Have you ever almost had a mental breakdown and it’s just better to take a break from… everything?

I have.

I’ve been taking an unplanned break from scanlating these past few weeks. Don’t get me wrong, I still love manga and I haven’t quit (even if several staffers think I have, haha). I mean, even if *I’m* not doing any work, it doesn’t mean the other staffers haven’t been either.

I promise that when I get back to working fulltime, I’ll host a HUGE release. Like, a HIUGE HUGE release. Hopefully the biggest you’ve ever seen a scanlation group ever release. ; )

That being done…

I still need staffers! Especially QCing & editing. For QCing, please, if you’re an experienced editor (MUST have edited before! MUST!), and you have a good eye for catching mistakes (dust, unstraight pages, etc etc), I HIGHLY recommend you apply! Just click that pretty “Join Us” link in the left sidebar. ; ) (And if you’re an experienced cleaner and/or typesetter, join as an editor).

Descriptions for each job are provided in the “Join us” page, along with a pretty form you can fill out that goes directly to my inbox (that I check 50 times a day on my blackberry : D)

Thank you guys, and I hope you join OB (and we’re not dead)!

Dubby

P.S: On a sidenote, I’d *really* like some fast typesetters for Brocken Blood, Get You, and CUTExGUY. : D Apply!

P.S.S: I recently got Pokemon Platinum for the DS. Anyone up for exchanging friend codes? ;D

New chap of Rhapsody 8.

I’ll set up the project page later… if anyone knows me well enough, they’ll know I’m a lazy bitch (which makes me wonder why I run this group in the first place).

Shoutout to Arty for continuously pestering me to finish this - otherwise I wouldn’t have touched it. : P

Stuff is being worked on. Not with your help, anyway. Go apply as an editor right now. Do it.

Download: 24 Hr IRC Release

Dubby

New project, joint with Kuu-Scans.

Bot is down (dunno why, looking into it) for awhile. Go to #kuu @ irchighway.net for the release. 24 hour IRC release. Expect c8 out once I finish typesetting it (which should be soon).

kthxbai.

I’m off. ~_~

~Dubby

P.S: ilu cass + arty :3

So er… just a few updates, since we seen to have been slow lately.

First off, Oniichan HAS gotten a translator. I got quite a number of applicants for it, and I’m glad there are people interested in it. ^^ However, don’t be dissapointed - there are still other projects of ours if you guys still wanna translate. XD Hahaha. But yes, expect that series to be moving forward quickly soon~

In any case…

I was planning to have Happy Trouble Wedding c2 out by now at the least (same with Teacher’s Pet), but my school schedule hasn’t allowed me even 1-2 hours of my the time to scan. It’s a shame, really. And a huge pain. However, you can rest assured we’ll be moving at regular pace soon, once the entire school storm dies off. Just bear with us a bit more.

Staffers have also gone on hiatus in batches. This doesn’t help any… ;_; Please apply as an editor if you’ve got any experience cleaning and/or typesetting! ;.; It’ll help loads.

…I don’t know, but I’m pondering just stocking up releases and making a mass release to make up for our slowness. if that helps you guys any…

-sighs-

I think that’s it. –;

-Dubby

P.S: Sirius Black rocks, and anyone who says otherwise needs to die. ;__;

2 releases for you today.

Er… lesse… we got Zenbu Chodai c3 (whoo), and Oniichan c5.  No, goddamn it, we’re not dropping Oniichan. However, you won’t get future releases of it because our Japanese Translator for it, bakasaru87, went on an indifinite hiatus. She probably won’t be back till October, and I’m sure you guys don’t wanna wait that long for chapter 6 and up. I’ve never had to post up a recruit notice for translators before, so this is actually new… heh… If you’re interested in translating Oniichan for us, please fill our application here.

In other news… er… I put up a site counter (I don’t know why, I was just bored : D). So that should be fun. Also, Oniichan volume 1 tanko was released - if you enjoy the series, please remember to support the mangaka and buy it. ^^

Our donation drive is at 77%. We’re getting there!! Remember to support us and our costs by clicking that pretty donation button to the left. ;D Do eet. <3

Oh, and as always, we’re recruiting experienced editors. So… just apply. >_>;

K that’s it.

Release: IRC till I upload a link (read: I’m lazy). BTW, I set up an IRC guide! I really hope you guys check it out. ^^

~Dubby

EDIT: Something’s wrong with the commenting. I’m working on it. Sorry about that guys, must be a coding problem when I added the donation button to the left. ~_~ Actually, this is pretty embarassing as some of you are probably thinking “god what a greedy cow”. I ASSURE you, it wasn’t intentional. >__> I found it weird there were no comments, and trust me, I adore seeing comments. So… comment now, please? ;__; Last 2k people to visit. T__T

EDIT2: Took off the button, getting too much of a pain to handle. Not a coding expert here, kthx. Er… well… if you guys run into any problems, just let me know right away. >__<

Yet another new project… I really wasn’t planning on doing this project with OB, but things came up, so what can you do… fortunately, though, I found dedicated staff for every position, so hopefully there won’t be any stalling (ain’t that right, Shinrei? ~_~). Er… I’ll set up a project page for it later tonight… or tomorrow… frig off, I’m tired. ;_; But click here for series info if you care.

Er… let’s see…

Oh right, this is IRC ONLY.. for now. Edit: k nvm here’s the link Only because I’m too lazy to upload this bitch. So drop by IRC and get it. To make it easier on leechers… once you join our IRC channel (#ob @ irchighway.net), the command is /msg [XDCC]`Flubby xdcc send 11. >__>; Ain’t that easier now?

