Ahhhh… I know I said that I would get another chapter of Meruhen-chan out but I just haven’t had time >_< Who would have thought moving countries was so time consuming lol. However I will start releasing more Meruhen-chan, Hatsukoi Lunch Box and Jigoku Shoujo R when things gets settled. I think Hatsukoi Lunch Box will only run for a couple of volumes (but maybe 5 who knows!?) so I think that will be wrapped up soon. Heart’s Knight will have to wait (Don’t like starting something new when I have such a backlog >_>) but Hatsukoi Lunch Box and Meruhen-chan is my priority. And recently Meruhen-chan has been so good *w*

I do have some raws for you though, this was originally going to be two parts, but in the end I did it all at once~

~~~NOT FOR SCANLATION USE~~~

Yumeiro Patissiere raws, volumes 1 – 3:

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=810f70c5028c83322272d0a42e5e4fbc2de9460b9e57a2106999835fe96f5a50e4d86ad13dc45cfb2faf442fcc72e878

The link below has the raws for:
Tooyama Ema’s new series KamiKami Kaeshi chapter 01, Hime-chan no Ribbon chapters 09, 10 & 11, Momo chapters 22, 23 & 24 (so good), Heart no Dia Finale, Moro Orie’s new series Kamika Akumaka chapters 01, 02 & 03 (just because I like it), Arisa chapters 17, 18 & 19, Million Girl Finale, Chocolate (Chiyokoreito) Finale, and colour scans for latest Yumeiro Patissiere chapters.

~~~NOT FOR SCANLATION USE~~~

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=72ee1e3d5fa75c69b9fd2c562a4e721751159967f5f1d94446738d918b35e8e213d5ce523f129c8881ade907542a0eb6

No password this time!

Let me address some repeatedly asked questions as well:

- Will you be adding more Clover no Kuni no Alice raws?

Maybe. Probably. But not in any hurry.

- When will you add the next part of the Yumeiro Patissiere cookbook?
I don’t know… at the moment I can’t look/plan that far ahead. But I definitely will finish it.

- I can’t find the password!

Look in the comments THOROUGHLY. The password may have been added on at a later date.

So this is the last ever raw post on cookie.Dough. It’s been a fun year and a bit providing raws for the public, but I think it’s time to step down. I will still be scanlating though! But I think after the series I am working on have finished I won’t pick up anymore (She says….)

I will also be setting up a new blog for manga news (nakayoshi, ribon, probably a few more… really want to try Aria!), summaries, probably scanlated previews, deco-den, cute things and general life in Japan c: Please keep checking this blog for the address!

I’m moving to Japan in August c: So I’ve had to get all kinds of stuff together and this initial preparation period is crazily busy. I will start releasing again soon, but I just need to get all these medical forms and visa stuff out the way first.

Also, in order to raise money for the trip, I’ve changed the shop a bit – check it out here

Thank you for your understanding ☆ヽ(∇⌒ヽ)(ﾉ⌒∇)ﾉ☆

Download Links:

http://www.mediafire.com/?dmilrqjhemm

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=R0K5C2QG

Even though I have read it through so many times, the transcript for this first part is over 6000 words long, so if you spot any typos please tell me!  It ended up taking a lot longer than I thought as I was away in London for a lot of weekends this month =u=

Some Notes!

- I have tried making a couple of recipes out of this now, and they all work, but I had some failures (so try not to repeat my mistakes)

For the 2-tier Strawberry shortcake:

- Don’t add too much honey (it will make it rubbery and dumpling like)

- Don’t over beat the flour when folding it in – it really only needs to be stirred in a little.

- DO whisk the egg whites and yolks separately. It says optional but I don’t think you can get enough air into it otherwise. The whites need to be like peaks, and should probably be added last.

The second part will cover up to the Custard Pudding, and should be ready in May September sometime.

This month’s Nakayoshi/Ribon raws will be a little bit sporadic and all over the place, as I’m trying to scan some tankouban at the same time.

