Junjou Romantica -- Official Spanish Translations (links)
This is a follow up to my “Junjou Romantica -- Official French Translations”. Special thanks to @hibonbl-scans for pointing me in the right direction.
If you’re European, Spain’s verison of Amazon has some great prices. But shipping to Canada is three times the price of a volume, hahaha. As for Mexico’s versions of Amazon, everything is very overpriced.
Editorial Ivrea has published 16 volumes. The Book Depository is your best bet as far as value goes because shipping is free worldwide. AbeBooks is listed because I was missing Volume 9. I’ll be purchasing Volume 15 of the Spanish version since the French version is out of stock!
My JR journey started in January and then restarted in March when I found my role in the community as manga acts summarizer. By the time May rolled around I caught up where I left off with Act 47 and I have been ever so slowly making my way to Act 53. I know that I still have two Sentiment acts, all of SIH, a number of SIH novels and the not-yet-released Valentine’s Day and White Day Junjou Mixes to consume but it’s a strange feeling to no longer have Romantica content waiting for me. Well, it’s one step closer to speaking freely with my JRSIH mutuals! As always, my thoughts are after the cut.
The Todo-Misaki friendship is so great. Misaki, when it comes to Todo, there could never be enough meat. And Todo, please eat your veggies.
Was anyone else taken aback when they learned that Takahiro didn’t talk to Manami about what happened? I know this is basically the same thing as when Manami kept the secret from Takahiro but now something feels really off.
Hi Kirishima! I’ve read a couple of Yokozawa no Baai novels and that has cemented him and Yokozawa as my favourite SIH ship. I wonder why Misaki is so motivated to get a part time job if it’s only going to be for a few months. Enjoy your freedom while you have it!!!
My jaw DROPPED when I saw Takahiro meeting up with Usagi. No wonder he was so quiet. And I gasped when Usagi said that he had feelings for someone else when he met Misaki. Man, maybe it’s a good thing that I’m getting caught up because I don’t know how long my heart can take this roller coaster of emotions.
WOAH. A genuine Nakamura redraw of the iconic Act 1 pre-first kiss scene? What a gift!
When Takahiro asked if the person Usagi liked was someone he knew and Usagi said, “...not exactly”, I was ready to chalk it up as a bold face lie until I realized that it wasn’t necessarily the case. I wonder if Usagi meant that he was in love with the idea of a Takahiro who would love him back considering that the real Takahiro never would.
The quick change of perspective where Usagi was basically looking in OUR eyes and telling us how he only grew to love Misaki more was genius.
Usagi… you don’t have to tell Takahiro of all people that Misaki hates causing other people trouble…
So there’s the punch that I spoiled myself with. Still, even though I knew it was coming (and it couldn’t be at the café!) it was still shocking to see. It turned out to be quite anti-climactic so I guess the spoiler wasn’t too bad after all. Misaki’s reaction was priceless, though.
Half of me thinks that Usagi is making up the “this must be what it feels like when a father gives away his daughter in marriage” line but Takahiro saying that he could never forgive Usagi if he hurt Misaki is 100% on point.
OH MY GOSH! MISAKI FINALLY KISSES USAGI!!!! It’s about time!!!!!!
I’m happy that Takahiro is ready to talk to Misaki about what’s going on. Looking forward to see where the Romantica storyline will go from here!
Marvellous work, @teddyscans! The font is very cute and I have a soft spot for sound effects because I really feel that they add another dimension to the reading experience when they are translated. I can’t blame PenicillinShock for usually leaving them alone since it’s a LOT to take on, espcially since they had two other mangas to take care of.
If you’re still with me, should I continue my “First time thoughts from a first time reader” series for SIH? Clearly I will go volume-by-volume and not act-by-act (so only 16 posts) but it’s such a divided fandom. I don’t want to spam people’s timelines for nothing if there are too many strong, negative opinions.
Well…….. the very 1st yaoi thingy I ever came across was a fanfic and that was a billion years ago :D:D.
If I had to go for ‘official’ stuff I’d have to say the following:
The first yaoi anime I’ve ever watched was Junjou Romantica (純情ロマンチカ) ^^. I remember stumbling upon it one night and then marathoning the series, while raging at how silly it was at times and laughing my butt off the whole…
I have been following the Junjou Romantica manga for YEARS and i will not quit until I see Takahiro find out that his little brother has been fucking his best friend without telling him.
