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The Delinquent and the Transfer Student volume 2 is out now! I adore this series, and lettering it was a huge challenge. I'm incredibly proud of the results, and wake to display some comparisons of the Japanese and English lettering. Here are some, with more in the thread below!

NovelBrief

@novelbrief.bsky.social

you said lettering vol 2 was a huge challenge. was it the sfx placement or the dialogue-heavy pages that fought you more than vol 1?

Aidan Clarke

@cranchyroll.com

Always the sound effects. I think volume 1 might have been a little harder on its own merits since it had a few more instances of very tricky retouch and effects that were difficult to mimic, but volume 2 overlapped with some other books in my schedule which made finishing it comparatively harder.

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Aidan Clarke

@cranchyroll.com

On nearly every manga project I've lettered, the dialogue itself is the easiest part. That comes with a lot of practice and accumulated knowledge, but it's still usually a few days per book. The sound effects and retouch typically account for 80% of the time spent on a book.