Tch, typical. You wait forever for a Yawara episode and 7 (SEVEN) show up at once. And it’s turned into a New York-based action series now, with all those car chases and shootings and things. I tell you, can’t rely on anything these days…
[FroZen-EviL]_Yawara_-_087_-_093_[720p][Blu-Ray].mkv
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Yes, you read that right: Saizen is officially 20 years old! We don’t usually mark anniversaries, but we figured the big ol’ two-zero was one that merited at least a newspost (I had planned to release some things, but uh, circumstance conspired against me. On the plus side, watch out for some actual releases in the next few weeks because we have a few things ready to go and more stuff in the works!).
10 years ago, we marked our anniversary by going on a release spree culminating in the completion of a major long-term project, but 10 years later, this was never going to be a possibility. Unfortunately, time has thinned our numbers and drained our motivation for fansubbing to the point where nearly everyone in the group is either retired, semi-retired, or about to retire (or in my case, just far too busy to actually do any subbing). It’s a little depressing, I’ll admit, but such is life. We all have different priorities as we grow older. But while our output has noticeably declined over the years, rest assured that we still remain determined to finish the projects we’ve started (and perhaps a few more besides that). It just might take us a little longer than it would have previously.
If you are still with us on our fansubbing journey, thanks for sticking around. And while I’m less optimistic about Saizen being around for another 10 years than Juggen was in those heady mid-2010 days when we turned 10, I hope we’ll be around for some time to come in order to finish up some of the stuff we’ve committed to.
While there have been quite a few notable football series since the turn of the decade (Blue Lock, Ao Ashi, and Farewell, My Dear Cramer), the decade before offered slim pickings for football fans, stretching right back to the powerhouse that was Giant Killing at the beginning of the 2010s. The only real exception to this (aside from the remake of Captain Tsubasa if you’re into that) was a 2016 series called DAYS. Following a complete novice in Tsukamoto Tsukushi, it was a somewhat basic look at high school football, but it had a colourful cast and some enjoyable footie action, and while its 24-episode run didn’t do quite enough to earn itself a sequel series, in 2018, a three-episode set of OVAs was released to bring some resolution to the story. These episodes were subbed and released by Orphan way back in 2019, but another set of OAD episodes that was packaged with the manga in 2017 and focused on a training camp remained unsubbed. Step forward the combined forces of Orphan and Saizen! This one’s been in the vault for a while (due to staffing issues for both groups) but we finally got it over the line after many years of trying. So if you’re a fan of the series or just like watching a bunch of high school dudes goofing off for the best part of 45 minutes, this release is for you. Enjoy!
We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to bring you a romantic period drama. Yes, no babies in sight (they’re romance-killers, after all), only vintage parasols, cherry blossoms falling all around, and ladies swooning if you so much as even look in their direction. Ah, a simpler time…
That’s all for CP Day this year, so all that remains for me to say is Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, everyone!
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As many of you will remember, Christmas Eve is CP Day in this corner of the internet: the day where we release a bunch of episodes to celebrate the life of our much-missed colleague, ConsiderPhlebas, on what would have been his birthday. The Yawara team have been hard at work yet again to get another batch ready and it seems only fitting to release a whopping 8 episodes today of all days. So if you’re struggling to find stuff to do over the Christmas period, treat yourself to a few hours of judo goodness.
As ever, this project is a joint with the wonderful folks over at Live-eviL and a little birdie told me they just finished up one of their other projects, so go check ’em out if you get a chance!
[FroZen-EviL]_Yawara_-_079_-_086_[720p][Blu-Ray].mkv
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And so, everything must come to an end. Luckily, this particular end is a natural one, unlike the ones Moguro’s victims clients usually meet, because we’ve finished a series! Yay! Or to be more accurate, we’ve finished the specials for this series, because we already did the series proper a little while ago. But anyway, this ties up all the loose odds and ends for the original run of Laughing Salesman, so we hope you enjoyed (if that’s the right word) the tales of Moguro and the many, many, many unfortunate souls who weren’t careful what they wished for.
As this is the last episode of the specials, it would be remiss not to thank the following people for their hard work on this project:
Translation – kokujin-kun, valerio
Timing – ninjacloud, sangofe
Editing and Typesetting – Collectr
QC – Nemesis, Uchuu
RC – Ayanami-
Encoding – BakaProxy
Muxing – Mamo-chan
If you wish to read a more in-depth overview of the project, head on over to Collectr’s blog. He was able to get his head around the weird numbering system that was going on with these specials, so if you’re curious about that, check it out.
And as ever, a very hearty thanks to those stand-up chaps and chapesses over at Live-eviL, who jointed with us on this project. We couldn’t have done it without them.
So all that’s left to say is go download and enjoy!
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