Fashioning Little Miss Lonesome: Translator’s Corner

Hey kids! It’s me, VerdelishJP, here to hype you up for Fashioning Little Miss Lonesome!

You know, it’s not every day you get the chance to work on a game that’s the first of its kind in some aspect. I really can’t say this enough: I’m truly honored that I was chosen to translate the first R-18 otome game to be localized in the West. So let me start off by expressing my sincerest gratitude to everyone at MangaGamer who saw my work and decided I was worth it – and who decided porny otome was worth licensing! MG is staffed with some incredibly passionate people, and I’m grateful to have gotten to know a bunch of you over the course of this project. May our paths continue to cross in the future! Continue reading

The Colorful Cast of Fashioning Little Miss Lonesome

In comedies, you’re almost guaranteed that any weird girls who show up will be of a particular type — quirky and strange, sure, but also bright and bubbly, outgoing, and perpetually smiling.

Or occasionally, just for variation, you might get a deadpan sarcastic girl who revels in being an outsider, or gothy one with an air of tragic romance around her. Even if these version aren’t quite as frothy and fun as the first version I mentioned, her weirdness is still alluring, a positive character trait. Continue reading