Update of chapter 4 of Love you, hurrah!! I rushed to finish it as fast as I could, but in the end the result turned out the opposite sadly. And to add to the misery, the longer time it takes for a chapter to get finished the more paranoid I get and I have to read everything over and over again. I’ve written about this before, but ain’t helping! The quality isn’t getting any better. Maybe I’m keppeki too…
This is my favourite chapter in the first volume, hell it might be my favourite chapter including the second volume. There are several reasons I like it although it’s always a culture shock from me to see “nanpa” which is so common in manga… I have a feeling we don’t talk to strangers in the streets no matter how good looking they are in Sweden. If you asking for anything else but the time or directions chances are that the other person will think there’s something wrong with you. I wonder if it really is common that girls hit on guys they see in the street (and the other way around of course) in Japan. Sadly I’ve yet to go there so I haven’t had the opportunity to see for myself if it’s true. And oh, everything I wrote about Sweden is false if there’s alcohol involved, then all the normal rules seem to be overruled. At least for some, I’m pretty controlled even when drunk. Though, of course nothing that comes out of my mouth will be of any value but that’s like a natural law when it comes to intoxicated people.
Gyaru and yanki are mentioned in this chapter. It’s quite fun to look at pictures of different gyaru and there are a lot of material on the internet I think. I like the more extreme ones best actually, because they’re not trying to look pretty which is a nice change. But they do want to shock it seems… Some say gyaru resemble punks but I don’t know… the punks I’ve known spent like 10 $ on clothes per month not hundreds of $. Not that I’ve known that many punks though…
And speaking about yanki, there’s a video from Peter Bjorn and John’s latest album that’s pretty funny. You probably don’t know who they are if you’re not especially interested in indie music. I think they’re pretty good, but I happen to like indie music and electro pop. Anyway I don’t pretend to know how to extinguish yanki from bosozoku, they look pretty similar to me. But the people in the video have motorbikes so maybe they’re bosozoku? Or not. Anyway it’s a fun video.
aya: Nice art! I’m actually kind of envious because I can’t really do anything like that myself. I’ve only learnt the necessary things to do scanslations and nothing else. Although I would like to be able to, I know it requires much hard work to be good and so far I’ve been too lazy.
lys: Thanks for the pity \(^_^)/!!! Also, I’m glad there’s someone out there who likes my ramblings.
Hmm, I kind understand what you mean with Skip Beat, 21 volumes (and still going) are quite much… I’m also a little reluctant to buy really long series… at least in the beginning. But I did buy the whole Kenshin series in one batch though…
But it’s so true that there are types of characters that you like in fiction which you couldn’t stand in real life. I think the tsundere is an example of that. I like tsundere characters, but in real life… I’m not so sure. I mean they seem kind of… socially incompetent for using a nauseating expression. I don’t think I actually know any tsundere in real life… Though there have been times I’ve misunderstood people thinking they were much harder to get to know than they actually were.
Misha: I love Samurai Champloo, I even got a DVD box with Swedish subtitles. By the way I would like to take the opportunity to warn anyone against buying that DVD box, the subs sucks. I remember sitting there thinking I could have done it 10 times better myself, which I probably could! Which doesn’t say much of my skills, it’s just that bad. The fan-subs I’ve watched are so much better but they are in English and I bought it because I wanted them in Swedish. It’s true it was dirt cheap but I’d rather pay a little more to have a quality sub. I don’t mind watching without subs but that’s not an option for everybody and it’s really ruining a great series so I was quite annoyed.
Mio: Åh, Mio min Mio. I was very glad to read a comment on the Swedish version, I’ve been a little nervous about it since I haven’t gotten any feedback until now. Schysst! I’m happy you like it.
Thanks to everyone who has been so nice and patient and given me friendly encouraging messages rather than the bashing I kind of deserve. Thank you for being understanding. I will try to be more structured in the future so that this won’t happen again.
thank you so much for all the hard work!!! I’ve been looking forward to seeing the next chapter and here it is. I can’t wait for the next one =)
Thanks, keep up the good work!
