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Yeah, this post is actually important. Amazing.

Two things - 1) I got my first follower. Hi, horrorfangirl! It's great to know someone may really be reading these entries. 2) I've started a makeshift scanlation team, if you can call it that. On MangaHelpers, I found that someone had translated a bunch of stuff by Kazuo Umezu, a very famous (in Japan, at least) horror manga author, and no one had scanlated it. In other words, no one took the translations and put them on the pages so English-speaking people could read it. I decided that, since I have nothing but free time and love horror manga, I would do it.

I decided to start with Orochi, a series that had been started by a group last year but never finished. In fact, they only released one chapter and did half of another. About four days ago, I started scanlating the second chapter, where the other group left off. It's a lot of work, because the chapter is over 200 pages long. Thankfully, the other group did about 90 pages, so that saves me quite a bit of work. I've halfway through the rest of the chapter right now. It shouldn't take me more than a week to finish it.

I have some experience doing this sort of thing, but I'm no expert. I can't make the pages look great, but my goal is to get it out there, so other fans can read and enjoy it. There's a lack of Umezu in English, and that's a shame because he is a big name that's influenced a lot of people. I may not do a perfect job, but I'll at least get it out there. Here's a taste of the chapter (and my work):

I'm not really sure what to do once I finish it, but I'll deal with that once I'm done. I guess upload it to MangaHelpers and every site I think would appreciate it, paranormal imageboards and the like. If people seem to like what I've done (or at least not hate it), I'll keep doing more.