Veranda of Madoka Volume 3+Extras [Complete]

 

We leave you today with the links to the bonus pages and color chapter of the tank release of Volume 3 as well as a link to the complete compiled Volume 3, thus closing one more cycle. A long one that I'm not even 100% sure when it started...

I started working on Veranda long before I knew Japanese, and when things got dire I had to actually learn the language so this little series wouldn't be abandoned in the void. I'm aware there are things that could be translated better, but I know in my heart I tried my best, and I wasn't alone so I'm confident we can say goodbye to the meguca family with some degree of confidence that their story will be told.

And now, some words from our resident cumbia fan:

Hello everyone, buenos días a todos, this is the strange and often obnoxious "other" authorial voice of this blog.

This is the last chapter of Veranda. SGT has been working on Veranda in some capacity since long before I joined, possibly even before I knew Japanese(?) if our dear leader's memory as to the exact year can be trusted. This says more about our abysmally slow pace of translation (at least 8 years for 3 volumes) than the magnitude of the work, but it was nevertheless a long chapter in SGT's history. I was never the biggest fan of Veranda (sorry), but I mainly helped out of a sense of obligation to make sure the chapters didn't go out with any grievous translation errors or poor phrasing. I'm still not entirely satisfied with the state of the translation, but I doubt we'll be back for a round 2 (3 if we count the earlier chapters we already redid once). Complaints aside, it was still a nice thing to have worked on. It's hard not to attached to a series after working on it for so long. But now this chapter is over. I was reading The Allure of Nezahualcoyotl -- Pre-Hispanic History, Religion, and Nahua Poetics by Jongsoo Lee and came across this frankly hilarious passage from Fray Juan de Torquemada's colonial era chronicle of Nahua history (more on this book in our next blog post, and why the picture of Nezahualcoyotl Torquemada paints is not to be taken totally at face value), presented here in the author's English translation for those of our readers who cannot read Castillian, few though they may be:

After having eaten, he [Nezahualcoyotl] ordered his singers to come to celebrate the beginning and ending of the feast; and, as he was a man of good prudence and much and deep consideration and seeing so many kings, nobles, and valiant captains together, he wanted all the attendees to understand that the things of this life end and to be moved by this consideration so that they would use them like the census. And he ordered his singers to sing a song that he himself had composed and began like this: xochitl mamani in huehuetitlan, etc., which means: “among the trees and junipers, there are fresh and fragrant flowers,” and continuing ahead, it says that although for some time they are fresh and bright, they become ripe, they wither, and dry up. He went on to say that all the attendees would die and would not reign again; and that all their grandeur would have an end, and that their treasures would be possessed by others; and that they would not enjoy this again after leaving it. And those who had begun to eat with pleasure finished the feast with tears, hearing the words of the song and seeing that what he said was true.

We all have that one friend who just has to ruin the boys' night out. SGT is by no means dead now that Veranda is over, and we have at least one other big project in the works, but until then, I leave you with another poem from Nezahualcoyotl. Think on it and keep it in mind, dear Veranda reader.

We only rise from sleep,
We come only to dream,
it is not true, it is not true,
that we come on earth to live.
As an herb in springtime,
so is our nature.
Our hearts give birth, make sprout,
the flowers of our flesh.
Some open their corollas,
then they become dry. (Cantares 1985:f.14v, in León-Portilla
1992b:153)

Thanks to Candy as well for her help with the coloring pages! And as cumbia fan said, we already have a new project underway so the ride is far from over. It's not from Kirara Magica, but I think you will like it... or probably hate it. 

And now, it's time we say goodbye to Veranda. See ya and thanks for the memories!

 

 

MF

 

Extra pages

 

Veranda of Madoka 32 [FINAL]

 And here it is, the final chapter of Veranda... 

I don't really know how to feel. I've been working on this series for years, and now that it's finally done I guess I'm trying to avoid letting the sinking feeling of the passage of time get to me. 

At least I want to personally thank everyone that helped us get this series translated. From the earlier days of begging for translations in forums to the recent, very much appreciated, helping hands in increasing the quality of both the translation as well as the color pages (that so dearly needed an expert).