Thank you so much for this. It was a beautiful chapter.
Thanks for the new chapter!
OMG I love your projects :) I really like this series because it’s different from what I’ve been reading so far ^.^ I’m actually a yaoi fan, but I enjoy this shoujo since the main characters are so cute<3 Thanks
thank you for the release (>_^)/
Hmm, drunks in Sweden sound suspiciously like drunks in the US. Heh heh.
Thanks for Chapter 4! You’ve got me totally hooked on this series. Cheers! ;)
I love this series! It totally brightened my day to see that a new chapter was released.
Thanks a bunch!
Hey! Thanks for doing this wonderful manga! Gotta say, i can’t wait to see how it ends ^^
Cool ramblings by the way, me being from Argentina, i find interesting to learn about other countries and cultures!
Good luck with everything!
Thank you so much for the release i had been waiting so long for this manga !
This was a great chapter! Thank you so much! Yeah, I’ve wondered if girls hit on people in the streets of Japan as well. Guys hit on girls in the US, but not really much of girls hitting on guys in the street.
Thanks so much for this chapter!! I really love this one! I can’t wait for more!
hey, thanks for the hard work! i love your scanlations! <3 ^__^
I was just thinking about how I hoped the next chapter would come out soon and here it is!! :D Thanks so much! I adore this series <33
thanks so much for your hard work on this new chapter of this manga!! I really love it!!
lol I had forgotten about this manga but saw your release and was happy to see that it’s not a dead project. :3 Thanks for doing it and good luck in the future.
this is such a cute series!
thanks for the releases~~
Thank you so much for working on this series. This is definitely one of my favorite series now! It’s sooo cute and I love the main characters’ personalities.
I just randomly clicked on mangatraders.com in ‘new releases’ and the art looked interesting so i picked it up, and so far i really like this series~~
i hope tho it won’t take another 90 days for the next chapter T__T
but thank you for ur hard work!
Thanx for the release =)! I think this is my fav chapter too >=d). Some Kurosawa/Tachibana quality time plus good Kurosawa development indeed. Too bad this feels like I won’t get to see the Mei Kick anymore =(.
And too much alcohol is bad for you >=d[. Drink in moderation please. Geez, kids these days >_<
Thank you for chapter 4. :)
I looove this manga,thank you so much for your hard work and please continue….thank you again
Thanks! I love this series, the mangaka seems to be quite interested in japanese street styles!
thank you!!
Hello! I’m very thankful for this chapter :) Tack för den här kapitel! Jag är inte ganska van och säga kapitel XD Men iallfal, :) ärligt tallat det är oligt när du skiver åäö när de icke- svensk talande inte förstår :)
och roligt att see någon från sverige som är scanlator :)
Thanks so much scanlating this! This is my favorite series~
YAAAAAAAAAAY. I am very thankful for this release too! It’s a good series. thank you for your hard work. :)
Hi, thanks alot for your effort, this series is really good.
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I love “Say I Love You”~~ <3 Thanks so much for doing such an awesomesauce job at editing, translating, working for the manga community~! <3 I know how much time and effort it takes to continue a series, and I appreciate your hard work! <3
I just stumbled across Say I Love You and so I wanted to come here and thank you for sharing such a great manga with us! I really like the characters because they’re not what I’d expect in a typical shoujo manga. So far I’m really liking them and so I’d like to know how things develop. I wanted to thank you for all the work you’re putting into the scanlations, and for sharing the chapters and making them easy to get. I’m always very, very thankful to scanlators who make downloads easy to access, because while I understand why some groups expect x number of posts to download their work, I think the scanlators who share their work readily, are very generous and are doing such a kind thing.
Thanks also for introducing me to Hazuki Kanae; I’ll be looking for her other work, and if not for you I would have missed out–so thank you!
Thanks so much for translating and introducing me to this series . . . I have read a lot of manga, and I have to admit, by the first chapter “Say I Love You” has become one of my favorites. It is a very unique series for it’s genre, and I know that it’s a lot of work to translate another language, so thanks again for your time and sharing this series. I look forward to your next release, whenever that may be :)
Cheers!
