Tokyo: Earth Online Manga Artist

The members of this translation group are mostly members of anime enthusiast clubs at this top-tier university in Shanghai.

They all came together because they love Japanese anime.

That's how early translation groups were.

They were active in QQ groups, various anime-related forums, and early Baidu Tieba.

Most of the members are university students who know Japanese, or Japanese enthusiasts who have learned Japanese on their own.

Their motivation for becoming a translation group was actually quite pure.

There is currently no legitimate platform for this in China.

If you want to see the latest Japanese manga series, you either have to wait for the official import, which is anyone's guess, or learn Japanese and buy the original magazine yourself.

But most people can't wait, don't have the time or the talent to learn Japanese on their own.

After all, ordinariness is the norm for most people.

So someone stepped forward.

I used connections in Japan to buy the latest magazines and individual volumes, scanned them, and sent them back to China.

Then, a Japanese-speaking colleague translates it into Chinese, and someone else is responsible for editing the images, replacing the translated Chinese text into the original speech bubbles. Finally, the images are packaged and posted on the forum.

The entire process is completely free.

There was no profit.

They even had to pay out of their own pockets to buy magazines, scanners, and various tools.

It also wastes a lot of time on translation, correction, and adding speech bubbles.

This is what is known as generating electricity for love.

Of course, the members of the translation team are not entirely without selfish motives; they are simply driven by boundless love.

Being a member of a translation group will give you a certain number of followers online.

The fans on the forum always call them "boss" and "thank you for your hard work." That feeling of being needed and respected is indeed very satisfying.

Every time a new translation is released, seeing the comments section flooded with "Thank you to the translation team" and "Thank you for your hard work, masters," the people in the club activity room might say "It's nothing," but they're actually quite happy inside.

However, in general, these translation team members are still doing a lot of work for little reward, and their work is mainly done spontaneously out of love and passion.

If you didn't really like Japanese anime, who would do something like this?

Orange Cat Translation Group is one of these many translation groups that work out of love for their work.

Their leader was also a member of this club, and served as the club's minister for the previous two terms.

He was known in the community as "Orange Bro".

Orange Bro's family is in business, so he's considered a minor second-generation rich kid.

The scanner, computer, drawing tablet in the club activity room, as well as the original magazines and single volumes on the bookshelf, were all purchased with his own money.

It was he who first suggested that he use his connections overseas to buy various magazines and Japanese manga works, and then everyone would translate them out of love and post them on forums for domestic anime enthusiasts.

At first, there were only seven or eight people, but it gradually grew to more than a dozen.

The number of translated works has increased from the initial two or three to more than a dozen serialized works being followed at the same time.

The number of fans on the forum is also increasing.

Now, because Orange Bro has decent grades and considerable family wealth, his family suggested that he go abroad to further his education as he approaches graduation from university.

So he chose to go to Japan to study.

fair enough.

He is currently in Japan, which allows him to directly purchase the latest magazines and Japanese manga volumes there and then scan them back to China.

It's much faster than buying it through connections and then having it shipped back.

As for the specific localization work, it was handed over to the junior students who are still in China.

The other members of the translation group didn't seem to have any complaints.

After all, most of the magazines, single volumes, scanners, computers, and a series of localization tools were purchased by Orange Brother at his own expense.

They all benefited from the achievements of this minister's senior colleague.

Moreover, the scanning work is not easy. Every page must be scanned clearly, without any crookedness or blurriness, and the page numbers must match.

After all, even though Brother Orange went to Japan to "gild his resume," he still had to attend school, conduct experiments, and write papers, so his time was very limited.

The fact that he could do this is truly remarkable; he's truly driven by love.

Therefore, everyone is understanding of this leader and genuinely respects and loves him.

The boy sitting in front of the computer wearing black-rimmed glasses is named Chen Hong. Because his online nickname is Sunset, he is also known as Brother Yang or Big Brother Yang.

He is the current head of the club and also the current head of the translation team.

After Orange Bro went to Japan, the overall coordination work in China was handed over to him.

He pushed up his glasses, turned around and looked at the chattering crowd behind him, and said, "Stop arguing, stop arguing. I've unzipped the file. Let's all quickly check if there are any problems. If there aren't, let's get to work, okay?"

"Okay, I'll do whatever the minister says."

Everyone immediately agreed and responded.

After Chen Hong unzipped the file, he opened it.

The first picture is the cover of this issue of Weekly Shonen Jump.

The cover of this issue features an anime character they've never seen before.

Several unfamiliar characters are prominently featured on the magazine cover, with a line of eye-catching text printed in Japanese next to them.

Ah Qiang leaned over for a look and asked curiously, "Is there a new installment this time?"

The girl he just argued with is nicknamed Feifei.

She was one of the key members of the translation team. As a Japanese major, her Japanese proficiency was naturally quite good.

She stared at the words on the cover and read them aloud in Japanese, saying, "New serialization begins... 73rd Tezuka Award nominee... Newcomer Doesn't Eat Pears' work... Attack on Titan?"

After reading it aloud, she switched back to Chinese and said, "There's a new manga series going on. The name of the manga is... Attack on Titan? That's a strange name."

A member nicknamed "Big Bull" was drinking water nearby.

Upon hearing the name, he put down his cup and said excitedly, "I know this one. Isn't it the short story that won the Tezuka Award before? It was quite wonderful."

He gestured with his hand and said, "It's that one, the one where the monsters are giants, and the male protagonist can also transform into a giant. The plot is really good, very exciting, it got me really fired up when I watched it."

Chen Hong then said, "Everyone, please help me check if there are any problems later on."

Clearly, Attack on Titan and Eri Aragaki still don't have much popularity or presence among these manga fans.

Everyone gathered around upon hearing this, staring intently at the screen.

Da Niu wasn't angry; instead, he joined the others.

The images flashed by one by one.

Their eyes followed the images on the screen rapidly.

Actually, you can't see the content at all.

They did this for one purpose only.

Please confirm that the uploaded scanned document is correct, without any blank pages, and without any areas that are scanned crookedly or so blurry as to be unreadable.

This is the standard procedure before each project begins.

If there is a problem with the scanned document, contact Orange Bro immediately to have him scan it again.

To avoid wasting everyone's time, including the boss, Orange Bro's time.

Although Orange Bro is usually very reliable, it's inevitable that machines will occasionally malfunction; we've encountered this situation before.

Chen Hong scrolled down page by page.

I scrolled down to the last image in the folder.

He turned around, looked at the people behind him, and asked, "Did everyone see anything wrong?"

Everyone shook their heads and said, "No problem."

"Everything is normal."

"I don't see anything wrong with it."

"I didn't see it either."

"I want to be the first to read this installment, hehehe."

"Then we can start work."

……

Chen Hong nodded and said, "Then let's get started. I've sent the documents to the group. As before, everyone get busy."

He opened the QQ group, dragged the entire folder into it, and clicked send.

The avatars of more than a dozen people in the group lit up at the same time.

Message notification sounds kept coming in.

Feifei had already sat down in front of another computer next to her and opened her drawing tablet and photo editing software.

Da Niu put on his headphones and opened the document he was using for translation.

A-Qiang is in charge of typesetting. He has already created a new folder and is ready to receive the assigned pages.

The others also took their places.

The translators translate, the image editors edit, the typesetters embed, and the proofreaders proofread.

The activity room fell silent, with only the sounds of mouse clicks and keyboard taps remaining.

Even into the evening, members who didn't have classes were still doing translation work in the club activity room.

After translating those popular works, Feifei is now translating the first page of Attack on Titan.

That classic narration