Picked Up [Sumi de Ii desu. Kamawanaide kudasai yo] The corner is fine. Please don't mind me

Name: [Sumi de ii desu. Kamawanaide kudasai yo] [隅でいいです。構わないでくださいよ] [The corner is fine. Please don't mind me]
(all three because idk about naming sense)

Raw Link: http://ncode.syosetu.com/n6714cq/

NU Link (if available): nope

Why It Should Get Picked Up: If you're into the villainess reincarnation trope into an otome game (I know I am) I feel like this would be a breath of fresh air in terms of setting and stuff. I haven't actually read anything but the synopsis sounded entertaining enough when I translated it lol. Despite the synopsis it's only R-15 or so says syosetu.

SOMEONE PLEASE PICK THIS UP

I think they might need a little bg information on olden Japanese practices/Yoshiwara though

Description (if you can find one):
When I noticed, I was surrounded by a bunch of people wearing kimonos. When I looked into the river water, what was there was a young child… Eh, it’s me!?

The place where I washed ashore was a gaudy neighborhood, Yoshiwara. Huh? But it looks like the ones behind the lattice are men.

The ones who picked up the still young me from that strange place was an old man from a brothel called the『Amazuki Brothel』.

The place I was brought to was a men filled red light district. It seems that over here, men who had no choice but to become prostitutes were called Yuudan (male courtesan). Then I was given the name Nogiku and made to hide from the female customers and provide assistance.

For some reason I was also given courtesan training, but I’m not male!! I don’t want to learn how to seduce women!!

However, when I became 16 I looked at the handsome men who’d grown up with me as comrades and realized. This was the world of『Seeing a Dream Male Courtesan District ～A night spent together～』. I couldn’t even recall about myself but for some reason I remembered that I had played that game.

Nogiku was that otome game’s villain character. She got in the way of the protagonist’s love who sought to get closer to the men, and in the end she would even kill, she was a woman who wasn’t choosey of her methods. Because she was that type of woman she was given hellish punishment by the protagonist and co, but…

I don’t want thaaaaAAAt! I won’t interfere. I can only consider my fellows as older brothers, as something like comrades in arms!! I intend to help stealthily from the shadows.

Also, look at the beautiful cover image and character sheet:

Spoiler

 

https://mojotranslations.com/2017/02/10/syn-7-the-corner-is-fine-please-dont-mind-me/
look what I just found

good job :3
lets hope this novel gets picked up~
seems fun~

 

Yep that's me lol xD

I hope so too~
I'd be interested but it too me so long just to get the synopsis done and I constantly skip out on work so people won't like it if I'm translating lol xD

 

Interesting! So the nogiku is a girl or a male?

 

lol true
its similar in a way to other otome game novels, as in the MC trying to avoid the conflict but it seems interesting because of the setting~

if it never got picked up by a different translator, and you tled it I wouldnt mind because its better than nothing >_>

but good job

female

 

The synopsis said Nogiku is the villainess so female.

 

I'll consider it~ Thanks

Well, on the obi it says 女だけど遊男はじめました！？
Which translates to "Even though I'm a girl, I've started (working as a) male courtesan!?"

So yeah she's a girl

 

I would totally read that, lol.

 

Oh my god~~ The art is wonderful <3. She sounds like an amusing protagonist too. Is it romance or completely gen?

 

The setting of this is quite similar to the otome mobile game, Gyakuten Yoshiwara (released in the West as The Men of Yoshiwara) in that it also features a red-light district of male prostitutes, of which women are the main customers.
Here's a link.
http://d3p.co.jp/sumakare/gyakuten/en/index.html

There's a sequel too, Gyakuten Yoshiwara - Ohgiya, featuring a new female MC and new men.

Anyone who picks this up should learn a bit about the real Yoshiwara and it customs as a basis for the WN's events though.

 

Chapter 1 teaser is out!! :3

https://mojotranslations.com/2017/02/20/corner-1/

 

I wonder if someone will pick up this gem.. I just got my heart broke when i tried to access the link...

 

I'm not making a claim on it yet, but I might give this one a go~
Since the novel I was originally going to pick up might be getting picked up by a different group who's more reliable.

If anyone else wants to take this title though, feel free!

 

Its being translated(?)

 

Im glad I have something to look forward to. Thank you for picking this up!

 

I heard that it has a manga now