End of Mid-Terms = Good For You

So I finally had my last mid-term today: my Japanese oral. Here's how the evaluation afterward went...:



Sensei: Well, Yusa-san, you did pretty well. You're between "excellent" and "superior" on this grading chart.

Me: If that isn't a self-esteem boost, I don't know what is. ^^

Sensei: Quite. ^^ You did very well with your grammar, pronunciation, creativity using the grammar, and stringing words together. However, your big weak spots are vocabulary and intonation.

Me: What can I do to fix this for the final, sensei?

Sensei: Well, there's one very good way to work on it.

Me: And that is...?

Sensei: Watch Japanese shows. Like, dramas. Or anime. That's it. Make sure you watch lots of anime and take notes. Make sure you listen very well. That's your homework. Can you do that?



.... 8DD Yes, sensei!

So, that's good news for all of you. I still have several large papers that I need to work on, but I'll be going "home" this weekend and be missing several days of school. This should give me more than enough time to finish my papers and really get down to some translating. I'm not promising quicker output of episodes (since subbing and checking go to Vinny and Wolfy, who will not have as much time as me) but it will make the waiting in between translating and actual production much shorter. Hopefully. That will give an overall shorter time.

Besides, if the sensei gives me permission to sit around and watch anime and dramas (alskdhgaef FUURIN KAZAN FTW), why shouldn't I do it? It's to everyone else's benefit too. Certainly the best bargain around.

Quick update 29.10.08

Wow, so midterms are almost over after a month of being stretched out. I have my Japanese oral on Friday, and that's it as far as testing goes until December. I do have several papers due, but they shouldn't get in the way as much as all these tests have.

It looks like Ainex is down, which has its ups and downs, I suppose. That means you don't get anything too high-quality, but since we've been getting such good response from you guys, maybe we don't even need to think about that.

I've still yet to translate 16.2, and I'm hoping to have time next weekend after I've finished a couple papers. 15.2 is still being checked, but that should soon be passed on to Wolfy so she can get 15 started. I'm excited to get started on 17, since it's one of my favourites, but I'll have to restrain myself to finishing 16 first.

I'd like to remind everyone to please, please not bother us about new episodes. Overall, you guys have been quite good. Please read the FAQ, because we will follow our own rules and we will delay release if we continue to be pestered. I am quite literally breaking my back even writing this blog to let you guys know the progress report. We are doing our best to get the episodes out as quickly as possible. Please respect that and wait quietly.

Separation Sky + Episode 14 Progress Report

So we have a piece of Monochrome Factor goodness for all of you, courtesy of the very lovely Chocolax: Sorano Kairi's artbook, Separation Sky. Go ahead and download it, and thank her for her generosity.


And as a side note - episode 14 is now translation-finished! So now it just has checking, timing, embedding, and exporting processes left. Though we're not sure exactly how long that should take, but you guys might have it as early as Monday. Just maybe. XP

Please enjoy!

Progress report-ish, 17-9-08

So yeah. XP Sorry about the "FAQ", we've got a "real" one that we'll be putting up soon, and the other we'll take down. You can't be diplomatic about everything, and obviously we had stuff to get out of our systems and some people need to see our irritation for reasons we won't state here. You can say whatever you want about it, we will obviously just bite back if you get too much on our cases for it.

It's true that people here, for the most part, have been really good, but there have been a few cases that are just not acceptable in the least. Please, please remember that you are not in charge of what we do, that you only receive subbed episodes so long as we're in good humour, and that the more we're bothered, the less we want to do subbing.

So, that set aside, I have the script for 14 about a quarter of the way done. It's a really lame thing to be saying but these first few weeks back to school have been crap, and I have a lot of essays and projects due in this next week so I'll be pretty much unable to work on the script until I have all that done, or relatively close to done. Sigh. Such is life, I suppose.

My second box set should be arriving in the next couple of days, so I can scan in the art and such by next week to help keep things going until I'm able to really devote some time to the script.

I kind of feel like everything is going in really, really slow motion. 'Tis not fun.

One last thing: the poll. The results are looking interesting. If you still haven't voted, please do so we can see what's going on. We'll remind you (nicely now) again that we may or may not post those, depending on the opinion of the Trinity.

And with that, I'll go eat breakfast and head to class.