One day, I have looked into my oldest of old translations for knowledge, peered deep into the abyss... and was horrified. Thus I have embarked on a holy crusade to smite the evil.

That's how you could describe the circumstances of the new re-translation crusade. My oldest translations were nowhere NEAR my current standards, thus I have decided to redo them from scratch. Yes, these are new translations done line after line, it's not an edit. After combining of many evil forces like BT editing, my own newbiesness and old age, the novel was not only reading poorly but also had lots of mistranslations and format f*ck-ups. It wasn't as bad as the modern-day mtls, but bad enough to make me instantly get on it.

Now, for the future... OSO 5 next, then Omae wo. Meanwhile I'm gonna start re-translating volume 2 of Antimagic. I don't know how much re-translation will be required and when will I be able to start "normally" edit them.

Also, coloured an illu (kinda rushed and the illu is old) to commemorate the re-release, yay.

I'll drop a full-text link here. Although I'm pretty sure everyone knows how to navigate on the site already.

As for PDFs, EPUB's and other media. You're more than welcome to make one of volume 1.

Feedback on how does it read now and the improvement is much appreciated. I'm quite confident with this one.

PS: HQ ebook cover of OSO volume 5 appeared, you can find it in Volume 5 illustrations page.

——Krytyk

Does anyone remember when I wrote one day that I try not to read the novel ahead too much? Sure, I more or less know what happens, but I don't read into it more than just skimming through. For example, this time I haven't touched afterword until I got to translating it... but about that - later.

The volume's over, and the last two links are here: Epilogue, Afterword. Full text.

The next volume looks hot, can't wait.

And now, to the title anime news! I don't think it's been announced so far, but AntiMagic Academy anime is getting 2 cours! While it hasn't been officially confirmed by the publisher, the author has announced in the afterword that it will cover entire 9 Volumes. Which calls for almost certain 2 cours! I thought that anime news is kinda an important event and had given it (kinda) another post instead of adding it on top of Chapter 6's.

Now, why didn't I read afterword earlier... oh well. We've got a lot to look forward to!

The usual, try your best to support the author, purchase the book in any form if possible, and use the media of your liking to say a good word about it.

PS: Gonna take a small break now, probably next time I write anything will be OSO news. It does feel as if I'd overused my brain slightly, so I guess I'm gonna go on a journey far from the land of words... some time later I'll return to retranslating AMA vol 1.

——Krytyk

What the secret is, I won't say. Read through and learn by yourself.

Nearing the finish of the volume, what's left is a very short epilogue and even shorter afterword. Maybe I'll finish it tonight, maybe tomorrow.

For the "what characters appear" on OSO 5's cover, I'm going to make my own guess plus a small argumentation. Most likely it'll be Sei and Mikadzuchi, with Yun always being there. Why? Because Sei has less appearances so far than Myu, and Mikadzuchi not only had her design done, but also appeared in colour. Hell if I know who will be in front though. Possibly Mikadzuchi? I hope so, she's cool nee-san. Ultimately, this is my guess and there isn't anything in webnovel ahead that would suggest it. Pretty much any character can come up.

Well, then, the chapter link.

And, why is the first illustration where it is? I don't know, it was there in the book.

——Krytyk