minami
@sakaimii.bsky.social
Published shoujo mangaka in Japan/(award-winning!) pro translator. she/her. Black. EN/JP ok. 30↑
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minami
@sakaimii.bsky.social
· Sep 25
can’t get to sleep so here’s the first chapter of my manga (0/many)
Heads up, I got a very stupid phishing attempt in my DMs just now
November 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Heads up, I got a very stupid phishing attempt in my DMs just now
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For graphic novels, especially adult genre fiction, it's incredibly helpful to review it online, talk about it, recommend it to a friend—adult fiction in the graphic novel space is difficult to place, and nothing convinces readers that they'll like a book more than the personal testimonial.
If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
November 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
For graphic novels, especially adult genre fiction, it's incredibly helpful to review it online, talk about it, recommend it to a friend—adult fiction in the graphic novel space is difficult to place, and nothing convinces readers that they'll like a book more than the personal testimonial.
Watching JoJo part 5 rn and I am stunned by how Araki-sensei can even come up with any of this
November 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Watching JoJo part 5 rn and I am stunned by how Araki-sensei can even come up with any of this
Just blocked someone for saying that Sachika is just a mom character and used for fanservice…good lord
November 24, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Just blocked someone for saying that Sachika is just a mom character and used for fanservice…good lord
please please please let me get this pitch approved so I can ink while I watch this 4 hour defunctland video
November 24, 2025 at 2:40 AM
please please please let me get this pitch approved so I can ink while I watch this 4 hour defunctland video
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this point really hits the nail on the head of why localization workers are so frustrated by “AI” loc companies.
freelancers have to beg for a single dollar wage increase, while tens of millions are dumped into a machine designed to replace them.
the machine doesn’t even work. freelancers do.
freelancers have to beg for a single dollar wage increase, while tens of millions are dumped into a machine designed to replace them.
the machine doesn’t even work. freelancers do.
one of the things that makes me most mad about genAI (and there are many) is we've been told there's not enough money for hiring. but there's billions poured into ai.
so not enough money to hire workers. but infinite money to pour into technology whose goal is never having to pay workers again.
so not enough money to hire workers. but infinite money to pour into technology whose goal is never having to pay workers again.
November 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
this point really hits the nail on the head of why localization workers are so frustrated by “AI” loc companies.
freelancers have to beg for a single dollar wage increase, while tens of millions are dumped into a machine designed to replace them.
the machine doesn’t even work. freelancers do.
freelancers have to beg for a single dollar wage increase, while tens of millions are dumped into a machine designed to replace them.
the machine doesn’t even work. freelancers do.
Why doesn’t anyone ever FUCKING get off this goddamn train
November 23, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Why doesn’t anyone ever FUCKING get off this goddamn train
I just…want to be done with this…
I don’t want to halfass anything just to finish things obviously, but I just want to hack at it now…
I don’t want to halfass anything just to finish things obviously, but I just want to hack at it now…
November 23, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I just…want to be done with this…
I don’t want to halfass anything just to finish things obviously, but I just want to hack at it now…
I don’t want to halfass anything just to finish things obviously, but I just want to hack at it now…
3 day weekends are great except for when you’re freelance and it means the next time you can talk to your editor about revisions is on Tuesday instead of Monday
November 23, 2025 at 1:30 AM
3 day weekends are great except for when you’re freelance and it means the next time you can talk to your editor about revisions is on Tuesday instead of Monday
>Place in Rising Stars of Manga
>US manga market crashes, no one wants manga by non-JP people
>Go to Japan to study manga in JP
>get into translation to fund myself
>become localization director
>debut as mangaka in JP
>go freelance
>now award-winning translator/pro mangaka
>US manga market crashes, no one wants manga by non-JP people
>Go to Japan to study manga in JP
>get into translation to fund myself
>become localization director
>debut as mangaka in JP
>go freelance
>now award-winning translator/pro mangaka
November 23, 2025 at 12:44 AM
>Place in Rising Stars of Manga
>US manga market crashes, no one wants manga by non-JP people
>Go to Japan to study manga in JP
>get into translation to fund myself
>become localization director
>debut as mangaka in JP
>go freelance
>now award-winning translator/pro mangaka
>US manga market crashes, no one wants manga by non-JP people
>Go to Japan to study manga in JP
>get into translation to fund myself
>become localization director
>debut as mangaka in JP
>go freelance
>now award-winning translator/pro mangaka
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I don't know which of my kouhais need to hear this, but because I'm seeing this in a ton of commercial J>E game locs: you really shouldn't retain quotation marks in the same places as the Japanese source text 9 times of 10, especially outside dialogue. Punctuation parity in general is often sloppy.
