Shiro Lala One-Shot: "Twinkle Loop Story" by Ayu Nozaki

I hate katakana. Up until yesterday, I thought the title of this one-shot was "Twinkle-Poo Story". Apparently the mangaka was being clever in a non-native language and I was supposed to see how the "ru" was multitasking as the "le" in "Twinkle" and the "loo" in "Loop"...ugh...I hate the Japanese version of English. Why can't you use Japanese words!!!  *Bangs head* Katakana is the bane of my existence. Anyhow...a kind and more learned soul set me straight.  Thank you higher power! Indeed! I learned something new yesterday!

This is one of my favorite all time one-shots.  It comes in behind "World's End Garden", "Souai Metaphysica", and the Yuu Toyota one-shots.  I guess that makes it number 5 on my list.  It was nothing like I was expecting.  From the title and the title page, I was expecting something cute and stupid, but it turned out to be very, very sweet, with a twinge of the tragedy that runs through most of the Shiro Lala one-shots.  This one, though, ends happily, so please don't skip it.

Onto the link!


Link to "Twinkle Loop Story":  (PDF)

Next up!  At last!  I get to finally finish the first chapter of "Pochama ni"...that is, after I finish prepping the final Shiro Lala one-shot, "The Sun's Snow" for typesetting.  Hahaha!  We'll see which one gets released first later this week.  Timing's a little screwy, so we won't have a new release for our official anniversary.  Rather I'll post a list of our all time top ten releases, both series and one-shots, and you readers can explore your favorite Omari's Sister releases :).

Kuro Lala One-Shot: "Katakoi" ("Unrequited Love") by Jun Nanri

I liked this one-shot when I first looked it over, but the redraws looked daunting so it took some time to work its way through the queue.  I'd like to thank Blottyparchment and Amrai for working on the translation. おつかれさまでした！There were a few tricky parts that needed second and third looks, but I think in the end, we all arrived in a good place on the translation.

I don't want to say much about this one-shot because I don't want to spoil it.  It's one of those one-shots that you need to experience for yourself, though I will say it's reminiscent of a certain movie staring Bill Murray. (Haha! I'm probably dating myself with that comment.)  I think a lot of us know what the main character Nimi is going through.  I found her feelings very easy to relate to. 

Onto the link!


Link to "Katakoi": (PDF)

Next up! will be "Twinkle Poo Story", which I now declare to be my third favorite one-shot behind "World's End Garden" and "The Wizard and the Love Potion" (well maybe tied with "Souai Metaphysica" since that one made me bawl.). That will be followed by the first chapter of very special short series called "Pochama ni". A one-shot or two may slip in before "Pochama ni".

The release schedule for July and August is posted.  We are accelerating some of our short series to get them out of the way before resuming our indefinite series.  Please be patient with us. We aren't dropping anything.  I'm just trying to clear things out so when we return to our longer series, there will be fewer distractions.

Shiro Lala One-Shot: "Akatsuki no Miko" ("The Dawn Priest") by Akira Kouno

It's best not to think too hard about the "science" and the "artificial sun" in this one-shot.  Just take things as they are and you'll be rewarded with something cute.

This one-shot was on the bubble because I don't like the mangaka's drawing style and the character development seemed shallow.  But it was kinda sci-fi-ish, which is hard to find in shoujo manga, so I included it.

Ah...about the word "Miko"...this was kinda weird because Miko are women. But the mangaka used the form that didn't have the "woman" kanji, so I just went with "Priest" since this is a fictional world and there is a  "science" vs. "religion" theme running through the story.  On that note, the "science vs. religion" aspect of the story is kinda neat and it's too bad that matter wasn't dealt with more deeply in this one-shot.

And now onto the link!

Link to "Akatsuki no Miko": (PDF)

Up next will be "Magnolia" Chp 23! Get ready for some "quality time" between Ayato and Hugo. Nagi fans, get out your rags to chew!

Zero-Sum Ward One-Shot: "Please Leave, Hero!"

Here's another short-gag one-shot from Zero-Sum Ward. I got a giggle out of it :) It's only 8 pages so there's not much to say about it.  If you like RPGs, this will be extra enjoyable!
Link to "Please Leave, Hero!": (PDF)

I am learning to love the second "e" in "heroes".

