And after many delays, here are Shaman King Chapters 245 and 246! First of all, I’d like to point out that most scanlations groups don’t give estimates when chapters come out. Actually, most of them will ban users who complain or bug them if they feel like the chapter should have been out sooner. I understand that this leaves readers with a “I’m in the dark when a new chapter is coming out” feeling. I try to give an idea when a chapter might be coming out so you don’t have to check the website every day. Notice how we don’t have ads on this site? We don’t need you to come every to click on ads or anything (but posting in the forum would be nice). You don’t notice it much, but more times than not, chapters are done before the weekend. I just don’t have the time to update the site, and since most users come on weekends, it only makes sence to release chapters then. This time around, there were some delays on my side, but then there are some delays on BadS and Minna’s side too. It’s not any one of ours “fault.” But our track record since English scanlations have been coming out has been very good, so don’t worry about it.

Next thing I would like to comment on is the color pages in chapter 246. BadS basically said “it ain’t happening now.” And I responded “ok.” He can make wonders out of images, given the time. I kinda put the crunch on him with a week time frame, and some stuff came up. Will a super clean version of color page be done at some point? Probably. Any time soon? No. Ar least the first page is all good. The text at the bottom of that page is from Weekly Shonen Jump, and isn’t in the Volume release. I thought I should add it (ok, BadS put it there, and I kept it) since it’s noteworthy. Also, make sure you read the credits page, I added a little sly humor.

Now for the next big annoucement. There is no Shaman King chapter this weekend. There is no Shaman King chapter next weekend. There is no Shaman King chapter next next weekend. There is no Shaman King chapter next next next weekend. There is no Shaman King chapter next next next next weekend. Basically, there will be no new SK chapters for a month or so. Everybody on the scanlation team is busy, except me. As much as I’d like to steal the show and start busting out scanlation by myself, it’s not going to happen. This doesn’t mean there won’t be updates. Oh, there will be updates. Just not updates about new Shaman King chapters, probably. It could be longer than a month before new chapters come back, so don’t start counting down the days. Once we get closer to the end of June, I should have a better idea on when new chapters are coming. I did intend to release two more chapters before the end of the month, but as shown with these last two chapters, that’s not going to be possible. So, there will be updates, just not SK manga updates. Other fun stuff. But ending with Chapter 246 for now, that works out well. But don’t worry, once we start back up again, we’ll be in full blast, and then some. This is all based on unless we get new members to the Mankin-Trad team. If you know Japanese or Chinese or Italian (and can purchase the manga for your own reference), we can get you set up on some chapters and we can have some chapters before then (yes, I can typeset). So contact me if you can fill a translator position (for any of the 3 languages above). I think that covers it all for now, I probably forgot something, but oh well, that’s what the next news update will cover (or my post in the comments).