[Cyan] Maiko-san Chi no Makanai-san - 01 [1080p][x264][AAC][64616753]

Story summary from MAL: "Kiyo and Sumire came to Kyoto from Aomori Prefecture, dreaming of becoming maiko. But after an unexpected turn of events, Kiyo starts working as the live-in cook at the Maiko Manor. Their story unfolds in the Kagai, the geiko and maiko district in Kyoto, alongside their housemate maikos. Kiyo nourishes them daily with her home-cooked meals, and Sumire strives toward her promising future as the "once-in-a-century" maiko. Step into the glamorous Kagai, warm your heart with behind-the-scenes anecdotes and Kiyo's kitchen episodes. Stay tuned for this touching tale of 2 childhood friends lifting each other up as they grow together." This is the first release of a new fansubbing group dedicated to seasonals, with the intention of it eventually being released on BDs later on. It is a sort of "younger sister" group to the BD batch group [Cait-Sidhe]. Some of the staff that work on the series we will be releasing will also have worked on, are working on, or will be working releases from Cait-Sidhe, and some won't. This series is one of the ones I was most looking forward during the Winter 2021 season as I have been enjoying the manga for some time now. It wound up airing in the middle of the Winter season for whatever reason and as a result has flown under many people's radar. It also appears to be a monthly series, which was a surprise - the last monthly series I can remember was the Emiya-san Chi no Kyou no Gohan series from back in 2017/8. It is very "Japanese culture steeped", and as a result for this release we have decided to keep the use of a decent number of honorifics when appropriate (as contrasted with the NHK/CR release) without being obsessive about them. A good deal of TS work was done on the ep, and the dialogue was edited pretty extensively using both the manga as a reference and consulting tlc's from time to time. Happily, next episode we will have a full time tlc for the dialogue on board, and for the batch release at the end of the season this ep will also get a tlc pass later when RL calms down some for them in the next couple of days, etc. Huge thanks to all who agreed to help with this project - it is definitely a "passion project" of mine, a sort of "wanting to give back" in a way, and a hope that those who watch the anime adaptation will be inspired to pick up the manga source itself. Should also mention that the staff of the group presenting the series in English were very kind and helpful, and in addition to being supportive and encouraging in general also made some of the resources they used for their own releases available for the work on the anime as well! Since we are on the subject of the anime staff, here they are: Staff Listing: Encode: julek TL: nhk TLC: shadeseeker (signs) Timer: torchlight Editor: flower TS: arvon2 QC: solaufein Distro: zohead, zumochi