Dicescans is two years old!! \o/

… and it more or less coincides with our 100th chapter of DICE a few weeks ago, too!

The second year was less eventful than the first, and that's a good thing. We introduced Disqus moderation in the comments, and attentive readers will have noticed a certain nuisance in the past month or so, but never mind that.

Compared to the first year, when we had to rely on all offers of helping hands - and some help offered after dedicated grovelling on our part -, this year the operation ran smoothly thanks to the assistance of more regular back-ups. Those include our good friends Jun, our back-up redrawer, and Jay, our back-up translator, both of whom are generous to no end with their skills. And we can't forget the lovely Kaoru, who held the typesetting front bravely while I was travelling.

Also added to the team as a back-up while I was travelling, Marx was at first a cleaner, then revealed herself a superb redrawer and ended up as our fourth regular member. During our recent period of same-day or same-weekend releases, her tag team with Fábio has been pretty much the reason for our success.

(About that, Fábio is on a trip until the 23rd, so there may be delays in the next couple of chapters.)

We should also mention visitors whose dedication to DICE led them to make unexpectedly creative contributions, like our good friend Michele, who designed a 3D-printing version of the Golden Die; Demotivator, who built up on my initial effort to make a Wikia and developed it into a tremendous page; and Slav Kolev, who turned the stills of the collapsing pile of Dice in the end of chapters into a neat animated GIF.

Our comment section also grew. In part due to the downright heated somewhat acrimonious but ultimately interesting discussions I've had with Trunks, Whatever, Void User and others, but also due to the continued interest and thoughtful contributions of many other readers, old and new. It's a fair assessment to say that this comment section has become (and I read most, if not all the others) one of the best places to discuss DICE in public.

Finally, it was also a year of hard work. The author has grown ambitious and recent chapters have featured complex art and more pages per episode. I can say that when season 03 ends, I will enjoy the break!

And enough of my tedious ravings. First and foremost, a round of cheers for another great year to our founder and leader, who makes Dicescans possible, our one and only Jin!!!