SHISHI NO MON ~Gate of fierce lions~ super violent fighting
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 10:37 pm
Title: Shishi no mon (獅子の門 Gate of fierce lions) (18+ novel due to violence and sexual content)
Author:Baku Yumemakura (夢枕 獏 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku_Yumemakura)
Publisher: Kobunsha publishing
Language: Japanese (日本語)
Volumes: 8 volumes, just finished serialization in 2013
Synopsis: Sourced from Japanese Wikipedia
Shishi no mon (Gate of the fierce lions) is an action novel series by Baku Yumemakura. It appeared serially in the monthly magazine Shousetsu Houseki "Novel Jewel" (Kobunsha Publishing) from 1984. The novel was withheld from publication for a long period, but in recent years has once again been appearing serially. The novel has been tagged as the "super violent novel". The cover art and illustrations are done by the manga artist Keisuke Itagaki. As of 2014, eight books have been published by Kappa Novels (Kobunsha Publishing) finishing serialization.
Plot
The story revolves around four young boys who all have strange personalities and come from usual hometowns. They acquire discipline through martial arts and before long get to know each other and are in fierce competition. The main plot is intertwined with several side stories that are driven by sub-characters original to this series. In addition to these original characters the karate practitioner Jyumei Kuga who appears in the manga version called Garouden (Legend of the hungry wolves), also written by Yumemakura and illustrated by Itagaki, has been changed to an original character of the novel and does not practice Karate but an ancient Japanese martial art.
Characters
(spoilered for space)
Covers:
First Edition Covers:
Introduction and Prologue:
Materials on Hand: 8 volumes in paper, first volume scanned. Prologue and First chapter translated and rewritten, second chapter translations ready but waiting to be rewritten.
Notes, Thoughts, and Background: This is a project that has been in my mind for a long time, I own a private group of manga and fighting novel enthusiasts and we all chip in to make projects like this to see the day of light, because of the popularity of the manga series from Itagaki Keisuke "Garouden" (available everywhere thank to us) we are continuing the story in novel form but there was a popular character there "Jyumei Kuga" and we decided to translate the novels to discover his background.
This is my first attempt to do a novel project and even though, my English skill is at a considerate level, I want to solicit proofreaders, editors and whoever is interested in this novel series to help me release a decent English version, the content is extreme (but not a the point of being gross or porn) I do not care if this title doesn't make it to the wiki, I just want to see it done and I already have taken steps to see it get into completion, our translators are working slowly on this and I would love to see more people working on this project that are familiar with Japanese terms and English street lingo "AKA american") to give it a revision that would read and reach its intended audience.
What I intend to do is to give it a pace of release of one chapter every 3 months, and completing one volume a year for 8 years, for that I want to reach to baka-tsuki community to see if there's any interest in supporting this project of mine, This project has already started and has supporters, but not on the staff department but mostly on the translation and funding department, so Whoever thinks they can be a nice addition to this novel project, please let me know.
Again, this project has already started and it has translators and funding for the future, it only need more people willing to read it, modify it and make suggestions depending on the original version on the novels. Volunteer translators would be appreciated but they aren't necessarily a key factor for completing the project.
Author:Baku Yumemakura (夢枕 獏 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku_Yumemakura)
Publisher: Kobunsha publishing
Language: Japanese (日本語)
Volumes: 8 volumes, just finished serialization in 2013
Synopsis: Sourced from Japanese Wikipedia
Shishi no mon (Gate of the fierce lions) is an action novel series by Baku Yumemakura. It appeared serially in the monthly magazine Shousetsu Houseki "Novel Jewel" (Kobunsha Publishing) from 1984. The novel was withheld from publication for a long period, but in recent years has once again been appearing serially. The novel has been tagged as the "super violent novel". The cover art and illustrations are done by the manga artist Keisuke Itagaki. As of 2014, eight books have been published by Kappa Novels (Kobunsha Publishing) finishing serialization.
Plot
The story revolves around four young boys who all have strange personalities and come from usual hometowns. They acquire discipline through martial arts and before long get to know each other and are in fierce competition. The main plot is intertwined with several side stories that are driven by sub-characters original to this series. In addition to these original characters the karate practitioner Jyumei Kuga who appears in the manga version called Garouden (Legend of the hungry wolves), also written by Yumemakura and illustrated by Itagaki, has been changed to an original character of the novel and does not practice Karate but an ancient Japanese martial art.
Characters
(spoilered for space)
Spoiler! :
First Edition Covers:
Introduction and Prologue:
Spoiler! :
Materials on Hand: 8 volumes in paper, first volume scanned. Prologue and First chapter translated and rewritten, second chapter translations ready but waiting to be rewritten.
Notes, Thoughts, and Background: This is a project that has been in my mind for a long time, I own a private group of manga and fighting novel enthusiasts and we all chip in to make projects like this to see the day of light, because of the popularity of the manga series from Itagaki Keisuke "Garouden" (available everywhere thank to us) we are continuing the story in novel form but there was a popular character there "Jyumei Kuga" and we decided to translate the novels to discover his background.
This is my first attempt to do a novel project and even though, my English skill is at a considerate level, I want to solicit proofreaders, editors and whoever is interested in this novel series to help me release a decent English version, the content is extreme (but not a the point of being gross or porn) I do not care if this title doesn't make it to the wiki, I just want to see it done and I already have taken steps to see it get into completion, our translators are working slowly on this and I would love to see more people working on this project that are familiar with Japanese terms and English street lingo "AKA american") to give it a revision that would read and reach its intended audience.
What I intend to do is to give it a pace of release of one chapter every 3 months, and completing one volume a year for 8 years, for that I want to reach to baka-tsuki community to see if there's any interest in supporting this project of mine, This project has already started and has supporters, but not on the staff department but mostly on the translation and funding department, so Whoever thinks they can be a nice addition to this novel project, please let me know.
Again, this project has already started and it has translators and funding for the future, it only need more people willing to read it, modify it and make suggestions depending on the original version on the novels. Volunteer translators would be appreciated but they aren't necessarily a key factor for completing the project.