Buraiha Translations

cleaning and typesetting by @caffeinatedseri & @xkenmax; interpretations by @samsa19

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Master Post and Links

hello! :) 

disclaimer: all our posts are fan translations, and not at all official. we do these in purpose of sharing our interpretations of the work, not promoting them as official translations. to get the official translations please check out the original volumes on Amazon! 

here are the master links of the ones we have done so far! 

Dead Apple (up to date)  

BSD Anthology (incomplete) 

BSD Stormbringer (incomplete)

BSD Main Story (monthly release)

you can now check on Instagram (@buraihatrans) for updates and archives! 

FAQ (please read before asking): 

Q: What is Stormbringer? How many chapters does it have? When will you update it? 

A: Stormbringer is a light novel from the BSD light novel collection. It has a prologue, 4 main chapters, and an epilogue. Updates are neither scheduled nor continuous. 

Q: Do you know/ have you done any other light novels? 

A: All the light novels we have done are already published on our master post. If you’re looking for others, please look at the asks we’ve already answered, or check out some other sources online. (We highly recommend buying the original volumes!) 

Q: Can I translate your work into another language? 

A: Sure! Please just remember to credit us and send us a link to your work as well. We’ve seen a lot of our work circulating online without credits, so we just want to make sure :) 

Update: the entirety of the Stormbringer translation is now compiled on a doc! you can see it on our BSD Stormbringer link in our master post or our home page :) 

Discord Servers to support/follow! 

Bungō Stray Dogs: Our partnered server! Includes the BSD Wiki and Reddit! 

Thank you! 

- Sam, Seri, and Chen 

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a (sad) lil update

hi everyone! we hope you guys are doing fantastic.

we wanted to start off by saying, thank you so so much for reading our work. reading your little hashtags and notes was worth every update and chapter; and we wanted to say that it's been a really great time.

we apologize for not announcing this sooner, as we're sure you were waiting for new chapter updates.

life has started to pick up for all of us, and it's just been a little too much to dedicate our time for this project. as enjoyable and gratifying as it's been, we think it's time we put this aside for a little while.

we don't want to keep you for too long. please look and follow for other fan translations! there's great people out there, and the bsd fandom isn't in any shortage. ;3

thank you guys so much for supporting us for so long. it's been a pleasure, and we hope to see you sometime again!

-the buraihaTL team

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BSD ch. 106 ENG Fan Translation

interpreter: @samsa19​

cleaner + typesetter: @xkenmax​

read here (mangadex) for a higher quality version or scroll below!

disclaimer: all of our posts are only intended to share our interpretations of the work. they are incomplete and for private purposes. they are not official translations. to get the complete content in the official English volumes please purchase Yen Press’s published volumes on Amazon by Kafka Asagiri and Harukawa Sango.

Keep reading

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SO SORRY GUYS it has been brought to my dumbass attention that the pages were not in the right order...

i’ll be sure to double check next time again so sorry... they’re in the right order now.. 

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BSD ch. 106 ENG Fan Translation

interpreter: @samsa19​

cleaner + typesetter: @xkenmax​

read here (mangadex) for a higher quality version or scroll below!

disclaimer: all of our posts are only intended to share our interpretations of the work. they are incomplete and for private purposes. they are not official translations. to get the complete content in the official English volumes please purchase Yen Press’s published volumes on Amazon by Kafka Asagiri and Harukawa Sango.

ooo?? is the plot actually progressing?? 

thanks for joining us again this month! we’ll see you in april~ 

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BSD ch. 105.5 ENG Fan Translation

interpreter: @samsa19​

proofreader: @velvetbyrne​

cleaner + typesetter: @xkenmax​ and Over

read here (mangadex) for a higher quality version or scroll below!

disclaimer: all of our posts are only intended to share our interpretations of the work. they are incomplete and for private purposes. they are not official translations. to get the complete content in the official English volumes please purchase Yen Press’s published volumes on Amazon by Kafka Asagiri and Harukawa Sango.

(Oooh new formatting...?)

