4 months since my last post on here, yeet!!! *dabs*
Anyways I'd like to present you all with a subbed version of the first Hana no Asuka Gumi OVA... getting this finished was an absolute fucking hassle. Long story short: the translator left a lot of hiccups throughout the anime, so I had to get various people to QC this—after two QCs the whole thing still looked apparently wonky so I had to get one more QCer to double-check and help revise the lines so that they looked less awkward than before (thank you so much Edo!!). I don't think I've ever wanted to be done with a project this badly before, and I don't mean that in a good way.
Doesn't help that this OVA was slightly mediocre too. I'd say without the doubt that the unrelated sequel to this that came out in the early 90s is definitely better.
Anyways, enjoy. Here's the link:
EDIT 6/24/2025: Due to multiple DMCA notices that I received, torrent link has been removed for the safety of this blog. The actual content itself can still be found on the usual spot—that is, if the torrent page there wasn't deleted by me.
Translation (Rough Draft): Joseph Willis
QCing / Translation Fixing / Song Translations: cathoderays
Timing / Type-setting: MartyMcflies
EDIT
6/24/2025: Due to multiple DMCA notices that I received, torrent link
has been removed for the safety of this blog. The actual content itself
can still be found on the usual spot—that is, if the torrent page there
wasn't deleted by me.
Now, I know you're probably thinking:
2? Where's the first one?? What's WRONG with you?!
Rest assured, this OVA is not a direct sequel to the first one—in fact it doesn't even have any connections to it whatsoever. I will admit that it's weird to have subbed the 2nd one and not the 1st one... but rest assured, I'll get to subbing it one day. Not sure when that'll be, though.
Anyways, from what it looks like, this OVA seems to be more directly related to the manga than the 1st one. Not really familiar with both so I don't know yet, haha. The OVA itself is alright, though-—I'd say most of the interest surrounding it, however, is that the OVA seems to be one of the harder titles out there to track down. Admittedly I hadn't had any interest in acquiring it at the moment, but an anonymous private collector forwarded the tape to me several months ago and had asked if I could sub it. And so—here we are!
That's really it. Enjoy the OVA!!
