Goat&CatScans: Retired Heroes Chapter 31

It's that time of year again. The time we all show off to our horse gods.

In case you were wondering about the massive delay, here's the long and short of it:

It's late September, and Mage volunteers to translate the next chapter as he wants to put a "sword meme" in at the end. The Cat and I are pleased that we can leave everything up to him and take it easy, because that always goes well.

Flash forward to the middle of October. The script has been 'almost done' for a while, but our shining star has been busy with work and then got sick a day or two later. I don't worry about it too much assuming it'll pick up at some point when he recovers.

Radio silence ensues as both of my translators are out of commission due to various obligations and the holiday season. This goes on until a couple days ago when I finally decide it's time to call in the Cat who finishes the script and pastes it in.  

Then I find out that pages 1 and 10 have this weird pixelated area at the bottom, and my initial suspicion is that the images got corrupted when someone downloaded them. I ping Wordy who mistakenly believes that the Cat is the one who's been acquiring raws this whole time despite us specifically having a discussion where we established that the boss-man on the Nekyou side is the one providing raws. That happened a while ago so I couldn't really expect her to remember, but I'm frustrated regardless. Finally I check out the raw site and find out the corruption is absolute: the original Chinese raws are pixelated. The Cat whips up some emergency Photoshop to make those parts slightly easier on the eyes, and that's what you'll see in this release.

I'm not blaming Mage for this, as I could have made this call much earlier and let you guys know what was going on. I also feel somewhat ashamed it took the negging of another scanlator to galvanize me into action.

Nevertheless, it's pretty amazing that G&C has made it this far, we passed the 1 year anniversary of our first chapter 2 months ago. We have about 5 chapters to go and I personally don't plan on stopping til we reach the finish line. Alright, enough of that, here's the goods.

Chapter 31: http://www.mediafire.com/file/q4iigamye9hll4t/Chapter_31.zip/file

The whole shebang: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/4o5obdo2l3198/Retired_Heroes_Translation_Project

Goat&CatScans: Retired Heroes Chapter 30

Hey hey people, it's the big 3-0.

I quit.  ...I know she prolly couldn't do it but I ain't gonna fuck around and see if she could.

Things are continuing at a snail's pace...The Nekyou side is critically understaffed and the catman is off doing who knows what. As for me, I had to spend my evening fixing a huge flooded mess that started with a leaky bathroom faucet and escalated into having to detach the entire sink from the wall and reattach it. Multiple times.

But enough of my crappy life story, let's move on to the good news! I've included a special bonus fanart of everyone's favorite Saliy at the end of this chapter, courtesy of fledgling artist known only as "dragonlawd"! I'd meant to do so in the previous chapter but forgot about it. Here's the full version of it if you're interested:

original the content, donut steel! (4srs this time)

Chapter 30: http://www.mediafire.com/file/d4o8uascuozyiu4/Chapter_30.zip/file

Some idiot in the projects: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/4o5obdo2l3198/Retired_Heroes_Translation_Project
 

Goat&CatScans: Retired Heroes Chapter 29

Guess who's back?

Back again, a lot sooner than expected! This seems more like a holiday themed omake than an actual chapter, but it's pretty long so we're counting it as such.
 
In case it wasn't obvious, St. Oliver's Descent corresponds to Valentine's Day, and Asteelia's Ascent corresponds to White Day. In America, we only celebrate Valentine's Day. Japan started the tradition of the chocolate exchange and White Day, which is when the men give return gifts. Apparently it's started to catch on in other Asian nations, including this comic's country of origin.

In other news, Nekyou's Mage has arrived in the land of the free, making this project now entirely based in the US of A! Everyone knows home grown products taste the best, especially when they were ripped off from someone else.

Chapter 29: http://www.mediafire.com/file/lerjnhaj5e1e59c/Chapter_29.zip/file
 
The Ancient Repository: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/4o5obdo2l3198/Retired_Heroes_Translation_Project

Goat&CatScans: Resumptio

After doing some of my own research I found the next few chapters of the comic aren't actually behind a paywall, so that was a lie. Apologies for making you guys worry. There are still a couple issues in the way of acquisition though:

1. We have to use a proxy/VPN to access the raw site. The host doesn't seem to like visitors from the United States, probably because they hate freedom. The fools.
2. If you try to right click on the comic page it blocks you with a modal* popup instead of giving you the context menu for "Save Image As". This is per the usual for Chinese copyright protection.

original the content, donut steel!

3. The series itself may be on hiatus as it hasn't updated since January. Perhaps those chapters are behind a paywall. I haven't confirmed anything yet, will get back to you when I do.
 

Besides number 3, these are more minor inconveniences that I have the means to circumvent** so we'll probably be good up to Chapter 36. 

In the meantime I'd like to thank you, the reader, for actually reading my blog. You're all truly wonderful, have a good one.

*yeah, I didn't know those popup things were called 'modals' until now thanks to my new job.

