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Birdy the Mighty Volume 04 Chapter 07

2009-09-17T04:41:00.000-07:00

This is our final release of Birdy for the foreseeable future. We might pick it up again, but I doubt it. So I set it free. Let anyone who wishes to translate it translate it. Of course, I have scans of all 20 volumes and will provide them to anyone who wishes to continue the series. Anyway, it's been a blast so thanks for reading.

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Birdy the Mighty Volume 04 Chapter 06

2009-09-10T07:17:00.000-07:00

Well, here you go. Not much to say on this one. Enjoy.

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Birdy the Mighty Volume 04 Chapter 05

2009-09-03T07:44:00.000-07:00

While we still have 2 chapters left, here is the climax of this thrilling story arc!

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Birdy the Mighty Volume 04 Chapter 04

2009-08-27T04:07:00.000-07:00

Tsutomu vs Botulous: Round 2 Fight!

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Birdy the Mighty Volume 04 Chapter 03

2009-08-20T02:53:00.000-07:00

Now this is how you end a chapter! I myself can't wait to read the next one!

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Birdy Hiatus Announcement

2009-08-14T04:07:00.000-07:00

Hey guys, besides the overall burn out fall is coming quick. And in fall comes Japanese proficiency tests. Between GoE and I, we plan on taking several different ones, so time previously spent on Birdy needs to now be spent on study. You may not know this, but in Japan, tests mean everything when it comes to getting a job. You could be completly bilingual, have lived in Japan for 40 years, but if you haven't passed the test, your resume will just be thrown away.

But even so, poor GoE isn't a girl who can quit in the middle of something, so we have to get to a stopping place or she'll go insane. The next good place to stop is the end of "The Child of Quarter" story arc. Thus, Volume 4 Chapter 7 will be our final release.

Now do I mean "FINAL" final? Maybe. We don't know yet. Tests will go all the way till the end of this year. But in January 2010 we will no longer be studying. So check back then and you may just find a stream of new chapters. I'll be sure to give some more updates on our thoughts as we work up to our final chapter.

Birdy the Mighty Volume 04 Chapter 02

2009-08-14T03:30:00.000-07:00

Will Birdy rub against more lamp posts? Will we ever see Capella? Will Botulous spooge on more people? Find out in this exciting issue of: Birdy the Mighty!

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Hey guys...

2009-08-13T00:42:00.001-07:00

I always seem to only post when there's bad news...
Radical Dreamer was a bit optimistic...truth be told I'm already completely burned out.
This week will be late, but it's mostly done...My principal came to me today and announced that not only was I expected to play translator for some principals coming to our school from Iran tomorrow...he also had some worksheets he wanted me to translate...so...yeah...Birdy got pushed aside...
I'm trying to get it done...but it'll prolly be a day late
sorry!!
Goddessofe

New Release Scedule

2009-08-06T07:58:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone. Long story short, doing Birdy a chapter a week has become too much for us. We are frankly burnt out. Especially GoE. Originally it looked to be a half and half kinda thing, with us both translating and combining those together at the end of each week. However, due to the time editing and scanlating takes, I spent less and less time translating till I spent almost no time at all; leaving it all on her. Something that is supposed to be fun has become a chore for both of us. So we are left with 2 choices, give up on Birdy and wash our hands of it, or make a major change. For now, we're going to try for the second option. Thus for the forseeable future, Birdy will be released once every two weeks, with the next chapter coming out on next Thursday. I hope this will make it more manageable for us, yet not leave you all out in the cold.

~Radical Dreamer

Birdy the Mighty Volume 04 Chapter 01

2009-08-03T19:05:00.000-07:00

Every once in a while, the manga throws a curve ball that even us translators miss. In this chapter we learn that Birdy and Tsutomu (and by extension Megius and the other police) think that Revi is a man. Readers of course know by this point that Revi is female. However, as translators, we made the mistake of thinking that everyone knew Revi was a woman and thus we have had everyone refer to her as “she” in past chapters. From now on this will be fixed and the good guys will call her “he” while the bad guys call her “she.”

