1500 yen
Smile: 0 yen

>>112790
You missed page 5 as well. (>>112748)

>>112792
well you could always print the strips out and draw them in I guess

>>112797
oops, thanks

Slightly revised Page 9. Asagi's second and third sentences in panel 3 are in the second balloon, so I've arranged the translation to reflect that. Also eases up on word crowding a bit.

Azu is patient

There will be a reward for your patience

FF11 fans rejoice in the coming of Taru Chiyo on page 17

behold

aaand

over. What great success!

now the reward for your patience is..

another one.. tomorrow

until then, here's the cover

>>112813
Oh god.. too many puns...

>>112818

Pg. 12
Huge

1
J: Miss Kurosawa, I'd like a car, please.

Yk: You're huge!

N: You're huge!

2
S1: Uh...um...

S2: Y-...you're huge...

J: So are you. For a high school girl.

3
J: ......

T: You're huge!

K: You're huge!

4
O: You're Hughes?

J: No, my name's not Howard.*

*"Deka" = "dekai" = "huge" versus "deka" = "cop"

Pg. 13
A Girl Who Knows the Difference

T1: I see icy seas, ai, si, si!

T2: This is too intense for two in tents!

T3: How many boards could the Mongols hoard if the Mongol hordes got bored?

T4: Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?

2
Yt: ......

YtFX: ?

T: Huh? This is where you're supposed to laugh!

3
Yt: I don't get it! Are you stupid?

T: Gh'!

4
O: Huh? What's th' matter, Tomo?

FX: Mutter grumble

Ym: Looks like someone got the best of her...

Pg. 14
CicaDaddy

1
Yt: We'll catch lots more cicadas today, Ena!

E: Okay! Let's do our best!

2
Yt: There's one!

3
Yt: I did it! I got him!

4
E: Wh-...what...what IS this?

Yt: I've never seen a cicada this red before!

Pg. 15
Amazing

1
S: This is...the father.

Yt: Daddy?

2
Wow! Cicada daddies are amazingly red, huh?

3
S: Oh...no, that's Chiyo's father.

Yt: Huhhh?

4
Yt1: Now THAT's amazing! Chiyo's the kid of a cicada?! Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

Yt2: And she looks so human!

S: Um...no, that's not it.

Pg. 16
Um...TL; CTN Given a few hours I don't have, maybe.

Pg. 17
Higashinga FF, Pt. 1

1
Elven warrior Sakaki...has spent two hours without getting invited by a party...

2
S: Guess I'll call it a day...

C: Miss Sakakiii!

3
C1: Please cheer up!

C2: I gained a weapon, so I'll give it to you!

4
S: Thank you for...this dagger?

C: What do you mean? That's a two-handed sword!

Caption: Drawn by....PIA

Higashinga FF, Pt. 2

1
FX: Flap flap flap flap

2
O: Chiyo, how come you're flyin'?

3
C: I got an airship pass!

4
O: Lucky.... Guess I should try for one.

Caption: Note: You can't fly with an airship pass.

Pg. 18
AFTERWORD
Yotsuba! If they let me catch cicadas ["semi" in Japanese], I'd be pro-class. In short, a semi-pro! Whoo!!!! Thank you for picking up Yotsuba & Higashinga, the latest in Laputa Empire's Higashinga series.
I love the atmosphere flowing throughout the Yotsuba &! manga. I'm glad it's become different from Azumanga Daioh in a good way. There's probably no link to the Wallaby-type Azumanga world. Jumbo's becoming my favorite character. He's funny and a great guy.
The three sisters leave a whole different impression than they did in TTT. I kinda liked the ponytailed-Sakaki-type Fuuka, though... (LOL) It's a work you just want to relax and watch. I still haven't decided what we're going to make next issue, but at some point, I'd like to draw a continuation of the Higashinga 7 college chapter. Please continue to support Laputa Empire. See yaaa.
P.S.: But man, Hanshin's some strong team, huh? Ah ha ha ha!

Publisher: Laputa Empire
Publication Date: Aug. 16, 2003 (1st pr.)
Printer: Tom Publishing
Contact Info: **?? Katsumata, 1-15-24 Zengyôzaka, Fujisawa-shi, Kanagawa-ken 251-0876
Email: fwhj6170@nifty.com
Laputa Empire Home Page: Michigusa Yokochô Ni-chôme [Loitering Lane, Ward 2]
http://www2.pos.to/~henyo/
Please leave comments and ideas on our message board.

[**Sorry, I don't have my name kanji dictionary handy, so I've no idea how this would be pronounced. As a NORMAL kanji, yes, but not as a NAME kanji.]

Not Especially Jealous

1
Yt: Aw, it's over already? I wanted to play some more!

2
T: Looks like you lost the lead role this time, Chiyo!

3
C: Yotsuba's in the main book right now, so I'm happy just to be here.

4
Ym1: So she says, but...

Ym2: ...she still looks really P.O.'d...

>>112822

>Oh god.. too many puns...

No kidding. I just went for whatever pun-filled tongue twisters I could find, remember or make up. There's no way those things would retain the all wordplay if I just translated them.

>>112824
Where did you find those anyway? I've never heard them before.

