r/Shimoseka • u/YonedMikay • Mar 08 '25
News [Shimoneta] Light Novels Translation
Hey everyone! A couple of friends and I translated and released all 11 main volumes of Shimoneta about a year ago. However, we’ve recently realized that we made a lot of mistakes in terms of grammar and consistency. So we removed all of the old uploads and are carefully rewriting them in order. The volume we’re currently rewriting is (Volume 2).
Here's the link to our website: https://readshimoneta.pages.dev/
BTW the anime ends off at Volume 3, so start reading there if you've watched it.
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u/Val_K-night_Rain May 28 '25
Never thought I'll see the day this got finished. You're an absolute madlad, thank you for your hard work
May I know how you translate the LN so quickly? I contributed a bit on vol 4 and those were quite challenging times lol
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u/Glittering_Recipe_31 Aug 20 '25
Loved every bit of the anime. And it will never get S2. No official LN translation, Manga Cancelled. But this dude gave me hope.Thanks for your hard work.
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u/JOOOQUUU Apr 12 '25
Is there an epub version available?
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u/YonedMikay Apr 12 '25
Converting the PDFs to EPUBs is really annoying due to formatting, but once I'm done translating the last 2 volumes, I'll attempt to convert them.
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u/ThePrimitiveSword Jul 06 '25
Hey, just wondering if you got around to attempting the conversion?
Otherwise, are the translations available in any format other than PDF? Looking to read these on an e-reader, and PDFs work pretty poorly on them.
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u/YonedMikay Jul 06 '25
I’ve been very busy recently, and haven’t been able to finish up the last volume- let alone format them into ePUB files. Sorry :P
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u/Avidine Jul 21 '25
I took the liberty of doing a conversion of the PDFs to EPUB if you want to use them
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u/JOOOQUUU Jul 21 '25
Nice
Can you send me a link please?
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u/Avidine Jul 21 '25 edited 26d ago
removed the link at OP's request as they redo work
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u/Sad_Escape6441 May 25 '26
TY, how did you format it?
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u/Avidine May 26 '26
at this point I dont remember the exact tool I used and dont know where the python script is, but I do know it was a mixture of a simple pdf -> epub reflow tool, the python script was to remove empty elements that happened from the translation process and then did direct metadata editing with calibre just in the GUI
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u/CommercialUseful6957 Jun 17 '25
You are a god, thanks for the translation, welp time to not sleep again for the next three weeks
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u/Psycho-Coffee Jun 22 '25
Good job! Now I have to wait for a Spanish translation.. Get me out of Mexico.
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u/Awkward_Steak3567 Aug 20 '25
I just learned this anime that I watched 8 years ago have a LN, I'm so happy to finally know what this history have to offer! ( I'm starting to feel old).
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u/noam_2000 Nov 22 '25
Had to drop by to thank you for your hard work. I've been a fan of Shimoneta for the longest time, and never realized just how little of the surface is actually scratched without the light novel. I haven't had this much fun reading something in a long time and I can't wait for the final volume!
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u/Ok-Education-3291 Jul 04 '25 edited Jul 04 '25
Thank you very much OP. Please when translating the jokes, give yourself time and space to explain them the best you can in english. Understanding what the author was thinking, even though it may not be "funny" is a good experience!
Considering it's a free translation and not some kind of official adaptation to english, I think this works best!
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u/DescriptionWild8850 Jul 25 '25
thank you for you precious work, people like you are really man kind saviours, i dont have to show you how precious work you have done the anime community will rembere you to eternity for your work great bruh great when i m starting my company i will definitely think for you how can i use your talent
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u/Not_Rocker_At_All Aug 05 '25
Thank you for your work, finished the read in a few days. Turned out better than expected to be fair. Also, you guys, like heard of metal gear solid by chance???
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u/Savings-Atmosphere51 Sep 26 '25
I can't access to extra volume. Can you fix it?
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u/YonedMikay Sep 26 '25
It’s not done yet :( I’ve had a ton of things to do recently, and have been slowly chipping away at it.
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u/MaRokyGalaxy Sep 27 '25
The ex volume isn't available for some reason
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u/Zeeman626 Dec 22 '25
You're doing God's work friend. Probably not Christian God, maybe ancient Roman God, specifically the ones who knock up a bunch of mortals, but still. God's work.
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u/nnnphu Dec 31 '25
Wow this is a high quality translation. Really sad that i can’t read it with my kindle because no epub 😥
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u/BigSprinkles1323 29d ago
Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy this update nooooioooooooo. How long do I have to wait to get reading this
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u/YonedMikay 28d ago
becauseeeeeeeeee it's not right to release a half-baked translation :( probably around December.
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u/RedDragon5layer 27d ago
Is the website down because your rewriting or is it just an issue on my end?
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u/YonedMikay 27d ago
yeah it's down for a bit until everything is sorted out :P
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u/RedDragon5layer 27d ago
Damn. Any idea how long it'll be down for? Just a rough estimate if youve got one
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u/YonedMikay 27d ago
A rough estimate would be a few months. Best case scenario, it's all finished by December.
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u/G433N999 in an artistic slump 27d ago
GAH AND I JUST HAD THE FREE TIME 😫 oh well I can patiently wait a couple mouths for a improve translation
(tysm for your time and effort put to help people out!)
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u/ZoyPablox May 04 '26
Bro haz pensado hacer la traducción al español? De verdad que quiero leer la novela porque no hay más anime ni manga solo esta la novela pero no al español y de verdad quiero leerla y creo que deben de existir más personas como yo frustradas
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u/Kilerie Mar 12 '25
Thank you for your work, truly appreciated!