"Akagami no Shirayukihime" Chapter 26

At last we come to the end of the Tanburn arc.  I'm kinda surprised this chapter didn't begin with some color pages.  Oh well, this is still nice.
Anyhow...a lot of loose ends are tied up in this chapter.  We finally learn who Shirayuki really is and why Kadzuki kidnapped her.  I kinda wish that there was more to the pirate and the Mountain Lion grudge and more to the pirate's boss than she's an angry and violent woman.  I wanted there to be some history other than tit for tat.  But...alas, this is not a story about pirates and vigilantes who live in the mountains -- though, if there ever was such romance, I would read that.  Aah...a crazy, but seductive female pirate queen and a justice minded vigilante who's not sure whether he's chasing her for love or justice.  It sounds so cliched, but I would be totally into that!  It'd eat that up like a tub of ice cream!

*Coming back down to earth.* As you may know, "Akagami no Shirayukihime" has moved from Lala DX to Lala magazine.  This means that AnS will come out monthly from now on.  There is a trade-off, though,  Lala DX has much better print quality compared to Lala.  We are fortunate that the first chapter of the new arc is printed in the high quality section of Lala, but there is no guarantee that it will be consistently printed nicely.  Like we do with "The Ghost Apartment Manager", when the print quality is good enough for us to generate a high quality release, we will work from the magazine.  If the magazine print quality is too low, then we will wait for the tankoubon.  If this happens, then it will result in a long delay as we wait for the volumes.

And now for the links (yes, we are releasing a zip for this one. Some parts of the chapter are too pretty not to):  (Zip) (PDF -- for mobiles and tablets)

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Akagami no Shirayukihime Chapter 24

This was supposed to come out a little over a week ago, but sometimes life takes unexpected and sad turns, and people have to stop everything to observe the passing of a life.  It's difficult to take the passing of someone your own age.  I didn't know the deceased well, but her death did cause me to pause and assess my own mortality.  All I have to say is life is fragile, so make everyday your best :).

Anyhow...here's Akagami no Shirayukihime chapter 24.  This chapter taunted and teased me the whole time.  It really fought against get done.  Hahaha!  But it's done and I can get on with translating "Magnolia" now.
Updated 5/3/2011:  added small edits suggested by, you, the readers.
Links to "Akagami no Shirayukihime" chapter 24:  (Zip) (PDF -- mobile and tablets)

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My Thoughts on the Chapter

I was happy to see Shirayuki at the beginning acting very proactive and working with Kadzuki to rescue herself.  I'm glad she got to employ some of her chemistry knowledge.  It's too bad Sorata decided to have those efforts fail and at the end Shirayuki's imprisoned again and praying for Zen to save her.  =_=  I pray Kiki is there to get Shirayuki out and that she doesn't become yet another damsel in distress for Mitsuhide to save.  Can Kiki actually fight?  I don't think we've seen her in action.

Zen:  Getting fiercer :).  I like it.  I don't want him to totally lose his cool, but I do like the resolve he's showing.

Obi:  Uh...I'm not sure what to make of page 22.  What was he thinking Zen was referring to?

Shirayuki is not a princess -- no, rather, Kadzuki decided to butt into a situation he didn't fully understand and liberate her from some misguided royalty.   It's quite anticlimactic.  Sigh...so now what?  I'm not even sure I care at this point.  Truthfully, I just want to see Obi cut down a bunch of pirates.  I think the steam ran out for me when Shirayuki started crying for Zen to save her again...meh  =_=  The only thing men should have to save women from is pumping gas...

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Coming up next is Magnolia chapter 10 followed by the one-shot "3 Hearts"

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