suetsumuhana
@torikae.baya.moe
PhD student at the University of Edinburgh. See blog posts about my translation project at torikae.baya.moe
A bit about the weather this week: torikae.baya.moe/blog/thought...
Thoughts from Episode 24: Whither the weather? — torikae.baya.moe
This chapter covers the immediate aftermath of Sara’s sudden disappearance: his friends are confused, Shi no Hime feels ashamed, Suiren sees Sara in her dreams, and Marumitsu is so upset he can’t cont...
torikae.baya.moe
November 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
A bit about the weather this week: torikae.baya.moe/blog/thought...
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Great placards from the rally at the parliament #StopaStaffCutsatEoE
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Great placards from the rally at the parliament #StopaStaffCutsatEoE
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More pictures from Holyrood rally @ucuscotland.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
More pictures from Holyrood rally @ucuscotland.bsky.social
Read my ramblings about flowers! torikae.baya.moe/blog/thought...
Thoughts from Episode 23: The Flower Festival — torikae.baya.moe
The cherry trees are in full bloom on Sara’s last day of work at the imperial court, and he is making a point of going around talking to everybody. By now, he’s clearly getting tired quite quickly, so...
torikae.baya.moe
November 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Read my ramblings about flowers! torikae.baya.moe/blog/thought...
This week I get into some of the seasonal events that appear throughout Torikae baya: torikae.baya.moe/blog/thought...
Thoughts from Episode 22: A busy New Year — torikae.baya.moe
After a stunned silence following Sara’s bombshell reveal last time, Tsuwabuki becomes quite excited about the prospect of them having a baby together. He tells Sara to “go back” to being a woman (😬) ...
torikae.baya.moe
November 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This week I get into some of the seasonal events that appear throughout Torikae baya: torikae.baya.moe/blog/thought...
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The call for papers and panels to the 18th International EAJS conference is now open! The conference will be a hybrid event hosted in Poznań, Poland from 27-30 August 2026.
Please read the rules and instructions below before you submit your panel or paper.
#EAJS2026
eajs.eu/2026-call-fo...
Please read the rules and instructions below before you submit your panel or paper.
#EAJS2026
eajs.eu/2026-call-fo...
November 7, 2025 at 2:06 AM
The call for papers and panels to the 18th International EAJS conference is now open! The conference will be a hybrid event hosted in Poznań, Poland from 27-30 August 2026.
Please read the rules and instructions below before you submit your panel or paper.
#EAJS2026
eajs.eu/2026-call-fo...
Please read the rules and instructions below before you submit your panel or paper.
#EAJS2026
eajs.eu/2026-call-fo...
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Today is publication day for MANGA'S FIRST CENTURY in North America! It's available at bookstores large and small. ahorbinski.com/books/
If you've already read the book, please consider leaving a review online! It helps. And if your budget is tight, requesting the book at the library is great too!
If you've already read the book, please consider leaving a review online! It helps. And if your budget is tight, requesting the book at the library is great too!
October 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Today is publication day for MANGA'S FIRST CENTURY in North America! It's available at bookstores large and small. ahorbinski.com/books/
If you've already read the book, please consider leaving a review online! It helps. And if your budget is tight, requesting the book at the library is great too!
If you've already read the book, please consider leaving a review online! It helps. And if your budget is tight, requesting the book at the library is great too!
A little bit about fate in Torikae baya: torikae.baya.moe/blog/thought...
Thoughts from Episode 21: You only live twice — torikae.baya.moe
At the end of the previous chapter – and volume – Sara had what seemed horribly like morning sickness. This time, he goes to see his former wetnurse Aguri, whom he used to visit for a few days every m...
torikae.baya.moe
November 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
A little bit about fate in Torikae baya: torikae.baya.moe/blog/thought...
A new blog post! torikae.baya.moe/blog/thought...
