Welcome to the home of Tapscanlations, where I only scanlate one thing and that's Fromsoftware comics from the 2000s. And one Pikmin comic. This is a fan project not for profit, so if you ever have to pay money to see these scans, that's wrong!! Please buy the official comics if they ever come out in your area - but that's right, they probably never will!
Feel free to check out our page on MangaDex, too. Nothing really much to see tho.
I'll also include webcomic translations and mini-scanlations, they're now retroactively considered a Tapscanlations project haha. I don't have plans to include most of these on the MangaDex page except for Evergrace II, so enjoy them on their myriad of site hosts!
Also, Tapscanlations is affiliated with Strawberry Design. If you like Azumanga Daioh, check out my friend's lovely work! 🍓
Short little comics included in RUNE 2 game guide published by V Jump, but I'm dumb I never knew there was a space eek. Anyhow, this was scanned and typeset by me, so maybe this was my first scanlation? I liked how they came out, even translated the splash text for the full page! Come check out Tara's misadventures with cute fairies and mischievous cards!
Hm, they have a cute style reminiscent of Cookie & Cream... Could it be? Hm...
Kuri Kuri Kuri Kuri daibouken
Hitori dake de wa, samishii no~
Papaiya Papaiya tasuke ai
Futari de ireba, ureshii no~
The Adventures of Cookie & Cream Really Stupid Translated 4-komas are now available on the Internet Archive Imgur lol! They're not actually called really stupid, but I just think they were a little bit outdated for the time. Don't be mean to rabbits, everyone.
These are 4-komas on the original Kuri Kuri Mix website, resized with Waifu2x and translated/typeset by me. As I always say, translation may be inaccurate as I only took two semesters of Japanese in high school and I rely mostly on Jisho and Google for this.
I mean, it's really sloppy. I mean, like "read right to left except for when I make it left to right for some reason" kind of sloppy. BUT IT WAS STILL FUN
The translations were originally uploaded on Imgur, then the Archive, and now back here. The IA version had new edits, such as subtle changes to the typesetting just to make it a bit less.... creative license, really. Now, I've updated the original Imgur gallery post so it includes everything! Inclusion Win!
Enjoy..... if you can!
Also, this was requested to be posted on the IA by MITY FRESH. Thank you! And thank you for the lovely gift art also~
Read the raws and translations on the Lost Kingdoms Wikia
Or read the translations on Imgur
The RUNE II webcomics were a series of 3 comics released on Fromsoftware's website in May of 2003. All three comics are illustrated by Takashi Kojo, designer of Lost Kingdoms and Lost Kingdoms II, and depict the characters of Lost Kingdoms II through various situations.
Following a revamp of Fromsoftware's website and its archived game sites, the comics were removed circa 2010. Most of the web pages are available through the Internet Archive Wayback Machine, but many of the comic images themselves were not archived. With great thanks to GraySilene, the 3 official RUNE II webcomics have been preserved in full.
The comics have been unofficially translated by Taptroupe, while feedback was given by Realwinterbro, UnluckyLion and Xenolark among others. All these people are on the Lost Kingdoms wikia and beyond (as in, on the LK Speedwalking Discord lol) and I appreciate all their help so much!!! GRAYSILENE IF YOU ARE READING THIS YOUR WORK ON THE WIKIA IS AWESOME
Link to raws, edits, scripts do whatever you want
Read on MangaDex
"No one can be just some empty shell.
That’s what I want to believe."
EVERGRACE 2 MANGA PART ONE IS OUT!!!!! BOTH PARTS ARE BACK TOGETHER AND ONLINE AFTER 20+ YEARS!!!! THANK YOU FOR THE WAIT!!!!!
Made a trailer too to celebrate!! LOL!!!!
Link to raws, edits, scripts do whatever you want
Read on MangaDex
"You’ll be a big, strong grown-up...
Who’ll never lose to a silly mark like that."
A two-part comic prequel to Fromsoftware's PS2 RPG series, Evergrace.
The Crest.
A mysterious mark that has been on the back of Darius's right hand ever since he was young. Like many others in his village of Solta, he believes it to be a cursed mark - and with good reason. In one swoop, his family was assassinated and his childhood friend disappeared, feared dead. Years down the road, he embarks on a revenge-driven journey to join the Solta army.
But he's not alone. There's the gentle and thoughtful Ruyan, who grew up alongside the orphaned Darius, training in swordplay day in day out. And there's Faeana, a plucky-if-mysterious amnesiac that the two found in ominous circumstances.
Along their journey, the three stumble across a grove of mysterious Billiana trees, and are ambushed by otherworldly monsters called Mutants. At that moment, the Crest's powers drive Darius down another turn for the worse...
Can these two break Darius free from the chains of his memories?
NOTE: We're still looking for the first part of the story, which is in Monthly Dengeki Comic Gao, August 2001 issue. If you have it, please let me know over at Twitter/Tumblr under @taptroupe! WE FUCKING FOUND IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Also, feel free to retranslate this into other languages with my original/edited scans. Or read it on the Internet Archive JUST KIDDING!
Link to raws, edits, scripts do whatever you want
Read on MangaDex
"Survival of the fittest… That is the law which governs all living beings."
A short Pikmin comic from the Japanese gaming magazine Nintendo DREAM, showing the life and death of Pikmin (more death than life, really) before Captain Olimar's arrival...
Or is it all just the cinematic machinations of a certain Koopa King...?
Now here's where I'd link the original raws and scans but Mangadex wiped that off my page. Hate you. Anyways I found this comic and shared it with the Pikmin subreddit so some interest, and it turns out this comic served as the base for a student film that had garnered some popularity many years back. Well, now we got them all together! Many thanks to all who showed interest and helped me with this.
More details here!
Link to gallery on Imgur
Translated 4-koma comics from The Adventures of Cookie & Cream 4-koma Theatre, released only on the PSP.
You might know that The Adventures of Cookie & Cream has Japan-only 4-komas...
But did you know there were some comics exclusive to the PSP, a la Fromsoftware's Adventure Player? With a Tenchu reference??
Well, I translated them! ENJOY!!
In the year 1993, Konami released a certain arcade beat em up fantasy RPG.... With a manga adaptation to boot...
And now, 30 years later, the oneshot manga of Gaiapolis is now online! To be scanlated one day, but take this photo gallery for now. You never know when you die, right?
Read it here on Mangadex!
More details here!
Link to raws, edits, do whatever you want
300 DPI scans from the Farland Symphony Collection Doujinshi by the game's artist, Mario Kaneda.
Have you heard of Farland Symphony?
It's a TRPG released in 2002 by TGL in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. It was never translated into English officially, but a fantranslation exists by Mirror Moon.
This is a doujinshi showcasing behind the scenes sketches in the game's CGs, character design, and art by guest artists. What I've translated is a short comic near the end of the doujinshi. If you're one of the 20 English-speaking Farland series enjoyers in this current year, you won't want to miss out on this! Enjoy!