Ao no Kiseki Short Stories: Tio’s Chapter (Part 2) — Fan Translation

Click here for Part 1 Jona had caused trouble in the Reinford Laboratory. As soon as Tio heard this, she rushed to the lab in question, where she found a seething Jona, a flustered Roberts, and a visibly upset Marcel waiting for her. “Jona…!” Tio said, panting softly. She rounded on him. “Just what are … Continue reading Ao no Kiseki Short Stories: Tio’s Chapter (Part 2) — Fan Translation

Ao no Kiseki Short Stories: Tio’s Chapter (Part 1) — Fan Translation

(You can read a PDF of the story here.) “Why’d this have to happen…” Jona leaned back in his chair and sighed. He was sitting in the Orbal Network server room of the Epstein Foundation Research Facility. Cutting-edge computer terminals lined the room, neatly arranged on low tables. Anyone who understood the value of the … Continue reading Ao no Kiseki Short Stories: Tio’s Chapter (Part 1) — Fan Translation

Trails of Translation Episode 7: Xseed vs GungHo in Sky FC’s Prologue

UPDATE: This article may now be largely out of date! On August 17, 2026 GungHo released a patch to fix localization issues such as inconsistencies with terminology and pronunciation, grammatical errors, and awkward lines. Here are the patch notes, and you can see the Kiseki Nut cover the patch in this YouTube video. Hello, everyone! … Continue reading Trails of Translation Episode 7: Xseed vs GungHo in Sky FC’s Prologue

Trails of Translation Ep. 6: Reverie 1: Just talkin’ to talk, huh? (Reverie, Chapter 2)

Hello everyone, and welcome back to Trails of Translation, a series where I analyze the official localizations for the Legend of Heroes: Trails series. It's been, uh... checks calendar... four years since the last post. Whoops! Let's make up for lost time by checking out a long scene from Trails into Reverie from the Imperial … Continue reading Trails of Translation Ep. 6: Reverie 1: Just talkin’ to talk, huh? (Reverie, Chapter 2)

Trails of Translation Ep. 5: I’m a Serious, Devoted Priest, y’now! (Sky SC, Prologue)

Welcome back to Trails of Translation, a series where I analyze the official localizations for the Legend of Heroes: Trails series and maybe teach some Japanese while I'm at it. In this episode we're looking at the introduction to one of my favorite characters in the series, Kevin Graham. I want to showcase how Xseed … Continue reading Trails of Translation Ep. 5: I’m a Serious, Devoted Priest, y’now! (Sky SC, Prologue)

Trails of Translation Ep. 2: My Pure Glass Heart is Broken (Sky FC, Ch. 1)

This week in Trails of Translation I’ll be looking at Olivier Lenheim’s introduction in chapter 1 of Trails in the Sky FC. The translators took a few more liberties here than they did in the last scene I wrote about, adding some flavor to the dialogue and making a couple of changes for added humor. … Continue reading Trails of Translation Ep. 2: My Pure Glass Heart is Broken (Sky FC, Ch. 1)

Trails of Translation Ep. 1: Trails in the Sky FC Opening Scene

Hello everyone and welcome to a new series where I’ll be looking at differences between the original Japanese and the official English localization of certain scenes throughout the Trails series! In these posts I’m going to point out changes in the localization and try to analyze why they were made, while also occasionally breaking down … Continue reading Trails of Translation Ep. 1: Trails in the Sky FC Opening Scene