Miyakawa-ke no Kuufuku Episode 04 Released!

Yup… That’s our response to the ever-decreasing raw quality.

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See you next week! Same hungry-time, same hungry-channel.

Miyakawa-ke no Kuufuku Episode 03 Released!

Do you remember why any self-respecting Otaku must buy 3 of everything?

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See you next week! Same hungry-time, same hungry-channel.

Miyakawa-ke no Kuufuku Episode 02 Released!

…and here we are a week later, and we’re still at it! Not to mention, we got it out within 6 hours of the episode’s airing! Marvel at the awesome might of teamwork!

In this episode, we get to see more of the world outside their humble abode.

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Have to apologize to you guys beforehand though… We’ve decided not to subtitle the songs till we get a hold of the lyrics. I want to do them justice and I’m not confident enough (nor am I able to hear clearly enough) to do a good enough job. Yay for Japanese homophones.

I blame this all on poverty!

See you next week! Same hungry-time, same hungry-channel.

Miyakawa-ke no Kuufuku Episode 1 Re-release! (^o^)

Here it is! The official first release of Miya-k Subs! (^o^) The script has been edited, the timing re-timed and the fonts have been spruced up. Any and all other inconsistencies will be fixed in the batch release.

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Enjoy! See you again next week, same hungry-time, same hungry-channel!

Miyakawa-ke no Kuufuku Episode 1 Released!

Due to a series of certain events, I have become the translator for the first episode of Miyakawa-ke! If you know me, you’d know that Lucky Star was one of the first anime that I ever watched that I knew was anime (watched tons of dubbed classics before that) and it set me on this path of no return…

It’s kind of amazing, and apt, to be working on the spin-off show years later. This being my first foray into fansubbing, I still lack the confidence, but I do plan to do my best.

Thanks to Shiraishi-kun of Lucky Star Shrine Forums for the QC and edits.

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*Note that the release on Nyaa does not use the edited script, while the YouTube video does.

UPDATE! Shiraishi-kun, steenuil and myself have formed a sub group called Miya-K Translations, [Miya-K] for short, and will be subbing this show for as long as physically, emotionally and psychologically possible! From next week on, episodes will be released under this group name. Since we’re doing this the old-fashioned way, out of love for the series, we’re still finding our bearings. So I do hope you guys will be able to put up with some inconsistencies and mistakes that we’ll make along the way – mistakes which we will definitely correct for the batch release.

As always, any and all feedback is definitely welcome!

Why Yui is my Favorite K-On! Character

Ah, Yui… she is undeniably popular and is always amongst the top in many K-On! character popularity rankings. However, she is usually bested by other fan favorites like Mio and Azusa. Putting aside the fact that Mio and Azusa are super-popular and have legions of fans, I suspect that Yui often falls short of the top spot because she has a reputation of being klutzy, airheaded and annoying to a fault. While this is arguably true to a certain extent, quoting the tagline of a famous toy property, I believe that there’s more to her than meets the eye.

In this post, I shall share with you why I personally find Yui to be the best girl in the K-On! anime series. As with all my opinion posts, you are perfectly free to agree or disagree with me. I won’t hold it against you. For more than a couple of months.

Parody Dōjinshi and Self-Expression

Doujinshi, written as ‘dōjinshi’ throughout the following essay, is something that is close to the hearts of many Otaku, especially myself (take that however you may). And because of this, I decided to write a research paper on the subject for this past semester. Yes. You heard me. A paper on doujinshi for a university class. I love my major.