Today's release is brought to you by ShoujoMagic and Antebellum Scanlations. It's a new project called Machi de Uwasa no Tengu no Ko by Iwamoto Nao! It's about a girl named Akihime who is a the daughter of a Tengu. Her childhood friend, Shun, is training to be a Tengu and pushes her to do the same, but her heart is full of her classmate Takeru. It's a cute shoujo, so check it out ~__^

1 - July - 09 Machi de Uwasa no Tengu no Ko Volume 01 Chapter 01 [Available on IRC, HTTP & Myspace]

A few things to note about this chapter. Firstly, the files are PNGs instead of the regular JPEGs. You should still be able to view them with your regular viewer (Window Picture Viewer, ACDSee, etc). All future ShoujoMagic releases will be PNGs.

Secondly, you might have noticed (although most likely you did not) that the pages are actually larger. This is in deference to the other group's standards. This series will continue to be released at this size, but all other ShoujoMagic series will be released at our standard size.

Lastly, the project page is pretty bad... Currently the site and I am fighting with whether or not I'm allowed to add new authors or projects... or pictures... I'm losing. However, I plan on calling out the big guns (our webmaster) and hopefully it will be updated soon.

::SHAMELESS RECRUITMENT PLUG::
If you want faster releases volunteer to help! We need japanese translators and editors! If you're interested in helping, email me at sleepingforest13@gmail.com or come find me in our irc channel at #shoujomagic @ irc.irchighway.net. I'm not on all the time, so leave me a PM on irc with your email if you want me to get back to you.

That's right. I have no shame.

Well... just as I was trying to get back into releasing my mouse died, followed two weeks later by the monitor. I have replaced both, but the new monitor is widescreen and sadly my old old old graphics card doesn't like that. So while I'm either buying a new graphics card (when I figure out which one will work in my old old old computer... if one even exists) or flashing the BIOS and possibly (probably) destroying it all, there probably aren't going to be many releases... if any.

No complaining unless you're donating me a new computer :P

UPDATE: Well, more a small note than an update. If you buy an HP don't expect helpful tech support. That was one of the most interesting and least helpful tech support calls I've ever made...

Well, it's been almost 2 months since the last release. I've been pretty busy. My vacation in the middle probably didn't help... >__>

If you want faster releases volunteer to help! We especially need editors. We'll take inexperienced editors, but be prepared to retake all or part of the test a few times. (UPDATE: To clear up some confusion, the editor is the one who cleans and typesets the manga. This requires Adobe Photoshop. We do not edit in MS Paint (because it would make me cry a lot). It is NOT editing in the publishing sense.) There's also a possibility of a new Chinese project if we can get the right translator ~__^

If you're interested in helping, email me at sleepingforest13@gmail.com or come find me in our irc channel at #shoujomagic @ irc.irchighway.net. I'm not on all the time, so leave me a PM with your email if you want me to get back to you.


14 - June - 09 BxB Brothers Volume 08 Chapter 55 [Available on IRC, HTTP & Myspace]

It's more Ukyou Ayane. You're... going to be getting a lot more Ukyou Ayane for a while...

20 - April - 09 Desire Climax Volume 05 Chapter 34 [Available on IRC, HTTP & Myspace]

I'm too tired to think of something clever. Enjoy.

8 - April - 09 BxB Brothers Volume 08 Chapter 54 [Available on IRC, HTTP & Myspace]