Hey, all. I'm back this time with a commissioned job. It's as sweet as cake. That's all I can really say.
I had a lot of fun working on this one, but man, all the tiny speech bubbles killed me....

As usual, if you like what you see, drop by my blog or follow me on twitter.
I'll be posting updates as they come.
Commissions are still open as well!

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Also, donations aren't necessary, but they are highly appreciated.
Any and every bit of support helps me out and keeps me motivated.

Thanks all. Have a nice fap.

P.S. I know this is just hentai-logic, but the fork thing is still funny to me. I don't know much about kancolle, so maybe this is actually set in the past before forks were actually more common in Japan? And I couldn't tell? I don't know but feel free to tell me in the comments.

Edit (courtesy of @pokom):
RAW: /g/1105003/780400e438/
CHN: /g/1104804/bc04bd3ce1/
KOR: /g/1108395/56f6f7460c/
ENG: /g/2009499/31a27be179/ (You are here)

Also, I would just like to add that the raws for this one were some pretty low quality scans. I cleaned them up to the best of my ability but there might still be some noticeable artifacting here or there. Hopefully it's good enough for most readers.

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RAW: /g/1105003/780400e438/
CHN: /g/1104804/bc04bd3ce1/
KOR: /g/1108395/56f6f7460c/
ENG: /g/2009499/31a27be179/ (You are here)

Thank you for translating this!

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RAW: /g/1105003/780400e438/

Chinese translation: /g/1104804/bc04bd3ce1/

Korean translation: /g/1108395/56f6f7460c/

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@pokom & @janus:
Thank you both for linking those for me! I appreciate it!

Note: I am planning to reupload this gallery at some point later this week just to get rid of some artifacts I noticed on a few pages.
Just as an fyi to the community.

Last edited on 13 September 2021, 05:21.

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So glad to see a new Hiyoshi Hana translation ! It's sad to see his work left in the dust

Thanks

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@wootwoot: Trust me, I understand. There are a bunch of old artists' works I was sad to see never get the attention I felt they deserved.
I actually have plans to translate a few older tanks myself. One of these days I'll get around to working on them.

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Oh hell yes, I've been waiting for someone to translate this.

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Thank you man for translating this work, waited for ages to somebody to translate it and finally i decided to commission it. Thank you again.

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"The practice of using a fork to eat cake is not common in Japan"

Uh ...

https://www.globalkitchenjapan.com/products/tsubame-shinko-sunao-cake-fork-gift-set-of-5

Um ...

https://www.etsy.com/market/japan_dessert_forks

Er ...

https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/Pearl-Metal-Dessert-Forks-Stainless/dp/B08GBXV3BB

What backwards-ass North Korean province is this "Japanese naval base" moored in?

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@byakuryuu: Tell me about it. I actually had to triple check myself and make sure I was reading that right. It was pretty hilarious to me, not gonna lie.
As far as conflicts/resolutions go, this one was a little light. Like cake.

But hey, it's hentai. And this is sweet vanilla, too. Not like the plot has to make 100% sense. As long as the art is good (which this is hella good), most people probably won't care anyway.

@epicsword: You're very welcome. Thank you for your support as well. Feel free to hit me up if/when you need something else again.
(Besides the other one we already talked about, I mean.)

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Doesn't Kancolle take place in 1940's time? Could have been a mannerism from way back then, or the author is just trying to convey how the Japanese prefer chopsticks to utensils

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@kastev: That was my other idea as well, actually. It could just be the author exploring the concept of japanese people "using chopsticks for anything.(p27)" A light-hearted joke or something like that. (And tbh I didn't bother reading / translating the afterword because that would've been extra effort I didn't feel like putting in late at night.) So I figure this is either a 1940s time piece or it's a chopsticks joke. Either situation is just as plausible.

Edit: Just read the afterword. Author basically talks about the concept of "german cake coming with a fork in it" and how he really just wanted to draw that scenario. He didn't mention chopsticks one way or the other. The fork thing really was just the center point. I still think this has to be set in the past (possibly 1940's), because it seems to me most people these days know how to use a fork. Hard to tell without definitive time markers, though.

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thanks for this translation!, It's been years, I'm missing some works or they haven't been translated?

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@tizatin: They haven't been translated yet.
From what I can tell, only #2 and #3 are translated in English at the moment. (& obviously #6.)
And #4 is next on the commission list, but currently hasn't been done.

I haven't seen if #5's raws were uploaded anywhere, but either way, I haven't been commissioned to work on it.
I only did #6 first, as per the commissioner's request. (The request for #4 came after.)

I reuploaded the gallery with a better cleaned up version of the pages, but accidentally forgot that the typesetting layer on Page 21 was still set to invisible. So I had to reupload it *again*.

Should be good this time, though. So I'll leave the gallery alone now.

Last edited on 21 September 2021, 22:41.

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@ SongOfRainAndSnow: Thank you for the hard work.

It would be appreciated if you could indicate which pages are updated so one does not have to download the entire gallery each time there is a change to one or two pages. Particularly helpful with large galleries such as this one. Gallery points don't grow on trees.

The update for 9/21/21 22:40 is gallery page 22 (IMG_0021.jpg).

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＠hekigen: Noted, thank you for that. Sorry for the oversight.

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@ SongOfRainAndSnow

In addition to Hekigan's comment it would be helpful if you were to put the update log in the "Uploader Comment". I've seen people doing it as regular comments but it's real pain in the ass if it's done this way and some galleries have lots of comments to go trough.

And many thanks for translating this. I really like Hiyoshi Hana's art.

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