You have no idea how long we've been waiting to release these.
They are both oneshots by Shouji Sato, and both are some of his earliest non-hentai work. The first, Unreal Sundown, is sort of an early concept for what would become Fire Fire Fire set in the Wild West. The second, Unreal Sunshine (no relation despite title similarities), is a gag manga based partly on Shouji's own experience working at a convenience store. Both provide an interesting look at his work before HOTD.
Both of these are very rare, even though they were reprinted in separate Monthly Dragon Age booklets a few years after their original publication. HOTDcups was fortunate enough to find the raws, though.
I guess now is as good a time as any to announce that HOTDcups is leaving Scans of the Dead and the scanlation scene in general. He's decided he would like to focus all of his time and effort on real life from now on. I hate to see him go, but the time has come for him to move on. I have really enjoyed working together for the last two years, and I know his future will be bright and prosperous. Thank you for everything.
Don't worry, I'm already looking for a replacement translator for HOTD and possibly Triage X. If it comes down to it, I'll put out some public requests for a translator, and I'm sure someone will help out. Both of these series are in high demand, and I know there's no lack of people willing to help.
oh! Thank you so much =D
ReplyDeleteSpeedy_J here,
ReplyDeleteHOTDcups will be missed. Hopefully you find a replacement soon enough! Let's get new chapter of HOTD and Triage X scanned and translated!
Good luck!
Good luck to HOTDcups and thanks for all the scans and translations!
ReplyDeleteSpeedy_J Here,
ReplyDeleteGot a link you might be interested in.
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/03/08/april-return-date-set-for-highschool-of-the-dead-manga
Thanks for that. I won't get my copy until Monday, so I'm glad someone else got the news out.
DeleteThanks for the releases! Always nice to see more of his work.
ReplyDeleteAlso, good luck in the future HOTDcups! Your work was much appreciated.
Thank you very much for all the hard work and sharing these wonderful oneshots, I'm happy to read!!
ReplyDeleteWow, I'm a little late on this comment, but I had no idea that these were considered rare or hard to find.
ReplyDeleteI've had one of the booklets with Unreal Sunshine (came with my issue of Dragon Age from October or November 2008, I think) just sitting around...
That puts you in the vast minority of people, especially if you don't live in Japan. Extras that come with the magazine are only sold with the magazine. If you found either booklet for sale outside of Japan now it would be ridiculously overpriced. You see, in this case "rare" means expensive (or collectible, if you will). I don't think Unreal Sunshine raws were ever made available online, which makes it hard to find for non-Japanese, and it has certainly never been scanlated before.
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