うわー気づかなかった…！翻訳をしてくれた方が色々解説してくださっている🥹ありがとうございます！

Mei Amaki☂️@amaki.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I've been wanting to write a TL thread for v1 of Battan's Secondhand Sisters for a bit now, so just gonna jump into it! #けむたい姉とずるい妹 1巻の英訳についてちょっとした裏話を英語で紹介したいと思います！ばったん先生のどの作品もこうですが、非常に質の高い文章で、その意図や口調を英語でも伝えるよう、いろいろ工夫してきました。

i LOVE these sorts of translation details as a language enthusiast ahhh importantly, this is why we can't AI our way through translation (or mtl for that matter); it won't capture these nuances, especially for languages like jp/kr!

Mei Amaki☂️@amaki.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I've been wanting to write a TL thread for v1 of Battan's Secondhand Sisters for a bit now, so just gonna jump into it! #けむたい姉とずるい妹 1巻の英訳についてちょっとした裏話を英語で紹介したいと思います！ばったん先生のどの作品もこうですが、非常に質の高い文章で、その意図や口調を英語でも伝えるよう、いろいろ工夫してきました。

Looks like the recording of the panel that I assisted Red String with for the online BL convention, Citrus Con, is now up on their YouTube channel! My first time doing public speaking out of school, and I was very nervous, but I'm trying to get better ;-; www.youtube.com/watch?v=-02l...

Red String Manga Industry Panel 〖 Citrus Con 2026 〗

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I'm translating both of these!! Drawn Deep - a BL story that explores childhood trauma (really done well, in my opinion), and The Chronicles of Leende (Lay-en-Day,) a lush fantasy about REVOLUTION!!!

Thank you so much to whoever gave me these lovely Screentonies this year! It's made my day!

The Screentoney Award for "Best Ice Breaker" goes to @amaki.bsky.social screentoneys.com/award?id=74891

The Screentoney Award for "The #GalsEqualHouse Award for Heckin' Awesome Girlfie Dialogue" goes to @amaki.bsky.social screentoneys.com/award?id=83740

The Screentoney Award for "Most versatile translator and fellow variety lover oomfie" goes to @amaki.bsky.social screentoneys.com/award?id=64310

Went to Fuji bakery this weekend and saw they had caneles. It just so happens I lettered a manga recently that featured them and Assam milk tea, so I’m living the e manga like the need I am. This is The Gentleman, the Cat & the Tearoom by Molicoross, coming out in November from Kana.

Today's a good interview for those interested in manga translations! On the Electric Transit we have an interview with Mei Amaki who is a freelance manga translator. Go check it out! #comics #manga electrictransit.wordpress.com/2026/06/19/m...

Mei Amaki Interview

Mei is a manga translator who has worked all over the industry. From large publishers like Viz to boutique publishers like Star Fruit, Mei has plenty of experience. Thanks for agreeing to an interv…

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An in-depth analysis of my favourite mangaka's translated work by the actual translator is like honey to me. Thank you so much!

Mei Amaki☂️@amaki.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I've been wanting to write a TL thread for v1 of Battan's Secondhand Sisters for a bit now, so just gonna jump into it! #けむたい姉とずるい妹 1巻の英訳についてちょっとした裏話を英語で紹介したいと思います！ばったん先生のどの作品もこうですが、非常に質の高い文章で、その意図や口調を英語でも伝えるよう、いろいろ工夫してきました。

I've been wanting to write a TL thread for v1 of Battan's Secondhand Sisters for a bit now, so just gonna jump into it! #けむたい姉とずるい妹 1巻の英訳についてちょっとした裏話を英語で紹介したいと思います！ばったん先生のどの作品もこうですが、非常に質の高い文章で、その意図や口調を英語でも伝えるよう、いろいろ工夫してきました。

Dying

cheesefinger.bsky.social@cheesefinger.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Me pretending to feel bad for the sim I trapped in the pool:

The first mention of Okinawa in popular media I encountered, the battle was used as a joke in That '70s Show, accompanied by a laugh track and my mom's reminder 1/3 of the island died Translating this book was an emotional process because I wish it had existed while I was growing up

