Adventures in Fan Translation

Rogan: Way back in 2015, when I was in exile in Ohio, I found online a pirated scanlation of a short beefcake one-shot that I really enjoyed. Ever since, I'd wanted to get my hands on a proper copy, but getting manga from Japan costs through the nose in shipping, and the book was already out of print, so I lamented and assumed I'd never get it unless I was willing to pay ~$50 for 36 pages of story.

Then, around the end of July, we found a copy on Amazon that was only $15. No clue why it was so cheap, but who are we to argue with providence? We slapped down our money before the seller could change their mind, and I received it a few days ago. It's in very good condition; I would have never known it was a secondhand book almost a decade old.

It's also very slightly different from the bootleg scanlation!

( I am the kind of person who buys different editions or versions of the same work, just so I can compare and contrast, so this was GOLD to me. )