Also, this month was the last chapter of Doki Doki! Tama-tan; volume 3 (the last volume) will come out at the end of the month. So I’ll probably do a post finishing up volume 2, and then a whole volume 3 post.

Hatsukoi Lunch box Post should be up by the end of the week, and if anyone is interested in cleaning (please ;_;) there will be a two week deadline this time~

Meruhen-chan chapter 7 should be out within the next two weeks, and I’m working on Heart’s Knight this week (in between scanning orz) And next month Meruhen-chan is taking a break in Nakayoshi~

So, to celebrate, some Yumeiro Patissiere colour scans (including high quality volume 5 scans)

Click for preview:

Though I forgot to include one image in the zip file: click here

Download Links

http://www.mediafire.com/?yvzymxjddoj

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=J7I08WNG

Shugo Chara-chan Special: (Meruhen-chan x Shugo Chara-chan, Shugo Chara-chan ni XX shinasai!?, Shugo Chara-chan in Jigoku Shoujo)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5YE4Y2SL

http://www.mediafire.com/?muo2gjkyzzj

Hatsukoi Lunch Box Chapter 4!
As mentioned in the chapter, there was no Hatsukoi Lunch Box in this month’s Nakayoshi (Issue 4) (because Kodaka Nao was working on Disney’s Princess and the Frog comic) But it will be back in April.
Thank you to Mimi, Azura, Linn-chan, Rin and Kyfni for cleaning!

Download Links:

http://www.mediafire.com/?jyyzmnxwze0

http://www.sendspace.com/file/yif52v

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WBUCWVZY

(There’s a typo in the file name but never mind… :’D)

Raws will be uploaded today/tomorrow I think. Next weekend will be Meruhen-chan chapter 6, and maybe a YumePati colour scans post for White Day!

I’m going to try and do a huge Doki Doki! Tama-tan catch-up post this month, as well as finish the Yumeiro Patissiere cookbook~

Ah, finally released another chapter of Jigoku Shoujo R. I was hoping to make it a double release this weekend but I’m still waiting on some pages of Hatsukoi Lunch Box ^^;

Download Links:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/bskuhe
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QDVFKBZE
http://www.mediafire.com/?nmm5toz5btm

Next week will be the Shugo Chara special (it’s only a few pages so it won’t take long) and then since there’s no Hatsukoi Lunch Box this month I’m hoping to make some serious progress on the Yumeiro Patissiere cookbook (and maybe another chapter of Jigoku Shoujo R)

Also, I completely caved into fangirlism and ordered 5 volumes  of the Clover no Kuni no Alice manga/doujinshi. If I don’t scanlate it, then I will at the very least post raws.

Might try and think of something for White Day too >.< !!

Edit: Just another quick note! Hatsukoi Lunch Box is taking a break in March (just read in Nakayoshi) and so this is the last chapter til April c:

Anyway, here is the copypasta bit….

So…. (for anyone who hasn’t visited before) Below are some zip files each containing 5ish pages of Hatsukoi Lunch Box, since some people were interested, I’ve posted them up for anyone that wants to try have a go at cleaning!

Some things:
☆ All pages have been rotated and cropped, so you don’t need to do that.
☆ Files are all psd, so you must re-save it as psd.
☆ You don’t need to resize them, I’ll do it after I’ve typeset them c:
☆ Please try and get them back to me by the 20 / 21st February
☆ Post which pages you want to claim in the comments, but remember to check them first in case someone has already claimed them!
☆ If you have never posted before, your comment won’t show until it’s been moderated (this is to prevent spam bots)
☆ Once you’re done, upload it to any file sharing site, and re-post in the comments c:

Pages Download:

Pages 6 – 10: http://www.mediafire.com/?5tn22ymm2t0

Pages 11 – 15: http://www.mediafire.com/?jyxtxadn2xm Mimi

Pages 16 – 20:  http://www.mediafire.com/?jy2vtcdzn2n Azura

Pages 21 – 25: http://www.mediafire.com/?wcuunam0jm2 Linn-chan

Pages 26,29,30,31,32: http://www.mediafire.com/?0vmgedwojqx (I wouldn’t want to force that double page spread on anyone :’D) Rin

Thank you very much to anyone that cane help *w*

Below is a download for the Yumeiro Patissiere cook book, I think it will probably be one of many, but for now it covers a few of the recipes featured in the series plus a few extra.

