http://kotonoha.monkey-pirate.com Manga - Less Ordinary! Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:47:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the first projects to benefit from our recent recruitment drive, Shigurui makes its comeback with the first chapter of volume 2. Thanks to the recent release of the anime, the series seems to have won a few more fans, yet I don't think enough people realize just how ... http://kotonoha.monkey-pirate.com/2008/03/26/anatomy-101/ While compiling the project list for our current poll, I realized that we hadn't picked up any female-oriented project for quite some time. Needless to say, we couldn't go on like that. After some passionate discussion among the staff, we decided that something had to be done. Fortunately, our translator ... http://kotonoha.monkey-pirate.com/2008/03/16/shapes-of-love/ Update: Thanks to everyone who applied! We have been able to filled almost all positions. Please check the list below to see which positions are still open. Due to the amount of submitted applications, I haven't been able to answer everyone yet. I ask for your patience. After years of understaffing ... http://kotonoha.monkey-pirate.com/2008/03/06/help-wanted-2008-edition/ Okay, I lied. Except for the fact that 2008 will likely be Kotonoha's farewell year, there is really nothing much to look forward to from us in the next twelve months. We will be doing the same things we already did last year and the year before that. In our ... http://kotonoha.monkey-pirate.com/2008/01/14/things-to-look-forward-to-in-2008/ Is it me or has Kotonoha lately developed a penchant for stories set in the past? After Shigurui and Historie we're adding yet another historical manga to our project list. However, rest assured that we aren't bringing you just any title from this vast genre. Nominated for the prestigious Osamu ... http://kotonoha.monkey-pirate.com/2007/12/09/tea-for-universe-tea-for-life/ Well, it's actually past midnight where I live, so I'll keep this short and sweet. We have a new joint project with our good friends from Omanga: A Revolutionist in the Afternoon is Jirō Matsumoto's latest short story collection and maybe his best one yet. While it doesn't contain nearly ... http://kotonoha.monkey-pirate.com/2007/11/04/a-revolutionist-in-the-afternoon/ Hello everyone, and welcome to the first two releases of Happiness. It's a collection of one shots by the one, the only, Furuya Usamaru. Some of you may remember a couple of one shots of his that Kotonoha released a while ago, Happiness and A Room of Clouds. These can ... http://kotonoha.monkey-pirate.com/2007/10/01/happiness-and-more/ I have some good news regarding Chokotto Sister and Binbou Shimai Monogatari. Btr, a new translator who recently joined us, has taken over the translation duties for both projects, which should improve their release pace dramatically (heck, BSM was dead before this ;)). As the first fruits of this collaboration ... http://kotonoha.monkey-pirate.com/2007/09/24/sisters-united/ As some of you may remember, we used to have a little forum back in the days, until it died (to be fair, it was never really "alive" to begin with). Some time has passed since then. Kotonoha grew a bit older, picked up a few more projects and members ... http://kotonoha.monkey-pirate.com/2007/08/16/new-forum-online/ Enjoy! Girlfriend V4 Ch17 Kiichi!! V1 Ch3 Milk Closet V4 Ch20 (End) Shigurui V1 Ch4 SWWEEET V1 Bonus What a Wonderful World V2 Ch10-11 http://kotonoha.monkey-pirate.com/2007/08/05/new-stuff/