For those of you interested in how we made this mistake, I'll tell you. In Japanese, the pronouns “he” and “she” are almost never used. Instead the person's name will be used once, and from then on, the subject won't even be mentioned again. Thus there is no need to say he or she. And us translators just cry.

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Birdy Delay

2009-07-30T04:04:00.000-07:00

Hey guys, due to summer vacation, we're gonna slack a bit this week and get the chapter out Sunday night. Don't worry though, it's coming.

Birdy the Mighty Volume 03 Complete

2009-07-24T01:08:00.000-07:00

Well, here's the full 3rd volume of Birdy for you all. Below is the link for it. However, I've also put up the omake and other pages for those of you who do chapter to chapter. Enjoy.

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Birdy the Mighty Extra Pages
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Birdy the Mighty Volume 03 Chapter 11

2009-07-16T05:29:00.000-07:00

And so we reach the end of another volume of Birdy. Next week will be the Omake and full volume 3 relase. Enjoy!

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Birdy the Mighty Volume 03 Chapter 10

2009-07-09T04:31:00.000-07:00

Georg Gomez. No, that's not a typo. An Aryan man with a Hispanic last name and a Germanic first name... Just remember, to the Japanese, there's Japan, and then there's Gaikokuland.

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Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Video Review - Radical's Dreams

2009-07-05T18:43:00.000-07:00

Birdy the Mighty Volume 03 Chapter 09

2009-07-02T08:09:00.000-07:00

Megius, Revi and Gomez all speak horrible/strange/antiquated Japanese. It rapes GoE's mind and makes me wanna die.

Of course, that doesn't make this chapter any less interesting.

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Birdy the Mighty Volume 03 Chapter 08

2009-06-25T06:31:00.000-07:00

Well, now we know who we need to get through to reach the final boss. An important first step.

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Radical's Dreams - The Force Unleashed

2009-06-22T06:45:00.000-07:00

Right before I got sick... like literally hours before, I finished filming this. Enjoy if you need a laugh.

Birdy Delay

2009-06-18T04:46:00.000-07:00

Sorry guys, it doesn't look like there will be a chapter this week. I've been sick in bed and unable to talk since Saturday. Even now I feel like a Dilophosaurus with a sinus headache. I'm doing some work on Birdy now, but it's best that we just get back on schedule next week. Sorry for the delay.

Looks like a delay on the horizon

2009-06-17T02:37:00.001-07:00

Sorry guys, but I don't think this week's chapter is gonna make it up. Radical Dreamer is temporarily out of commission. Sounds like a cold from hell to be honest.
Here's to hoping for a swift recovery, and getting the release up next week!
Sorry everyone!!!
(I swear I only end up being the bearer of bad news...blah!)

Birdy the Mighty Volume 03 Chapter 07

2009-06-11T04:05:00.000-07:00

Wow! We've got 2 three-way battles in this one!

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Birdy the Mighty Volume 03 Chapter 06

2009-06-04T05:16:00.000-07:00

Attica! Attica! (that's means its a fight scene)

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Birdy the Mighty Volume 03 Chapter 05

2009-05-28T01:35:00.000-07:00

You know, I hate this cop.

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Birdy the Mighty Volume 03 Chapter 04

2009-05-21T02:40:00.001-07:00

And thus enters one of my favorite characters. I hope you enjoy her as much as I do.

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Birdy the Mighty Volume 03 Chapter 03

2009-05-14T05:56:00.000-07:00

Here we are on our next story arc named "The Child of Quarter." Hope you all enjoy.

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Birdy the Mighty Volume 02 Complete

2009-05-11T01:53:00.000-07:00

Here is vol 2 with lots of little fixes. as pointed out to me by lynira. On her own time without being asked, she diligently went through all of 2BIG's releases finding all our little typos. So here's a big thanks from GoE and me.

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Radical's Dreams - Mirrors Edge

2009-05-09T07:22:00.001-07:00

Here's my new review on Mirror's Edge. Hope you enjoy. I'll probably spend tomorrow re-editing all of Volume 2. So look that release soon.

Birdy the Mighty Volume 03 Chapter 02

2009-05-07T02:22:00.000-07:00

Another week another chapter. Here you all go. I'll have a re-edited complete vol 2 torrent up in the next few days with lots of little fixes.

