5MENP

A small independent scanlation group of one. Started off TLing Hokuto gag manga, but I also do other works (mostly older works).

Notice: (6/2/26):
Will largely be correcting the previous translation of Venus Wars, Fire!, and a certain other work during this time. For the 'other work', I will continue where I left off, so do look forward to that. I will also be putting out some translations of one-shots. As for the status of Fire! now that it is licensed, please check Fire!'s page.

Notice: (12/8/25)
A bit of an abrupt announcement, and I do apologize for it, but it is an important one.

From this day onward, I will be semi-retiring from scanlation. That is to say, I will be dropping a good amount of works under me, and I will be less active. I do sincerely apologize for those who were looking forward to the remainder of certain works, but there is a good reason for this: Things irl will be getting a lot busier for me, work among other things. Please understand this was not an easy decision, but it was a necessary one for me going forward.

Here below are the list of dropped and continuing works:

List of CONTINUING scanlations:
Fire!
Happiness Meal
Magical World Jun
DD Fist of the North Star 5
Fist of the North Star Strawberry Flavor Gaidens + Essays
Anton
Tomboy Banzai
Anime Shop Manager/Aniten
My remaining work for Lun Lun Yamamoto's one-shot comp
Dostoevsky's Dog
Devilman essays
Edelweiss (A Dream in Venus)

List of DROPPED scanlations:
Fairy King
DD Fist of the North Star 6-8
Strawberry Flavor outside of gaidens and essays (to reiterate, those will be done)
Day In, Day Out
Strange Boy
Wild Boy Isamu
Otokogumi
SF Fancy Free
Masterpiece Rakugo

TENATIVE:
Tree Fruit, Grass Fruit

In addition, shorter works people had obtained for me will still be done. I will at least stick to that. (If there is anything else I missed/forgot to address above, do let me know.) For those who wish to pick up from any of the dropped works, please DM me, for a good amount of them I even have raws/cleans. I will still continue my digital raw providing service for classics as well. I also have some other works to be done further down the line, but I haven't gotten to them yet, so I have not listed them.

Thank you everyone who has read my scanlations over these past 5 or so years. I sincerely appreciated all the compliments and reviews and praise over the years. And even those who didn't quite like me, I still appreciated your perspective. Look forward to more goodness soon!

-a12 @ 5MENP

Notes:
-Translating my TLs into other languages is fine. That being said, please use the original Japanese above all else. I also don't mind handing my raws to those who want to translate the work into that language.
-I do make mistakes (my Japanese is pretty okay but I'm not the greatest! But I'm still learning more) so I do go back to chapters I translated before, look them over, and edit them from time to time.
-I have no intention of joining scanlation groups, sorry. I also have no relation to other groups.
--That being said, if you offer me raws/information I may not have known/other materials that I am missing, I WILL credit you.
-I don't take requests for works either, sorry.
-Please, if you are to contact me, contact me through DMs on MangaDex.