The night when Jossi and I became a couple, both of us were drunk, we made out. This was in high school. We agreed to meet the day after and he stole my jacket so that I would have to come, sneaky.
You know when something you once thought was fun, now is source of anxiety and guilty conscience? I can’t shake off the feeling that this scanlation project falls into that category and I guess that’s why it’s so hard to update… And lately it’s probably because I’m feeling nauseous 24/7, morning sickness my ass. It’s also a lie that it disappears after the 12th week. Let me tell ya it’s sucks to be knocked up, it’s the worst thing I’ve ever experienced. Week after week feeling sick non stop, it’s hell! Sometimes I feel like an abortion is the only sane alternative, why putting yourself through this shit voluntarily? But… I’ll just have to endure… And sometime this year we will hopefully have chibi dragon if all goes well. To Jossi, pregnancy is apparently tummy and boobs. Though cheeky, he’s got a point since my boobs have grown from a nice B-cup to a D-cup. Let’s just say that he’s a lot more excited about that than me, I miss my old ones. And I’m afraid where this will stop, apparently they grow even bigger after the baby dragon is born and you have to feed it.
I do want to finish Keppeki at least, starting with the release of chapter five. I’m ashamed to confess that this actually was finished months ago. Time flies… even when you don’t have any fun. I’ve written this before (which is now long ago of course), but in my opinion the second volume is even better than the first. And in the first chapter an old acquaintance makes her return! What will Sata do?! I wondered if anything could be more adorable than this, then I read chapter 6. Oh my God, Sata! You’re too cute! You’re cute BUT I don’t want my kid to have OCD, it seems to be enormously stressful for everyone involved.
Thank you for all the comments. Also I should apologise not only for abandoning the site but my email account too… At least it’s nothing personal, I’ve treated everyone in the same way …which is an excuse? …hmm.
Anyway to get your dose of hysterical cleanliness obsession/love comedy, click on Keppeki under projects. Also, beware of the N.Y. greeting (^_^;).
oh my speaking of getting knocked up I just saw LIFE UNEXPECTED yesterday on CW11 :) Congrats on this news since having a baby is something incredible and something you will have to go through once in your life time. It’s either now or later so either way it’s a blessing! Good luck ^^
Thanks a lot for doing this despite the morning sickness.
Congrats on the baby news! i was pretty sad to see that you weren’t releasing and active. But i’m glad you came back. Thanks for releasing another chapter of Keppeki and seeing it to the end, even with morning sickness and all. hope to hear the news of chibi dragon bring born. ^_^
Thanks for chapter 5.
OMG (what a girly reaction, I sincerely apologize for that) congratulations on the baby! Now, with this kind of excuse I just can’t help but forgive you :P It’s nice to see you here again, despite your morning sickness and all the other weird things you’re probably going through right now. Be strong. Endure. And embrace your new boobs. Use them. That’s our weapon against men, who are… well… just men. Look on the bright side of the situation, now you have two new extra large arguments ;) It’s nice to see you back :)
Bwahahahaha! I never gave up hope on your return, my dear :3
Bummer about the boobs. I heard that IS a major negative on the whole preggo-thing, but I’m pretty sure the kid will make up for it..
Or so they tell me when I let them drag me to family events and everyone asks why I haven’t produced any grandchildren yet ^_-
Good luck with the pregnancy and I hope your icky feelings subside soon. It just sucks when too many things are out of whack all at once. I really wish you good health and peace in the upcoming adventure :3
Congrats!! Why do you call it chibi dragon? If we follow chinese calender, it’ll be a little tiger pub! :)
Why, congratulations! (even if you’re maybe not feeling so enthusiastic about it at the moment…) I truly hope all goes well over the coming months and beyond!
I’ve pretty much stopped following scans these days, for a variety of reasons, so I didn’t see this update till just now! But I’m glad I thought to check back in, and even more glad to hear you’re well! I think you should absolutely put priority on yourself for now and as long as you need. I can also completely understand how something fun like working on scans would turn into something you dread and put off. I’m a freelance children’s book illustrator, and I love to draw, but sometimes when I have a project in front of me, all I want to do is toss it in the air and go, I dunno, clean the house or weed the garden or anything else!
Er, so my point is, as far as you can help it, don’t get too bogged down with feelings of guilt or anxiety or thinking that you “owe” us readers something. Really, I think we fans here just want you to be happy! And if that means you need to put scans aside, that’s just fine, and we’ll still love you!
(all the same, I do miss your rambling update, whether they were accompanied by manga or not. and I am very excited to read the new chapter of Keppeki, so many many thanks to you for sharing it! and finally, I remain eternally grateful to you for introducing me to Tobina Touya’s work in the first place?)
>o< I love Keppeki. But did you stop scanlating? Makes me terribly sad v.v. Hopefully it's finished someday. Thank you for your scans – they're very nice quality ^-^.