Hi, everyone! In case you haven't noticed, PresenceDear Scanlations has moved to a new home. For information on forthcoming scanlations, permission, volunteering, or any other questions, please visit us at our website, PresenceDear.

This journal is now a backup for the website. I am no longer announcing new releases or news here. However, if the website should ever go down for any reason (I hope that will never happen!) Mediafire or Badongo links for all my scanlations will be posted here. Thanks for stopping by!

Ima Ichiko, Five Box Stories, Chapter 3 ("Pandora's Elevator")
Yamagata Satomi, Three Quarters, Chapters 4 and 5 ("Three Quarters" and "Fukazawa Side")

New Releases June 2008:

Ima Ichiko, Five Box Stories, Chapter 2 ("Always a Holiday with You")
Kunieda Saika, "May Miracle"
Yamagata Satomi, Three Quarters, Chapter 3 ("Beyond Midday")

New Releases May 2008:

Kusama Sakae, The Constellation Shine in the Sky, Chapter 1 & Extra ("The Constellation Shine in the Sky" and "Friday Next Week")
Mizushiro Setona, The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese, Chapters 3 & 4 ("The Black Cat, Looking at the Moon" and "The Black Cat's Cold Fingertips")

Another new relese. More information here.

Hello everyone,

Today I'm posting to announce two "new releases." The first (and most important) is our new PresenceDear website.

From now on, all our downloads, news, information, etc... will be posted over there. I hope you all will find it more organized and easy to use than this journal. If you're worried about missing new releases, we've have a subscription and an RSS feed. Also (for the time being) I will endeavor to post links to the website on this journal when anything of interest occurs. However, I will not be replacing broken links or adding new ones. Eventually, this journal will just be a tool to direct you to the website.

In all the "website craziness," I haven't had much time to translate. I'm a little behind schedule so I apologize for any delays. After I get a good 24 hours of sleep, I plan to start working full force on "Mouse" 4.

But, the good news is, I have a couple things that I finished before the website plans began! So... please go here to download our newest release, Yamagata Satomi's "S."

rockthecj deserves a HUGE thank you for both the oneshot and the website. She also deserves a month of relaxation and pampering to recuperate from this ordeal. I'm sorry I can't give you that, but I'm extremely grateful for your hard work. Thanks!

Hello everyone,

I have more Kunieda Saika for you today; a story called "Reflections in the Water." This was one of my favorite stories in this manga. It must have been someone else's favorite, too, because it was made into a live action movie in Japan called Itsuka no Kimi e. I prefer the manga version, though... ^__^



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Hi everyone,

Today I have a oneshot by Naoko Momoyama called "1 Hour 17 Minutes." The story is kinda cute, but what really makes this oneshot interesting is the artwork. It's much bolder and less detailed than what you typically see in BL. I like to see people trying new things. ^__^

I will be releasing more oneshots from this manga soon.



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Hello everyone,

Here is another oneshot from Sakai Kunie. This originally appeared in a shoujo magazine in 1991, but I don't think I'd call it shoujo. I've placed this under "other genres" on my user info, but I'm thinking of moving into the shounen-ai category. While I like stories that are not easily classified, it makes organization hard. Anyway, I found this story interesting. You can definitely see Sakai Kunie's interest in BL, even before she started drawing it under a new name.

Thanks to everyone who worked on this!



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Hi everyone,

Winter has officially started now. Here's a short (16 page) oneshot to celebrate the season.



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Thanks to everyone who commented on "Carnivorous Animal." I was surprised by the response. I will go ahead and do the rest of the story, so please look for it some time next year!

Hi Everyone,

Here's some more Kunieda Saika for you. This is a oneshot called "Lingering on the Way." I kinda translated it for fun (stress relief) and Secret Box very graciously agreed to scanlate an English version for me. (Thank you!) At first, you might think it's a little strange, but keep going... Anyway, in the top left corner of the title page, you'll see a little blurb advertising sensei's newest manga, The Guardian. I've already completed the translation for the title story. I loved it (I was screaming the first time I read it) so I decided to push back the next chapter of Like As the Time... to get this done for Halloween. Please don't kill me! It will be finished and SOON!

Here's some stuff about the new manga, if you haven't seen it:

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Well, I've taken a small step into the world of shoujo. A very small step... eight pages. This is a mini oneshot called "Dark Eyes" from the manga, The Imaginary Garden, by Sakai Kunie. If you're thinking the name "Sakai Kunie" sounds a lot like "Kunieda Saika," well, that's because they are the same person. ^__^

A special thank you to everyone at Secret Box who did most of the work. Большое спасибо!



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