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Happy birthday dear Forbidden Garden! I can't believe you're already 5!!! ( *sniff sniff* They grow up so fast! ) Now before we get to all of the yummy goodness for you, and believe me there will be a lot  (like you will have surprises for days and DAYS!), we need to take a quick moment and acknowledge and give many MANY thanks to the oh-so-amazing staff! sekushibijin84,Claer, Tilly, Soraiiya, Sanakan, toppichu, aina25, Mizuouji, Kuro, Stompin' Owl, and Ivorena Thank you thank you thank you to each of you! You have all been amazingly sweet people! I can't believe that there hasn't been a riot from these past few! Without each of you FG wouldn't be what it is, and honestly I would probably be a different person. Whenever I was down or going through tough times it was you who helped me see a brighter side to things. Thank you for your dedication, hard-work, and friendship. And before you all disappear, please take a moment to look over this list , any and a...

This one is for Tina. (S)he left such a nice little note in the cbox that completely brightened my day (when I needed it the most.) So thank you for brightening my day! I hope this brightens yours too! XD Also I can't remember if I've told you guys or not, but we have a new awesome staff member, who's taken on the task of buying/scanning in all of Poison Berry and Bitou! (Plus some more yummy treats that you will be getting soon!) So welcome Kuro to our group!!! *balloons* I'm going to keep posting this in annoying bright big letters until someone comes to save us - SAVE US! ^.~ WE NEED J->E and K->E TRANSLATORS AND CLEANERS/EDITORS! Issho ni Neyou yo volume 05 chapter 28: Just to give you guys a heads up, I'm going to be gone all weekend long. If I can find time/have internet I'll be able to answer emails. Otherwise you won't hear back from me till Monday(ish). Hope you guys have a great weekend! I'm off to a wedding~~ Also I'l...

So, I had my big 3-0 birthday the other day (we had a big speakeasy dress-up party. It was AWESOME ~~ ) but because of the shift/non-shift that is 30, I've been extremely nostalgic. So I started watching Buffy again. This show was one of many that ruled my high school career. I lived for the slayer that sometimes dies and the vampire love that can never be. And of course being the *super-duper extra sprinkles* type nerd that I am, one of my favorite episodes is the musical one. And shamefully enough, I've watched it at least 5 times since Sunday... I'm going to keep posting this in annoying bright big letters until someone comes to save us - SAVE US! ^.~ WE NEED J->E and K->E TRANSLATORS AND CLEANERS/EDITORS! Nounai Poison Berry volume 01 chapter 06: I think this may be one of the first times that I actually root for the protagonist to fail. Geesh lady. Stop being so cray-cray. Still love the council - MOAR COUNCIL!!!! Download || Read Online Iss...

If only...siiiigh Just a little note, I had someone ask me the other day if the titles to this year's posts (starting in Jan 2013) were intentionally songs and what they mean. So just for those of you that are curious, I've been putting whatever song is stuck in my head at that moment as the title. Sometimes it works with the post, sometimes not, sometimes it'll be songs that I actually love, sometimes it's the most annoying song in the world. If you can guess the musician you get 5 extra FG points. (points to be used at your discretion on goody items such as 'yay I won! awards' and 'I'm the most awesomest person in the world' mugs and Lisa Frank stickers.) And that's that. I'm going to keep posting this in annoying bright big letters until someone comes to save us - SAVE US! ^.~ WE NEED J->E and K->E TRANSLATORS AND CLEANERS/EDITORS! Issho ni Neyou yo volume 05 chapter 25: Download || Read Online For those that lik...

Tomu and Kohaku exchange blows for Ichiko and then Tomu gets all sexy-face *rawr!* WE NEED J->E and K->E TRANSLATORS AND CLEANERS/EDITORS! Issho ni Neyou yo volume 05 chapter 24: Download || Read Online If you are an uploader and are currently reading this message, please I beg of you, just don't upload. Just think every time you break the rules urdzy has to spend editing time enforcing rules, so please think of urdzy.

