Yen Press licenses Touhou Suzunaan ~ Forbidden Scrollery

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7TC7:
I already preordered Volume 1 some time ago and am just looking forward to finally hold it in my hands and read it with my eyes. There might be mistakes in it, but as mentioned above, there are also mistakes in the fan-translations of ... everything touhou related? Going by how much discussion about translation comes up everytime a new game is released, that seems to be the case. They probably also discussed some things they weren't sure about and made a decision in the end. It might have been the wrong one, but they'll find out eventually. I am entirely positive about this for now - at least until I read it and am proven wrong, but in that case I just won't get V2 and/or give feedback if thats possible (it has been mentioned a few times above, but I don't know how I'd go about contacting them)?

Personally I am happy they are going at this without looking up the fan-translated stuff first. That would be playing Easy Mode. Let them put some work into it and find their own Touhou. Who knows, maybe they'll stumble about a better translation for something than what the fans did down the line.

Shadowlupus:
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2017-11-09/the-fall-2017-manga-guide/forbidden-scrollery/.123817

The FS review's already up. *flees*

Clarste:
Now I know animenewsnetwork doesn't have the best reputation for reviews, but they do bring up the sort of concerns you'd expect from a reader going in without Touhou knowledge. It's interesting to hear opinions like this, in my opinion.

But also irrelevant because I do have Touhou knowledge.

Shizzo:
Indeed, if you were to imagine someone not acquainted with touhou reading these, they'd certainly find a lot of things odd. One of them even mentioned the excessive amount of Cameos, which, for us fans, are quite welcoming, but for those who don't know who those people are, they might think Girl X or Y are actually relevant to that chapter's plot.

Suffice it to say, I wonder if we'll have more 'pro' reviews of FS, because I'd love to hear the professional review of someone who actually is into Touhou and knows its' characters.

Jeremie:
I also can't help to wonder about this primarily because, in my opinion, Vol. 1 of Forbidden Scrollery is very weak. I feel like it does some good stuff well like establishing Kosuzu's personality a little but... even though people says she's the main character, I couldn't find myself able to agree. I felt like she came off as a reckless fool and, well, I think that's the idea but eventually it made her come off as obnoxious and the fact she kept on going didn't help even though there were some folks able to fix the problems. The fact there were little repercussions at first didn't help the matter. She also doesn't do much nor does she appear a whole lot. Early on I feel like Reimu and Marisa are more of the main characters which would be understandable if Kosuzu was the audience surrogate but... I don't think that particularly applies to her early on.

IMO Wild and Horned Hermit had a rocky start too but I feel it established Kasen as a main character more clearly as she was more present and involved in the things that were happening. I think Forbidden Scrollery started to shine once Vol. 3 showed up. I found the stories to be more interesting, the characterization to be much better and the use of Kosuzu to be way better. I didn't like the character personally at first but I felt she became far more likeable in general and I think it helps that she was involved in the chapters way more. In my opinion, The Skeptical Book Renter is one of the best Touhou canon stories ever because it strongly establish Kosuzu's identity... while also getting Akyuu to be more involved as she would become an important character too and there, she also strongly brings one of the the biggest themes of Forbidden Scrollery. It's also a surprisingly heartwarming chapter which makes it "fun" too even though it doesn't drop all the tension found in many of the chapters.

Still, if new readers grabs Vol. 1, I hope they'll enjoy it because I think it would allow them to enjoy how the book gradually gets better and better... which reminds me that it's kind of a shame that the conclusion is, or at least feels rushed but then again, personally, I liked the conclusion in term of what happened with Kosuzu.

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