I don't know what's next up, but I guarantee that it won't depress you ;p

Updated! Kuro Lala One-shot: "The Desert's Requiem" by Junko Ike (Version 2)

I have mixed feelings about this one-shot.  On one hand I understand the message and the metaphors, but on the other hand, as an American, there is some cultural imagery associated with what happens at the end of this one-shot that really upset me.  There's the obvious sensitivity I would have as a black person and then there's the matter of how the dead are treated.  Given this, I apologize now if this one-shot offends you.  You have to understand, though, that the Japanese do not have the same historical context and, therefore, their cultural viewpoint is much different. Realizing that was the only way I was able to appreciate how this one-shot ended.

That said, onto the release!

Updated 6/14/2012 -- moderate changes to the translation of a handful of pages. If you are keeping an archive, you should download the new version.
Link to "The Desert's Requiem" (version 2): (PDF) Updating file...

Your feedback on this one-shot is welcomed.  Please let us know how you feel about it.

Next up will either be "Red House" or "Noeoto"

Zero-Sum Ward One-Shot: "Noenoto"

I'm releasing this now and if I have to apologize, I'll apologize later.  Hahaha! It shouldn't be a big deal.  Anyhow, this is a joint project between us and The Zero Alliance. If all goes well, it should appear on their website in a few hours once the workday is done on the other side of the world.

This is a shounen-ish one-shot from Zero-Sum Ward.  This one-shot has been sitting around half done for about a year.  Sorry. It was meant for Bakeneko's Lair...but, well...you know the story by now :).

Not much to say about this one-shot, other than it's fun along the same lines as "Seimei de ga nanki ka?" and it won't leave you depressed when it ends. I do want to write a bit about this one-shot, but it would only spoil story, so I'll wait and write my thoughts as a comment.  Onto the links (and if you ask why there's a zip, you will earn great resentment from me!)


Link to "Noenoto": (Zip) (PDF)

Next up will be a short gag one-shot from Zero-Sum Ward.  It's a typesetting nightmare!  Usually I can typeset 25 - 40 pages a day.  This one-shot is only 8 pages, and I'm not going to finish it until tomorrow.  And I thought typesetting Bisco Hatori works was bad...ugh...but, it's a funny and nicely drawn one-shot, so it's worth the effort.

Kuro Lala One-Shot: "Red House" by Sarueru Yamada

First of all thanks to Holanio for creating a lovely banner to go with this release.  I agree with her that Ken-chan is adorable.

There are still 5 more Kuro Lala one-shots planned for this month, but I can't put them out back-to-back because if I don't do some upbeat one-shots I'm going to really get depressed. Therefore I'm going to rearrange the order and cram the last five Kuro Lala one-shot into the last week of the month.  It's going take a few days to prep the other other one-shots, so there may will be a lull in the releases.  We'll see...

As for this one-shot, it was a little much for me to take after "The Desert's Requiem", though this one-shot is not at all upsetting.  It's just more sadness and more dependent manipulative teenage girl behavior.  I really don't pity girls who think and act like this.  But still there's hope at the end of this one-shot.

On to the link!


Link to "Red House": (PDF)

Up Next: Upbeat one-shots!!!

Happy Shiro Lala One-Shot: "Bride on Loan" by Ririko Tsujita

I know I said the next one-shot would be gloomy and hella messed up, but things got out of order, and this one-shot is ready to be released instead.  This is actually a good thing because I wanted to break up the gloom.

This is a short light-hearted one-shot.  Since Ririko Tsujita is a new mangaka for me, I had a hard time with her writing style.  I'd like to thank Amrai for the helping me with the translation.  Tsujita-sensei, apparently, doesn't like letting people know who's talking and what specifically they are talking about...sigh...well...I guess this one-shot was a learning experience for me :).

Anyhow...here's on the release!

Link to "Bride on Loan": (PDF)

Next up will be the messed up one-shot from Kuro Lala.  It's called "Sabaku no Requiem" (The Desert's Requiem).  It should be out tomorrow night PST.

Kuro Lala One-Shot: "Tsuki no Kanon" (The Moon's Canon") by Ken Saitou

First of all, I'd like to thank Amrai for translating this.  Amrai's relatively new to the group.  She's the translator for AnS, Ojou-sama no Untenshu, and many of our one-shots.  Her ability to make sense of Akidzuki Sorata's word-salad never ceases to amaze me!

The happy times and comedy lasted only for a short time.  Now we are back to the drama.  This story is more pathetic and rant worthy than it is sad and tear-jerking.  If you've been following the conversation in the chatbox, you know what I'm talking about.  This story really raised the hackles of the OS members who have already read it.  Hahaha! I think, though, that the strong emotions we felt while reading this one-shot are signs of good storytelling.  Needless to say, I feel sorry for the janitor. He got trapped in the web of a needy 14-year old girl.  Male readers, let this be a lesson.  If she looks young, just walk on by...just walk on by...Nothing good can come from stopping and giving the girl even the least bit of attention.