So with this semester over for some of us, and a little bragging rights for others - I had a 4.0 semester! - we would like to wish everyone happy holidays (if you celebrate and if not then happy annoying crowds) and hope that this coming year is even more wonderful than the last. As far as projects go, I know I've been super-slow and I'm sorry about that, but real life does come first. But since we do have a break right now you should see a slight increase in releases. BUT! If you would like to see a HUGE increase then you should think about joining (translators/editors/cleaners) even if it's just for this holiday break. But anyway for today's goodies~ {RELEASES} 1. Issho ni Neyou yo volume 04 chapter 23 2. Aoki Umi no Toraware Hime chapter 04 3. Ano Ko to Issho volume 04 chapter 15 If you are an uploader and are currently reading this message, please I beg of you, just don't upload. Just think every time you break the rules urdzy has to spend...

Happy Halloween Everyone! Not a lot to talk about today (about to start making myself up and then the kids for tonight's festivities.) But I hope everyone stays safe and has lots of fun tonight! Just a quick couple of announcements: 1. We have a chapter of Piece ready, I just didn't have time to complete it for tonight's release. So you can expect it hopefully by this weekend. 2. We have some new staff - I'll introduce them to you next time. (Although we do love you and appreciate you, I'm just in a hurry.) 3. I will update the reader and site later (not today) 4. WE NEED MORE STAFF!!! (Especially translators and experienced editors/qcers) {RELEASES} 1. Issho ni Neyou yo volume 04 chapter 21 - Life is about to get really strange - and scary - and might I say, never piss off a man that can speak to ghosts. 2. Issho ni Neyou yo volume 04 chapter 22 - Only one more chapter to go and we're done with volume 4! Have a great night everyone! ...

Image by Piyo First things first, I have been a terrible person. Life has been such a whirlwind as of late that I have missed out on several of our lovely staffies birthdays. I'M SO SORRRY! So without further ado *clears throat*~~ HAPPY BIRTHDAY eli-la, aina25, kouw, Clear, Vioxx, and kpossible!!!! Also a big congrats to our joint partners Doko Demo Doa for their 3rd year anniversary! So be sure to run over there and wish them the best for their many years ahead! I would like to also say thank you to everyone who comments - I know it may seem like commenting is a useless effort sometimes, but really you don't know how much we appreciate each and every one.  It's so nice sometimes to know that there's someone (an actual person!) out there and that we're not just aimlessly talking to ourselves. So thank you guys for being so awesome! Also for all that wanted to know - the ladybug costume was a HUGE HIT.   HUGE . I had so much fun and we got so many c...

Happy birthday to our August babies! *kisses!* Also we want to welcome to our family two new members - kanameyu, our new Korean AND Japanese to English Translator (be jealous by her awesomeness! ^.~ ) AND kpossible, our new QC who we've stolen BORROWED from another oh-so-awesome group. Other than that, I don't really have much to say this week - be good everyone wish all our birthday girls good luck for the next year and welcome our new staffies! No password this week, but for all of you that want a challenge here's a puzzle: OSAAP P=T Want to know the answer? I'll put it in the comments. =D {RELEASES} 1. Zig Zag Don volume 03 chapter 14 - Don't be weird Nukui. EDIT: Aug. 28, 2011 2. Caramel Kiss volume 02 chapter 9 - What do they feed those freakin' rabbits?! o.O Also (other than the scary rabbits) so much cuteness in this chapter you'll want to poke your eyes out! XDD Ka...

I would like to begin by saying - I love my friends but I hate bridesmaids. I love my friends but I HATE BRIDESMAIDS! I'm lucky enough to be in a very tight-knit group of girls. Some of us are going on 12+ years together. And throughout these years we've faced boyfriend/girlfriend troubles, being roommates, lesbian crisis, "stealing" boyfriends, going slightly crazy , and babies. And thru all of that we've held strong with being friends. I must say that my friends are wonderfully understanding and loving people and I truly feel blessed that each of them are in my life. But then these wonderful smart AMAZING women become bridesmaids and these same ladies morph into snarling treacherous beasts! It happened with my wedding and I thought surely this was just some fluke. I was the first of our group to be married and obviously the girls just didn't know proper protocol. So now that we all have that under our belts wedding #2 will be a breeze right? ...

When you're bustin' chops for a two year old's birthday.  That's right friends and foes my little babe has turned two.  For a month we planned this little person's party - a month.  I had home-made banners, themed games, all the snacks/cups/etc were theme oriented.  (The theme was Yo Gabba Gabba btw.)  And the cake! Oh it was a beautiful beautiful cake that took longer to make than it really should. (Can we say being up at 3am making funny-childish pictures in fondant?)  And while setting up for the party I would look around and feel a great sense of accomplishment. 4 Hours Before the Party: Things are going swimmingly.  I have everything prepared that can be.  Now it's just the wait for 2 hours before the party to make the sandwiches/drinks/appetizers. 2 Hours Before the Party: It's about time to start getting ready for the party and to start making all of the food. (I'm still in pajamas.) I start heading toward the bath when what's thi...

