boutique manga circle
@whalehead.bsky.social
boutique manga adaptations
project of @shoebill.moe
- high joke density
- occasional accuracy
- unauthorized and just for fun
project of @shoebill.moe
- high joke density
- occasional accuracy
- unauthorized and just for fun
July 9, 2025 at 4:11 AM
July 9, 2025 at 4:11 AM
For a short project or something with a lot of comedy, I might be a good fit! You can see more of this work posted to this account.
March 23, 2025 at 1:45 AM
For a short project or something with a lot of comedy, I might be a good fit! You can see more of this work posted to this account.
Don Dracula
Art + Story by Osamu Tezuka, Dec. 1979
Art + Story by Osamu Tezuka, Dec. 1979
December 25, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Don Dracula
Art + Story by Osamu Tezuka, Dec. 1979
Art + Story by Osamu Tezuka, Dec. 1979
Don Dracula
Art + Story by Osamu Tezuka, Dec. 1979
Art + Story by Osamu Tezuka, Dec. 1979
December 17, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Don Dracula
Art + Story by Osamu Tezuka, Dec. 1979
Art + Story by Osamu Tezuka, Dec. 1979
Don Dracula
Art + Story by Osamu Tezuka, Dec. 1979
Art + Story by Osamu Tezuka, Dec. 1979
November 3, 2024 at 1:34 PM
Don Dracula
Art + Story by Osamu Tezuka, Dec. 1979
Art + Story by Osamu Tezuka, Dec. 1979
Don Dracula
Art + Story by Osamu Tezuka, Dec. 1979
Art + Story by Osamu Tezuka, Dec. 1979
October 31, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Don Dracula
Art + Story by Osamu Tezuka, Dec. 1979
Art + Story by Osamu Tezuka, Dec. 1979
Don Dracula
Art + Story by Osamu Tezuka, Dec. 1979
Art + Story by Osamu Tezuka, Dec. 1979
October 31, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Don Dracula
Art + Story by Osamu Tezuka, Dec. 1979
Art + Story by Osamu Tezuka, Dec. 1979
Don Dracula
Art + Story by Osamu Tezuka, Dec. 1979
Art + Story by Osamu Tezuka, Dec. 1979
October 31, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Don Dracula
Art + Story by Osamu Tezuka, Dec. 1979
Art + Story by Osamu Tezuka, Dec. 1979
Don Dracula
Art + Story by Osamu Tezuka, Dec. 1979
Art + Story by Osamu Tezuka, Dec. 1979
October 31, 2024 at 3:45 AM
Don Dracula
Art + Story by Osamu Tezuka, Dec. 1979
Art + Story by Osamu Tezuka, Dec. 1979
October 21, 2024 at 2:50 AM
I think I'll take a short break before picking up my next project, but thanks for coming with me on the journey! Share these pages around, and post your thoughts, please!
October 11, 2024 at 7:05 PM
I think I'll take a short break before picking up my next project, but thanks for coming with me on the journey! Share these pages around, and post your thoughts, please!
At the end of the day, I accomplished by goal. I translated a chapter of my favorite comic, honed my lettering skill, and taught myself hiragana. Along the way I did a bunch of research into Journey to the West, the formation of the Japanese language and even cracked a pun that's bugged me for years
October 11, 2024 at 7:03 PM
At the end of the day, I accomplished by goal. I translated a chapter of my favorite comic, honed my lettering skill, and taught myself hiragana. Along the way I did a bunch of research into Journey to the West, the formation of the Japanese language and even cracked a pun that's bugged me for years
I don't like how verbose that page ultimately gets. Actually, looking back, I don't like how verbose I ran with a lot of this-- I think I have a strength in hitting each joke hard, but the whole work might suffer from the density. Ah well! It was a good experience all the same!
October 11, 2024 at 7:02 PM
I don't like how verbose that page ultimately gets. Actually, looking back, I don't like how verbose I ran with a lot of this-- I think I have a strength in hitting each joke hard, but the whole work might suffer from the density. Ah well! It was a good experience all the same!
Maybe its the Midwest in me but there's something weird about joke being Bulma yelling "I pissed my pants". So I shift it a little-- Goku, clueless, still doesn't get what the 'little girls room' is, and Bulma, humiliated, gets one last rant to serve as her comeuppance.
I don't know if it works!
I don't know if it works!
October 11, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Maybe its the Midwest in me but there's something weird about joke being Bulma yelling "I pissed my pants". So I shift it a little-- Goku, clueless, still doesn't get what the 'little girls room' is, and Bulma, humiliated, gets one last rant to serve as her comeuppance.