However, it's not the end-end of the series yet. We still have a bonus color chapter from the tank version that will go up soon together with the complete file for Volume 3, so it's not yet time to say goodbye to this meguca family.

So, enjoy the final (not final-final) chapter of Veranda of Madoka!

 

MF

Veranda of Madoka 31

Sorry for the delays, but finally chapter 31 is out!

Now for real, next chapter is the last one of the series but the volume release had a bonus color chapter, so it's not yet time to say goodbye.

We also have some things planned for our next project, we'll reveal more details at a later date. So for now, enjoy the chapter!

 

 

MF

Veranda of Madoka 30

 A new chapter is finally out! Better slow and steady than never, r-right?

This is the second to last chapter of the series, meaning that next one is the final chapter of Veranda. There's a bonus color chapter with the tank release, so once we do the full volume release it will be included there so look forward to it!

EDIT: Err, I miscounted and there's still 2 more chapters left, oopsie.

 

 

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Veranda of Madoka 28

 And we come back with a new chapter! Not much to say this time because it's late so, enjoy!

EDIT: Fixed an oopsie in page 1, new links below.

 

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Veranda of Madoka 27

New chapter out, yay! Next chapters might be delayed a bit because of personal things that got worse than expected... but the goal is to finish volume 3 before the end of the year so... gotta give it our best!

 

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Veranda of Madoka 26

 After dealing with some personal stuff, we're back with more. Chapter 26 is out!

As it's tradition, thanks to Cumbia del alma and Candy for their help!

 

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Veranda of Madoka 25

 Chapter 25 ready to go!

Thanks to Cumbia del alma and Candy for their help and Happy Holidays!

 

MF

 

 

Veranda of Madoka 24

And one more to go!

As per usual, thanks to Cumbia del alma and Candy for their incredible support!

 

 

 

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Veranda of Madoka 13

Comedy is hard, puns and jokes based on culture are harder. We move on to the second chapter of Volume 12. Thanks to our resident poet and Candace Barnard for help in QCing this chapter.

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Veranda of Madoka 12

 First chapter of Volume 12 is here. Special thanks to Candace Barnard for her help in recoloring and QC.

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Veranda of Madoka 11

I wish things went according to plan for once...

Anyway, a new chapter of Veranda is ready and final chapter of Volume 1 too. If all goes well the final zip with some extras will be out soon-ish.

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Veranda of Madoka 10

Almost there, almost there I swear! New Veranda chapter in the meantime.

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Veranda of Madoka 9

Umm, this should've been out a few days ago. My bad.

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Veranda of Madoka 8

New Veranda chapter, still trying to find time change the titles of the blog entries...

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Kirara Volume 6 - Veranda of Madoka 6

Our next Kirara project, The Veranda of Madoka!

This one is a cute AU where the PMHQ are all sisters living together, and the author is none other than PAPA! Not making any promises, just getting back to work.
 

MF

MEGA

Kirara Volume 17 - Mitakihara Antimaterials 16 "Final" chapter

Well, here it is. The "Final" chapter of Mitakihara Antimaterials. This was the last chapter published on the tank's second and last volume. However, there's about 6 chapters that were only published on further Kirara Magic volumes. Although we plan to release the missing chapters, don't quote me on an ETA. Anyway, enjoy the chapter, next on the line is PAPA's Veranda of Madoka!

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Kirara Volume 15 and 16 - Mitakihara Antimaterials 14 and 15

This was supposed to be out in December, but oh well.

