The last arc of Bleach (fan) – Episode 1 is finally here!

Posted on by walkerika

It’s here! I’m so excited! I was actually early for this one (((o(*ﾟ▽ﾟ*)o)))♡

https://youtu.be/FjEtIdoX09g

(I have to figure out how to add a video next time…)

For those who don’t know, that is basically for everyone, I love Bleach. I’m a huge fan. It was my gateway anime and also the first manga I’ve read. I’m perfectly aware of all its faults but I still love it, and if that’s not love I don’t know what it is ;)

It’s been a long time since the official anime has ended and two years now that the manga was finished. There was no news of anime return, so the fans took everything in their own hands and started doing a fan animation of the last arc. And it all started with Retro Ryno, a brave young man, who wasn’t afraid to shoulder such a big project alone. I’ve been following this project of his since JaymesHanson first made a shout out video about it, and I am glad I was able to see his journey of growth. He’s a great guy, go check him out! Now his team got bigger and they have more experience overall, so the episodes should be out faster, just another 5 months for episode 2, oh wait… ;p

Anyways, if you are a Bleach fan or just want to see what a group of dedicated fans can do for their favorite series, go check out an Episode 1 on YouTube: https://youtu.be/FjEtIdoX09g

Also, the voice acting was great, they even got Johnny Yong Bosch, the original dub voice actor, to voice Ichigo 🤩

Have so much to add but Imma go watch the episode release celebration stream now, so till the next time. Bye)

Hisashiburi desu ne

Posted on by walkerika

It’s been more than a year now since the the last time I posted anything. Not that anyone is reading my posts (at least for now), but for the sake of consistency I will mention that I’ve successfully graduated, got a job, ended up burning out at that job and got another job during the period of my inactivity here and now that I’ve figured out my life a bit, I’m ready, at last, to continue this little endeavor of mine. Yoroshiku ne.

Also, I kind of regret the choice of my alias, drrr why you made me do this. I just feel like I can’t identify with this name anymore. But I haven’t find a replacement yet. How do people even come up with the names? It’s been years and I still can’t come up with anything that will stick. Will I ever find the right one? It’s not like you can keep renaming yourself all the time so how do people pick just one? I’ve recently watched a Netflix series called The Good place and while watching I was like “I am totally Chidi”. An indecisive nerdy person? Yep, that’s me. So what was I talking about again? Ah, yes, if I will ever be able to decide the name, I will leave ErikaWalker behind. Or maybe I should just ask White rabbit for a name and/or become another Alice?…

Unmotivated Translator’s tale! Ch.1

Posted on by walkerika

I’ve discovered now that there are so many translations of Yarukinashi eiyuutan out there (I mean not only in English) and now I’m feeling even more pressure on me. I am an amateur translator and I am so slow that it makes me wonder if I should continue what I’m doing or maybe it’d be better to step aside and leave this novel to someone better than me.

Also, WN translations are so far ahead of me that I’m a little discouraged now. So many chapters to catch up on>< I shouldn’t read them, or I’ll start comparing them with mine. And then I’ll get depressed for sure… Even when I just read the description I was so embarrassed to realize that mine is so horrible (//>////<///) Though I’m not mentally prepared to edit any of my earlier translations, which means I’m stuck with this embarrassment for a while.

On the other hand, I don’t want to step aside and leave this LN for someone else. I started this endeavor with the goal of finishing at least one novel. Even if readers will hate me. I’m doing it for myself, too. It deepens my understanding of Japanese and helps me gain experience in translational work. My earliest works were done when I still had little knowledge of japanese and no experience at all, but now I am more confident in my abilities. I’m not the best, but not the worst either. (At least I hope so😅)

Also, WN translations makes me motivated to pull myself together and get to work. I would’ve done so right now had I not have the thesis that I’m totally supposed to be concentrating on right now. *sad*

I hope that I’ll still have this motivation if I survive the graduation. Ahem, I mean when. 

Tl;dr: I’m not dropping anything, just a little discouraged. But I’ll get over it. 

Okay, that’s more than enough for today.

See ya!