World☆Stars Chapter Nine + Blog Updates!

[piasharn.livejournal.com]

I don't have the time to upload all the images and post them here at the moment, so I hope that everyone is OK with links...

World☆Stars Chapter Nine:
Original
Scanlation by mochifever (Part One)
Scanlation by mochifever (Part Two)
The lovely team at Hetascanlations will have the newest chapter up soon.

Blog Updates:
Ancient Rome and Mr. Germany featuring Germany, Rome, and Romania. Translation is here.
Japan-san and etc. featuring Japan, Fem!Poland, Fem!Lithuania, and the character design process for the Roman Emperors. Translation is here.

Comments

[pink-cass.livejournal.com]

Ah, thank you for posting!

Those emperor heads look so impressive, I didn't know he could draw like that! öAö
Germany looks really gorgeous, too. Like, unfamiliarly good even for Hima's art, which I love. Has he improved again?

[katarzyna rafał (from livejournal.com)]

OMG, LIKE, FEM!POLAND!!! FINALLY!

Sorry, I'm just a little over-excited :D. I'm not sure what costume she's wearing. It could be from Żywiec (southern Poland)..:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Young_Gorals_of_Zywiec_2008_10.jpg

... or Łowicz (Mazovia):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:43._TKB_-_Beskid_z_Bielska-Bia%C5%82ej_08.JPG

But, as I said, I'm not sure. It looks like there are elements of both here. Also, I'm interested what kind of uniform Liet is wearing. Any experts here? :) Also, Hima-papa once again promised new characters! ^_^

[dokudoki.livejournal.com]

It looks like mix of Łowicz (skirt), Bytomsko (blouse) and Podhale (vest), in other words Himaruya added vertical strips on average Central European folk costume and thus magically made it Polish. Without those strips it actually looks more Czech/Hungarian/Slovak.

I couldn't help myself, I have Tumblr blog about Slovak folk clothing but I know some stuff about Czech, Hungarian and Polish costumes as well, and this is not how Polish blouse looks like. I really like when people draw anime-style folk dress, but I also dislike when they stylizate it so much that it's simply not accurate anymore... I'd understand simplified embroidery or laces but to change whole sleeve type?
And I get that Himaruya's from the other side of the globe but I wouldn't stylizate kimono to my personal tastes either.

[kiramaru7.livejournal.com]

Thanks for sharing this! :D

[sotnosen93.livejournal.com]

Oooh, fem!Poland and fem!Lithuania look really nice! I like Lithuania's braid! She looks a lot like a guy to me though XD Maybe it's the uniform. Also, Poland looks more serious than her male counterpart, I wonder if she is personality-wise.