Pandora Hearts: Caucus Race

[vermiliongrey]

Bakatsuki should look into translating the light novel for Pandora Hearts. It's called Pandora Hearts: Caucus Race.



Reason? Cause Pandora Hearts is the best Manga, and probably the best story, ever. Period. Of course, I'm not the only one who thinks so.

But seriously speaking: It's an incredibly popular manga with a huge and fanatical following (that's well deserved, because the story is truly amazing). Like all fanatical addicts, these people will do anything to get their next hit of PH. Translating the light novel will expose this huge mass of people to the light novel scene and since manga readers are the easiest to convert (since manga is more or less reading already), it'll be a good way to increase the light novel community. Think about it as providing the gateway drug, you lure them in with PH, then you give them a little HakoMari and then bam, chronic dependence.

It's not a lot of work either because it's only a single novel with 4 individual stories, so the work can be easily compartmentalized.

And if you haven't read Pandora Hearts yet, I highly suggest you do so. I don't know a single person who has read the first 3 volumes and not finished the entire series (up to its current point) cause the story is disgustingly good.

[ShadowZeroHeart]

And if you haven't read Pandora Hearts yet, I highly suggest you do so. I don't know a single person who has read the first 3 volumes and not finished the entire series (up to its current point) cause the story is disgustingly good.

Now you do. I recall reading the first few volumes, but I think I didn't keep track of the updates, and its a dead series to me by now.

[Mystes]

Favourite manga series in my case. Is the novel a spinoff or something?

[vermiliongrey]

And if you haven't read Pandora Hearts yet, I highly suggest you do so. I don't know a single person who has read the first 3 volumes and not finished the entire series (up to its current point) cause the story is disgustingly good.

Now you do. I recall reading the first few volumes, but I think I didn't keep track of the updates, and its a dead series to me by now.

yo, lies. I don't believe you.

But if what your saying is somehow true, you should give it a second chance. I know suggestions from a stranger means little, but the suggestions of over 5302 strangers should speak some volume (plus another 500 here).

Favourite manga series in my case. Is the novel a spinoff or something?

Nope, its part of the main story. They're just stories that cover characters whilst they are off-screen. So basically, the novel fleshes out the background and the characters.

[Teh_ping]

Alright, I'm sorry to tell you, but even if you're insistent on having this series translated, you need to get a translator who's willing to help. We can't designate translators because we don't have any control over them. Also, I would like to tell you that you need to understand that not everyone will have the same tastes and interests as you, so you shouldn't go about saying that this series should be translated because 'everyone is supposed to like this'. Thank you very much.

[Mystes]

Ping...are you in a bad mood? Because you seem pretty irritated here and on Facebook.

Well, I guess that it'd be great to have it translated. How many volumes?

[vermiliongrey]

Ping...are you in a bad mood? Because you seem pretty irritated here and on Facebook.

Well, I guess that it'd be great to have it translated. How many volumes?

There is currently 1 volume out and there is a second volume in the works

Spoiler! :

http://pandorahearts.wikia.com/wiki/Pan ... ~_Volume_2

Alright, I'm sorry to tell you, but even if you're insistent on having this series translated, you need to get a translator who's willing to help. We can't designate translators because we don't have any control over them. Also, I would like to tell you that you need to understand that not everyone will have the same tastes and interests as you, so you shouldn't go about saying that this series should be translated because 'everyone is supposed to like this'. Thank you very much.

I understand, at the same time, how could you possibly justify translating one novel over another? The only way is to show there is demand and that the work is good, which the ubiquitous praise no doubt proves.

Although I don't have a translator, the purpose of this thread was to hopefully find a translator who's interested.

[Mystes]

Quickly went through the first volume, basically a collection of short stories.

[vermiliongrey]

Are the stories interesting? And more importantly; does my bro Reim Lunettes make an appearance?

[Mystes]

Are the stories interesting? And more importantly; does my bro Reim Lunettes make an appearance?

I don't know, haven't read them. Just searched some Chinese translations and tried to see if the translation wouldbe easy. I'd say that the paragraphs don't get pass 2 lines (in Chinese) and are fairly easy.

[vermiliongrey]

hmmmm, any chance you can link me to the Chinese translations?

[Darklor]

how could you possibly justify translating one novel over another? The only way is to show there is demand and that the work is good, which the ubiquitous praise no doubt proves.

That would may be true if we werent Baka-Tsuki but a publisher, but even for a publisher wouldnt that be enough some thousend units would be a very expensive mini edition.

But here at Baka-Tsuki (usually) only the translater decides what he or she want to translate.

[Akirina]

Sorry to revive a thread that has been dead for... 3 months? I'd love to help translate... But unfortunately, I am only available from around November 17 onwards... Is it still possible for me if I take this up, then?

[Darklor]

Sure - better later than never...

[Akirina]

Okay, then I'll be back during November with more (hopefully) on this.