Current Progress – Last updated 09/24/21

Biblia v4: Miss Shioriko and the Two Faces – Progress: 100%
Tsukumodo Antique Shop v7 – Progress: 100% (Series Complete)

Welcome to “Antiquarian Bookshop Biblia’s Case Files”—and side projects! Translated by erebea, updates every Sunday.

Hey, guys! My name’s hikaslap, and I’m happy to introduce to you our translation of Biblia Koshodou no Jiken Techou, or Antiquarian Bookshop Biblia’s Case Files, by Mikami En. erebea, your wonderful translator, graduated from our first ND Academy program in 2015. As for the book itself, well, the titular Biblia is a bookstore run by one Shinokawa Shioriko. But “Case Files?” What does that mean?

This is a mystery novel. There are mysteries and puzzles to solve in every chapter – but we don’t solve crimes here. With Shioriko’s help, we solve mysteries about books, and especially mysteries about the people who own them or used to, because you see, Biblia is also a book about books. Love for literature is enshrined in every page – whether it be Natsume Soseki’s books or A Clockwork Orange. (But mostly Japanese literature.) Why don’t you come into the bookstore and see what Shioriko can do for you?

If you like this story, make sure you’re grateful to Mikami-sensei first of all. But then you can also be thankful to Erebea for his hard work – it is certainly a learning experience for him.

-hikaslap, Biblia supervisor

PS. We didn’t translate Volume 1; Erebea only started at Volume 2. It was translated by TehPing at hellping.org. However, the version you’re reading here has had rather extensive edits made by me, Erebea, and Zanzaroo, making it an ND-Ping collaboration!

Tsukumodo volume 7 complete!

That’s it folks, the series is finally over.

I’ve wanted to see the ending to Tsukumodo since way back in 2014 when Eusth was working on the first four volumes. This was right around the time I started learning Japanese.  Never would have thought that I’d be the one to finish translation though. Life is strange like that sometimes.  

Let me know what you thought of it in the comments or just hit me up on discord. I usually hang around the nanodesu server, so stop by and say hi! 

With that said, I’m sorry to say that this will be my final LN. As you may know, translating takes an incredible amount of both time and energy, and frankly I don’t have much of either these days. Apologies to everyone who was looking forward to Biblia. I don’t plan to quit translation entirely, but my focus from now on will be on manga.

Thanks for sticking with me all this time!

-erebea

Link to Tsukumodo volume 7 chapter 4

Link to the nanodesu Discord server

 

Tsukumodo volume 7, chapter 3, part 3/3

Sorry for the long delay! The final part of chapter 3 is here at last.

Honestly, this was by far the hardest thing I’ve translated so far, almost entirely because the author went all out with his peculiar writing style this time. Hopefully the end result replicates that style and at the same time remains easy to read.

Enjoy!

https://bibliathetranslation.wordpress.com/tsukumodo/volume-7/chapter-3-illusion/#part3

-erebea

Tsukumodo volume 7, chapter 3, part 2/3

Tsukumodo volume 7, chapter 3, part 2 is now up.

https://bibliathetranslation.wordpress.com/tsukumodo/volume-7/chapter-3-illusion/#part2

Enjoy!

-erebea

Tsukumodo volume 7, chapter 3, part 1/3

This is a pretty long chapter, so I’m going to split it into 3 parts. Read it here:

https://bibliathetranslation.wordpress.com/tsukumodo/volume-7/chapter-3-illusion/

-erebea

Finally, Tsukumodo volume 7

It’s been over a year since the last update, but this is it, folks. First two chapters are up, and I’m aiming to finish the rest as fast as I can. For anyone who even checks this site anymore, thanks for dealing with my increasingly long delays.

Click here to start volume 7.

I’ve gotten some questions about whether I’ll continue Biblia and Read or Die, but to be honest, I just don’t know right now. Each volume is a huge effort so I’m trying to do one thing at a time. Keep your expectations low though.

-erebea

Tsukumodo v6, chapter 4, part 5

And this is the end for this volume! What a wild ride. I haven’t done the afterword since I’m kind of exhausted right now, but hopefully it’ll be up in the next week.

Next up is Biblia volume 5, but I’m not sure when I’ll start. I’m juggling a few things at the moment and will put translating on the backburner for a bit till things settle down (famous last words)

Till next time!

-erebea

https://bibliathetranslation.wordpress.com/tsukumodo/volume-6/chapter-4-past/#part5

Enjoy!

Tsukumodo v6, chapter 4, part 4

Next week will be the last update for this volume.

https://bibliathetranslation.wordpress.com/tsukumodo/volume-6/chapter-4-past/#part4

Enjoy!

Tsukumodo v6, chapter 4, part 3

Third part of chapter 4. This is about the halfway point. We’re almost at the climax.

https://bibliathetranslation.wordpress.com/tsukumodo/volume-6/chapter-4-past/#part3

Enjoy!

Tsukumodo v6, chapter 4, part 2

Second part of chapter 4

https://bibliathetranslation.wordpress.com/tsukumodo/volume-6/chapter-4-past/#part2

Enjoy!

Tsukumodo v6, chapter 4, part 1

The final chapters of every volume are always fun, and this one is no exception. This is the story of how Tokiya and Saki first met.

https://bibliathetranslation.wordpress.com/tsukumodo/volume-6/chapter-4-past/

Enjoy!

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