Ahh! Why didn't I find this thread sooner? This is the thread for me!

I am literally going nuts waiting for this scanlation... nuts I tell you.
Glad to see so many of us waiting though, to be honest I was a little bit sad that I couldn't join everyone else in looking for spoilers etc, but I think I made the right decision this time. I hope it lives up to the suspense I've created around it. I'm honestly surprised that I've lasted this long, what has it been...3/4 days?

I'm going to bawl my eyes out. I just know it.

I gave in today and now I regret I didn't wait more... So hold, I envy you a lot.

Edit: Exactly what Tombow said. I couldn't decipher the kurigana so my understanding was low and now I just have to wait like the rest of you but, unlike you, I'm already familiar with the pictures, so the impact will be smaller for me.

^Oh no, you caved!
I was close to caving this morning and I was just going to look at the raw but I thought there's no point in that. I'm getting more used to waiting.

Guys, I'm telling you.. if you don't understand Japanese, (or Spanish... if anyone is interested, you can now read Spanish fan-made scanlation which is the only fan-made scanlation out there currently....) and you are just thinking of "looking at" raw pages, I highly recommend waiting for the full fan-made English scanlation, or English translation is becoming available, whichever is sooner ^^ because lots of pages are hard to understand, particularly so in this chapter, unless you understand what are being said in those speech bubbles. I think it's really worth waiting this time.

I'm still waiting *grins*

PS. Hey mind you, this is killing me.

Thanks for the info, Tombow, it reassures my decision. If only I could read Spanish, haha!

I've waited this long for the scanlation, it shouldn't hurt to wait longer.

Waiting over here too. Not finding it very hard, actually. Nothing can break my determination at this point :)

Be strong, everyone not finding it as easy as me! Hang in there!

I almost gave into the raw myself last night since I was particularly bored.. and just feeling plain bored. But thanks for reassuring us to keep waiting Tombow and Sneakyruler.

La la la
I've been keeping myself busy by watching films today, it's my day off work so I have to do something! Good job I'm working tomorrow.

Chapter 108, the Final chapter English scanlation by Darkside with Alisha's translation is out.
If anyone is interested, the link is on the first post of chapter 108 info thread (no spoiler content on that page).

NO WAY
ahh I have things to do before bed tonight, and then I'm working tomorrow! I'm so tempted, but I'll have to leave it until tomorrow night after work. Only 24 hours, if I've held out this long I can hold out now! Thank you for the link!

...I might just be the last person to read it, though. I hope everyone is still interested in talking about it by then... wait, what am I saying, of course they will!

Is it a good translation? Can I give in??

Edit - Oh, it's at Onemanga. That means it should be a relatively good translation? Quality looks alright. Think I might actually go ahead and read

^ My thoughts exactly... shall I read or not? lol

It seems decent enough. Some lines are not punctual (compaired to the parts Tombow translated thus far...but that doesn't make it bad) and SFX are not translated. Otherwise it fits with what Tombow or HishouBuraiKen translated. Anyway, it's on onemanga if you wanna read .
HisshouBuraiKen is on page 76 with his translation so he's gonna be finished tonight (if his strenght holds... but mangastream still doesn't have raw from their provider so their scanlation may take a while)

Thanks for the info... so... I might read it either tonight or some time tomorrow I guess...

*is scared*

Actually, the way I understand it (anyone please correctly me if I'm wrong ^^) Onemanga does not produce it's own scanlations, and they just put submitted scanlations on their site, AND it takes ANY chapter scanlation submitted first for the new chapter, irregardless of the quality of the scanlation and with the complete disregard (as in, they don't check it at all) to any accuracy of the translations in the submitted scanlations, since that (providing "accurate" scanlations) is not their objectives. It's strictly "first one submitted gets published," that's it. Hence, I would not recommend considering the fact that the scanlation is on Onemanga.com as some sort of assurance that the translations of any chapter scanlations on that site is anywhere accurate. (Regardless, we FMA manga fans owe huge gratitude to the site for helping us read FMA chapter scanlations for all this years, IMO. ^^)

As for the listed chapter 108 scanlation, the page or two I checked from that scanlation looked pretty good. ^^
By the way, the same version of scanlation is now also on CloudManga.com site also. We found out one on Cloudmanga.com is missing the very last few pages!!! >.<

Oh, I thought they had some sort of quality control Well thanks for the information. (And yes, we're all thankful to the scanlators and providers nevertheless!) I'm still not sure. Maybe I'll go watch Fringe instead (which is on in 20 minutes), hang around in front of the TV until I get tired enough to go to sleep. And hopefully, in sleep, I won't be bothered by this CRAVING THAT IS DRIVING ME INSANE. If I'm a lucky bastard, maybe the other scanlations will be available by breakfast.