Ah…. it will probably take me some time to translate and edit this, so it’s just the raws for now. It should be fairly simple to follow since there are very good pictures (and use jisho.org). And, if in doubt, check a similar recipe =o=;

Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?zl5myw5j3zz

Megaupload: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=79YUJ05H

Edit: I just noticed I forgot to rename the files and there’s 2 copies of one page =_=; But other than that the files are in order and OK.

Anyway, click on the images to get a larger preview of what each zip file contains!

Misc. Furoku Images
Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?umtyr2ldnet
Preview:

Nakayoshi 2003 Calendar
Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?hvfzaum42zr
Preview:

Nakayoshi 2004 Calendar
Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?dzaowiynjmt
Preview:

Nakayoshi 2005 Calendar
Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?y0d0ozmjmyj
Preview:

Nakayoshi 2009 Calendar
Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?zmnntz4jtko
Preview:

HanaYume 2009 Calendar
Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?nrkmygj5dzy
Preview:

Fufu~ Was going to finish translating the rest of Jigoku Shoujo R chapter 5 tonight, but in the end I decided to make a New Year’s blog post, and some other notices~

Wow~ I can’t believe another year has gone by! I had a fun new year watching the fireworks in London~ They were really pretty! Good job Mayor of London~!

I hope this year I can continue to bring you manga releases and other nice things~ It’s nearly a year of Tama-tan too! I’ve ordered special edition volume 2 and looking forward to the new CD (I think there is one~)

Thank you too to everyone who has commented and passed by in 2009 ♥

This year I really caught up on my manga reading which improved my Japanese so much~ My favourite nakayoshi series has actually been Meruhen-chan xD (maybe just because I like these kind of weird gag series) But Watashi ni XX shinasi has been amazing as well. Even though I don’t talk about it a lot, I really love Momo too~ (Sakai Mayu is such an amazing artist) My absolute favourite  manga series has been Kuroshitsuji though ♥ Can’t wait for the new anime series xD
So, does anyone have any resolutions for new year? Even though there are many things I hope to happen this year (that I can’t really talk about here, but might be able to later in the year) I have a few resolutions!

☆ To get hime-sama nails  (⌒∇⌒)
I really like these ones from http://www.kawaiinails.com But I’d like to make my own… (I’ll probably end up buying though…)

 ☆ To increase Japanese vocabulary by 110%  And learn how to write more kanji（＾∧＾） がんばります!
 ☆ To give blog a new layout OTL (I will get round to it)
 ☆ To do more work in Flash/Flex (maybe I’ll make my next layout with flash~ I’d really like to build some kind of Flex app as well~)
☆ To learn how to bake better~
☆ To keep my desk clean \(>◇<)/

Raws / Scans

Also….Nimakka has uploaded Chapter 9 of Watashi ni XX shinasai! : http://forums.mangafox.com/showthread.php?t=130308&page=2 (And might upload other series) So be sure to thank her properly!

On that note, because of some problems with leechers, I will be watermarking future raw releases (with big ‘not for scanlation use’ on them) Please, I do not want these raws uploaded to mangahelpers. Colour scans are fine, but don’t upload chapters! If you see anyone uploading my scans, please report it and tell me~ よろしくお願いします~ I’m counting on you~

Issue 2 scans for Nakayoshi (maybe Ribon) will be up next weekend, and might be password protected to stop people just giving the link out too.

Also, Hatsukoi Lunch Box scanlation post will be next weekend again too (will hopefully be less hectic this month!) I hope some people can help out again this month too!

Because I received a new scanner for christmas (it is a thing of ~beauty~) I’m hoping I’ll be able to edit the settings a bit better so cleaning is less work.