Omocha no mori no Kokono (Tenko's work)

[Daisensei]

We have customarily seen Tenko's illustrated blog in one of EE threads. In his blog frequently appears a little girl called Kokono, referred by Tenko as 'kanban musume' (literally, 'signboard girl'). I have been very curious about this, but had no clue what he means.

After a little Google research, finally I reached Hobby Shop Section 9 web site, where one can see short mangas (yon koma manga) drawn by Tenko. It's very funny. Kokono is a kind of fairy from some magical world ('Omocha no mori' = 'Forest of toy'). Her mission is to save the toys that have been long forgotten by their owner.

[felineki]

Ah, yes I recognize this character from his blog postings but I didn't know anything about her. Thanks for the info and link, the mangas are pretty funny.

[Daisensei]

Here is the translation of the first comic strip. This manga probably is copyrighted, so please don't edit and publish a scanlation because it would be  illegal. I am translating only to make the manga understandable for non-Japanese speakers.
Moreover, I'm not a native English speaker, so any suggestion to make the translation better is welcomed. Kokono of Forest of Toy
Vol. 1

Frame 1
Kokono: "My name is Kokono"
Kokono: "I'm a fairy that came from 'Forest of Toy'"

Frame 2
Boy:   "Who? And came from ...?"
Kokono:   "From Forest of Toy, IDIOT!"

Frame 3
Kokono:   "All toys have given their life there"
Kokono:   "It's a magical place from where dreams are spread to the whole world"

Frame 4
Boy:   “Well... China?”
Kokono:   “IT'S NOT A FACTORY”

[Daisensei]

Can Kokono communicate with toys using USB plug? She is a so high tech fairy!Kokono of Forest of Toy
Vol. 2

Frame 1
Kokono: "All toys that are piled up and haven't be played"
Kokono: "Their scream called me"

Frame 2
Kokono: "Hear the voice of this figure model"

Frame 3
Kokono: "Master, I..."
Kokono: "am stuck in a blister and I'm suffering so much"

Frame 4
Boy: "Once more! Now with Kagamin's voice..."
Kokono: "Listen the contents of my talk!"

Note: Kagamin or Kagami is a character of Lucky Star.

[Daisensei]

A magical being made with... PVC?  Kokono of Forest of Toy
Vol. 3

Frame 1
Kokono: "The best ofuro (Japanese immersion bath) is the very hot one"

Frame 2
Kokono: "The loosen articulations, the hair tufts that have been hung down owing to gravity, everything are fixed. How refreshing."
Boy: "It's PVC..."

Frame 3
Kokono: "Might you add more hot water here?"
Boy: "Yes yes"

[blind2d]

Wow! Thanks for this! So cool...

[Daisensei]

@ blind2d: I'm glad you are appreciating this work. 

About the manga, that situation occurs with some poorly finished toys. It's very annoying.Kokono of the Forest of Toy
Vol. 4 - Snap fit
Frame 2
Kokono: "Ugh"

Frame 3
Kokono: "Crap"
Kokono:   "Enter!"

Frame 4
Boy: "You are mounting alone again"
Kokono: "You are late, I was waiting"
Kokono (outside balloon): "Press this"

[Daisensei]

Kokono of the Forest of Toy
Vol. 5 - A gift
Frame 1
Kokono: "Really?"
Kokono: "Are you giving this for me?"

Frame 2
Boy: "Costume for dolls is expensive"
Boy: "Wear with care please"

Frame 3
Kokono's voice: "Whaa"

Frame 4
Kokono: "The sleeve is stuck here"
Kokono (outside balloon): "Help"
Boy: "You were mounting toys dressed like this..."

[Daisensei]

Kokono of the Forest of Toy
Vol. 6 - Energy that runs
Frame 1
Box: “The Kokono's mission is to release the lone toys forgotten in closets and shelves, and play with them”
Boy: “You”
Boy: “took out a big one again”

Frame 2
Boy: “Hey”

Frame 3
Boy: “TV, TV”

Frame 4
Boy: “She is using batteries of  the remote control...”

[Hayama]

Nice find, Daisensei!! I took the liberty of slapping together a quick image edit in case anyone would like to read it without flipping back and forth.

