Enjoy the chapter!
DICE 236
Here
is the original (Click it. Just click it!)
and here is the latest English official release by LINE.
Choo Choo Cat stepped in for Jin this time. Thanks a million!
This chapter took a little longer because there was a nightmare redraw this time.
And speaking of redrawing, we'll need seasonal help for Steph. Damien and Joseph are leaving on trips. We can get some help from back-ups like Slav and Jun, but it would be great if we could have someone working on it alongside Steph every week. If you think you can stand the heat, more details at the end of the chapter.
Monday, May 28, 2018
Sunday, May 20, 2018
DICE, chapter 235 (reader)… and fake news announcement
Enjoy the chapter!
DICE 235
Here is the original (the series isn't going to end in a month, all the more reason for you to click and support him!) and here is the latest English official release by LINE.
Thanks to our good friend achyif this time. I forgot to indicate an important redraw to our team, and had to ask her to do it in the eleventh hour. Also a round of applause to likcoras, our great back-up translator, who filled in for Jin, who's busy in real life and only managed to do the first few bubbles.
So, it turns out I was a total fool this time (I'm just half a fool normally). I should have realised that "240 chapters/unfinished" referred to the current number of chapters available for purchase in the store, and the status of the series, not an upper limit on chapters before the series ends. The number didn't correspond to the chapters proper because they also count some of the small extras, like end-of-season and break announcements. Right now, as some of our readers have pointed out, the number has raised to 242 as more chapters have been released since our announcement.
The "suspension of publication" probably applied only to that week's paywall release, as an announcement to paying readers who expected a new chapter.
Yiipeee!
DICE 235
Here is the original (the series isn't going to end in a month, all the more reason for you to click and support him!) and here is the latest English official release by LINE.
Thanks to our good friend achyif this time. I forgot to indicate an important redraw to our team, and had to ask her to do it in the eleventh hour. Also a round of applause to likcoras, our great back-up translator, who filled in for Jin, who's busy in real life and only managed to do the first few bubbles.
So, it turns out I was a total fool this time (I'm just half a fool normally). I should have realised that "240 chapters/unfinished" referred to the current number of chapters available for purchase in the store, and the status of the series, not an upper limit on chapters before the series ends. The number didn't correspond to the chapters proper because they also count some of the small extras, like end-of-season and break announcements. Right now, as some of our readers have pointed out, the number has raised to 242 as more chapters have been released since our announcement.
The "suspension of publication" probably applied only to that week's paywall release, as an announcement to paying readers who expected a new chapter.
Yiipeee!
Saturday, May 12, 2018
DICE, chapter 234 (reader)
Enjoy the chapter!
DICE 234
Here is the original (the author might need the extra clicks towards the end…) and here is the latest English official release by LINE.
We don't have more news after the announcement made in the previous post. Chapter 237 wasn't released in the paywall this Saturday. We're working on 235. Jin said she'd try to see if there are news on the author's personal page. If anyone else knows anything, feel free to let us know in the comments. (No spoilers of series content, for those who read paywall chapters or check the raws out before we scanlate them.)
DICE 234
Here is the original (the author might need the extra clicks towards the end…) and here is the latest English official release by LINE.
We don't have more news after the announcement made in the previous post. Chapter 237 wasn't released in the paywall this Saturday. We're working on 235. Jin said she'd try to see if there are news on the author's personal page. If anyone else knows anything, feel free to let us know in the comments. (No spoilers of series content, for those who read paywall chapters or check the raws out before we scanlate them.)
Monday, May 7, 2018
DICE over in seven chapters
Yeah, just as the title says.
Alerted by Héctor, an old presence in the comments here, I asked Jin to check out a "suspension of publication notice" next to the title of chapter 235 (which is still in the paywall).
The notice itself is ambiguous, the word in Korean could mean a temporary suspension or hiatus. But Jin found that the Naver Store interface has the series as "240 chapters/unfinished".
We take that to mean it will be over with chapter 240. Ominously, the arc that begins after Pandemonium is called Terminus.
So I guess that's it. No final battle, just a rushed ending.
(My favourite manga ever ended in a rush at 240 chapters. Now this. Guess I'm jinxed.)
I cannot fathom the rationale of telling an author to end a few months early when the series is already in the final season. How much money did they save, I wonder. But no use whining.
If at least the author tells us more or less adequately what happens to the Final Die and whose take (Eunju's, Dongtae's or someone else's) on Dice will be vindicated, I'll be able to at least have some closure.
At the very least, the fact that DICE is and is likely to remain my bestest webtoon ever, and that I relished these four years I've been reading and working on it, is unchanged.
One more thing: Naver has a nasty habit of never taking the final chapters out of the paywall. If they do it this time, it should happen with chapters 238-40, so we have smooth sailing at least until then, barred a change in policy. We shall know around chapter 236.
In that case, we have a number of options. There is a watermarked, low-quality pirate version of the raws circulating. We can use that as an option of last resort. We'll see.
I can say in advance that it was an enjoyable ride, and thanks for bearing with us.
Splicer, for the Dicescans Team
P.S.: Whether Dicescans will have a future after DICE is not something we have thought about yet. Everyone here is devoted to the series, and we've never even talked about whether we have any other webtoon as a common interest. So please leave questions about the future for when the future arrives.
Alerted by Héctor, an old presence in the comments here, I asked Jin to check out a "suspension of publication notice" next to the title of chapter 235 (which is still in the paywall).
The notice itself is ambiguous, the word in Korean could mean a temporary suspension or hiatus. But Jin found that the Naver Store interface has the series as "240 chapters/unfinished".
We take that to mean it will be over with chapter 240. Ominously, the arc that begins after Pandemonium is called Terminus.
So I guess that's it. No final battle, just a rushed ending.
(My favourite manga ever ended in a rush at 240 chapters. Now this. Guess I'm jinxed.)
I cannot fathom the rationale of telling an author to end a few months early when the series is already in the final season. How much money did they save, I wonder. But no use whining.
If at least the author tells us more or less adequately what happens to the Final Die and whose take (Eunju's, Dongtae's or someone else's) on Dice will be vindicated, I'll be able to at least have some closure.
At the very least, the fact that DICE is and is likely to remain my bestest webtoon ever, and that I relished these four years I've been reading and working on it, is unchanged.
One more thing: Naver has a nasty habit of never taking the final chapters out of the paywall. If they do it this time, it should happen with chapters 238-40, so we have smooth sailing at least until then, barred a change in policy. We shall know around chapter 236.
In that case, we have a number of options. There is a watermarked, low-quality pirate version of the raws circulating. We can use that as an option of last resort. We'll see.
I can say in advance that it was an enjoyable ride, and thanks for bearing with us.
Splicer, for the Dicescans Team
P.S.: Whether Dicescans will have a future after DICE is not something we have thought about yet. Everyone here is devoted to the series, and we've never even talked about whether we have any other webtoon as a common interest. So please leave questions about the future for when the future arrives.
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
DICE, chapter 233 (reader)
Early release! \o/
DICE 233
Here is the original (you know about cryptocurrency, but I bet you have never heard of clickcurrency for webtoon authors!) and here is the latest English official release by LINE.
Say hello to our new resident redrawer, who did this chapter and will be teaming up with Damien for the near future, Steph! Welcome to Dicescans!
DICE 233
Here is the original (you know about cryptocurrency, but I bet you have never heard of clickcurrency for webtoon authors!) and here is the latest English official release by LINE.
Say hello to our new resident redrawer, who did this chapter and will be teaming up with Damien for the near future, Steph! Welcome to Dicescans!
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