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Birdy the Mighty Volume 03 Chapter 01

2009-04-30T03:51:00.000-07:00

Well I had a great week off. I got better and played around with my new video camera. If you wanna check out what I spend my week off doing, I posted it below. Enjoy my review of Final Fantasy XIII (and please tell me what you think). Oh and there's a new Birdy chapter too ^_^;;

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Birdy the Mighty Volume 02 Chapter 11

2009-04-16T03:41:00.000-07:00

Well guys, I'm back from my trip to America and sick as a dog. At the moment we plan to release next week's chapter on time, even though I'm sick. I'll post if I need to crawl into a grave for a while to get better.

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Birdy the Mighty Volume 02 Chapter 10

2009-04-11T19:45:00.001-07:00

God help me, this week I had to proofread on my own. I don't know if this happens to any of you, but I can't proof read my own writing at all. That's why GoE always does it. But since I'm still traveling, this time it's all me. I even looked over it 3 times. I found errors every time, so I'm sure some still remain. Sorry in advance. Oh and if it all goes as planned, we'll be back on our normal schedule next week. So expect another chapter in just a few days.

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Birdy the Mighty Volume 02 Chapter 09

2009-04-02T21:38:00.000-07:00

Yep, just as GoE said, I didn't have time to get this up before my trip. Luckily I have the internet here for a few days before I go traveling again. Next chapter should be up on Saturday the 11th.

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Temporary release time changes

2009-04-01T05:57:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone!
Just thought I'd go ahead and get a post out, in case Exizil doesn't get a chance before he goes on vacation. He will be unavailable for about...uh...2 weeks? but we made sure to get stuff taken care of, so never fear, we SHOULD have stuff to release. I think next weeks will be late a couple days, we're lookin at Saturday, due of lack of internets. and the following week...we SHOULD have ready to go on time...give or take a day. It'll all depend on when exizil will be able to access the internet while he's stateside...and ya know...workin with that cross the world time difference thing.
Please bear with us, we have NOT abandoned anything, we just might be a bit late next week...I don't have scans and such on my puter...nor the confidence to do Exizils job, as he does such a good job of it!
right, sorry about the long rambling message, I have this terrible tendency to get too wordy.
anywho, we will continue to keep the Birdy releases coming, like I said, next week and the following, the release day/time will be a bit off. But it IS coming! PROMISE!!!

Birdy the Mighty Volume 02 Chapter 08

2009-03-26T03:12:00.000-07:00

This week we get to do research. Oh and do watch out for this weeks killer cliffhanger.

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Birdy the Mighty Volume 02 Chapter 07

2009-03-19T01:17:00.000-07:00

To much freaking talking. Next week's a lot lighter. Enjoy reading about what we lovingly call the "penis plants."

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Birdy the Mighty Volume 02 Chapter 06

2009-03-12T02:14:00.000-07:00

This one was super dialogue heavy. Sadly the next chapter is too, but we're getting through it. I can't wait for a chapter that's mostly action. Download and enjoy you guys.

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Birdy the Mighty Volume 02 Chapter 05

2009-03-05T01:23:00.001-08:00

Sorry it's a little late, but we had to do some last minute proof-reading. Here's this week's chapter. Enjoy the conclusion of Double Trouble!

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*Update*

Someone pointed out that there was a small typo in this chapter. Here's the corrected page.

Missing Page: Volume 01 Chapter 01 Page 22

2009-02-27T03:05:00.000-08:00

A shout out to Birdy fan Dingo. He took the time to point out to me that in the first chapter of Birdy, the boys over at Chikan Manga missed a page in their scanning/translating. Luckily, I had a few mins to spare and the raw scan laying around. So here's the missing page scaned and translated.

Birdy_the_Mighty_v01_022.jpg

Birdy the Mighty Volume 02 Chapter 04

2009-02-26T00:30:00.000-08:00

Here's this week's chapter. Enjoy!

