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The year is 1560 -- the Sengoku Era. The boy Asahi, who makes a living by hunting samurai deserters with his abnormally strong hearing ability, strives to one day serve as a shinobi under the "War God" Nagao Kagetora, whose words moved him as a child. A tale of life during wartime ...
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Genres: Action, Historical, Seinen
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Raw Provider: Raw Manga Kyuushi
Translator: Teishou
Translation Reviser: Yttcan
Editor: Flare

So here's a project that we've been wanting to release a chapter for long, long time. It took some time but it's finally here. Also, FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUU at the double spreads and redrawing in this. But some of the panels have some really beautiful drawings, so I redrew most of them with the best of my abilities in the short time I had.

Aside from this, again, we're looking for someone who can provide us with raws for Judge. Drop me an email at "scans@theanimelounge.com" if you can help us out.

Anyways, enjoy =)

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Agape: Negotiation Three

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Translator: Yvonne
Cleaner: Poog
Typesetter: Flare

So here's another release for Agape. Another mildly entertaining chapter - love the overly expressive emotions portrayed in this though =P

I usually say wait one day before uploading it to online reading sites, but seeing as how they'll be going down anyways. I don't really care.
That aside, I am still looking for someone, anyone, who can provide some quick MQ/HQ quality raws for Judge. If you're able to please drop me an email at scans@theanimelounge.com

You can download the chapter here, and you'll probably be able to read it on our reader as well.

Happy reading =)

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With the demise of OneManga and the imminent (be honest with yourselves, guys) demise of many more online-reading sites, many people are looking towards downloading manga, as opposed to reading online. With Alex's permission, I decided to write this revised guide, which will explain some of the finer points of downloading manga via IRC.

First off, what is IRC? You can read a detailed explanation here, but for now, I'm just going to explain the basics.

It is a method of communication consisting of many servers, and inside each of these servers are a large amount of channels which you may join. An IRC channel is denoted by a # symbol as a prefix. For example, the Lurk IRC channel address is #lurk.

First of all, we need a method of accessing the IRC network. For the purposes of this guide, I will be using mIRC, which is the most popular and effective of IRC clients. It is free and safe to download and install.

Now, once you've installed it, I'm sure it'll all look a bit confusing. That's common. Now, we're going to alter some basic settings.

First of all, tools -> options.





Connecting to a channel is a simple matter. Find out the name of the channel you want to join, then type "/join CHANNEL" into your mIRC window. For example, to join the #lurk channel, type "/join #lurk". Remember, all channel's are prefixed with #. When you join IRCHighway with your username, you will have to log in. To do this, simply type "/identify PASSWORD".

Next, we're going to actually download files from IRC. A little bit about that, first. The system of downloading files from IRC is called XDCC. In any given channel that offers downloads, there will be bots. I'm sure most of you know what bots are, but for those who don't, they're dummy users; computer programs posing as actual users, programmed to respond to certain actions in certain ways. In this case, they're set to respond to certain messages by sending you certain files. Each file you request from one of these bots will have a pack number, which, when sent to the bot, will cause them to send you the corresponding file.

Generally, the message you send a bot will be in the format "/msg BOTNAME xdcc send #PACKNUMBER".

For information on where to find pack-lists and recent releases, scroll down. Now, a step-by-step tutorial.

The file we're going to download will be Bleach chapter 408. I'm going to go to the channel of the group that scanlates this series, as it's quite recent and unlikely to be available on any archiving sites, such as Lurk.

For those of you that don't know, Bleach is scanlated by Binktopia, whose IRC channel (as I discovered by googling "binktopia irc") is #binktopia.

So, here we go.



Resources

• mIRC: The best IRC client available
• CDisplay: Very effective manga/comic/image viewing software. You can directly open .zip/.rar files and view the images within. It has a multitude of settings, allowing you to view images in a variety of modes, such as double-page mode, fixed-height, fit-to-width and. fit-to-height. In addition, you can select the background colour and customize the actions performed through the use of your mouse buttons
• MangaUpdates: Provides a frequently updated list of recently scanlated manga chapters, along with the name of the group that released them. By clicking on a group's name, you will be shown their website, their IRC channel, their frequency of release and other miscellaneous information
• Manga Traders: Provides a host of useful information and download links.
• Lurk: The most popular manga archive on the internet. Very simple to use, but suffers from frequent down time due to lack of donations (Narutomania syndrome)

Popular Scanlation Channels

#Lurk Lurk (All-purpose manga archive)
#Binktopia Binktopia (Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, Fairy Tail, Bakuman)
#ieatsoul I Eat Manga (Kateikyoushi Hitman Reborn!, Fairy Tail)
#Illuminati-manga Illuminati-manga (Holyland, Jackals, Full Metal Panic! Sigma)
#Keishou Keishou Scans (Beelzebub, History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi)
#E-A Endless Abyss (Hajime no Ippo)
#A-Team A-Team (Kekkaishi)


Comments should go in the original thread that can be found here: http://theanimeloung...a-irc-tutorial/
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She's Not in Love With You.
Translator: Dr. Tom
Cleaner/Typesetter: Poog

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The metropolitan police have a special squad of negotiators for talking down violent criminals in hostage situations and so forth. The two top negotiators have great knowledge of human psychology and experience in dealing with criminals, but they are missing something important.

