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YamagumoKai420 wrote: Holy... Kagerou Batsubyou explores lore on that level? And it's deliciously grimdark?! I wholeheartedly support your efforts. I'd love to contribute but my kanji reading skill is absolute shite. Kagero's LN is so far going on vol. 5 to my knowledge, and there's a reason for that that's not just moeblob cute or HAIL GRORIOUS IJN like some of the other LNs.

I've already done Cranes. It can be found on Himeuta. Obviously, if we are to put it on the wiki, I'd be cleaning it up and likely providing more details. Cranes II was so hilariously bad that I personally have little motivation to do anything with it.

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While a full on translation would be desirable, I think it's as others have said - the legal implications may be undesirable for the community to handle. As I have received word that formal authorization for at least some of these novels have been confirmed for DMM Taiwan, I think it's best that we lean towards caution.

If other translation groups want to do a full on translation, go for it. I've already written the summaries for the first three volumes of the Kagero novels, as well as assorted lore commentaries.

My original proposal was that this was going to be an initiative by KanColle fans and for KanColle fans. I would personally like this to be an indepedent effort on behalf of the KanColle community (specifically the wiki) itself rather than formally linking it to any one particular translation team or group. The fact that a new website has emerged for the community makes this prime opportunity in my eyes to see just what the community here is capable of.

I don't care for personal glory and have little desire to reinvolve myself in the occasional squabbles that flare up (at least across the ocean) among the various translation/scanlation communities. I wanted to do this because I think these light novels deserve to be known. If my query has prompted interest in this - enough to get other people to work on it, then I'd say my goal of bringing up the suggestion in the first place has been accomplished. ;)