ohhhh. lesbian subtext (or actual shoujo-ai) and assassins? i'm so ready for that!
but does anyone know what the rating will be? pg-13 or rather 17+? i'm asking because this part about assassins sounds so cool, but if it's "just" pg-13, then it might not become as cool as i imagine it... and what are the official genres? any informations regarding that?
All this sudden news of BL and GL, ahh what a great time to be a supporter of both. Designs look great, story doesn't sound too bad. Will definitely be keeping an eye out for this. * 7 *
Hooray, now MAL function, it tells me more malware! Great! But the plot terse can lead to two roads that if well harnessed could give a good series!
Stark700 said:
This pic says little, in the sense that we can take this into account, but now we do not know who will be cast in regard to the character design, then a still image is not the same thing as an animated! might not even have the same beauty of the anime at the end if the design is not made well! Out of curiosity among the eligible candidates will sign it!
So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old?
I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them?
I wonder how long people would put up with this.
As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series.
Original creator: Yun Kouga (Loveless, Earthian)
Original character designer: Sunao Minakata (Nanami and Misuzu)
Director: Keizo Kusakawa
Series composition: Kiyoko Yoshimura (Last Exile: Fam The Silver Wing, The Legend of the Legendary Heroes)
Character designer, chief animation director: Naomi Ide
(Astarotte no Omocha!, Problem Children are Coming from Another World, aren't they?)
Production: Diomedéa
Did somebody say they wanted a translation? Here's one from yours truly from Chapter 0:
I am Kaiba-sensei. My occupation is being a teacher of the Shiritsu 17 Academy.
Today, I have decided to send an excellent student to Myoujou Academy to represent this school as a "school exchange student".
K: Azuma Tokaku
: is one option.
Akuma no Riddle / Riddle Story of Devil Chapter 0
Prologue
2:
K: I'll explain your task.
: The subject matter is, obviously, assassination.
: The target is a high school girl involved in certain circumstances.
: The stage is Myoujou Academy, 10th-year Kurogumi. [T/L: "Kurogumi" means "Black Class"]
: No uniform is provided.
: You are to transfer schools starting now, and kill the target in Kurogumi faster than anybody else.
: There is only one target, but apart from them the other classmates are
: All assassins.
3:
10th-year Kurogumi, now begins--.
4:
?: Is it true you're transferring?
: Tokaku-san.
?: I heard...!
: Having a task representing the school, that's incredible...!
?: It's the rumoured Myoujou Academy's "Kurogumi", isn't it.
5:
In the integrated set of primary, secondary and university schools that is Myoujou Academy, 10th-year students are equivalent to 1st-year high school students.
Each year has five classes, Aka (red), Shiro (white), Ao (blue), Ki (yellow), Midori (green).
Normally, "Kurogumi" does not exist, but it is formed in special times.
?: Even if you're transferring, you'll still be returning really soon.
: You'll complete your task super quickly!
: Didn't last time's "Kurogumi" last something like less than two weeks?
: There's no way a student from 17 Academy would be defeated by assassins from other schools!
T: ...
?: Besides, Tokaku-san's going, so it's practically ended already!
6:
?: Myoujou Academy is a boarding school, and it's said that its grounds are really large...
: It'll be lonely without Tokaku-san.
?: But you know, I wonder what kind of circumstances would make it necessary to assassinate someone who is at most a single high school girl...
T: That's unrelated.
: Don't think about unnecessary things.
: Just kill those who you have to.
7:
H: Hyan!
M: What's wrong, Ichinose-kun?
H: Excuse me, Sensei.
: It's just because if I open the window, doesn't it seem like bugs and stuff will come in?
M: Wait!
: Be careful!
8:
M: In the first place, this is the 25th floor, so don't open it.
H: (small text) Ahahaha
: It's fine~ Since it comes with this amazing fence.
: You can see really far away~ It's sparkling!
M: You seem to be having fun.
H: Well, I am having fun!
: Due to certain circumstances I don't go to school very much
: So I'm glad that I could transfer to such a wonderful school!
M: Is that so...
: In that case it'd be good if the other classmates get here quickly.
H: Yes!
: I'm very excited!
9:
H: I want to study with everyone and become friends
: And enjoy life
: And definitely graduate!!
M: (small text) Ahaha
: You don't have to try that hard, you'll be able to graduate as long as you put a normal amount of effort in.
: Or is Ichinose-san bad at studying?
H: It's my specialty!
: Because I didn't do much else apart from study.
M: Heh...
: Try hard with your club and in-school activities as well, then.
H: Yes~
: ...
: ...
: Ehe~
: I arrived first...
11:
K: Azuma Tokaku.
: As for points to pay attention to upon your departure...
: There are none.
: Ah, wait, that's wrong.
: There was one thing.
: That thing about allowing the most excellent student to study elsewhere was a lie.
(SFX: twitch)
12:
K: Don't get conceited.
: Because things like good lineage, or high ability, or that you're suited to such work, are unrelated!
: I just chose the human who was most wrong based on my own judgement.
: Tokaku, your life is
: Good for nothing.
T: I don't care
: About that kind of thing.
K: Kill them and live on,
: Or allow them to live and get killed,
: Choose whichever you prefer.
13:
K: Or will you try letting them live and then live on yourself?
: Go.
T: ... ...
: I don't understand
: What you mean.
: Idiot.
Only a little left
Until Tokaku and Haru's meeting.
And I'll try to translate the rest of the volume as well. If there are any mistakes, please don't hesitate to point them out since I'm still learning! I can't make any guarantees abou the accuracy either since I've never received any formal instruction in Japanese. :P
It'd be nice if somebody could scanlate it...
@nai808
If you could PM me a link to the Chapter 0, then I can help check the translation. Thanks.
So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old?
I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them?
I wonder how long people would put up with this.
As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series.
Hehe, this feels like my first time actually posting on here. Big yuri fan here, and I'd just like to say this anime looks really nice in terms of its art and I'm curious about the story. Lesbian assassins (yay yuri version of Battle Royale and Mirai Nikki that doesn't suck like Mai-HiME XD) sound good to me.
The only peeve of mine is the fact that I'm not familiar with the author's work since I never bothered reading/watching Loveless. I don't like shonen ai very much and when I read the plot there was a shotacon warning popping up for me and my friend said it was a little too creepy for her, a yaoi tard even. Though it did have a nice lesbian couple, and I won't lie to myself that Yamato and Kouta look hot in art I've seen of them if not also rather angsty.
Either way, I suppose that Yun Koga and that other guy know what they're doing and won't screw this up. Perhaps I should read what's been released of the manga and see every other yuri that came out before in the next five months lol (I still haven't seen Nanoha, Simoun, Sasameki and Aoi Hana since they were the last 'true yuri' to come out back in the day, and my only experience with 'true' yuri outside of Kannazuki no Miko, Utena, Re: Cutie Honey, Mnemosyne, Candy Boy and Yuru Yuri etc. is sparse...hell, those shows don't even fully count as yuri because of the mecha/magical girls/psychology/other batshit stuff/fanservice/cyberpunk guro/fluff but don't see next step in relationship/cute lesbians acting blatantly lesbian according to the experts XD). Pfft, as long as I get my lesbians I'm HAPPY dammit!
So yeah, this and Sakura Trick should make 2014 a good year for yuri. Here's to hoping season 3 of Yuru Yuri and the new Sailor Moon anime gives us good stuff. I'm also looking into Coppellion and Kill la Kill coming out this October, hoping they'll have some good stuff between the girls too. :3