About Hiroe's pun in the Toki chapter. In the original, Hiroe says iichoushi (I'm doing great) but replaces the "ii" for the English pronunciation of the letter E (E-choushi). I did my best to do something similar in English while staying close to the original meaning. It's meant to be a bad pun so if it feels awkward, that's perfect.
Sorry if you were waiting for these a couple of days ago. I really wanted to finish them together and that means they both got a bit delayed. I also didn't want to rush them. On the plus side, now you get two chapters at once. Enjoy!
I hope we'll see Fujishiro, the eyepatch girl, Sera, Toki and Ryuuka all together at some point...
Saki. To infinity, and beyond!
This chapter's title (ato makura = after pillow) could also be translated as "Before and after" or "Front and rear" or several other generic meanings like that. However, given Toki & Ryuuka's history with lap pillows, it looks like the author just picked an obscure word that has "pillow" in it. So to keep the key word in the title, I went for a more literal translation.
Toki. sansha sanyou "three people, three ways" is a saying about how each person (out of a trio) has their own unique way/situation/point of view, etc. different from the other two. The chapter's title is only the sanyou part but the three people in question become clear as we read the chapter.
Initially, I was going to release Toki first but they ended up overlapping so it's a double release!
Saki's chapter title is a very obscure Japanese word and it's not clear from the chapter why Ritz picked that title but, in my interpretation, Saki, Shizuno and Awai are the "rabbits" trapped in Nelly's "cage". Could be something else, I don't know but anyway here's the chapter...
Toki and Ryuuka are is on the magazine cover. Besides that, this is a very short chapter probably due to the newly released tankobons. Also for the same reason, no Shinohayu this month but this was expected.
Yokeguchi Yayoi and Shirosaka Kaori fight their inner demons and against each other at the mahjong table...
After Fujishiro and Ryuuka's savage victories, Toki and the others are trying to cope with the new reality.
Happy New Year everyone! First post of the year!
Two notes on this chapter:
The cover has Nanami sitting alone in a fancy cafe, as if she was waiting for someone. Mekimeki asked on X who could she be waiting for, then added the most voted character (Shimeki Natsu) to the picture. This alternate cover is included in the file, at the end of the chapter.
Also, a reminder that the Sonezaki Rine that appears in the rankings in page 13 is Senriyama Middle's club president who has appeared in a few chapters. The two names in grey are unknown, probably just filler names.
After a short trip to a timeless dimension, it's time to return to the mahjong match...
Saki. The battle for control of the deep wall has begun...
Saki. The original title for this chapter (星行 seikou) is one of those poetic words with a very specific meaning that are never used in normal conversation. Ritz often uses these kind of words for chapter titles. In this case, it means something like "to leave the house very early in the morning when it's still dark and the stars shine overhead". The only thing that matters here is the word "star" since, in case you didn't know, Oohoshi means "big star" and Ritz usually uses star-related words for anything Awai-related.
Also, Ritz pointed out a scoring mistake which was corrected in the translation.
I hadn't listened to it in years but as the chapter ends, Futuristic Player begins to play...
