Mahjong Diva Obaka Miiko Chapter 8

 And we've got the next chapter of Miiko ready for your consumption! Miiko has been doing well in the Women's League, but can she keep up her momentum?! She's not quite at the final table yet, let's root for her and hope she makes it!! And of course, learn more about mahjong while we're at it!

HUGE thanks to Jawsh for typesetting this chapter so quickly and so beautifully! His work really adds a lot to these chapters, so I'm super happy to have him on board!

Obaka.8

Mahjong Diva Obaka Miiko Chapter 7

Welllllll! It's been a long time, hasn't it, mahjong fans?! My life got indescribably complicated over these past 6 months so I have been trying to get it back under control and manga translating was really the least of my worries. I did try to get this chapter done and sent to Frenetic to typeset about 3 months ago but it looks like I actually forgot to send him the translation in the first place so it's no wonder he never got it finished! In the meantime, Frenetic got himself a new job that is going to use up all of his time, so I was thinking I was going to have to take over the typesetting on this project myself. But just when I was getting ready to start work on it, out pops Jawsh, the current cleaner for Kaiji who has worked on a number of projects for Hokuto no Gun and is currently going through Muteki no Hito by Kaitani Shinobu, expressing his fondness for Miiko and asking if I needed help editing it! So of course I happily welcomed him aboard, and less than a single day after sending him the translations he produced this immaculate English version above and beyond anything I was expecting!! A huge round of applause to him for being so incredible, and here's hoping we can get lots more chapters like this out in the near future!!

Obaka 7

"There's no such thing as San Shoku in mahjong."

Mahjong Diva Obaka Miiko Chapter 6

Sorry to keep you all waiting, my life has been very hectic in the past couple months to the point that I've been in and out of institutions. Frenetic finished this chapter over a month ago but I haven't been available to upload it until now. Thanks everyone for your patience and I hope you enjoy the chapter.

Huge thanks to Frenetic7 for putting up with me and my weeks of no communication, and for doing another stellar job with this chapter!!

Obaka 6

"Why am I hereeeeeee...?"

Mahjong Diva Obaka Miiko Chapter 5

It's time for another chapter of the educational mahjong series, Obaka Miiko! In this chapter, Miiko is now a student of Gataka-pro, and he has instructed her not to call for an entire year! There's no way that can be good advice... can it?

Thanks to PenguinKnight again for letting me use his initial draft of the translation, and to Frenetic for stepping up to typeset this series again and again!

Obaka 5

"Closed-hand mahjong sometimes has explosive powers."

Mahjong Diva Obaka Miiko Chapter 4

How long has it been since you've seen Mahjongkrazy this active? Never? Yeah, never. But we've got another chapter of Obaka Miiko for you! Miiko is giving it her all in the women's league despite being the only girl with a different teacher than the rest of the pros. What struggles await her in this chapter? Let's find out!

Thanks to PenguinKnight for allowing me to use and alter his translation of this chapter that he did several years ago, and thanks to Frenetic for stepping up to typeset once again!

Obaka 4

"...So in other words, you don't remember anything."

Mahjong Diva Obaka Miiko Chapter 3

And we're back with another edition of Obaka Miiko! This time, Miiko enters the Women's League! How will things work out for her, and can she manage to fit in?! Let's find out!

Thanks to Skutieos for grinding this out in 8 short days! I'm really happy with the way this chapter turned out, so thanks so much to him for collaborating with me to bring this fun series to you!

Obaka 3

"Teacherrrrr! I feel so lonely heeeeere!"

Mukoubuchi Chapter 21

Sorry to keep you waiting! Here's the next chapter of Mukoubuchi, where we finish up the Imitation arc! I haven't dropped this series, I still love it but since I'm a Christian now the idea of translating something where the main character is a "demon in human form" doesn't really sit right with me any more. I was thinking I wouldn't do it any more, but thinking about it that was just my translation of "Oni" in the first place. Kai is a "Hito-Oni" in the original, a "Man-Oni", and since Oni are mythological creatures from Japan that aren't really equivalent to demons, if I just call him an "Oni in human form" from this point forward I think I'll still feel ok with doing the series. I still might drop it once I reach the end of the arc that I really want you guys to see, but until then you can expect releases eventually, it is still a lot of work but I'll put in the time for the love of the series.

Chapter Link

"Th... that's scary! High stakes are scary!!"

Mahjong Diva Obaka Miiko Chapter 2

And without even a week going by, we're back with a new chapter of Obaka Miiko! Things are going to heat up in this chapter as we're introduced to our main villain and we learn a very useful tip! Thanks to Frenetic7 for taking the reins for this chapter, he's one of the people that was asking for this manga in the first place so I'm happy to have him helping out with it as well!

Obaka 2

"Are you making light of mahjong pros?"

Mahjong Diva Obaka Miiko Chapter 1

Well it's been 2 months since I quit FKMTkrazy but my life has been empty without translating so when my old friend that helped translate Datenroku Kaiji with me, Skutieos, got back in contact with me and asked if there were any series I wanted him to help with now that I have more time, my mind immediately went to series by Katayama Masayuki, one of the most prestigious writers for Kindai Mahjong, since his series typically involve very real strategies that high-level Mahjong pros actually use. My absolute favorite work by him is "No Mark Bakuhaitou", one of the funniest and most unique manga I've ever read period, but as far as series that will actually be useful for people wanting to learn how to play mahjong at a higher level, there's no better series than this one, Utahime Obaka Miiko, which I stylized as "Mahjong Diva Obaka Miiko".

The Obaka part means "Big Dummy", and the series is about a girl named Miiko who becomes a mahjong pro but has no idea how to play mahjong, so when she runs into an A-League pro named Namidame she asks him to teach her how to play, which at the same time teaches the reader some very useful tips for playing at the highest level! Each and every chapter has a mahjong lesson worked in, and the story is also very good. I'm sure you all will get something out of this "Mahjong for Dummies" series, and I hope you take its lessons to heart and learn from it! It's going to take some time for the manga to really delve into the deepest secrets of playing mahjong well, but bear with us as we crank out these chapters with love!

Obaka 1

"How many times have I climbed this hill, I wonder?"