I don't know about scanlations, but it seems to me that Hisshou's tranlation will be out by then.

EDIT: Oh, God. It's out already. o_0

EDIT 2: Hahaha, I forgot about the different time zones. Maybe your breakfast is when I go to sleep or something like that. ^^U

I've just read Hishou's translation... and his translation is definetely better than the one on onemanga, after page 20 when the dialogs become more complicated he's the one easier to understand.

Hisshou's translation is done. He announced it a couple of minutes ago ^^

I think this is what I'm going with too. we can hold out together!
Not to devalue anyone else's work of course... I just want it to be as perfect as it can be! Plus I love when the SFX are translated too.

Edit: oh, the other translation is done? I still have to wait until tomorrow, it's nearly bedtime for me, I have work tomorrow

Scanlation?! :Goes off to read without checking out the other posts: :stops at a certain page to finish updating herself on this thread: Hisshou's done with his translation too? Dang, I should've waited for his, but I'm already a couple pages in. Dammit, I've already given in, might as well keep reading, and then if a scanlation is up w/ Hisshou's translation, then I'll read that one as well.

To those of you still waiting or pondering on whether or not to make a decision, good luck and godspeed ; I hope you guys don't get too torn apart on your wait/decision-making.

^I think I'm just waiting. It's 9pm, I know that's not late but I woke up early and I'm already half asleep right now.
It's gonna be a loooong day at work tomorrow. I have 24 hours to wait!

I think I actually WILL be the last person to read it!

I gave in just half an hour ago and couldn't stop crying. The translation and scanlation per se, the one on OneManga is quite good so...

This will be me tomorrow. I tear up just thinking about it, good god.
I feel all left out now. I think I'm the only one who hasn't read it aaagh!

I can't give in.... I CAN'T. I have to go to sleep soon and I know if I read it I won't be able to fall asleep, my heart started pounding when I read there was a scanlation so goodness knows what the chapter will do to me D=

Sadly for us , there's not gonna be "A Next fma chapter"

I think I've realised why I'm willingly holding off reading this... I just don't want it to be over. This is like, 5/6+ years of a fandom coming to the end for me, the ending always seemed so far away and now it's here. For something so special to me, it's hard!

I'll get round to it in my own time... I feel like that's best for me rather than rushing along with everyone.

Aww, same here, FailToImpress.
And I'm so excited to read it! But I have finals to study for....

Aww, it's not out at all! You had me all excited there for a moment Thought you were referring to Hisshou's scanlation...

I still haven't read it.
I just got back from work, and I'll do it tonight, you have no idea how nervous I am. It took me ages to get to sleep last night after I knew there was a scanlation available.

Only a few more hours and I can read in peace.

Then you can wait for mangastream.com release of HishouBuraiKen's translaton You have my greatest respect and admiration for enduring this long!

Haha, thank you! I don't know how I've done it, honestly. I'm still in denial about it ending, I think.
I think I will wait for manga stream... on their site it says it will be up today.

Edit: okay, it's 10pm and I think the manga stream version will come out while I'm fast asleep (time zones, ick) so I'm going to read the onemanga version. I can't wait any longer. I'm shaking.. here I go!

I think my post was clear enough: I was talking only about the translation. ^^U

So I read the last chapter...


*takes a deep breath*

This is weird, knowing it's over.

The whole waiting has officially ended.

Mangastream scanlation can be found here:

http://www.fullmetal-alchemist.com/forums/...st&p=734843

Farewell, FMA.

As Captain Picard might say..."Delay that order..."

The current version on Mangastream has page orders messed up (so as the time-line of the events in the chapter) and hence they took it down, and I assume they are rectifying the situation currently.


ETA: Happy to announce that the site now has the version with correct page orders.

By the way, laughing at that fake spoiler right now. But some aspect were quite *similiar* I would say xd

EDIT: Damn, everyone's saying that most shops in Japan ran out of Shounen Gangan. Makes me really worried, my copies hasn't been put on sale yet.

Marking the calendar... check, Saturday, September 11, 2010, on next month's GanGan

For the discussions and info (if any) on the content of this Gaiden, go to New FMA manga Gaiden (side Story) by Arakawa in September! thread.


Now the waiting begins. ^^

<double posting with justice. This post will be merged later>

Probably for one last time... waiting for June 29, 2011, for the new chapter in FMA Vol. 11 1/2.

(Keeping myself busy with FMA Fan Fun Festival on FM-A board while waiting for the new chapter in the Vol 11 1/2. )

I'm waiting for and looking forward to FMA volume 11.5, too! As well as FMA Chronicles.