Please let us know if this is easier or more difficult to read!

This was pretty fun to translate; thank you for joining us this month! See y'all in March!

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BSD ch. 104.5 ENG Fan Translation

interpreter: @samsa19​

proofreader: @velvetbyrne​

cleaner + typesetter: @xkenmax​ and Over

read here (mangadex) for a higher quality version or scroll below!

disclaimer: all of our posts are only intended to share our interpretations of the work. they are incomplete and for private purposes. they are not official translations. to get the complete content in the official English volumes please purchase Yen Press’s published volumes on Amazon by Kafka Asagiri and Harukawa Sango.

thanks for enjoying this month’s little extra of dazai and sigma’s friendly game of rock paper scissors! 

we hope we’ll see you next month! have a wonderful day/night and happy new year’s! 

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BSD ch. 104.5 ENG Fan Translation

interpreter: @samsa19​

proofreader: @velvetbyrne​

cleaner + typesetter: @xkenmax​ and Over

read here (mangadex) for a higher quality version or scroll below!

disclaimer: all of our posts are only intended to share our interpretations of the work. they are incomplete and for private purposes. they are not official translations. to get the complete content in the official English volumes please purchase Yen Press’s published volumes on Amazon by Kafka Asagiri and Harukawa Sango.

sorry for the late upload this month! we didn’t know it was going to be released early ;-; 

thank you so much for sticking around this chapter! we’ll see you soon! 

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BSD ch. 104 ENG Fan Translation

interpreter: @samsa19​

proofreader: @velvetbyrne​

cleaner + typesetter: @xkenmax​ and Over

read here (mangadex) for a higher quality version or scroll below!

disclaimer: all of our posts are only intended to share our interpretations of the work. they are incomplete and for private purposes. they are not official translations. to get the complete content in the official English volumes please purchase Yen Press’s published volumes on Amazon by Kafka Asagiri and Harukawa Sango.

so sorry for the late upload this month! regardless, we hope you enjoy~

have a fantastic day/night!

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BSD ch. 103.5 ENG Fan Translation

interpreter: @samsa19​

proofreader: @velvetbyrne​

cleaner + typesetter: @xkenmax​ and Over 

read here (mangadex) for a higher quality version or scroll below!

disclaimer: all of our posts are only intended to share our interpretations of the work. they are incomplete and for private purposes. they are not official translations. to get the complete content in the official English volumes please purchase Yen Press’s published volumes on Amazon by Kafka Asagiri and Harukawa Sango.

guess we'll be seeing you in November!

have a fantastic day/night! thanks for reading!

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this month’s TL notes

compiled beautifully by @xkenmax and Over

created by the chaos of @samsa19 and @velvetbyrne

this is what we do behind the scenes guys 

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BSD ch.103 ENG Fan Translation

interpreter: @samsa19​

proofreader: @velvetbyrne​

cleaner + typesetter: @xkenmax​ and Over 

read here (mangadex) for a higher quality version or scroll below!

disclaimer: all of our posts are only intended to share our interpretations of the work. they are incomplete and for private purposes. they are not official translations. to get the complete content in the official English volumes please purchase Yen Press’s published volumes on Amazon by Kafka Asagiri and Harukawa Sango.

We hope you enjoyed this month’s chapter! Thanks for sticking around! 

See you next month! 

Bungō Stray Dogs Discord server link: https://discord.gg/NfUyuCzF 

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hello! sam here :3 

chen and i are a bit unavailable in the current moment, so the chapter may come out fairly late this month. we’re so sorry about this; in the meantime, please take a look at other summary or TL sources for a quick run down. 

regardless, we will, as usual, do our best to bring the best quality TL possible.

thank you! 

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BSD ch.102 ENG Fan Translation

interpreter: @samsa19​

proofreader: @velvetbyrne​

cleaner + typesetter: @xkenmax​

read here (mangadex) for a higher quality version or scroll below!

disclaimer: all of our posts are only intended to share our interpretations of the work. they are incomplete and for private purposes. they are not official translations. to get the complete content in the official English volumes please purchase Yen Press’s published volumes on Amazon by Kafka Asagiri and Harukawa Sango.