Thoughts from Episode 20: Sara tries (and fails) to leave his wife — torikae.baya.moe
After making way last time so that Shi no Hime and Tsuwabuki can be a regular couple, Sara concentrates fully on his Kamogawa rerouting job. The workers expect an aloof nepo baby, but are amazed to se...
torikae.baya.moe
October 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A new blog post! torikae.baya.moe/blog/thought...
A new blog post about such things as periods and Sad Moon Poems(tm): torikae.baya.moe/blog/thought...
Thoughts from Episode 19: Fly me to the moon — torikae.baya.moe
Sorry about the slow posting schedule lately! To be honest, it’ll probably continue to be quite irregular, as the actual work of translating this manga is keeping me very busy. That means I’m several ...
torikae.baya.moe
October 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
A new blog post about such things as periods and Sad Moon Poems(tm): torikae.baya.moe/blog/thought...
Reposted by suetsumuhana
Happy international translation day!!! Which I forgot because I was working late 😅
Here's an FAQ for aspiring Japanese to English media translators I wrote for this occasion a few years ago.
j-entranslations.com/faq-for-aspi...
Here's an FAQ for aspiring Japanese to English media translators I wrote for this occasion a few years ago.
j-entranslations.com/faq-for-aspi...
FAQ for Aspiring Japanese to English Media Translators
Frequently asked questions for aspiring translators interested in Japanese to English media translation. Happy International Translation Day!
j-entranslations.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Happy international translation day!!! Which I forgot because I was working late 😅
Here's an FAQ for aspiring Japanese to English media translators I wrote for this occasion a few years ago.
j-entranslations.com/faq-for-aspi...
Here's an FAQ for aspiring Japanese to English media translators I wrote for this occasion a few years ago.
j-entranslations.com/faq-for-aspi...
In a new post, I take a tantalising glimpse at the concept of kaimami: torikae.baya.moe/blog/thought...
Thoughts from Episode 18: Feast your eyes on this! — torikae.baya.moe
Last time, Sara was tasked with sorting out the flooding of the Kamogawa. Since then, he’s been getting on with the job, and when he reports back, the Emperor wants to speak to him up close. Tsuwabuki...
torikae.baya.moe
September 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
In a new post, I take a tantalising glimpse at the concept of kaimami: torikae.baya.moe/blog/thought...
Today's time-consuming rabbit hole: identifying tasty treats of the Heian period
September 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Today's time-consuming rabbit hole: identifying tasty treats of the Heian period
Back with a new post! This week's episode is callbacks galore: torikae.baya.moe/blog/thought...
Thoughts from Episode 17: Remember that time when…? — torikae.baya.moe
I’m back after a little pause while I attended the 2025 BAJS conference last week! I enjoyed getting a chance to present on some of the interesting aspects of Saito’s adaptation, including touching on...
torikae.baya.moe
September 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Back with a new post! This week's episode is callbacks galore: torikae.baya.moe/blog/thought...
The next post after this might take a bit longer to appear, because tomorrow I'm heading down to Cardiff for BAJS 2025! See you if you're there!
September 1, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The next post after this might take a bit longer to appear, because tomorrow I'm heading down to Cardiff for BAJS 2025! See you if you're there!
A delayed new post! Things are moving fast - but not too fast - at the end of the third volume: torikae.baya.moe/blog/thought...
Thoughts from Episode 15: The secret’s out (sort of) — torikae.baya.moe
This chapter, the last one in Volume 3, sees recent plot threads come to a head. Sara has just been promoted to Middle Councillor (chunagon, 中納言), but he now strongly suspects that the father of Shi n...
torikae.baya.moe
August 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
A delayed new post! Things are moving fast - but not too fast - at the end of the third volume: torikae.baya.moe/blog/thought...
A new post, and I've added a map too! torikae.baya.moe/blog/thought...
Thoughts from Episode 14: Location, location, location — torikae.baya.moe
Thanks to a bright idea from Suiren, Sara and Tsuwabuki are sent off on a months-long expedition to get regional governors to releasing their hoarded rice. It turns out their strategy is to dazzle the...
torikae.baya.moe
August 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
A new post, and I've added a map too! torikae.baya.moe/blog/thought...