On to the link!

Link to "Tsuki no Kanon": (PDF)

Next up! Next will be a very messed up one-shot from Kuro Lala.  It's subtle at first, but once you realize what happened, don't be surprised if your stomach does a little flip.  I was honestly shocked and wondered how something so sick in concept could appear in Lala...ugh...but at the same time oh, so good. After that, I'll try to find something happy that's close to being done to release before we continue on with more Kuro/Shiro Lala drama.

On a selfish note, Vertical is taking licensing suggestions until June 28th.  Vertical specialize in seinen titles, but they are open to shoujo and josei titles.  There are some restrictions for the suggestions:

• Nothing published before the year 2000 -- only recent/modern titles
• Nothing from Akita Shoten, Shuseisha, or Shokakugan
• Nothing that's on JManga

You can give your suggestions via Twitter @Vertical_Ed or Facebook (http://t.co/dtSBFvbX). Now go forth and demand some shoujo!!!

One-Shot: "Assassin Red Riding Hood"

Here's a wee-bit of stoopid to make up for all the dreary from the last two one-shots.  This is more like a one-shot for Bakeneko's Lair, but since I reintegrated that, this one-shot appears here.  I like stories that are parodies of Fairy Tales.  This is a short one-shot that appeared in Zero-Sum Ward magazine, so it's on the shounen side of the manga spectrum. Oh, and it's only 10-pages! So it's a quick read :).

Onto the link!


Link to "Assassin Red Riding Hood": (PDF) (If the PDF doesn't open in your browser, download the files to your hard drive and openit using the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader.)

Next up is an even shorter one-shot!  Hahaha!  We're just stalling for time while we work on longer one-shots and our series.  Hee!  The next long one-shot will be from Kuro Lala!

One-Shot: "See You Again" by Junko Ike

I'm starting to notice a running theme in these Shiro Lala one-shots.  I imagine it's because in Japanese culture white is associated with death, which is an opposite notion for Westerners.  If you're still recovering from "Souai Metaphysica", then perhaps you ought to wait a day or two before reading this one-shot.  It's a short one-shot, but it packs a lot of punch for 16 pages.  I think this one-shot ends on a better note than "Souai", but still...sigh...haha!  Unfortunately, the next chapter of AnS is not gonna pull us out of the sorrow hole :(.  But don't worry, the light is coming soon.

Anyhow, onto the Link!

Link to "See You Again": (PDF)

Up Next! "Akagami no Shirayukihime" Chp 34 is most likely next, though a short one-shot might sneak its way in before ;p.

One-Shot: "Souai Metaphysica" ("Mutual Love Metaphysica") by Mikase Hayashi

You might want to get out a couple of tissues for this one-shot. I had a hard time completing the translation because I started bawling halfway through.  I'm a sucker for stories about unrequited love and for some reason the whole notion makes me incredibly sad.  This is a beautiful one-shot, and I hope you all enjoy it.  We will release Hayashi-sensei's other one-shot from Kuro Lala within the month, so look out for it.

Onto the link!

Link to "Souai Metaphysica": (PDF)

Tomorrow, a short one-shot will be released and followed most likely by AnS Chp 34.

Omari's Sister 3rd Anniversary Celebration Begins! One-Shot: "Wild Wing" by Yumi Kiiro

First of all, a teaser for our new series coming in June. Linky-link!

Omari's Sister started doing scanlations back on June 26, 2009.  At that time it was a one-person group and the first project was Ouran High School Host Club chapter 71. I only did that scanlation because I was tired of waiting for chapters to be released. I had no intention of taking this any further. But then true to shoujo scanlation culture, some friction arose over Ouran and the prideful and stubborn side of me took hold and I continued on with Ouran. I admit at that time, I entered scanlation not knowing any of the silent rules of courtesy and I pissed off a few groups without initially knowing why.  Hahaha!  Well, I've never been one to play be the rules, so scanlation and doing whatever I like are not out of character for me. I've learned to temper myself over the years, and I'm better for it.

Silver Lunar and Kuma Chan were the first members to join the group.  Kuma Chan drops in once in a while to proofread and Silver Lunar to this day does a whole lot of the cleaning and redrawing.  Members have come and gone and I've had fun with all of them.  Thank you all for contributing your talents over the years.  I look forward to many more years with Omari's Sister and I can't wait to meet the new people who will join the group in the future.

