Look at me, I am the captain now.

Kobra2112 here, editor, American, and current acting head of the Daybreak TL crew while Bee goes off to Rome to bow to the Pontifex participate in a gay orgy perform some secret Illuminati rituals to appease the Akabei gods [REASON REDACTED].

Anyway, here’s the update for the month so reddit doesn’t get angy

1. With regards to Akatsuki no Goei 2, not much news on this front. What is important to know however is that as of writing, we are not planning on releasing any partial patches for this game. We feel as though the game is short enough at this point that it doesn’t really warrant it, and we’re targeting a release some time mid-next year so we can kick this game out the door and get on to Shuumatsuron already.

Oh yeah, numbers, uhhhh…

So all routes besides Anzu are translated, with Anzu herself sitting at about 10%. I will probably get off my fat ass and get some editing done by the end of the year, but as of right now, that’s where we stand. Prologue is currently edited & QA’d and actually available as part of the current Akatsuki no Goei patch that we released earlier this year, if you want to have a gander.

2. Irru continues to make cameo appearances with his edits of Mizuha. I recently contacted him in his editor den and he believes things are still “on track” for our projected release date which is [REDACTED], so expect that soon.

3. A little secret project of mine recently is the reason for the title image, I recently went through Akatsuki no Goei and completely re-worked every single line in the game, besides Aya’s route (as that was the only one that had multiple prior passes and we felt met quality standards). The old TL was hodge-podge of different people working on the project, multiple attempts and ultimately sitting in editor hell for a long time. This ultimately reflected poorly on the quality of the work overall, so I basically threw out the old edits, left the bare TL and completely re-did *everything.* From scratch. Including the common route & prologue. So yeah, that’s where I’ve been the past 4 months. This will release with our Akatsuki no Goei 2 patch, so if you’ve either never read the first game, or would rather re-read the first game to get context for the fandisc, I suggest holding off for now. Either way, it’s of better quality than what’s out there right now, and I’m substantially happier with the way this turned out, so I hope you look forward to it.

4. Kusarihime is our partnership project with Melancholy Translations and is currently 100% translated and undergoing editing/QA pass now (I am performing QA on this project, Pomelo will be taking up editing duties). I *highly* encourage people to read this game once it comes out, as both Ryukishi07 & Nasu have both spoken openly about their praise for the author of this game, Meteor, and how it became their inspiration for their later works, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni and Fate/Stay Night. In truth, I cannot recommend this game enough. I suppose I can gush about it in a separate blog post, but for anyone who enjoyed those above titles, you will enjoy this as well.

5. As we stated in the October update, there is a secret nukige that we are (still) planning to work on as part of a small project we’re taking up in-between Bee finishing the TL of Akatsuki no Goei 2 and the big bad bitch that is Shuumatsuron. Anywho, we have partnered with Euphemic Translations and have two of their staff who will help us manage the release when it’s ready. If that’s not enough of a hint as to what this is, then you might want to look that name up on VNDB :).

Anyway, that’s all for now. I’m gonna go torch the Discord server as I go drunk with power since Bee left me the keys. Until next month, hopefully we have something for you degenerates to rub one out to in your stocking. Just make sure to use the coom sock and not the one that you’re going to hang by the fireplace for where Santa leaves your presents. I’m sure leaving a sticky surprise will probably result in you getting coal this year.

-Kobra2112