A long post today, explaining what I've been up to this summer! torikae.baya.moe/blog/digression-research-trip-report
Digression: Research trip report — torikae.baya.moe
Something different this week! I’ve hinted in previous posts that I’ve been on a trip in Japan over the summer, and now that I’m finally back, I want to talk about what happened. The main purpose o...
torikae.baya.moe
August 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A long post today, explaining what I've been up to this summer! torikae.baya.moe/blog/digression-research-trip-report
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The heartening thing about this is just how many people are jumping up and screaming "no!" at the top of their lungs. Readers don't want garbage generated by the plagiarism machine! If only every company trying to shove it down our throats would realize that the way to our wallets is not genAI!
VIZ Media quietly added an AI-translated manga to their app and hoped no one would notice. We did.
Manga deserves better than cheap, soulless automation. This is a betrayal of translators, fans, and the art form.
We don't want your AI translations!
Manga deserves better than cheap, soulless automation. This is a betrayal of translators, fans, and the art form.
We don't want your AI translations!
Dear manga publishers, we don’t want your AI translations
VIZ Media quietly added an AI-translated manga to their app and hoped no one would notice. We did and want none of it.
www.comicsbeat.com
August 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The heartening thing about this is just how many people are jumping up and screaming "no!" at the top of their lungs. Readers don't want garbage generated by the plagiarism machine! If only every company trying to shove it down our throats would realize that the way to our wallets is not genAI!
This is but a blog. Wide awake, I have now posted it, just as I long dreamt. torikae.baya.moe/blog/more-th...
More thoughts from Episode 13: Yume no Wada — torikae.baya.moe
Like I said in the previous post, Episode 13 is one of two chapters that I initially translated a year ago, and that means I’ve had time to think about it a bit more than some of the others. On that n...
torikae.baya.moe
August 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This is but a blog. Wide awake, I have now posted it, just as I long dreamt. torikae.baya.moe/blog/more-th...
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College students digitized 795 poems from the world’s oldest novel
‘The Tale of Genji’ is a cornerstone of classical Japanese literature.
By Andrew Paul
www.popsci.com/technology/g...
The tale of Genji at PG:
gutenberg.org/ebooks/66057
#Books #Literature #Japan
‘The Tale of Genji’ is a cornerstone of classical Japanese literature.
By Andrew Paul
www.popsci.com/technology/g...
The tale of Genji at PG:
gutenberg.org/ebooks/66057
#Books #Literature #Japan
July 17, 2025 at 9:04 AM
College students digitized 795 poems from the world’s oldest novel
‘The Tale of Genji’ is a cornerstone of classical Japanese literature.
By Andrew Paul
www.popsci.com/technology/g...
The tale of Genji at PG:
gutenberg.org/ebooks/66057
#Books #Literature #Japan
‘The Tale of Genji’ is a cornerstone of classical Japanese literature.
By Andrew Paul
www.popsci.com/technology/g...
The tale of Genji at PG:
gutenberg.org/ebooks/66057
#Books #Literature #Japan
A new post about one of my favourite chapters, looking again at tengu: torikae.baya.moe/blog/thought...
Thoughts from Episode 13: An encounter with a tengu (?) — torikae.baya.moe
It’s been a while again! I’ve been on a trip, which is still ongoing, and it’s kept me a bit too busy to cope with weekly posts (especially yesterday, which was a VERY big day!). On the bright side, a...
torikae.baya.moe
July 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
A new post about one of my favourite chapters, looking again at tengu: torikae.baya.moe/blog/thought...
'tis the season! torikae.baya.moe/blog/thought...
Thoughts from Episode 12: The seasons in Torikae baya — torikae.baya.moe
I took a break from posting last week because I just had too much happening – more on that in a future post! – but I’m back today to talk about Episode 12 and to say a bit more about a topic that I’ve...
torikae.baya.moe
July 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
'tis the season! torikae.baya.moe/blog/thought...