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Brief Update

2009-02-19T04:59:00.000-08:00

This is Goe, I uh, got a computer! わ～い！ Yey! and any other words of excitement and or joy you can think of. So, hopefully we will be back in business with no further delays/scary moments of will we have anything to release. (^_^);; Who knows, maybe we'll even have the extra ambition/time to tackle the old Birdy we keep getting requests for.
Course, I could be full of it. I'm just happy to have a computer again.
Thanks again for the support, hope you guys continue to enjoy Birdy.
Have a good one!
-Goe

Release: Birdy the Mighty v02 c03

2009-02-19T00:33:00.001-08:00

Still waiting on GoE's new computer but have no fear, here's your chapter for this week. Special thanks to Mocke for being my spellchecker while GoE can't be.

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Re-release: Birdy the Mighty Volume 01 (complete)

2009-02-17T06:18:00.000-08:00

Because I'm just one guy trying to seed everything, I have to cut down on the files I'm seeding to you guys. So here's Volume 1 complete (chapter 01-10). Nothing new, just the old condensed. From now on I won't be seeding old chapters after the whole volume is complete. I'll just seed complete volumes instead.

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Release: Birdy the Mighty v02 c02

2009-02-12T00:32:00.000-08:00

I'm gonna clue you all in. Goddess of E's computer died a horrible, horrible death. Thus it's been hard to get any translating done. Lucky for you guys we saw it coming and hid a few chapters away in case of emergency. I don't think that the release schedule will be effected. GoE's new computer has been ordered and will be delivered in a week or so.

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Release: Birdy the Mighty v02 c01

2009-02-05T00:47:00.000-08:00

Well, it's Thursday, so here's your Birdy fix. I did switch to Nyaa Torrents to help you guys out. I will still release on demonoid to get more seeders etc. I'll try to put these up on tokyo toshokan, manga share and baka-updates too. And I think I'll be making a full volume 1 torrent here soon and disabling the old chapter ones. I have only my computer to seed files with and can only do a few files at a time. Well enjoy.

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Just a quick "Hello"

2009-01-31T00:49:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone, thanks for the comments and support! It really helps me stay motivated. I'm the other half of 2BIG, the less computer friendly half. I felt kinda bad since I hadn't posted or anything yet, even though Radical Dreamer went through all the effort to make sure I could.
So, without further ado, Hi! I'm Goddess of e.
We seem to be continuing according to schedule so, I don't think there will be any problems getting you guys a new chapter every week. Hopefully I don't end up eating my words, right?
Thanks again!

Release: Birdy the Mighty v01 c10

2009-01-28T23:48:00.000-08:00

Well, here's our second release. Enjoy.

It looks like we'll release a chapter this time each week (past midnight on Thursday) . Also, for those of you who are interested, I'll get rss set up sometime before the next release.

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Commenting Problems Fixed

2009-01-24T07:20:00.000-08:00

A big thanks to all you guys who told me the comments were broken. It seems that this is sometimes a problem with 3rd person blogger templates. The code was an old code for blogger comments. So thanks to Google and Blogger Buster everything's fixed. Again, thanks for the heads up.

We should have another chapter out this coming week.

Peace out.

Release: Birdy The Mighty v01 c09

2009-01-22T01:46:00.000-08:00

Well, here's our first release. I hope you enjoy it.
Drop us a line if ya like it (its the only pay we get!)

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Re-release: Birdy the Mighty 01-08

2009-01-21T05:47:00.000-08:00

Well, E and I just finished the translation on chapter 9. If all goes well, we will have our first release tomorrow. So in celebration I'm helping you all catch up. Here's chapters 1-8. Enjoy!

Birdy the Mighty 01-08 - Translated by Chikan-Manga #chikan-manga@irc.rizon.net
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2BIG

2009-01-20T06:24:00.000-08:00

Welcome to 2BIG. This is what happens when you get two bored gaijin trapped in Japan with nothing better to do than translate manga. Our current project is Birdy the Mighty (Tetsuwan Birdy) which we are starting at Volume 1 Chapter 9. Why chapter 9? Because the guys over at Chikan-Manga translated the first 8 chapters before they dropped the title. They did fine work and I see no need to waste our time re-translating. I expect we will have chapter 9 to release for you by 1/24/2009.

Peace.