Oh, hurrah!! You’re back! And with lots of fun things to say as well. Wow, your favourite chapter of the series so far? I’ll have to mentally prepare myself for the wonderfulness!!
I don’t know anything more than you about Japanese culture, and possibly even less, but I would assume that the whole hitting-on-random-strangers thing is a convenient exaggeration, like so many things in shoujo manga (but we love it all the same!) Like… all the boys-only/girls-only schools that suddenly go co-ed and leave the lovely heroine in a class full of guys, or bakeries owned by young handsome men, or classes taught by young handsome men, or young handsome men who are fabulous makeup artists, or… But who knows, maybe it’s got some basis in fact. That would be scary!
The gyaru/gal phenomenon is pretty fascinating though. I kinda want to try it myself but I’m a little afraid because it might be difficult to revert back to my “normal” looks (I don’t imagine bleaching my hair to smithereens is all that healthy, and I’m used to being pale pale pale all year round). It’s a little too much work for a silly whim. But it would be fun for a day or two! I’ll just work on implementing little bits of gal-fashion into my wardrobe.
Thanks for always giving such nice responses to previous comments! I’ve decided—I’ll go find Skip Beat! at my library and read it that way, and then I’ll know what everyone is talking about and probably get sucked into the awesomeness and end up buying all the books after all and so on!
Thanks again for the manga, too!! Hope you get lots of free time to read manga for fun and have a life between now and your next update :D
Thank you again for another awesome update! I know, this is a late reply because I only saw that Say I Love You was updated just now. XD *fails*
Anyway, thanks for your hard work even though you’re busy with rl! I do enjoy your random ramblings though. :D
I also just wanted to say a great, big ‘thank you!’ for sharing this project with us. The hard work is truly appreciated! I’m enjoying the characters and can’t wait to see what else happens. :)
Thank you for the release. I really enjoy this manga and am glad someone picked it up to translate. Thank you so much for your hard work and keep at it!
Hey!! I’ve got my DVD box with Polish subs :D and I have to say, they do not suck. It’s a pity the Swedish ones do, though… I envy you your level of Japanese, I understand most of the dialogues in SC but some are still beyond my understanding. I’m working on it :D About the ‘pick-up” thing, I guess Japanese are not as reserved as they seem, which seem pretty surprising. In Poland it’s nothing unusual to strike a conversation with a complete stranger, but geesh, not like that. It’s one of the things that makes me want to pursue my dream of visiting Japan, I won’t believe it unless I see it :D Ok, this got a bit longish.. Thanks for the new chapter, love it as usual. Hugs :)
I just finished reading the first volume of Say I love you and I liked it a lot. Your scanlations are good too. :)
When I think about it, I’m lucky since I got to know Say I love you totally randomly. I came across icons made from this manga and I liked them so I got interested. Actually, at the moment I saw the cover on Mangaupdates, I decided the give it a try. :D
But I also find the way the story is developing very interesting so far and the main character, Mei, is touching. Therefore, I wonder how the story will evolve.
In any case, thanks for the scanlations and keep up the good work. ;)
Thank you so much for this release I really love this seriesbecause it’s so different from mainstream shoujo manga.
It’s really a shame so little people know it.
hmmm…seems like your “I will try to be more structured in the future so that this won’t happen again.” didn’t work out XDDDDDD
Now some other group released half of the next chapter of “Say I love you”…wish you luck and motivation to continue this before it’s too late and you don’t see any point in continuing it.^^
Been there, done that….well in my case it was just after 2 weeks, lol.
uhh please don’t drop this I really perfer yours over the other groups :X and you can’t dl from the other group @_@
umm I’ll say I love you 100x … if that would make you come back<3
:)
*cheers Karma Falls on* hope life is going okay for you … really loved your work on say i love you … :)
Thanks a lot for scanlating “Say ‘I Love You’”! (: I love your scans, such nice quality~~~ Can’t wait to read the next chapter!
thank you