World Guide I Short Story — "Until She Falls"

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Well, it's been a little while since I posted something new. To make up for it, here's a complete translation of "Until She Falls," the short story from the end of World Guide I. Although it was actually written before Fallen Brides, it effectively serves as a sequel to Wilmarina's chapter. It's also about half as long as a Fallen Brides chapter, clocking in at just over 12,000 words.

Next on the list for MGE stories is the short from the end of World Guide II, by Strange. If you like weresheep or you're getting tired of corruption stories, it's probably for you. I don't think I'll post it all at once like I did with this, but expect a short delay while I work up a good chunk to start with and get some other projects sorted.

Comment if you have any specific requests for after that, although it won't necessarily determine what I choose to translate.

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Fallen Brides: Wilmarina — The Much-Needed Second Draft That Took Far Too Long to Write

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So, that took quite a bit longer than I'd hoped, but I've finished the second draft of Wilmarina's chapter. This one really needed it: I've fixed the formatting, corrected a number of straight-up errors, and improved a lot of awkward wordings. It was simultaneously encouraging to see how far I've come, and embarrassing to see how bad I was. Even if you've read the first draft (or if you gave up on it because the translation was a mess), I recommend reading this version if you're at all interested.

As for future MGE translations, I have a complete draft of "Until She Falls," the story from the first World Guide, but it's not all typed yet. It's about half the length of a Fallen Brides chapter. You could consider it a followup to Wilmarina's chapter, although it was actually written first.

I'm hoping to get back onto a better schedule soon, but my manga translations (check out Yagyuu Juubei Dies if crazy action is your thing) are taking up a lot of my time, as are my professional commitments (which are mostly looking for more of them at the moment, unfortunately).

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Fallen Brides: Sasha — In Conclusion

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Well, there were actually a few fewer pages left than I remembered, so this updated concludes Sasha's chapter of Fallen Brides. It spends more time on what Lescatié looks like under monster rule than any of the other chapters so far, so that may be of interest to some of you. Otherwise it's all denoument. Like the other chapters, it gives the impression that the author was only interested in writing Elt's relationship with one woman (plus the two girls, in this case) and pays only grudging lip service to the idea that he theoretically ends up with all of them.

Next up will be either the next chapter, Primera's, which is written by Strange (who wrote Baphomet Complex) and called "Lonely in the Moonlight," or the short story from the end of World Guide I, which is by The Dullahan's Groom (who wrote Wilmarina's chapter) and has a titled I am still debating what to do with (literally, it's something like "Until She Falls Into [being a] Succubus"). The latter also deals with the events in Lescatié and is a little less than half the length of a chapter of Fallen Brides. If you would prefer I translate a short story from one of the other books (the two Diaries of the Age of Monster Love and Afterschool Alice Tale) next instead, feel free to leave a comment.

No ebook version of this chapter just yet because I'm working on editing the previous two chapters (especially Wilmarina's, which badly needs it) and releasing them together with improved formatting and a linked table of contents.

Also, as regards the image, (below, with the text) I have never been so infuriated by an artist's refusal to draw a man's eyes. Kenkou Cross is even willing to draw them for some nameless guys in the illustrations to the print edition of the encyclopedia, so I really can't imagine why they wouldn't do it for an actual character in an image printed after an entire paragraph about that character's eyes.

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Fallen Brides: Sasha — The 10,000 Word Sex Scene, Concluded

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Back as promised (first self-imposed deadline I've actually made in a while) with another 2,600 words. This update concludes the sex scene that has taken up slightly more than half of the story so far, but there are still another ten pages to go, so expect me back with some of that in another two weeks.

I also recently acquired a copy of the latest MGE novella by Strange, Imperator ha nemuranai. (The Imperator Doesn't Sleep) The only KC illustration is the cover, but it's about the same length as Baphomet Complex, or maybe a little shorter, so you can expect to see that at some point.

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Fallen Brides: Sasha — Back From Thesis Hell

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So, it's been four months since my last update. Sorry. Really wasn't planning on that. I had a bit of computer trouble, then I really had to focus on my masters thesis, and then classes started up again, so I really didn't have any time to think about my translation projects. The thesis is done and handed in now, at least, so I can finally get back to work.

By way of apology, here's another 4,000-odd words of Fallen Brides. About two-thirds of the way through the chapter now. Expect actual regular updates for the first time in approximately forever, at least until the end of this chapter. After that I'll probably pause to work up a long section to start the next one before I post it again.

I'm trying out a slightly more domesticating style this time around, (moving speaker tags to where they would usually go in English, etc.) so let me know what you think.

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Fallen Brides: Sasha — Well, It's Christmas, I Guess

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Well, I really had planned to have a bunch more updates by now, but thesis writing sort of intervened. I do have another 5,000 words for you now, though, and that brings us to a bit more than halfway through Sasha's chapter.

I know I don't have the best track record for this, but you can genuinely expect another update around New Years and at least one more significant one in January.

Fallen Brides: Sasha — Well, That Escalated Quickly

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It'd been a bit longer than I'd originally planned, but I'm back with the first 7,000-odd words of Sasha's chapter (a little more than a quarter of it). This one moves at a much faster pace than the previous two, to the point that there are two full transformation scenes by the end of this section.

I recommend reading the text below rather than on Pastebin because there are a lot of significant italics in this one.

I hope to post shorter sections on a more regular basis for the remainder of this chapter, but I'm in the middle of my master's thesis at the moment, so I can't really commit to a definite schedule.