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Jocelyne Allen

@brainvsbook.bsky.social

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アレン・ジョセリン I write. I ramble. I translate. And interpret. 筆者／翻訳・通訳家／取り留めの無い人 (she/they) brainvsbook.com kaikatsu.ca

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Jocelyne Allen @brainvsbook.bsky.social · Jun 19

Since people have asked why I don't start a Substack:
I have one; it's called a blog and it's at brainvsbook.com. Why would I let some company slap its brand all over my writing?? Especially when that company is fascist and transphobic! (Great summary of why Substack sucks in case you're unaware)

Don't call it a Substack. - Anil Dash

A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

www.anildash.com

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Jocelyne Allen @brainvsbook.bsky.social · 1h

Hard same

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 7h

To become dependent on ChapGPT is to evacuate yourself from your own life.

YIKES, no thanks. I’m gonna be alive inside every damn thing I do, even and especially the ish I don’t wanna do.

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Jocelyne Allen @brainvsbook.bsky.social · 2h

Honestly, the J-love of explaining their own traditions/culture to each other is such a help for me as a non-J. Where would I be without TV shows explaining how to visit the shrine or clean a grave??

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Erica Friedman @okazu.yuricon.com · 15h

The Galette Special English Edition Volume 4 Kickstarter has been fully funded in less than 24 hours. Good work, Yuri fans!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/gal...

Vol.4 Yuri Comic Magazine Galette- Special English Edition

We have edited the yuri manga magazine "Galette" as a special edition limited to overseas so that people overseas can also enjoy it.

www.kickstarter.com

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Jocelyne Allen @brainvsbook.bsky.social · Jul 23

Remember when I blasphemed lesbianism and everything else? Plus I followed and liked lesbians in mech! This remains one of the most bizarre interactions I've ever had online.

So you dislike men with women while you called yourself a “fujioshi”. Do not see and find Men. Do not date or marry Men. You are not worthy of a Husband. Men are not your tells. Men and Women together are the worst thing possible. I do not care if you are lesbian or whatever. To have a child you must use a man (tool). And that means interaction with a man. Which breaks your conscious of lesbian identity and blasphemy towards Lesbianism and everything else.

Women are fooled by Women. And you lust and are a hypocrite because those some in terms fo behaviour and character design are put into women. One you follow and liked “lesbians in mechs” has the lip structure the same as a man. The jaw structure the same as a man.

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 1d

Tsundoku, nerds!

Buy more books!

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Jocelyne Allen @brainvsbook.bsky.social · 1d

Get cosy with my snuggly translation baby!

Seven Seas Entertainment @sevenseasentertainment.com · 1d

CLASSMATES Vol. 7: HOME

The touching Boys’ Love/#BL manga that inspired a hit animated film continues with this collection of short manga stories!

Out today in print/digital! See RETAILERS section:
sevenseasentertainment.com/books/classm...

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Jocelyne Allen @brainvsbook.bsky.social · 1d

It's great, right?? By Yilin Wang! (Name and book title are in the ALT text!)

Jocelyne Allen @brainvsbook.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. Yes, translation *is* a gentle, rigorous art to unsettle and remake. #AmReading

A photo of text from The Lantern and the Night Months by Yilin Wang: Difficult choices and interpretations must be made when I am translating, but what is translation if not the gentle, rigorous art of embracing and pushing back against the constraints of language, in order to unsettle and to remake?

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Jocelyne Allen @brainvsbook.bsky.social · 1d

Wild! It's looking like English is actually the odd one out here.

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Jocelyne Allen @brainvsbook.bsky.social · Nov 14

If there was any justice in this universe, I would have the power to snap leaf blowers in half with my mind.

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Jocelyne Allen @brainvsbook.bsky.social · Sep 12

This cracks me up so hard because Junji Ito would absolutely say this in exactly this way. I can hear his admiring voice in my head. #AmReading

Manga panel of Junji Ito by Hatsu Akiko. He's looking at a catalogue with bright eyes, even as ominous shadows are rising up around his head. He says アイマスク…いいな An aside to the left says コスト的に作れませんでした

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田亀源五郎 Gengoroh Tagame @gengorohtagame.bsky.social · 2d

[INFO] Official English translated edition of 'Fish & Water' will be released from Pantheon/Penguin Random House on Jun 23, 2026 in both of physical printed book and ebook. Pre-order available. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/778491...

Fish and Water by Gengoroh Tagame: 9780593702222 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

A tender and beautifully illustrated story, FISH AND WATER is a new graphic novel from Eisner award-winning graphic novelist Gengoroh Tagame. He asks: What if The Odd Couple were Japanese, living in t...

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

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Jocelyne Allen @brainvsbook.bsky.social · 2d

Oh fun!

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Kim🌸 @kpossibles.bsky.social · 2d

🚀 Square Enix Manga and Books is hiring an Assistant Manga Editor.

Full time, open to Remote (US-only), $56k. Must have minimal Japanese knowledge (JLPT N5 level). Apply before Oct 27, 2025! #comicjobs #artjob #jobalert

jobsearch.createyourowncareer.com/PRH_US/job/A...

Assistant Editor, Manga (Open to Remote)

jobsearch.createyourowncareer.com

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Jocelyne Allen @brainvsbook.bsky.social · 2d

Right??

Jocelyne Allen @brainvsbook.bsky.social · 2d

Watching horse racing videos for a translation and cracking up every time the camera pans to show the scene from behind. Nothing but butts in tight white pants bobbing around above the horses!

Jocelyne Allen @brainvsbook.bsky.social · 2d

Surprised to discover that skimming a text has a directionality in Japanese: 斜め読み (diagonal reading) #TranslationIsLearning

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Jocelyne Allen @brainvsbook.bsky.social · 2d

Read my guttural utterance of a translation baby!

VIZ Media @viz.com · 2d

Moan: Junji Ito Story Collection is now available in print and digital!

Read a free preview: https://bit.ly/4o9TXY2

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Jocelyne Allen @brainvsbook.bsky.social · 3d

Sorry, I have no idea! This is well outside of my specializations. But I reposted, so maybe someone else out there knows!

Jocelyne Allen @brainvsbook.bsky.social · 3d

I feel like I have followers who know the answer to this ask.

Jinath Hyder @jinathhyder.bsky.social · 4d

@brainvsbook.bsky.social Sorry to bother you, I have a request of an odd kind, no pressure.
Do you know of any good quality images of the Hie Sannō Jūzenji mandala, a hanging scroll from Shinnyo-en temple, Tachikawa, Tokyo? Or any images of Jūzenji the god? Paintings, drawings, anything?

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Jocelyne Allen @brainvsbook.bsky.social · 3d

Anytime! I want to make sure everyone knows about tasty Japanese treat spots!

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Jocelyne Allen @brainvsbook.bsky.social · 5d

A thing I really love about the Veil series is the pages of sketches tucked in between finished illustrations and manga vignettes. It's like peeking behind the curtain to see how the manga magic happens. #AmTranslating

Rough sketches across two pages of the attractive man and woman who are the protagonists of Veil. There's lots of movement in the linework and many different facial expressions, plus some charming little moments, like the two of them happily chowing down on some food.

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Jocelyne Allen @brainvsbook.bsky.social · 5d

I've definitely been there. Just keeping your fingers crossed as you hit send on the sample that the powers-that-be end up hating the book as much as you do

Jocelyne Allen @brainvsbook.bsky.social · 5d

I feel that you could easily prove this hypothesis to be true with the book I'm working on

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