That's all I'll say for now.  I'll post again about the progress the group has made since its founding.  We've made leaps and bounds with both translation quality and image editing quality over the years.

And now onto our first celebratory release! "Wild Wing" is the long one-shot that was featured in Shiro Lala.  It's by Yumi Kiiro, the mangaka who brings us the "Library Wars" manga series.  A lot of group members contributed to this one-shot.  Jade did a wonderful job on the translation with Amrai's and Kotomi's assistance, Silver Lunar cleaned and redrew most of this bad boy, Ichigo Stars worked her magic with the crazy redraws, and Holanio survived a typesetting marathon.  Hahaha...and me...well, as usual, I put the final polish on the images and script to give the project that "Omari's Sister feel".

Onto the link!
Link to "Wild Wing": (PDF)

My thoughts on "Wild Wing"

I like this one-shot a lot, though, I felt the transitions in the story were a little abrupt and choppy.  This is especially visible in the way Miyabi's father is handled.  I think that could have been resolved by making the story into a one-volume short-series rather than a one-shot.

Up Next!

The next one-shot will be released on Sunday and soon after that will come AnS Chp 34!

Special Spring One-Shot: "Bye Bye Rain" by Shiki Awafuji

This one-shot is from Hana to Yume magazine so the original image quality is crap.  We did the best we could with what we had, but still I apologize that the images are not as crisp as I like them to be (although those of you with iPad 2s and 3s and iPhone 4s's will not see the horror -- those devices make anything look great!).  Anyhow, view the PDF at ~65% zoom to get the best image quality.

As I wrote earlier, we at Omari's Sister don't particularly like to do projects or work with big age gaps. However, I felt the story and the artwork were too lovely to pass up.  I'd like to thank Jade for her lovely translation and Kayori for he wonderful redraws.  Great job team!

Oh!  A translator's note: A "sun shower" is a sudden rain storm on a sunny day -- raining while the sun is still out.

Shiki Awafuji is new to us and new to Hakusensha.  Due to the loveliness of her language I will be going back to check-out her other 3 works.  She was recently published in the latest issue of The Hana to Yume magazine.


And onto this springtime confection of a one-shot!

Link to "Bye Bye Rain": (PDF)

Next up! AnS Chp 33 will be our next release.  The original magazine image quality is the worst I've ever seen from Lala, so the chapter will look like sh** even with my best efforts T_T. I'm not looking forward to it. I imagine I'll make everything look very watercolor-like to hide the lack of image data.  Haha!  Well...as usual, I'll make the best out of it.

One-Shot: "The Most Beautiful Name in the World" by Yuu Toyota

At last, a release!!!  I can't believe that it's nearly been 2 weeks since we've released something.  It's not for lack of doing anything.  We've been quite busy.  I myself had to prep a couple of projects for lettering before I get to this one-shot and last week I was nearly useless because RL made me depressed and sleepy.

Anyhow, here's another one-shot from one of our favorite mangaka Yuu Toyota.  This one is a quite bittersweet unlike the other one-shots. Still it's a lovely story and fits very well with her other one-shots.
And now onto the link!

Link to "The Most Beautiful Name in the World":  (PDF)

Next Up!  Continuing on with the historical romance, next up will be "Ojousama no Untenshu" Chp 2. Several projects are close to being completed so hopefully we'll be able to do a bunch of releases in the next 2 or 3 weeks. 

One Shot: "Complete Story of Meg the Thief" ("Kaitou Magu no Ichibushijuu") by Nari Kusakawa

First of all I would like to thank Jade and Amrai for taking on the challenge of translating this one-shot.  This was probably the hardest one-shot we've ever taken on and I'm happy that we fought through it to get to a good result.  I'd also like to thank Noir Schist for her wonderful image editing and lettering. Oh!  And Ichi's miraculous redraws too!  Great work team!

And now onto the one-shot.  Not much to say here other than this is another wonderful one-shot from Nari Kusakawa and really like Ulric.  He's awesome! It's too bad this is a one-shot.  I would have liked to see this stretched out into a 1 volume series.  But, alas, I'll happily take this.


And now onto the link
Link to "The Complete Story of Mag the Thief":  (PDF)

Next up are the final two chapters of "Seirei Produce"!  The ending is quite satisfying.  Get out a Kleenex because you're going to tear up.

