Sunday, June 28, 2026

Shinohayu 139: Miniature

This chapter's title is hinagata 雛形. Hina originally means 'baby bird' but it can also mean 'very young' or 'small'. Gata means shape or form. So things like small models and miniatures are known as hinagata. In different contexts, the same word can also be used for template, form, prototype, etc.

It's very likely that Ritz used this word mostly for the connection to 'bird', as is usual for Shinohayu chapters. So it doesn't change much if it gets translated as miniature, model, template or whatever.

On another note, Toki continues to be on hiatus as Mekimeki is recovering from some surgery. So no Toki chapter this month either.

 

Sunday, June 21, 2026

Saki 301: The Path

It's finally Shizuno's turn to be dealer. Her last dealership. How far can she go...?

 

Sunday, June 7, 2026

Saki 300: Deep in the mountains

We've finally made it to chapter number 300. This more or less coincides with the 20th anniversary of Saki's serialization, so it's 300 chapters in 20 years.

 

Monday, May 18, 2026

Saki 299: Serious

I was going to post this yesterday but then something happened and it got delayed. Thankfully, everything is fine now.

 

Sunday, May 3, 2026

Toki 94: Change

I hope we'll see Fujishiro, the eyepatch girl, Sera, Toki and Ryuuka all together at some point...

Sunday, April 26, 2026

Shinohayu 137: High School Champion

In chapter 126, a player's name was given as "Aria de la Cruz", then in this chapter (and the previous one) she is "Maria". I think this may be because the katakana for "A" and "MA" are kinda similar. So either the author or the BG editor wrote the wrong kana. Just wanted to point this out in case someone noticed.

Toki next week.