Solaris-SVU

I have VERY much enjoyed this series since finding out about it in the KANA thread. However, I was wondering if there might be any higher quality scans (translated or not) available. If you've watched any of my fanimations, you may understand why I'm asking

Volume 1-2 are available in higher quality scans (as mentioned in ch.17-18 by p00kie). However, those volumes were done mostly by kmts and us being an extra group tacked on to help out (even though we ended up taking over and finished the series).
Far as I know, there is no plan to revisit those volumes and redo the scanlation. Too much work, and too little time for anyone to be bothered with it. Maybe someday, I'll see what I can do with them, but don't count your beans just yet.

i have devoted mothers day to celebating it with her and being so thankful to be able to read this fantastic series...

although its sad to know how it ended, it didnt really dissapointed me coz this was done perfectly in a way that we can consider to be contented..

life and death, love and hate, this is an awesome read and i give my thanks to the team that put all their efforts translating this.. and also pity those who havent read it yet coz you dont know what you're missing..

if ever that will be the homo sapiens fate (it sure is looking that way) and everyone will suffer, i just pray that ill be one of the lucky persons to be able to witness the end or the beginning of something else...

thus i reflected on my life recently and figured out that we are all lucky to be alive and be able to experience all this different things and stuff... i just pray for those of our fellow humans outthere whose not in a state of integrity like the early ikuru in the series that may they find their happiness in life....

im getting to emotional now lolz..

i just finish reading it today , i feel life is unpredictable ......

although Life and death is part of our life but how many of us can take it without any notice ???


i feel several similar things happen in real world....

The Curse = H5N1 bird flu...
The terrorist atk = 911.....

anyway this is a very nice manga to read.....

Katsumoto wrote:The Curse = H5N1 bird flu...

When I first glanced at the page I thought this said:
Tom Cruise = H5N1 bird flu...

I popped a bottle of champagne for nothing!

Gari wrote:

Katsumoto wrote:The Curse = H5N1 bird flu...

When I first glanced at the page I thought this said:
Tom Cruise = H5N1 bird flu...

I popped a bottle of champagne for nothing!

LOL you hate him so much , you want him dead ???

so far this has been one of few mangas that have made me shamefully cry, great stuff

Yeah, it was beautifully done in my opinion.

Katsumoto wrote:

Gari wrote:

Katsumoto wrote:The Curse = H5N1 bird flu...

When I first glanced at the page I thought this said:
Tom Cruise = H5N1 bird flu...

I popped a bottle of champagne for nothing!

LOL you hate him so much , you want him dead ???

He isn't the only one...

I recently finished reading Ai-Ren and I have mixed feelings about it. It is pretty much hit and miss in its effort to combine Ecchi with serious subjects. Truth be told, It did manage to to pull my heartstrings, especially when it came to Ai's plight. Let's face it: the girl basically only gets resurrected to function as an emotional crutch and sex toy to some horny teenager. And she doesn't even get rewarded with a totally new life, but dies within a few months, brainwashed into loving the guy. That's harsh.

I really had trouble connecting with the male lead. Sure, it's sad that he has to die so young, but at least he goes out with a bang. He gets hold of a very cute girl totally devoted to him, and before that he already managed to have sex with the most beautiful woman on the planet. She actually falls in love with him--which I can't understand for the life of me, since the guy is a total wuss. He is the personification of blandness. Ai at least had some excuse for her feelings: her conditioning. No such justification exists for the sensei. But maybe she just has the hots for pretty-faced angsty young boys; who knows. The sex scenes are also gratuitous and don't add that much to the story.

Then there are the plot holes. Why would you send a terminally ill patient an "ai-ren" who likely even dies before him? That actually just adds stress instead of reducing it. And why doesn't the sensei care for him when she has the hots for him? That way he wouldn't have to deal with all that pain surrounding Ai

The author does know all the tricks to evoke tears though: introduce a cute character--preferably a girl who behaves innocently or childishly. Make clear she will die soon, through illness, a curse or just because the plot says so (like in this case). After her death, concentrate on one mourning character (the guy). Make sure there are some artifacts left by the deceased one, like a diary (very popular), pictures or movies (this series has them all). Show some empty rooms, tables or chairs to show the character is really not there anymore. It's the same pattern that is used in for instance "AIR" or "Kana: Little Sister"-- and it works like a charm, every time. Since, despite of all my griping, I was pretty sad at the end.

The translation is pretty well-done. It's very hard to deal with poetic Japanese, but the meaning gets across nevertheless. Good job!

motormind wrote:I recently finished reading Ai-Ren and I have mixed feelings about it. It is pretty much hit and miss in its effort to combine Ecchi with serious subjects. Truth be told, It did manage to to pull my heartstrings, especially when it came to Ai's plight. Let's face it: the girl basically only gets resurrected to function as an emotional crutch and sex toy to some horny teenager. And she doesn't even get rewarded with a totally new life, but dies within a few months, brainwashed into loving the guy. That's harsh.

I really had trouble connecting with the male lead. Sure, it's sad that he has to die so young, but at least he goes out with a bang. He gets hold of a very cute girl totally devoted to him, and before that he already managed to have sex with the most beautiful woman on the planet. She actually falls in love with him--which I can't understand for the life of me, since the guy is a total wuss. He is the personification of blandness. Ai at least had some excuse for her feelings: her conditioning. No such justification exists for the sensei. But maybe she just has the hots for pretty-faced angsty young boys; who knows. The sex scenes are also gratuitous and don't add that much to the story.

Then there are the plot holes. Why would you send a terminally ill patient an "ai-ren" who likely even dies before him? That actually just adds stress instead of reducing it. And why doesn't the sensei care for him when she has the hots for him? That way he wouldn't have to deal with all that pain surrounding Ai

The author does know all the tricks to evoke tears though: introduce a cute character--preferably a girl who behaves innocently or childishly. Make clear she will die soon, through illness, a curse or just because the plot says so (like in this case). After her death, concentrate on one mourning character (the guy). Make sure there are some artifacts left by the deceased one, like a diary (very popular), pictures or movies (this series has them all). Show some empty rooms, tables or chairs to show the character is really not there anymore. It's the same pattern that is used in for instance "AIR" or "Kana: Little Sister"-- and it works like a charm, every time. Since, despite of all my griping, I was pretty sad at the end.

The translation is pretty well-done. It's very hard to deal with poetic Japanese, but the meaning gets across nevertheless. Good job!

I thought of Ai along the lines of a pet. Like a pet, you have one, knowing that it won't live as long as you. And, like a pet, they will love you unconditionally, whether you're bland, or a jerk, or whatever. Perhaps Ai's ability to love him is related to her innocence. Children are also more apt to like someone with no prerequisite.

As for Ikuru's character. Living alone and isolated. Facing a terminal illness. It's kind of hard to be cheerful and maintain a positive outlook on life like that. Being in a similar position myself, I can attest to it.

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As for Ikuru's character. Living alone and isolated. Facing a terminal illness. It's kind of hard to be cheerful and maintain a positive outlook on life like that. Being in a similar position myself, I can attest to it.[/quote]

Please don't tell me you're terminally ill!!!

I was born with a heart defect. Through various circumstances I damaged it further, and at one point I was told that I had about 5 years to live. That was about 12 years ago now, and I managed to get much healthier, but I'm still on borrowed time.

Interesting. My middle daughter was born with several handicaps, chief among them being hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Hopefully there's no tie between manga/anime and heart disease...

I liked it alot, though there were times where I was very confused.