November 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I don't know which of my kouhais need to hear this, but because I'm seeing this in a ton of commercial J>E game locs: you really shouldn't retain quotation marks in the same places as the Japanese source text 9 times of 10, especially outside dialogue. Punctuation parity in general is often sloppy.
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Japan choosing to *quadruple* residency fees for foreign residents is absolutely ridiculous.
Takaichi’s government is saying, “We want fees aligned with Europe and the U.S.”
Okay but Japan is not paying foreign workers EU or U.S. salaries! At ALL.
Takaichi’s government is saying, “We want fees aligned with Europe and the U.S.”
Okay but Japan is not paying foreign workers EU or U.S. salaries! At ALL.
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Japan choosing to *quadruple* residency fees for foreign residents is absolutely ridiculous.
Takaichi’s government is saying, “We want fees aligned with Europe and the U.S.”
Okay but Japan is not paying foreign workers EU or U.S. salaries! At ALL.
Takaichi’s government is saying, “We want fees aligned with Europe and the U.S.”
Okay but Japan is not paying foreign workers EU or U.S. salaries! At ALL.
Really happy for all the Bantsumu fans with this Banana Fish event (or maybe I’m sad for them)
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Really happy for all the Bantsumu fans with this Banana Fish event (or maybe I’m sad for them)
Okay, after getting some encouraging words from my editor I’m going to stick it through these past revisions and get it done. I think I can make this happen
November 20, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Okay, after getting some encouraging words from my editor I’m going to stick it through these past revisions and get it done. I think I can make this happen
Okay NEVERMIND I have to revise chapter 3 again lmao…help
It’s not a full revision like before but still, this is seriously the pitch that never ends… I wonder if I’ll be able to finish this within the year
It’s not a full revision like before but still, this is seriously the pitch that never ends… I wonder if I’ll be able to finish this within the year
November 20, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Okay NEVERMIND I have to revise chapter 3 again lmao…help
It’s not a full revision like before but still, this is seriously the pitch that never ends… I wonder if I’ll be able to finish this within the year
It’s not a full revision like before but still, this is seriously the pitch that never ends… I wonder if I’ll be able to finish this within the year
everyone I've shown a glimpse of my ML's dad to has openly thirsted after him, and I'm glad
November 19, 2025 at 6:43 AM
everyone I've shown a glimpse of my ML's dad to has openly thirsted after him, and I'm glad
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The "Frieren angle" thing, apart from just being delightful, also completely demolishes the pathetic "AI is democratising art" argument. Someone struggling with a difficult drawing received advice from hundreds of strangers who just wanted to help them improve their art.
November 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The "Frieren angle" thing, apart from just being delightful, also completely demolishes the pathetic "AI is democratising art" argument. Someone struggling with a difficult drawing received advice from hundreds of strangers who just wanted to help them improve their art.
“I’m a healer, but…” works really well as a meme because it’s so out of pocket with the gun and everything, but I’m sure this line is the more accurate phrasing within the context of the episode lol
After War Gundam X (1996)
Episode 21 - It's Something My Late Wife Used To Say
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Episode 21 - It's Something My Late Wife Used To Say
17:38.250
November 19, 2025 at 1:43 AM
“I’m a healer, but…” works really well as a meme because it’s so out of pocket with the gun and everything, but I’m sure this line is the more accurate phrasing within the context of the episode lol
This was my second rewatch of build and now I’ve just given myself build loss on top of my Gavv loss…..
November 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This was my second rewatch of build and now I’ve just given myself build loss on top of my Gavv loss…..
I can’t figure out if this is because I’m getting older but with each rewatch of Build Master gets hotter and I’m not ok
November 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I can’t figure out if this is because I’m getting older but with each rewatch of Build Master gets hotter and I’m not ok
Perhaps you have noticed that I’ve stopped doing my weekly Zeztz hater time. This isn’t because Zeztz has gotten good, but because it is so bad I don’t have much to say lol
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Perhaps you have noticed that I’ve stopped doing my weekly Zeztz hater time. This isn’t because Zeztz has gotten good, but because it is so bad I don’t have much to say lol
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real missing Gavv hours
November 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
real missing Gavv hours
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Comic books are (and this isn’t hyperbole) the greatest story telling medium that has ever existed. The combination of text and images rendered with a human hand is the most direct path from one mind to another. All other medium pale in comparison.
Anyone have a particularly hot comic take?
October 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Comic books are (and this isn’t hyperbole) the greatest story telling medium that has ever existed. The combination of text and images rendered with a human hand is the most direct path from one mind to another. All other medium pale in comparison.
Maybe if I pretend I don’t care about this pitch the results will come sooner
November 18, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Maybe if I pretend I don’t care about this pitch the results will come sooner