Minor site redesign, new manga format
As you can see, we have begun implementing a no-images version of the site, to save on bandwidth. Right now only the front page is affected, and there are still a lot of kinks to be worked out, but please be patient with us as the change is implemented.

Along with this, we are moving no-images versions of the manga chapters, for a huge bandwidth savings. To showcase our new format we've got the Nase sidestory from Hikaru no Go vol. 18 for you. Go check it out!

Hikaru no Go sidestory 3: http link

And 2 years just fly by......
This is actually the two year anniversary of TW, can you believe it!? Two years since I started the site on Geocities (oh the horror...) and got 10 hits the first day!!!! Oh the memories. Back then I spoiled you with 25 Naruto chaps in 25 days and it still wasn't enough. ("When's the next one coming!!?" "Hey, it's been 15 hours already, Naruto me!!!" etc.) Back then I was all alone...(well, with Mike). No editors, no layout designers, no nothing. Yet through hard work and dedication, and thanks to the support of people like you TW is now the greatest website-related thing of ALL TIME!!! (not counting free porn...)

This has been a very interesting 2nd year for us. Frankly I can't remember much of it because my brain is fried from translating so much but I assume it was interesting. We're now up to 150 chapters or so of Hikaru no Go, who would have ever thought!? What sick group of people would want to do that much work? Oh yeah...us... Damn... But the biggest news of the year concerned Naruto as we took down our scans with the licensing of the series here in the US. This was a great event as manga becomes more and more popular and widely accepted. Year two also marked TW's jump into fansubbing with the Naruto anime and the whole team has done a great job. Thanks to all of you guys (Aznguy, Jaggedblunt, Ookla, Retrooo, Mike, Mogi, Asura, sailormoon2099, Aniki-Kun, JediNight, Psychology101, aQuAaNjL, sera, etc.). And of course all the manga staff who works super hard scanning and translating and editing despite the fact that I keep them in a dungeon and don't feed them until they complete their job. Great work guys (Retrooo, ndrizzt, Ookla, Barabus, Elae, ssjtrunks130, Digital Enigma, Giant X, DraygonZero, DynamiteNeon, eK, crispy, Illaparatzo-sama, Atamar, OoOx, Kaji, kbned, Lena, RBwaBD, Pedero, and anyone else I forgot)!

We also went through some serious problems with servers but it seems like we have braved the storm for now. I think Ookla will have some announcement about that soon. Hopefully TW can continue to strive and be the beacon of hope in this cruel dark world.

Now for this momentous occasion, we have some goodies for tonight. We have Bremen chapter 44 and 45! We've also got Naruto episode 25! Enjoy!

Bremen chapter 44: BitTorrent link - [3.0 MB]
Bremen chapter 45: BitTorrent link - [3.1 MB]
Naruto episode 25: BitTorrent link - [163.1 MB]

Fwd: dd
Something for the next update...

Thanks, AK... I think that makes a perfect update. Just the simple subject line has so much depth! "dd"...yes, double depth! What could it mean? Daredevil? Somehow, I think not (though I actually liked that movie, so there). Drunk driver? Altogether possible. Don't dry (with fakes or fears)? Hmmm... I think it must stand for double dose, as in Naruto epiosdes 23 and 24, which are now available via BitTorrent or the IRC channel.

Jaggedblunt says: "Sorry about the delay in release, our typesetter/encoder was having computer problems. But not to worry, the amazing team of Aniki-Kun and sailormoon2099 had done a great job on episode 23! JediNight really contributed with his great encoding. Psychology101 was a real big helper in 24. aQuAaNjL helped out a lot in both eps, in her own ways. Thanks everyone! By the way, Aniki and sailor rule!"

When certain matters are beyond your control...
Focus on those things that aren't! That's right, today we've got some more manga for you! Bleach chapter 21 dredges up old demons from Ichigo's past! And Dr. Slump (yes, a manga by Toriyama himself) discusses something from the ancient past as well, completing volume 1! Go get them!

Bleach chapter 21: BitTorrent link - http mirror link - [2.8 MB]
Dr. Slump chapter 12: BitTorrent link - http mirror link - [1.8 MB]

Mirrors provided by Retrooo, dilaodilao, maxmajere, Hitokiri, Kalle, Doug, Danner, Gusuri, zir0faive, Nolan, and John.

Files up! New home for SaiKano.
That's right! Thanks to the very generous donation of a certain individual with a server, all of the archives are now up. If you have any problems downloading files older than 2 weeks, please report specifics in the Feedback section of the forum. This also means that Player 2.5 can now end his strike.

SaiKano has also found a new home with SnoopyCool and Jinmen Juushin as a joint project between the two. SaiKano fans head over to the SnoopyCool site where you'll find 5 new chapters to read. (You may also find a series called Midori no Hibi which various TW staff are quite taken with at the moment...) Previous chapters have been removed from the site here and the links will be removed soon.

While many of you are still waiting for a certain something to be released, here's something else you've been waithing for:

Hikaru no Go sidestory 2: BitTorrent link - http mirror link - [4.2 MB]
Hunter X Hunter chapter 136: BitTorrent link - http mirror link - [1.7 MB]

Why!?
OK, I have one question for you guys. Why do so many of you send me an email under one address and then tell me to reply to another address? That just makes no sense to me... It's bad enough I get dumb emails asking me when the next Naruto ep is coming out every week.

And what's the deal with Trix, why is that rabbit... AWW!! Forget it, just read the newest Hikaru no Go chapter, the Dake-san... errr... Mitani side-story! Enjoy. And Kimi Shika Iranai chapter 5 too.

Hikaru no Go sidestory 4: BitTorrent link - http mirror link - [5.0 MB]
Kimi Shika Iranai chapter 5: BitTorrent link - http mirror link - [4.7 MB]

Toriyama's World is in a slump
And so are my update-writing skills at this time of the night...morning... Anyway, today we've got for you something you never expected...that's right, chapter 11 of that wonderful Toriyama manga, Dr. Slump! This one has a surprise at the end! Woohoo. We also have some exploding concrete and drunk people for you in Black Cat chapter 21! Go get them.

Black Cat chapter 21: BitTorrent link - http mirror link - [2.1 MB]
Dr. Slump chapter 11: BitTorrent link - http mirror link - [1.7 MB]