citrinesea here. With developments in my personal life (a severe dip in mental health, the current state of the country affecting my work and finances) taking a turn for the worst, I'm taking a hiatus from posting. However, I'm well at work on my projects. I like keeping everyone posted and aware, so I've made this listo so you all can see what I'm working on (and I can keep track of all the projects I have going on).

If you need to reach out to me, feel free to send an email at citrinesea.io@gmail.com, I'll be checking that as my primary point of communication.

I've opened my neospring again! You'll be able to see it linked on the next site update.

Ensemble Stars

• 元祖紅月 | Original AKATSUKI
• 流星隊 | RYUSEITAI
• 紅流星 | AKARYUSEI, or stories with AKATSUKI and RYUSEITAI members in it
• 維吹滝 | Ibuki Taki

Translation priority tends to go to Keito, Ibuki, Shinobu and Kanata first. Feel free to reach out if you're doing a story and looking for a translator to do any of the characters above! I love collaborating. I'm also happy to proofread (to the best of my abilities) or check character voices in translations.

Interested in translating and don't know where to start? I got an ask like this once-- here are the tools I use

• ichi.moe, a translation dictionary that can dissect sentences
• Yomitan, a Chrome browser extension that's a built-in translation dictionary
• Wesley Robertson, a sociolinguist who has a robust set of free resources and textbooks for learning Japanese: https://wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com/f...
• I'm starting to use JLect for an uchinaaguchi database (includes Amami, Yaeyama, Okinawa islands and more) https://www.jlect.com/resources.php
• I'm also reading this textbook. It's free, and it's written in English too, so check it out if you're interested! https://liuchiuan.com/wp-content/uploads...

Current rotation I'm focusing on

• (ES) Deep Sea Mystery
• (ES) Scarlet Halloween
• (ES) One Man Army

In progress, on the backburner

• (ES) Wink Killer (with mika)
• (ES) Droplet of a Flower (with mello)
• (ES) VS AUDIENCE Pt. 3
• (ES) Youth RADIO
• (ES) Summer Bird
• (ES) Toyland (Partial TL of Ch.6)
• (ES) Underdoctor
• (18) Hibiscus of Paradise
• (18) Liguang's Novel, Chapter 1

Planned

• (ES) The Wolf and Red Riding Hood
• (18) Liguang's Novel
• (ES) Cat Searching (Chiaki)
• (ES) Get Your Head in the Game (Izumi)

In Progress:

• Homepage and other page redesigns
• AKARYUSEIbuki Color Palette Page for main website
• History of Ryukyu Timeline page

Planned:

• AKARYUSEIMamabuki Reading Recommendations - Add missing Madara and AKATSUKI stories
• AKARYUSEI song poll (2024) and rankings page
• AKARYUSEI story survey

Bucket list projects I want to take on one day, as a little treat. One day...

• Daikagura (AKATSUKI with Trickstar)
• Cats and the Camelia Train (AKATSUKI, feat. others)
• Philosopher's Guidance (Keito 5*)
• Spectacular Cinderella Show (AKATSUKI, Theatre Club)
• Diner Live (Knights Killers, Traumerei)
• Chinatown (Keito, Sora, others)
• Agents (Mao 5*, Keito 4)
• Flower Festival (fine, AKATSUKI)
• Spy THE Mission (Eichi 5)

Current rotation

• (ES) The Legend of KAGETSU

In progress, on the backburner

• (ES) VS AUDIENCE Pt. 2 (Hundred 11 to Influence 5)
• (ES) Air Ride

• (ES) The Legend of KAGETSU (6/18)
• (ES) Keito Idol Story 2
• (ES) Kuro Substories, Souma Substories

Website:

• Make MV analysis page

Translations:

• devoted to you (AKATSUKI chapters)
• Kuro Substory 2, 3
• Fallen Angels Banquet (Prologue)
• Yume FS2 4*
• at home (Partial TL)
• Matsuriyo Emaki

Proofreading:

• Kanata FS1 4*
• Kanata Substory 1
• Kanata Substory 2

• would an email newsletter be fun? i feel like technology is just zooming forward so far and so fast, there's a sort of nostalgia I have for partaking in "old forms" of communication. citrinesea is kinda like that: a website you might stumble on in the 2000s that seems divorced, yet relevant.
• i am finishing up school (forever!! woo!!) one more month. one more month and no hw ever again
• using canva for classes like social media gives me so many design ideas. the current translation masterlist was designed to give you the feeling of like, pulling a magic card, but there are other design ideas i have. i think i need to make multiple versions and just UX design test them
• I think my next hobby (I'm a big hobby guy, I like learning all sorts of stuff) will be book binding