VIZ Media@viz.com · 2mo ago

cocoon is now available in print and digital! Read a free preview: https://bit.ly/4tlkrcg

Twilight Blade ch2 is up! This was a fun chapter for sure!! To commemorate the serialization, I thought I'd share a few, very surface-level thoughts about translating the dialog to English. Read here: mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/viewer/1029581

Monsters? An umbrella sword? Sounds pretty cool to me! Check out Twilight Blade, a new simul translated by @amaki.bsky.social ! mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/viewer/1029580

MANGA Plus by SHUEISHA

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Wooo, it's out! I'm translating this one for Viz! Super excited to be working on a lovely found family story with a hint of scary!! The art is gorge too!! Hope people enjoy it~

Anime News Network@animenewsnetwork.com · 2mo ago

Viz Media's Shonen Jump and Shueisha's Manga Plus services add the supernatural action manga Twilight Blade!

Also, holy shit, the way the text is displayed in the panel on the left is AMAZING!!! #MagicalGirlDandelion #まほらい

Magical Girl Dandelion, Vol. 2 is now available in print and digital! Read a free preview: https://bit.ly/4ct5flZ

Battan's Secondhand Sisters Volume 1 is now available for purchase in print and digital format

Cover reveal! 🥶 Magical Girl Dandelion, Vol. 3 releases September 1, 2026. Pre-order now: https://a.co/d/0fzBOJLH

another way of making FX using polygonal lasso tool

A free preview of Battan's Secondhand Sisters (Chapter 1) is up on Kodansha's site https://kodansha.us/series/secondhand-sisters/

Decided to give Stella Must Die a chance after hearing @amaki.bsky.social share about it, and I quite enjoyed it! It isn't something I would usually read, but it was interesting & hoping my library will get the next volume! Thank you @kodansha.us & @netgalley.bsky.social for the review copy!

I did an interview with Laura below about Magical Girl Dandelion!! We keep it pretty light, but we go into some detail about how I got onto the project, some of my thoughts translating it! Check it out!!

Laura A. Grace@lauraagrace.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I am SO thrilled to be interviewing the very wonderful manga translator, @amaki.bsky.social! 🥳 If you're curious about some of the behind-the-scenes of her translating Magical Girl Dandelion, then this super fun interview is for you! 🤩🌼 youtu.be/HJcDdb3rxNU

I'm on translation for Secondhand Sisters by Battan (literally as we speak!!). It's so, so, sooooo good. It stabs you, it hugs you, it makes you cry happy, sad, angry tears. As usual, Battan-sensei is just a master with words, visuals, composition, plot. Please look forward to it!

MangaAlerts@mangaalerts.com · 5mo ago

Kodansha announced new additions for their Kodansha Print Club for Spring 2026 • MF Ghost by Shuichi Shigeno • Secondhand Sisters by Battan • Tokyo Tarareba Girls Returns 2 by Akiko Higashimura • How To Treat A Lady Knight Right by Kengo Matsumoto

I am SO excited for this week because I'll be interviewing the very lovely @amaki.bsky.social, the translator of Magical Girl Dandelion! This has been such a special series to me, and being able to interview her feels surreal! I hope you will look forward to it, as well as all these videos! 🤗

I'm translating Funny Bone with Red String! We're really excited to bring this title to you guys in English! A mixture of crazy humor and super emotional scenes, beautifully written.

Red String Translations@redstringtl.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🧵6/7 - New License 2 Finally, something to gag on that isn’t🍆 Childhood friends turned manzai comedians from commercial BL artist @arakata0423.bsky.social. You will laugh, you will cry, you will question "why Japanese people, why?" Funny Bone Vol.1 releases March 22. For Mature Readers.

I wrote a thread in Japanese about Tsumiki Ogami! Feel free to check it out if you like!!! Mostly talking about a few translation elements in from ch.91-92!

Mei Amaki☂️@amaki.bsky.social · 5mo ago

しばらく翻訳の裏話をしてなかったので、#尾守つみきと奇日常。第91話・第92話をまとめてやっちゃいます！できるだけネタバレは避けてますが、まだ読んでいない方は読んでからご覧ください！！ちゃんと忠告しましたからね！！ 今回は日本語でお届けします！