Baccano

The Baccano series is also available in the following languages:

Spanish (Español)

NOTICE: Yen Press has licensed 'Baccano'. Please refer to the Abandonment Policy for information regarding the removal of volumes.

Baccano is a project undertaken by Janice and several other members from this LiveJournal and the Gun's & Roses fan community, and only hosted here by Baka-Tsuki. If you're a fan of Baccano and/or love the translations, be sure to drop by and thank them accordingly! Edit: Those communities are more or less inactive now, most translations hosted here were done by Ahoujicha, Anonspore, Mistspinner and Untuned Strings.

Story Synopsis

Baccano is a light novel written by Ryogo Narita with illustrations by Katsumi Enami. "Baccano", which author Narita translates as "stupid commotion", is Italian for "ruckus". Each of the stories in the series involves several unrelated plots intersecting and crossing each other as events spiral farther and farther out of control - Immortal alchemists, mafia operated speakeasies, and many other elements of pulp fiction mashed together, creating a world straight out of the movies.

Updates

March 22nd, 2008
- Baccano! translation page first hosted on Baka-Tsuki

March 23rd, 2008
- Volume 1 of Baccano! temporarily locked from edits.

April 7th, 2008
- Translation for Volume 4 added.

December 24th, 2009
- Volume 1 and 4 COMPLETE
- Volume 6 in progress

January 10, 2010
- Volume 12 in progress (not hosted on BT)

June 05, 2010
- Volume 6 chapter 1 complete

June 27, 2010
- Please give a warm welcome to our newest translator SMZ, she'll be working on Volume 9.

November 1, 2014
- Vol.20 completed at Houjicha's blog.

June 19, 2015
- Vol.21 completed at Houjicha's blog. (All volumes have been translated!)

July 5, 2015
- Yen Press announces license

Baccano! by Ryogo Narita

1930: The Rolling Bootlegs

1931: The Grand Punk Railroad - Local Episode

1931: The Grand Punk Railroad - Express Episode

1932: Drugs & The Dominos

2001: The Children of Bottle

1933: The Slash ~Cloudy to Rainy~

1933: The Slash ~Bloody to fair~

1934: Alice in Jails - Prison Episode

1934: Alice in Jails - Street Episode

1934: Peter Pan in Chains - Final Episode

1705: The Ironic Light Orchestra

2002: Bullet Garden [A-side]

2002: Blood Sabbath [B-side]

1931: Another Junk Railroad - Special Express Episode

1710: Crack Flag

Color Pages
Epilogue A
Chapter 1: So you are curious about immortality
Chapter 2: I'm not an idiot
Chapter 3: Maybe he's lovesick
Chapter 4: They're so gullible
Chapter 5: I'll show you the greatest smile in the world
Epilogue B
C and Afterword

1932 - Summer — man in the killer

Color Pages and Aside A
Prologue
Chapter 1: The Reporter Does Not Look for Adventure in his Life
Chapter 2: The Boy Who Has Lost Hope Attempts to Plunge into the Sky
Chapter 3: Overwhelmed by Shock and Joy, the Dismantler Spins his Weapon Round and Round
Intermission
Chapter 4: The Bookstore Owner Warns the Ignorant Boy
Chapter 5: The Reporters Make their Hypotheses Known to the World
Intermission
Chapter 6: Tick Jefferson Makes No Pretences About Sculpting Apples
Chapter 7: Gunmaestro Smith Resumes his Assassination Work Without Anyone's Knowing
Chapter 8: In the Darkness, Ice Pick Thompson Quietly Rears His Head
Intermission
Chapter 9: Mark Wilmans Fills the Rainy Streets With Bloodlust
Chapter 10: The Pitiful Drug-Obsessed Victim Hinders the Accomplice
Intermission
Finale: The Smile Junkie Merrily Paces Around the Killer
Aside B And Epilogue

1711: Whitesmile

Color Pages and Prologue
Chapter 1: The Sudden Laughter of Those in Power
Interlude: Excerpt from the reports of Victor Talbot
Chapter 2: The Chortling Chatter of the Visitors
Interlude: Excerpt from the reports of Victor Talbot (Part 2)
Chapter 3: The Smiles of Those in Love
Interlude: Excerpt from the reports of Victor Talbot (Part 3)
Finale: Don't Laugh
Epilogue: Let's Laugh

Translation

Registration

Those who wish to contribute are asked to first notify a supervisor beforehand.

Translators are asked to register which chapters they're working on (see the Guideline page for usage rules).

Format Standards

General Format/Style Guideline

Project Staff

Supervisor: TheGiftedMonkey
Project Manager: HolyCow

Translators

ACTIVE

SMZ
Elkin

MIA

KIA

arashi
Janice
jaycet

Those who wish to contribute are asked to first notify a supervisor beforehand. Translators are asked to register which chapters they're working on (see the Guideline page for usage rules).

Editors