Paperakyu by MATSUNAGA Toyokazu

[barbapapa]

The best part was Colonel Sanders being the principal.

[Josef K.]

Hehe, I love it when the mangas do parodies, usually western culture is their aim, though indeed it is just so amazing when I see them and I really burst out laughing at the view some of the mangaka have on it.

[barbapapa]

Matsunaga posted chapter 9 this morning, I might not get to it right away since I have some work to finish up in the next few days.

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Okay I got the translation done today, but I don't know when the scanlation will pop up. If I'm feeling it, in the next 24 hours.

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Scanlation out.
It's hard to keep myself from working on this, luckily for youse guys.

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In case anyone hasn't started reading it yet, I made a batch file for the first 9 chapters (which would sort of less correspond with a volume's length of Matsunaga's previous series). It's in the mediafire link on my tumblr (Paperakyu Downloads).

[Josef K.]

Alright, that was awesome! Nice work and the drawing of the moon was so realistic it blew me away. I love these guys already, they are so funny and a really good parody of secret agents, they take the job too seriously as well. Nice how the chapter was a little bit of a chase scene, it was dynamic. So are they going to follow him or crush the car into him?

[barbapapa]

Lol, that drawing of the moon was obviously just a photo. ;p

[Josef K.]

Well it was drawn by Matsunaga. I can see he is a gifted artist being able to pull off two different atmospheres.

Also, I would love for those two guys to become regulars from now on, not like some of the students or secondary characters of this story, but then again, it is pretty odd to say who is a main character here.

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We are getting chapter 10 early tomorrow morning right? Is it possible for him to release them in a different manner? Like two chapters a week? Or will he make this story shorter than his previous ones, which are not that big, so he can finish it up in a few years. Two or three should do, if he continues going this way.

[barbapapa]

I doubt he'll change his releasing habits; a faster schedule definitely isn't an option since he's working on this alone. For example 2 chapters per week would mean 3-page chapters. I doubt it'll end up being a long manga, but one never knows for sure what "long" will be for each individual series.
Anyway, he just posted the raw chapter and I'll try to get to it asap.

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Okay, scanlation of 10 is out. Easy peasy.

[Josef K.]

Good, good, nice mixture of a lot of things again, so surreal indeed, this series really has a plot for weirdness at every corner, such a nice tragicomedy. Though in the end it will be about a weird ending that will probably be painted in a harmless manner but will be very sad. All things set up for that here it seems.

[ScaryRei]

Just started reading it - I like it a lot!

[barbapapa]

Chapter 11 scanlation released.

[Josef K.]

The battle is set. But we are going to get to some completion of the events that have been happening so far, culminating with Paperakyu learning about the death of his father. That may strike a whole new saga in the process as well.

[barbapapa]

Lol, you're thinking a bit too much in terms of "most manga." ;p

[Josef K.]

Lol, you're thinking a bit too much in terms of "most manga." ;p

Probably, but the "new saga" is probably a Matsunaga-ish plot twist or something, like always. Unexpected, sudden shift, a peripeteia of sorts. Do you think he will keep the death news for a later time?

[barbapapa]

Kind of seems so, with Mamoru being interrupted by the agent on the bike.

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chapter 12 out

did someone say time skip

[Josef K.]

Woah epic, what the hell did I just see? I mean I expected some new saga and stuff but a time skip? Damn! I just hope he does not finish it fast, but this scenario leaves tons of possibilities open. Once again, damn!