"Sekai no Hate no Sougen de" ("The Grassy Plain at the Edge of the World") by Keiko Ishihara

Update: The file have be updated to correct a couple translation errors.  Those of you with digital collections may want to re-download the file.

First of all, as you can see in the bottom left corner of the title page, "Ojousama no Untenshu" volume 2 will be available for purchase on March 5th.  Here's a link to pre-order it from Amazon JP.  I'll post links to other online stores once the book is actually released.

On to the one-shot!  This one-shot is rather subtle.  It took 3 readings for me to get the entirety of the message.  For those of you who find an anti-feminist message, I ask you to re-read the one-shot and chew on the end again.  This is more about influence being a barrier rather than gender.  That's not to say gender doesn't play a role, because it does play a big role.  Also, after you read through the first time, go back and read the first 3 pages again, for a big "aha" if you didn't get what was going on during your first reading.


This is a new one to add to my list favorite one-shots.  I love the story and the characters and the artwork is gorgeous.  I'll search Comic Holmes to see if there are more untranslated one-shots from Ishihara-sensei, though I only have magazines dating back to September 2007.  If she has many one-shots, hopefully, like our other favorite mangaka, she'll release a compilation of one-shots.  I'll keep an eye our for her work in the future.

Oh! A note for parents:  This one-shot has some partial female nudity.  This one-shot is recommended for people 13 and older.

On to the links!

2/24/2012 Update:  I had a brainfart on the English title (transposed two words) T_T.  I updated the title page.  I also corrected a major translation error on page 30.  Those of you with digital collections may want to redownload the file.  Sorry about that and thank goodness for the Internets!
Links to "Sekai no Hate no Sougen de":  (Zip) (PDF)

Next up! 
This weekend I'll be working on AnS Chp 31 and the omake that came out this month.  Hopefully, I can release those by next Wednesday.  Within that time period, we may also release the latest one-shot from Nari Kusakawa.

"Fushigi no Maria-kun" Bonus Story: "The Wounds that Cover Us" (Manshinsoui no Futari")

This is the extra short one-shot included in "Fushigi no Maria-kun" Volume 1.  It's a cute little high school romance story.  I always like it when authors are able to tell a complete story in very few pages.

Oh!  This is also the debut project for our newest typesetter, Rien!  Let's all welcome Rien :)

Links to "The Wounds that Cover Us": (Zip) (PDF)

The next chapter of "Fushigi no Maria-kun" will come out in March (hopefully).

One-Shot: "Kirara to Shiro Ookami" ("Kirara and the White Wolf")

As you can see on this title page, "Ao no Rhapsodia", a collection of Akane Ogura's one-shots is now available for purchase.  I have a copy and we will be translating some of the one-shots.  If you wish to purchase your own copy, here are some links:

• Amazon JP
• Yes Asia

I can also piggyback order it for you ($8.50 + postage).  If you are interested, send me an e-mail.

Okay, now onto the one-shot. This one-shot reminds me of a light comedic version of "Ginrou no Sakura" for a younger audience.  It's a super cute one-shot.  I really like Kirara's costume.  I'm a sucker for ribbon accents.
Anyhow, onto the links!

Updated 2/16/2012:  Small edits from Kotomi. No change to the story.
Links to "Kirara no Shiro Ookami":  (Zip) (PDF)
Next up are one-shots from Keiko Ishihara ("Ojousama no Untensu") and Nari Kusakawa.  We are also working on AnS Chp 31 and the short omake from Lala 3/2012.

Valentine's Day Special One-Shot: "Heart Assassin" by Sora Kakeru

This year for Valentine's Day I thought we'd present a "delinquent love story".  I think delinquents with a heart of gold are my favorite type of male manga character.  This story has a bit of a twist at the end...though.  I kinda wonder if it's a double twist.  Haha!  You'll see what I mean after you read it. Along with the potential double twist, the story has an unexpected bit at the end...actually, a theme in this story is "unexpectation" so it all makes sense in an unexpected way.  Haha!!

This one-shot was written and drawn by Sora Kakeru the same mangaka who gave us "Nanairo no Mukou".  There is still that special sweet quality in this one-shot, but there's also a lot of humor, especially toward the end.  I hope to see more from Sora Kakeru.  I definitely love her one-shots and I would love to see her do a short series.

And now onto the links!

Links to "Heart Assassin":  (Zip) (PDF)

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

Next up is "Kirara to Shiro Ookami" ("Kirara and the White Wolf") by Akane Ogura.