I don't know if it works!
I don't know if it works!
Goku's final line in Japanese is essentially "Welp! Glad that all worked out!" and Bulma replied "Wahh, I wet 'em!" and I dunno, it doesn't work for me. VIZ changed that to the utterly goofy "All's swell that ends swell!" and "What's swell about peeing yourself!?" which... also, I don't know!
October 11, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Goku's final line in Japanese is essentially "Welp! Glad that all worked out!" and Bulma replied "Wahh, I wet 'em!" and I dunno, it doesn't work for me. VIZ changed that to the utterly goofy "All's swell that ends swell!" and "What's swell about peeing yourself!?" which... also, I don't know!
Referencing the original Chinese wound up being a blessing. I *loved* that the name has BANG right in there-- its accidentally onomatopoetic, right? When I realized WHIM could contain the "As-You-Wish"ness and WHAM the BANG of it all, it felt fated!
October 11, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Referencing the original Chinese wound up being a blessing. I *loved* that the name has BANG right in there-- its accidentally onomatopoetic, right? When I realized WHIM could contain the "As-You-Wish"ness and WHAM the BANG of it all, it felt fated!
You might remember Goku calling it "Power Pole", and the original translation just retains Nyoibo, and adds in a "You remember the tale of the Monkey King and his staff" in the closing narrator's box to tie the reference. But, as always, I wanted something that gets as much across by itself.
October 11, 2024 at 6:50 PM
You might remember Goku calling it "Power Pole", and the original translation just retains Nyoibo, and adds in a "You remember the tale of the Monkey King and his staff" in the closing narrator's box to tie the reference. But, as always, I wanted something that gets as much across by itself.
如意, Ruyi, means "As you wish" or "as desired". Chinese nobles would actually hold a stick called a "Ruyi" when it was their turn to hold the floor in conversation. 棒 is staff, club, etc. Other translations of Journey to the West call the Ruyi Bang the "As-You-Wish Cudgel" or the "Compliant Rod".
October 11, 2024 at 6:48 PM
如意, Ruyi, means "As you wish" or "as desired". Chinese nobles would actually hold a stick called a "Ruyi" when it was their turn to hold the floor in conversation. 棒 is staff, club, etc. Other translations of Journey to the West call the Ruyi Bang the "As-You-Wish Cudgel" or the "Compliant Rod".
Final page! There's actually some fun meat to get into here, so this'll be a couple posts.
Goku's staff in Japanese is named Nyoibō. Like Goku himself, its inherited from Journey to the West, where in Chinese it's named 如意金箍棒 - Ruyi Jingu Bang (get the SFX gag?). Nyoibo is a contraction: 如意棒.
Goku's staff in Japanese is named Nyoibō. Like Goku himself, its inherited from Journey to the West, where in Chinese it's named 如意金箍棒 - Ruyi Jingu Bang (get the SFX gag?). Nyoibo is a contraction: 如意棒.
Dragon Ball, Chapter 1: "Of Monkey Kings and Underthings"
Art + Story by Akira Toriyama, Dec. 1984
"The End."
That's it! This concludes the first chapter of Dragon Ball! Thanks for reading along!
Art + Story by Akira Toriyama, Dec. 1984
"The End."
That's it! This concludes the first chapter of Dragon Ball! Thanks for reading along!
October 11, 2024 at 6:44 PM
Final page! There's actually some fun meat to get into here, so this'll be a couple posts.
Goku's staff in Japanese is named Nyoibō. Like Goku himself, its inherited from Journey to the West, where in Chinese it's named 如意金箍棒 - Ruyi Jingu Bang (get the SFX gag?). Nyoibo is a contraction: 如意棒.
Goku's staff in Japanese is named Nyoibō. Like Goku himself, its inherited from Journey to the West, where in Chinese it's named 如意金箍棒 - Ruyi Jingu Bang (get the SFX gag?). Nyoibo is a contraction: 如意棒.
Next page: Extremely straighforward page. I took this into Procreate to remake the speedlines, the only time I used another program besides Photoshop in the production.
Dragon Ball, Chapter 1: "Of Monkey Kings and Underthings"
Art + Story by Akira Toriyama, Dec. 1984
"Almost there--!!"
Art + Story by Akira Toriyama, Dec. 1984
"Almost there--!!"
October 11, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Next page: Extremely straighforward page. I took this into Procreate to remake the speedlines, the only time I used another program besides Photoshop in the production.