I somehow found myself binge-reading the manga this week, dropping quite a bit of money on Amazon in the process. I am so in love with this series it makes me wonder about myself (especially at my age)!
Anyway, I made a bunch of edits this afternoon, and hopefully they're good ones. Some were simply grammaticaL adjustments, but I also made some additions to content based on my reading. I have now read up to Volume 8, which is apparently the most recent volume legally available in English. If Yen Press stops translating the series I will be miffed, but it may be a while before anything happens.
At the last chat people were asking about my motivators. And perhaps you were wondering how to make your own. If you have Photoshop skills you have a lot of oprions, But thanks to the popularity of these little creations, lack of them doesn't leave you out of the fun. All you need is b asic web skills and the ability to take pictures. So here's my step-by-step guide to easy motivators.
1. Get an image. I use VLC's snapshot function to get most of the screenshots I use (I've recently discovered that while you can do it on the fly it's more accurate when paused). You can also use fanart, publicity stills, manmga panels, or just about any graphic you wish.
2. Go to a motivator creation website, of which there are several. I use http://bighugelabs.com/motivator.php . Upload your picture to the tool (JPG and PNG files are the standard and seem to work best -- fortunately VLC saves to PNG by default). Then use the boxes for text to add a title and a text (usually no more than three lines). The tool lets you choose a font for the title, the orientation of the finished poster (Portrait or Landscape -- screenshots generally work best in Landscape), and text and background colors for the "frame". Click the Create button, and BANG! Instant poster!
You can (and probably should) save the poster to your local system or networks when you're satisfied with it. For sharing on forums and the like, I keep my motivators on a Photobucket account, or you can load them directly to sites that support that function.
The end result of this very small amount of labor will look something like this:
I want to add articles, or at the very least placeholders for the two OVA episodes that were released between the first two seasons, The second one is considered by some one of the very best in the series (especially for the shippers!).
Now creating the basic articles is something I can do on my own, but making them graphically pleasing and attaching them to the rest of the season (I presume we will be including them with the first season, which is what Sentai has done on the video releases) is beyonf my current coding skills.
At the moment I do not have a way to get some of them I want without them. I don't see it as a particular issue, any more than posting a panel from the comic and not removing the dialogue bubbles. The sources for my screenshots have hard subtitles and I don't see the point of Photoshopping them out (not do I have the software or skill to do it).
Although I see your point as more of an aesthetic concern. They probably don't look as good as "clean" screenshots.
Tell you what. I'm going to see if I can find a copy of S1e11 where I can switch off the subtitles. If I can, I can try to recreate the screenshots you're concerned about. Fair?
This might be a good place to note new additions to the article count.
The most recent on my end is the article for the Olive Salon. It only shows up once in the anime so there may not be much more to add abour it, but it's there.