>>112823
PS, here's an online name kanji dictionary, if you didn't already know about it.
http://www.nihongoresources.com/dictionaries/names.html

Looks like there's a half dozen or so name readings for 方.

>>112825
Some I looked up after Googling "homophone" or "pun" and "tongue twister". One or two I just made up myself.

>>112826
I suppose I should've checked for one, at that.

Unfortunately, the search results aren't organized in order of usage frequency, which is more or less how my hard-copy dictionary arranges pronunciations. If I had to guess, though, I'd say the first name was "Michi".

>>112827
Okay, after double-checking myself...

The first two I made up. The "Mongol" one is from Calvin and Hobbes and is listed on multiple tongue twister sites. The "can" one I found by Googling "tongue twister" and "pun", as I recall. I decided which went where mostly by word balloon size.

>>112817

Ah! A Final Fantasy XI / Azu crossover piece. Excellent!

Sakaki-san is an Elvaan, Chiyo-chan is a Tarutaru, and Osaka appears to be a regular Hume. (What, no Mithra Kagura?)

The joke about the dagger/two-handed sword - in-game, weapons appear smaller when held by a Tarutaru than by an Elvaan (a Tarutaru is about knee-high to an Elvaan). So the joke here is that Chiyo's two-handed sword appears to be a dagger to Sakaki (even if that's not the way it really works in the game).

And, as the note says, an airship pass doesn't allow you to 'fly' like Chiyo's doing. It just lets you ride on an airship.

Oh goodness! This thread has just achieved legendary levels of awesomeness! I feel like my life is finally complete! Thank you /azu/ there are not enough internets worth in the entire univrese that I can give you for this! I love you /azu/!!!!

anono is made of fail and late

please accept these meager offerings; there will be closure at some point

>>112884
C: Higashinga Daioh Side Story...I guess.

>>112886
Ugh...too long for me to manage still. The chapter title is "A New Day"...

>>112889
I'm kinda unsure on some of this one...

To Higashinga
Opening Manga (Patting)

1
FX: Patpatpatpatpatpatpatpat

2
FX: Patpatpatpatpat

Hiroyuki: I'm a lead character, so this is as far as my perqs go.

3
Guy: Looks like we don't do anything this time, even if we are the leads.

FX: We've even got censor bars on our faces.

Hiroyuki: What?!

4
Hiroyuki1: Rrr!

Hiroyuki2: Then no one will know who I am!

5
Hiroyuki1: ......

Hiroyuki2: ...wait a sec, that means...

6
Hiroyuki: We can cop all the feels we want and no one will find out!

FX: Oh boy oh boy

Guy2: Uh, I don't think it's gonna work that way, Hiroyuki.

>>112890
Satellite Service

1
Sk: F-...Father?

2
Se: Initiating download...

4
Se1: Despite how I look, I am not really a cat.

Se2: I am Chiyo's father. Thank you for always caring for my daughter.

>>112906

>I'm kinda unsure on some of this one...

I couldn't figure that one out either, so I figured I'd let you handle it.
What is the ないと at the end of the first balloon supposed to indicate?

Also, 役得 is the first compound I've seen where, after I looked up its English meaning, I had to look up the English meaning in a dictionary. (perquisites/emoulments)
I also had no idea until you wrote "perqs" that "perks" was short for "perquisites" (or short for anything for that matter).

>>112912

>>I'm kinda unsure on some of this one...
>
>I couldn't figure that one out either, so I >figured I'd let you handle it.

Uh...thanks?

>What is the ないと at the end of the first
>balloon supposed to indicate?

That's part of what puzzled me. Normally, I'd take to mean "if there isn't..." but with that なー at the end, it now reads to me like an abbreviated ないという事だな--"(the situation is that) there aren't..." I may be misinterpreting the implied missing words.

>Also, 役得 is the first compound I've seen
>where, after I looked up its English meaning, I
>had to look up the English meaning in a
>dictionary. (perquisites/emoulments)

Granted, one usually doesn't see the whole word.

>I also had no idea until you wrote "perqs" that
>"perks" was short for "perquisites" (or short
>for anything for that matter).

Little did you realize this could be so English-educational! (I know I didn't.)

I recall seeing/hearing "perks" in use for several years before I learned it was short for "perquisites". That's part of why I spelled it as I did--and it seems to have conveyed exactly what I intended.

>>112920
This is going off topic just a bit, but I've been trying to find a way to brush up on my Japanese listening comprehension (I say "brush up" but really my ability practically nonexistant).
Do you have a recommended resource?

>>112927
Much as I hate to disillusion you, my listening comprehension isn't that hot, either, so take as much salt as you like with this advice:

See if there's a local Japanese/Asian Culture Society or similar in your area. I've considered that, but my schedule doesn't allow me regular enough off time for it. I rely on occasional get-togethers with pen-pals, listening to Japanese shows with subtitles (English or Japanese) when I can, and conversing with a couple of local fellow Japanese learners now and then.

>>112928
Well thanks anyway. I know of a handful of websites where you can find native speakers of the language you want to learn (who want to learn your native language) so that you can converse with one another through Skype or something, but my listening/speaking comprehension has a long way to go before I can even do that.