Series by Katori Masaru and Ando Jiro
So, here’s the tl;dr version, for all those curious: Dead4Sure, after a brief interlude of busy irl in the fall told me in december that we were going to finish Shion no Ou by the end of January… Err, right, sure we are… that’s the spirit, I thought. Jeanne, who was a steady translator on Coda had just started Shion no Ou and translated her first chapter, c31 in October and then she got busy with exams and work and so the project was stalling… But with Dead4Sure’s enthusiasm, I decided I better do something, so, in the end, I spent most of my Winter break translating 3 volumes minus one chapter of Shion that L was a speed demon on PRing. Then TheUserGame and Dead4Sure split the Typesetting (CLing was done by Dead4Sure beforehand).
In the end, TheUsergame was working up from volume 6 while Dead4Sure was working backwards from volume 8, which means, of course, that volume 8 was ready before volume 7, so we decided that we’d release it all at once, and rushed to finish volume 7 before the end of January.
And lo and behold, Dead4Sure’s wish of Shion done by January was true! And, I don’t think I need to mention, but Dead4Sure was being modest, hers was the greatest bulk of the work and even found time to draw an end-of-series comic, what is becoming an SCS tradition, too!
And might I add, with a touch of pride, that volume 8 is a fair bit longer than the other volumes, so it’s almost like a release of a volume and a half, with the finale on top! Enjoy the suspense and resolution!
I’d also like to add a quick note about raws – you probably see these links for manga raws all the time and wonder why we bother. SCS does not ask for donations or host manga with ads for revenue. Instead, if you like the series and the manga that are always released in English, we hope you’ll consider supporting the manga community by buying the original works – not only does it support the authors and Japanese manga publishers but you also get a nice paperback copy in the mail.
The volume packs for volumes 5-8 and raws are here:
Volume 1
Raw: Amazon // Raw: Honto
Volume 2
Raw: Amazon // Raw: Honto
Volume 3
Raw: Amazon // Raw: Honto
Volume 4
Raw: Amazon // Raw: Honto
Volume 5
Raw: Amazon // Raw: Honto
SCS: Mediafire
Volume 6
Raw: Amazon // Raw: Honto
SCS: Mediafire
Volume 7
Raw: Amazon // Raw: Honto
SCS: Mediafire
Volume 8
Raw: Amazon // Raw: Honto
SCS: Mediafire
Volume 8 Chapters Available for:
c43: Read Online // c43: Mediafire
c44: Read Online // c44: Mediafire
c45: Read Online // c45: Mediafire
c46: Read Online // c46: Mediafire
c47: Read Online // c47: Mediafire
c48: Read Online // c48: Mediafire
c49: Read Online // c49: Mediafire
c50: Read Online // c50: Mediafire