They are searching for someone who is capable of agape love-- unconditional and selfless love for all people. Such a person would be able to develop rapport easily with criminals, and therefore be a natural negotiator. Instead of finding a person like this on the police force, they find her in the form of the teenage girl Haruka. Will they be able to persuade her to become a negotiator for the police?

[tethysdust]MH

Many thanks guys, for getting this out. It's not easy working on long chapters =)
We need a proofreader for our translations, so if you have "skill" with the English language, please apply!

Besides that, enjoy another release =P

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Sengoku ARMORS & Doubt: Special Chapter

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The year is 1590, during the turbulent Sengoku era of Japan. A girl who calls herself Izumi, the sole survivor of the destruction of her village, has come into possession of a set of very powerful keys. These keys can give their wielder access to powerful weapons that could change the course of the era.


In her flight from those who want to kill her and take them, she has washed up in a buddhist monastery, where she has met the monk Tenkai. Tenkai, who takes an interest in her troubles, may be more than he appears!

[tethysdust]

A small oneshot we decided to do some time back. Finally here it is. A couple notes. One, please remember that there is a one day waiting period before this can be uploaded to any online reading sites. And two, we're looking for someone who can scan us some HQ Judge raws as we really want to catch up on that.

That's pretty much it.

-- Credits --

Raw Provider: Ju-Ni Vicissitude [MH]
Translator: Subito
Cleaners: Skit, Flare, Poog
Typesetter: Flare

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A small replacement for a Judge chapter, we found the raw, noticed that no one had scanlated it and decided to do it. I know it can't really replace an entire chapter of Judge, bu please bear with us =)
A couple notes. One, please remember that there is a one day waiting period before this can be uploaded to any online reading sites. And two, we're looking for someone who can scan us some HQ Judge raws as we really want to catch up on that.

That's pretty much it.

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Raw Provider: Finestela [MH]
Translator: Ilcm26
Cleaner: Flare
Typesetter: Flare

Download Special Here

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Agape: Chapter Two | Negotiation Two

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Translator: Yvonne
Cleaner: Poog
Typesetter: Flare
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It's been a long time since we've seen a release for this. Well, anyways, here's chapter two - have fun =)
Remember, there is a one day waiting period before these scans can be uploaded to online reading sites.

Also, we've fallen behind on Judge mostly because it takes a long time (like, really long) for Rena-Chan to get to us and then scan the chapter altogether.
If anyone wants to help us out by getting us HQ scans, it'd be appreciated =)

Download Chapter Here

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Judge Chapter Three: Sinners

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Raw Provider: Rena-Chan
Translator: Ilcm26
Cleaner: Flare
Typesetter: Sythh

Well this took long to come out, and it had mostly to do with lack of raws, which shouldn't be a problem now as Rena Chan is scanning those for us. The raws do come out pretty late though.

Anyways, like I said already, we aren't dead, we just need a translator or a translation reviser (especially), with those additions we can certainly release more chapters faster. So please help out =)

Remember that International Scanlators can use our cleans but you have to include our credit page.

That aside, enjoy this chapter =)

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[Remember: There is a one day waiting period, before it can uploaded to other reading sites =)]

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SMARGS WON'T SING

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Raw: Rena Chan
Translator: Fevrier
Cleaner/Typesetter: Flare
Proofreader/QC: Macurai

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A oneshot that's been on our to do list for some time. Couldn't find a translator in time for it so we did a collab. with itadakimsu~. In regards to this release, Macurai has requested that you not upload it to Manga Readers that compress the files so that they look horrible - some examples: One Manga, Manga Fox, Manga Reader. I'll be uploading this to MangaToshokan in ONE day.

[Around three years ago, a village was destroyed by an evil Smarg (magical creature), in this case, a dragon. The sole survivors of the massacre, the sisters Chloe and Iria, fled to a nearby village. The younger sister, Chloe, doesn't speak, but is a friendly and diligent worker who is loved by all. The older sister, Iria, is disruptive, rude, and cruel, especially towards the unfailingly loyal Chloe. But how did two young girls manage to escape such a powerful creature in the first place? Is it possible that one of them made a pact with the Smarg?]
[tethysdust]

That aside, I found that some international groups are using our cleans - I don't mind that, AS LONG AS OUR CREDIT PAGE IS INCLUDED IN YOUR RELEASE. Very simple. Also, I can't seem to find the raw for Judge Chapter 3, if you find it please let me know. Enjoy =)

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Judge Chapter 2: Imprisonment

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Translator: llcm26
Proofreader: Tokkaebi
Cleaner/Typesetter: Flare

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Well, here's chapter 2. Everything went as I thought it would, as well as me hating the main character's very existence - the guy's a total dumb ass.

That aside, I'm planning a couple changes for the scanlation group - like the jobs and refining the scanlation process itself. Hopefully, when that's done and out of the way, our releases can be a bit faster.

And with that, enjoy chapter two of Judge =]

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Forgot to add, I hope you guys are Enjoying the Winter Olympics - and with that, Go Canada Go!

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Judge Chapter One

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Translator: llcm26
Cleaner/Proofreader: Flare

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If any of you have read Doubt, then you'll want to read Judge. As you've probably already realized that they're from the same Mangaka (note the peculiar animal masks)...

Cleaning this was ... difficult, to say the least, as there were like 234525 double spreads ... and I was alone =|
In any case, enjoy the chapter, because this is going to be quite a series.

Also Kurosawa should be out a bit later than sooner - I'm taking some time off, if anyone's up for cleaning that, let me know =P

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