Hola, buenos días a todos. So it appears that fate would have us meet again before next year. It's your boy, lil nacaocuilin. As all our most generous supporters are likely aware, we've hit our 5000￥ / month goal on Patreon, which is why we're coming at you with this extra special bonus New Year's Post. Just two weeks ago (at time of writing), looking out the window of the (supposedly off limits) seventeenth floor of the bougie ass hotel where our company was hosting its Christmas party, watching on as some dumbass tore up the snow covered asphalt of the nearby empty parking lot doing donuts, apart from feeling genuinely alive for the first time in a while watching this motherfucker drifting their Honda Civic ass front wheel drive sedan, I felt a deep urge to go home, to not have to go back down to the party and drive my drunk coworkers home, (who were at that point likely filling the blank pages of their white albums with images of their bosses on the dance floor grinding to mid-2000s MTV music videos), before crawling into bed in my very own ten square foot hut on the outskirts of the capital. I just wanted someone, anyone to come get me. Onii-chan, senpai, or maybe even,,, ~Daddy~? As it turns out, sometimes we all just need a ~Daddy~, just like our boy Hitomi does in this admittedly heartwarming chapter. In any case, something something the importance of family, donate if you can, donate even if you can't, and stay safe. Finally, all the staff including both the permanent employees with benefits and the underpaid temporary contractors living in a state of perpetually downwardly mobile precarity at Silver Garden Mexican Grill would like to wish a Feliz Año Nuevo a todos. Yours truly lil nacaocuilin

And now, the goodies

 

Chapter 14

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Chapter 15 

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Kirara Volume 13 and 14 - Mitakihara Antimaterials 12 and 13

Hello all. Have some xmas goodies and a message from our sponsors.

Hola, buenos días a todos, it is with an extremely heavy heart that I must inform you that it is,, indeed,,, your boy yung くる留 and Silver Garden, once again, out here on the block, like we always do. In what must surely be of little consolation, we bring gifts of translated HomuMami from our Silver Garden Mexican Grill family to yours. This year, like the year before, and the year before it, I look out my room's window and see the snow softly blanketing the streets of the city in white. If there were to be any difference from the years past, it would be that room is smaller (though the rent no cheaper), the walls thinner, and the winters ever colder. Thus begins and thus ends my first and possibly last White Album Season en la gran capital de nuestro país. As a famous hustler and real G once wrote,

It might be imagined that the houses, great and small, which vie roof against proud roof in the capital remain unchanged from one generation to the next, but when we examine whether this is true, how few are the houses that were there of old. Some were burnt last year and only since rebuilt; great houses have crumbled into hovels and those who dwell in them have fallen no less. The city is the same, the people are as numerous as ever, but of those I used to know, a bare one or two in twenty remain. They die in the morning, they are born in the evening, like foam on the water.

Stay safe, keep hustling, and cherish the time you have with family. And support Content Creators, you can find the link for our Patreon in the about section, if we hit our goal of 5000￥ a month we might even have another post for New Year's.

⚠Also if anyone here happens to know Japanese (not sure why you'd be here), read 君が僕を by 中里十 (after SeaBed), it's good。⚠

Forever yours,
yung くる留
  

Mitakihara Anti-Materials Episode 12

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Mitakihara Anti-Materials Episode 13

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Kirara Volume 11- Kaname-ke 3

Buenos días a todos, let's rise and grind. It's your boy, ¥ung 今晚打老虎 back at it again with another Christmas PMMM release por ustedes. Kaname-ke 11, fresh off the grill. I'm not a fan of how Sayaka is always the butt of the joke in these, but I'll let the authors off with just a warning for the slight against my boy lil blue since it was quite a cute volume. Other than that, it's nice to actually have a Christmas release on time for Christmas this year, not that we've ever been late or anything.

Now, the new year is almost here, White Album season is almost certainly upon us, whenever that is, and it's time for some serious, deep Reflection. It's been a crazy year. I've spent too many early mornings in freezing basements trying to catch one last wink of sleep while ignoring those goddamn engineers and their ping pong ball machines, too many late nights on friends' couches wracked by nightmares of Lil Pump, extra spicy yukgaejang and gdb, too many exhausted evenings in my bathtub after a long day of the grind, my last waking thoughts being on the contemplation of beauty, truly embodied only in the perfect matrimony of garlic sauce and spit-roasted meat, the list goes on and on.

Enough reflection. Maybe it's actually the examined life that isn't worth living. In any case, the holidays are here, relax, take it easy, read a book, spend time with family and friends raising some chickens of your own. Anything for those fresh eggs, after all. We hope you've been nice this year and blue Santa brings you everything on your list and some good gacha luck, no matter which game you're throwing away your life savings on. Finally, we wish you a very merry Christmas and a happy new year, from our Silver Garden Mexican Grill family to yours.

¥ung 今晚打老虎, signing off.

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