DICE, chapter 133 (reader)

Here it is, in the nick of time!

DICE 133

She is back! \o/

Here is the original, which you should visit, and for good measure scroll down to the end once to support the author. And here is the latest official release by LINE.

DICE, chapter 132 (reader)

Here it is, a little late 'cause real life got in the way:

DICE 132

Say welcome to our new cleaner Marx, who will pair up with Kaoru while I am away on my trip!

Here is the Naver original you should visit, and here is the latest English official release by LINE.

DICE, chapter 131 (reader)

Yeah, it came a little late, but the delay was so small that I didn't bother to write an advance notice this time:

DICE 131

Here is the original, which you should visit to support the author. And here is the latest official English release by LINE.

Calling off the cleaner recruitment

At the same time I am immensely happy with all the messages we have been getting from people volunteering to help cleaning DICE while I am travelling, it is a bit sad to have to write polite refusals.

I say that because we have already found our replacement cleaner. I'll do the introduction when we release chapter 132 (because 131 I have cleaned myself).

Therefore, I'm calling off the cleaner recruitment.

However, just as we did with the translation applicants last year, those who haven't been taken up will remain in our list of lifesavers in case we need help again. One of the reasons we have been able to sustain mostly weekly releases for more than a year is thanks to the timely help of people like Aia-chan, Choo Choo Cat, Jun, Jay and many others who have lent their skills and free time in our aid.

My apologies to the latest applicants for not posting this right when I filled the position. Because relatively few people read our releases via the blog (most use manga aggregators), I thought it would be more effective to wait to call off the recruitment by announcing it with our next release and didn't bother to do it here.

Now we have both a cleaner and a typesetter, we should be fine for the period of my trip. My only Drudger duty that isn't covered is proofreading, but that's not something that will cause the operation to stop. Jin writes very well and I normally just make some tweaks here and there. If we change our minds, we may post an ad for a proofreader later.

DICE, chapter 130 (reader)

Earlier than expected!

DICE 130

Allow me to introduce the lovely Kaoru, who debuts in Dicescans as the typesetter who will be in my place while I am travelling from April 12. Not only did she typeset the chapter quickly and skillfully, she was the one who chose the very cool font we used for the written note in this chapter. A warm welcome from all the heartless leeches of society, please!

But we still need a cleaner to take over from me! Actually, the pre-cleaning is the hardest part. I'm willing to coach anyone who already knows how to use the following Photoshop Tools: Brush, Clone Stamp, Fill + Content Aware, Polygonal Lasso, Layer via Copy, Guides and the Eyedropper. It sounds like a lot, but it's not, all of them are very simple and straightforward. You should also know how to change Canvas Size.

This is the original, which you will visit to support the author. And this is the latest official English release by LINE.

Delay due to training

Just so you know… chapter 130 was translated yesterday, but is unlikely to come out before tomorrow.

The reason is that I am coaching a typesetter and she will do this chapter under my supervision.

I hope you understand. The slight delay now will be compensated seven times over when I go on my trip and we don't have to go on hiatus due to the lack of a substitute.