Ten years ago, I released the very first chapter of a manga I’d translated very poorly. It was well-received by a rabid fandom, which sparked my love of translation.
I named myself after Cure Black, a bad-ass magical girl.
Ten years later, I sent in the official subtitle script for the twelfth episode of a popular anime series that will have my name in the credits. Then, I got into my car and drove to the major game company I work for full-time.
A figurine of Cure Black sits beside my office phone and official business card.
Never stop following your dreams.
Never forget where you came from.
A secret petition demanding a new independence referendum for West Papua is presented to the United Nations after being signed by 1.8 million West Papuans.
'A secret petition demanding a new independence referendum for West Papua has been presented to the United Nations.
The Indonesian Government banned the petition in the provinces of West Papua and Papua, threatening that those who signed it will be arrested and face jail.
But the document was smuggled between villages where it has been signed by 1.8 million West Papuans, more than 70 per cent of the province's population.
Advocates argue that West Papuans have been denied a legitimate self-determination process, since it was incorporated into Indonesia in 1969.
The petition demands a free vote on West Papua's independence as well as the appointment of a UN representative, to investigate reports of human rights violations by Indonesian security forces.
The Prime Minister of Solomon Islands, Manasseh Sogavare, said the petition was incredibly important and the people of West Papua had effectively already voted to demand their self-determination.
The petition has been rejected by the UN on the grounds that West Papua is not on the Non-Self-Governing Territories list (because it was annexed into Indonesia with UN support). 70% of the population of West Papua have signed the petition.
A MonMusu chapter was removed as Mediafire it was part of the HBO Show “Girls”, which nuked the whole goddamn Mediafire account.
As such, we’re switching our chapter distro to XDCC only.
I apologize for the inconvenience. For those looking for direct downloads, Madokami will most likely be hosting everything we release shortly after the XDCC release.
XDCC isn’t too hard to learn; just grab an IRC client, hop into #prettyanon, and type !list for information from our distro bot.
I’ll make a bigger post on the website about this once I get home.