Thank you so much for reading this month’s chapter! 

We hope to see you again soon! (when our protagonists are actually confirmed alive) 

Have a wonderful day/night! 

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BSD ch. 101 ENG Fan Translation

interpreter: @samsa19​

proofreader: Dire

cleaner + typesetter: @xkenmax​

guest typesetter Kita! thanks again to our typesetters for this insanely high quality!!

read here (mangadex) for a higher quality version or scroll below!

disclaimer: all of our posts are only intended to share our interpretations of the work. they are incomplete and for private purposes. they are not official translations. to get the complete content in the official English volumes please purchase Yen Press’s published volumes on Amazon by Kafka Asagiri and Harukawa Sango.

thanks for reading this month’s chapter! 

we hope to see you soon~ have a wonderful day/night :) 

Bungō Stray Dogs Discord (our partner!!)

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BSD ch. 100.5 ENG Translation

interpreter: @samsa19​

proofreader: Dire

cleaner + typesetter: @xkenmax​

guest typesetter Kita! thanks again to our typesetters for this insanely high quality!!

read here (mangadex) for a higher quality version or scroll below!

disclaimer: all of our posts are only intended to share our interpretations of the work. they are incomplete and for private purposes. they are not official translations. to get the complete content in the official English volumes please purchase Yen Press’s published volumes on Amazon by Kafka Asagiri and Harukawa Sango.

thanks for reading this month’s chapter!! see you guys in May! 

join these discords:

- Bungō Stray Dogs (our partner!!) 

- Noctyxcord (an upcoming Nijisanji discord!!) 

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hi! i'm an amateur bsd translator and i'd like some advice on translating sfx! i'm don't really read english comics so i don't know what words are commonly used in these situations either. thanks!! (@ranp0edgw on twitter)

[cont: and thank you for the translations!! i really admire your team, both your translations and typesetting are so good!!!]

hi!! thanks so much for your kind words >< we love to do our work for people like you and we're so glad you enjoy it!!

Honestly I'm definitely not the best at sfx ;^-^ we struggle regularly with those. There's no set rule as to which sfx equal which, because each has a specific nuance.

Because I read everything in Japanese I don't always have the best perspective in how comfortable sfx sound in English. So what I usually do is:

1. Try to translate the sfx directly and put it as an option. If it obviously sounds weird, don't use it.

2. Describe the sound in its context (ex. a crashing plane) and try to find an onomatopoeia that best fits its sound. You can also use verbs as long as you're doing unofficial translations.

3. If you're unsure, consult someone else to see which of the options sound best. Sometimes, having it typeset can change your preference.

For example, a character bouncing off a wall might be "タン".

1. タン = tan, which is obviously weird. Eliminate the direct translation.

2. Character is bouncing off the wall, which might equate something to "tap", "pounce", or "slap".

3. Ask an English reader/speaker for which sounds best. If "pounce" is best for that context, go with that, and etc.

I think there's also lists of Japanese sfx to English onomatopoeias online. You can take a look at those for help!

I hope that was useful. Thanks for the ask!

-sam

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BSD ch. 100 ENG Fan Translation

interpreter: @samsa19​

cleaner + typesetter: @xkenmax​

guest typesetter Kita! thanks again to our typesetters for this insanely high quality!! 

read here (mangadex) for a higher quality version or scroll below!

disclaimer: all of our posts are only intended to share our interpretations of the work. they are incomplete and for private purposes. they are not official translations. to get the complete content in the official English volumes please purchase Yen Press’s published volumes on Amazon by Kafka Asagiri and Harukawa Sango.

sensing a Kenji backstory...? 

thanks so much for reading this week’s chapter! we’ll see you again in April! And happy 100th Chapter Anniversary!! 

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Edit: 10 million copies, not 1 million. Much thanks to @pinkgirl94​ for catching this error!