Also... I phrased it as 'Toy Forest', even though it's not a literal translation this sounds less broken in english.

Nice work!  



btw... would it help anyone if I translated the sfx ?

Edit: Added Vol 2 (Jan 2, 2010)
Edit: Added Vol 3 (Jan 16, 2010)
Edit: Added Vol 4 (Jan 16, 2010)
Edit: Added Vol 5 (Jan 17, 2010)
Edit: Added Vol 6 (Jan 18, 2010) * Still not happy with all the text here... still sounds kind of awkward... oh well!
Edit: Added Vol 7 (July 21, 2011) * Wow, been awhile huh? They're up to vol 33 now!!
Edit: Added Vol 8 (July 21, 2011)
Edit: Added Vol 9 (July 25, 2011)

[Daisensei]

Hayama, you did a nice editing work. I don't believe it has any worth expending efforts for sfx translation, but I can change my mind if someone gives me a reasonable argument. Kokono of Toy Forest
Vol. 7 - Deep Sleep
Frame 1
Boy: "The toys are left in a mess..."
Outside balloon (in black): "I already know about her mission but..."
Frame 2
Boy: "and who caused this, is just snoozing"
Frame 3
Boy: "She was taking a figure model out from the package and get tired..."
Frame 4
Boy: "I'll store this as it is"
Kokono: "Whaaa stop!"
Note below frame (in red): "To be continued"Besides, the green haired waitress doll also appeared in some previous volume. Would it be from some real toy?

[Hayama]

Added vol 3 above... might have time to squeeze in vol 4

[Hayama]

Vol 4 added above

[Hayama]

Added vol 5... catching up to ya Daisensei!!  

[Hayama]

Vol 6 added...

[Daisensei]

Hayama: it is good see  you  working quickly on the strip editing, thanks. Now I has transliterated sfx, but I shall not translate them. Kokono of Toy Forest
Vol. 8 - Man's toy that isn't sold at Hobby Shop
Frame 1
Kokono: "Ooh!"
Kokono: "So this is the 1:1 model!!"
Boy SFX: "Uhuhu" (laughing proudly)
Frame 2
Kokono: "Owing to its bigger size, it's built more accurate than 1:24 scale model"
Kokono SFX: "fumu fumu" (examining car)
Boy: "Because the car is real..."
Frame 3
GPS(?): "Good morning. It's Apr. 3rd..."
SFX: "Goooo"
Kokono: "It not only runs but also speaks!!"
Frame 4
Kokono: "1:1 is great, now it's time to play like Transformers!!"
Boy: "No way!"
Boy SFX: "Ha ha ha" (laughing)

[Daisensei]

I haven't posted here for months. 
Kokono of Toy Forest
Vol. 9 - Plastic model must be built in ventilated environment
Frame
Kokono: "Window... window..."
SFX: "Jitt" (cat staring)
Frame
SFX: "Shisshi" (Kokono signing "go away" to cat)
SFX: "Kuitt kuitt" (Cat moving head)
Frame
Kokono: "Movement attracts its attention..."
Kokono: "That beast!"
SFX: "Jitt" (cat staring)
Frame
Boy: "So that moving toys are decoys..."
Boy (outside balloon): "More toys..."
Kokono: "Yeah, a lot of them!"
SFX: "Kyoro kyoro" (cat moving head)
SFX: "Ga ga ga" (dino-like robot moving)
SFX: "Gi gi gi" (unknown origin)
SFX: "Shan shan shan" (monkey toy)
It's slightly off-thread, but I'm posting here.

Tenko has drawn another yon-koma manga in an online RPG site:

The girl with a giant robot is Pinko.

[Hayama]

I haven't posted in months either... I suppose I better start catching back up to your translations  

edit: Vol 1 attached just in case tinypic ever goes down

[Hayama]

Wow.. been awhile... well, volume 7 up  

[Hayama]

Yeah, I've been busy with IRL issues.  Should be getting back to a more regular schedule soon though.

P.S. Vol 8 added, this is the first one with the translated sound effects (ofuro in vol 3 was technically the first translation note)...  let me know what you think, I can go back and add them back into the previous strips if there is enough interest (I still have all the files).