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Majo Koi Nikki TL Weekly Update 3


Aizen-Sama

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Ren   \:sacchan:/

Hello guys! Third weekly update. Things are progressing smoothly and everything's going accord to plan for now. Recruiting is going well, we managed to fill the position for the proofreader (might open another position for it in the future, but not for now) and a new translator came aboard, making the total of five for now. Welcome @Darbury (Proofreader) and @frogstat (translator) and thank you for joining us!

Okay, so since several people have asked me this already I'll do a short Q&A answering the questions that some concerned people might ask.

Q- You guys have 5 translators for one game, isn't that going to mess up the quality/style of writing in the end?

A- Not really. Since we only have 1 Editor (a.k.a me) all of the different styles that the translators possess will have to pass through me, unifying the style in the end and making it readable and fluid. We do care a lot about the player experience regarding that aspect.

Q- Why do you have an open slot for a new Editor since you're constantly saying that you're the only one? Wouldn't two Editors mess up the writing style?

A- This one is a toughie. First of all, I'm not just the Editor. I take care about everything that happens outside of the team as well as Editing (Recruiting mostly) in order to ease everyone's work inside as much as possible, since I want them to focus to their positions only. Having another Editor helping me would lift a heavy weight from my back. About the writing style, I am a very selective person when it comes to English, so when an Editor gets recruited we'll both make sure to keep everything as smooth and continuous as possible so the player either doesn't notice or barely notices our styles.

Anyways, the progress:

TL: 5% to 7% (2965/40394)
Edit: 3% (1180/40394)

Due to school and homework issues @frogstat will start translating next week by thursday. Almost all of the scripts belonging to the first part of the prologue (before the game OP pops up) are finished. I'm still trying to figure out a way to promote the game legally without having to spend 100 bucks in Amazon, so if you somehow find a legal way to buy the game cheaper please let me know.

This is all for this weekend. Have a nice day and see you soon I guess.

(By the way, there has been no edit progress whatsoever because I've been very busy with life in general and team recruitment.)

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I have not been able to find a cheaper version of the game; it seems around 10k yen is the actual price for it. 9800 yen + tax. (Which is around 91 dollars + tax.)

As for simple download editions, it seems the price is around 6750 yen, however the only download site I can find it on is DMM, which does not allow purchases from outside of Japan.

(You will need a proxy with a Japanese IP in order to purchase games from the site AND activate it the first time you launch it. The site does have an "English version", however that is simply a machine translation, and they still wont let you buy stuff from them without a Japanese IP anymore. They tried it before, and scrapped the idea right after. Another thing is they will block your computer from accessing the site again if you do try to get around it and fail.)

A proxy / VPN is not something everyone want to try out, since a lot of the bad proxies / VPNs can be a little risky.

(Another thing to keep in mind is that a simple proxy changing your internet browser wont do, as you need the actual IP adress on your computer to "be in Japan" to activate the game.)

 

Hopefully you guys can figure something out, but at the very least, physical editions are available, although it's a little expensive.

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20 minutes ago, Dergonu said:

I have not been able to find a cheaper version of the game; it seems around 10k yen is the actual price for it. 9800 yen + tax. (Which is around 91 dollars + tax.)

As for simple download editions, it seems the price is around 6750 yen, however the only download site I can find it on is DMM, which does not allow purchases from outside of Japan.

(You will need a proxy with a Japanese IP in order to purchase games from the site AND activate it the first time you launch it. The site does have an "English version", however that is simply a machine translation, and they still wont let you buy stuff from them without a Japanese IP anymore. They tried it before, and scrapped the idea right after. Another thing is they will block your computer from accessing the site again if you do try to get around it and fail.)

A proxy / VPN is not something everyone want to try out, since a lot of the bad proxies / VPNs can be a little risky.

(Another thing to keep in mind is that a simple proxy changing your internet browser wont do, as you need the actual IP adress on your computer to "be in Japan" to activate the game.)

 

Hopefully you guys can figure something out, but at the very least, physical editions are available, although it's a little expensive.

Thanks for the info! It seems that buying the game outside of Japan at a reasonable price is not very easy. I actually knew there was a downloadable version, which costs around 35 bucks, but sadly it can't be bought outside of Japan.

I do want to promote the game legally, but if the game costs around 100 bucks people won't be that happy about it and will resort to other means to get the game, which is very sad indeed. I'll try to find a solution, but I don't think there's much to be done about the issue.

Anyways, thanks for the help and have a nice day!

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