And this belle has to go to the ball. And just like Cinderella we've a new carriage, fairy godmothers, loads of sparkly make-up, and a pretty new gown. (But unlike Cinderella the changes will last longer than midnight.) I want to start by introducing the amazing fairy godmothers who worked so hard to change our lovely Cinder…FG to what she is. *brings spot-light around* SO LET'S ALL GIVE A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR… our amazing Ba-Banana, our lovely toppichu, and our ever speedy sekushibijin84!!!! These three not only worked tirelessly with the coding on the site, gave Cinderella new graphics, gave you a new a way to read our releases, and took over a lot of the editing work so that I could have more sanity. ^^ Thank you to all three of you for really going the extra mile to make this anniversary the best! Also I would like to thank woxxy from FoolRulez for helping me with the coding for the reader but also being so patient with all of my extra requests. You really ...

Time to catch up on project status and do a little recruiting - join us now! :D

We're almost done with the first volume of Half & Half! So I guess you could say we're almost half (& half) way there!! haha...errr...*crickets*

ThunderCats picture by Oddabeish From Rexy: I have vague memories of The Chipmunks, but if you watched Mighty Max, TMNT, Batman: The Animated Series, or Animaniacs then we've got more nostalgia to explore! Yep, I was a bit of a tomboy when I was a kid ^_^ In the  last post  I talked about a huge nostalgia trip I took while finding a Chipmunk video.  Rexy pointed out though that in my post I completely left out the whole other demographic of 80's cartoons - and for that I am so sorry. ^^;; So here I am to rectify the situation! X3 (Thank you Rexy for bringing it to my attention - otherwise I wouldn't have found my new something awesome -- see below!)

Ah, the 80's...life was simple and colorful and magical.  All the things it should be when you're a child.  Along with She-Ra ,  Rainbow Brite , and  My Little Pony  (and a vast amount of other saturday morning cartoons) my life was complete.

Today I would like to talk about manga viewer sites and hosting.  We at Forbidden Garden have a strict no hosting policy  that has been active since June 16, 2010.  And of course our releases have found their way onto these same reader sites.  And for awhile we've overlooked them and thought that that's how it goes, and after sending emails and getting no response I went on with my life. BUT this past week while looking around I've found these sites who are not only making money off of our group's hard work but also are removing the credits so that they can claim it as their own.  And it's just wrong. And yes, I can understand the hypocrisy of the situation - the 'rules among thieves' so to say.  But I do like to think that maybe there is a small silver-lining in that we don't make money off of this and we immediately remove links of and then advertise anything that we do that becomes licensed (see Toshokan Sensou: Love & War ).

Updated!! Issho ni Neyou yo V2C9 By: Takao Shigeru Synopsis : Is Ichiko and Kohaku's relationship becoming more than friends?? Hmm... And just what is Kohaku's relationship with his mother? Finally, we get some insight into why Kohaku wears masks! <download > NEW SERIES!! Half & Half V1C1 By: Nanami Mao Synopsis : Hina is a quiet college student who lives in a small town. One day her long lost best-friend and first crush, Itsuki-chan, moves back to town! The only problem is that Hina remembers Itsuki-chan as a man and now he's a WOMAN!! Sounds strange, eh? How does Hina deal with this new turn of events?? Does Hina still have a crush on Itsuki-chan??? Read and find out!! <download > As a side note, Forbidden Garden would like to thanks all it's readers for their continued support. If you express any interest into scanlation at all, please feel free to contact one of our admins! We're always looking for new ...

Yesterday was my birthday and my MIL took the kids for the night.  (A date night and my birthday - yay two-fer!!)  I actually got all dolled up (my hair fixed/make-up/new clothes) and we went out for a night on the town.  A few hours later I found myself at a bar with my handsome hubby and good friends.  But of course this morning I wake up thinking, "Why?! Oh for all that is good in the world, why did I say last night, 'Yes, I would love another shot.'" Stupid stupid move.