**I'd teach you, but I'd have to charge.

Goat&CatScans: Megapause

Hey hey people, Cory in the House. No chapter sadly, just an announcement for transparency's sake. We've hit a bit of a roadblock, and for once it isn't due to being "busy".

a photograph of me expressing my frustration at the futility of capitalism

Around December of 2018 we discovered that Retired Heroes had moved to a different site, one where you have to pay per view. My first thought was "Dang, why didn't I think of that? I could be even richer* right now". The second was that we only managed to save high quality raws up until Chapter 24. Frankly I'm not sure how we managed to snag raws for four whole chapters after that, but it seems our luck has finally run out. Last time I checked the going rate is around $0.50 in US dollars per chapter.

Wait wait wait, I can already feel you taking your wallets out. We're not collecting taxes donations... yet. Apparently Nekyou has an 'acquisitions' team that can take care of things like this. We're currently waiting for them to ghost us.

*because as you know, unofficial scanlating already pays the big bucks. But where does all that money come from, you may ask? Who knows? It's one of life's great mysteries.

Goat&CatScans: Retired Heroes Chapter 28

It could be just the thing to spice up their relationship.

Get your flags and fireworks in order, because it's FREEDOM DAY!! Unless you aren't in the US, in which case, well, I guess you aren't free.

These past few days have been really busy for me, so I'm too pooped to say much more. Enjoy folks.

Chapter 28: http://www.mediafire.com/file/70c4737oheq9l72/Chapter_28.zip/file
 
All our chapters: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/4o5obdo2l3198/Retired_Heroes_Translation_Project

Goat&CatScans: Retired Heroes Chapter 27

Long time no see, fellow kids. It's been a busy... eight weeks? Shiieeeeet.

My boyz in the translation department have finally gotten off their asses from more "important" things like "proposal defense"(whatever that means) and "moving to another country"(>not even japan) to deliver the goods. And are these goods....good? Well as I like to say: the proof of this is left as an exercise for the reader. 

As for me, I've sold my soul and become a corporate wage-slave. I would have written this from my cellcubicle but it seems blogspot is banned.

But fear not, dear sycophants, for I have no intention of dropping this series. We'll catch up with the current release yet, "Whatever it takes" --everybody, ketchup endgame

The Next Episode, ft. Snoop Dogg aka Black Wheel:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/8608l3bh63r80k6/Chapter_27.zip/file
Drop it like it's hot:
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/4o5obdo2l3198/Retired_Heroes_Translation_Project

Personally I've really enjoyed this chapter and the previous one as they've done a lot to flesh out this wonderful world that our favorite Retired Heroes live in. Magic item creation, the power of chaos control, and of course, the pokeymans.

Bonus BTS* segment: That "social status" ribbon? I rotated it 90 degrees, it's actually vertical in the original.

*behind the scenes, not the kpop group. don't hurt me bts army :(

Goat&Cat Scans: Retired Heroes Chapter 26

I was wrong before, now we've come full circle.

Sally sends mixed messages in her first attempt at BDSM play.

Ya boy bolwic has come, sliding into the good graces of the fickle manga reading community by.... posting only half of this chapter on Mangadex? While the typesetting doesn't look nearly as bad as ours did when we first started, the grammar is atrocious. Worst of all, that guy probably doesn't even have a blog.

Anyway I'm rambling, here's the next episode, all 30 pages of it:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/85xqyt4ru6vya19/Chapter_26.zip/file

The Hol Horse:
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/4o5obdo2l3198/Retired_Heroes_Translation_Project

 

Goat&Cat Scans: Retired Heroes Chapter 25

Welp, it's finally happened. We've finally slipped back to the old once a month release schedule that frustrated me so much that I got into this in the first place.

I know Saliy, I'm none too happy about it either.

What can I say?* Everyone has real life stuff taking up their time now, except me, and all I do is proofread and make the memes. And in a few months, maybe I'll have real life stuff happening too. Fear not though, for I have the DETERMINATION to continue. We'll catch up with the current chapter yet.

Chapter 25: http://www.mediafire.com/file/0gq67i4qx6036fl/Chapter_25.zip/file

The full package - playmaker, spine breaker: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/4o5obdo2l3198/Retired_Heroes_Translation_Project

  *except "You're welcome!"

Goat&CatScans: Retired Heroes Chapter 24

Happy 2019 from Goat&Cat Scans and the rest of the ProZ network!

Sorry for the long wait, we're starting to experience schedule slip. 19 days still better than a whole month, but not by much. Anyway there's more feathered folks in this one.

I'm really looking forward to seeing more of our new protagonist Joey Jork and all the bizarre adventures he gets up to. Aren't you?

Chapter 24: http://www.mediafire.com/file/iglzqqak4jib7me/Chapter_24.zip/file

Turtles all the way down: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/4o5obdo2l3198/Retired_Heroes_Translation_Project