Please remember to DONATE! We’re at 66% of our monthly goal (maybe I’ll put up a progress meter… someday…). ^^ Just click the button below~~

And last but not least, we’re still recruiting experienced editors. To apply, go here.

k I’m done

GOOD FREAKING NIGHT. Enjoy the chapter more than I did QCing it. God I’m surprised I didn’t drop this crap on the spot with the pain I went through QCing this.

-Dubby

Hey everyone,

Dubby making me release now. Dubby is making me QC the chapter too, gasp! lol not that I minded, though it means she might not get my proofing work tonight XD I actually don’t have much to say…

Please remember to DONATE! We’re at 66% now, so we’re well on our way ^^ Also, visit our irc channel #ob @ irchighway.net Do both if you want more releases!

We’re still recruiting experienced editors and proofreaders. To apply, click here.

So,  finally, the release! As always, it’s to be found on the project page: The Moment When a Fox Becomes a Wolf

Now… back to proofing…

-Arty

APRIL’S FOOLS! THERE’S NO RELEASE!!

Haha, I’m just kidding. ;P No worries guys~ I have no tricks up my sleeves this year (sadly, maybe next year ;__;). Anyway, for April’s Fools, we have one release for you guys: Teacher’s Pet Continued, by Aihara Miki, sequel to Teacher’s Pet.

I wanna get through this volume fairly quick, so as not to delay any of our other projects too much, so expect a fairly fast pace for this series (5 chapters).

Today was actually supposed to be a double smut April’s Fools release, but I’m too tired to QC the chapter so instead I’m gonna say: too bad.

Now a few notes before I get to the download link of TP (it’s at the bottom of this post, hoho). Last release, for Oniichan 4, I had a 100 people before c5 thing. And guess what? We only reached 51 peak. So I’m gonna say one thing, and one thing only: FOR SHAME!! You better start learning to use mIRC, or imma kick you in the balls. >.> Or vaginas. Depends on what cha got. ;o

No worries, I’ll release c5 eventually. xD It was just a chance for you guys to get an early release, but you failed at it so badly. ;_; I’m so dissapointed. ;.; Now you’re gonna have to wait for my originally planned release date. >[ Of course, it would be much later, but since I know a lot of you reallyyy want chapter 5 of oniichan, so I’ll do a bit earlier. xD (I read so many comments about it, and I laughed hard at a lot of them xD NICE DETERMINATION, GUYS! haha)

MOVING ON…

DONATIONS!! I’ve started a monthly donation drive because the money I make (read: i is poor) isn’t enough to support this group. ;P It isn’t that big a goal because we don’ t need -that- much, but still, if you want your manga, cough it up guys. >_> So far, out of the monthly $45 goal, about 25% of that has been reached. Which means there’s till another 75% to go. 1/4 of the way there~ >_> Gogogo~ To donate, just click this pretty link.

Moving on…

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Here’s Oniichan 4.

…I don’t really have much to say on this chapter…

uh… we finally learn Nao & Shuusuke’s last name? Yay?

Anyway, find it on IRC. ;P And find it here too: Oniichan long-ass name

Also, I’m going to start a monthly donation drive~ Our goal will be $45 monthly. Hopeully not that hard to meet? It’ll be 10$ put aside monthly for HMR costs, 15$ for other manga uses (magazines, tankos, etc) and 20$ for site-related stuff. Banwitdh, XDCC bot (IRC chan), etc… all that jazz.

I’m too lazy to post a clickable “donate” button, so I’ll just give you the link. ;D DONATE NOW!!!!! Instead of buying that pop or bag of chips, use that 1$ to support us. You do want your pretty manga, yes? ;3

One last thing… I WILL RELEASE ONIICHAN CHAPTER 5 ONCE OUR IRC CHAN (#ob @ irchighway.net) BREAKS 100! So drop by! If you can’t use IRC or you’re new to it, don’t be intimidated! Download mIRC and check out this tutorial on how to connect. Do you or do you not want your oniichan 5? hmmm?

Enjoy the chapter.

~Dubby

Edit: For Christ’s sake people, let me make this VERY clear - mIRC DOES NOT COST YOU A SINGLE CENT. I know it says “trial”, but you CAN continue using it even after the “trial”. It’s not even a trial… even I don’t know what it is. POINT IS, IT’S 100% FREE

Edit2: Read comment #1 for more info on the “no oniichan till 100 people” thing ;D

Here’s the long-awaited chapter 2 of ILHS… Yay? I’m so glad this series was well-received~~ ^^ Another project picked up by me on a whim which ended up really popular (Oniichan was another). Oh, that’s great.

Um… personally, I love this chapter. >_>; I won’t say why since it’ll spoil, but once you read it, you’ll know why. Haha.

I tried to order Betsucomi issue 1/2009, where chapter 3 was in, but they couldn’t source it. ;P I was a bit upset, but luckily, just a few days later, the tanko for volume 1 was released in Japan! I’ve already put my order in for it. ^^ Unfortunately, it’ll have to be a while till you have chapter 3+, since I gotta wait for the tanko to come in. ;o

There was also a mistake on the first page of ILHS c1…the names were messed up, so sorry about that. ~_~

Uran was supposed to be Marika, and vice-versa. Sorry for the mix-up.

Anyway, ILHS is IRC-only for now. ;D Go rape our IRC chan at #ob @ irchighway.net so gogogogogo. Link will be posted up whenever I feel like it, just go look at the projects page.

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