#honobono

Current Status
- Video -
(RC=Release Candidate)
2021-07-06 BoDv2 RC5
2021-08-20 Gyu08v2 Released
2021-08-20 Gyu09 Released
2021-11-20 Gyu10 Released
2021-12-23 YY01 Released
2022-03-21 Gyu11 Released
2022-04-27 YY02 Released
2022-11-13 HCR43 Released
2022-12-02 YY03 Released
2022-12-20 Gyu12 Released
2023-01-28 YY04 Released
2023-05-16 YY05 Released
2023-06-18 YY06 Released
2023-07-16 Gyu13 Released
2023-08-26 YY07 Released
2023-11-12 Gyu14 Released
2024-01-14 YY08 Released
2024-07-22 YY09 RC1
2024-09-01 Gyu15 Released
2024-09-22 YY09 RC2
2025-01-12 YY09 RC4
2025-02-23 YY09 RC4
2025-05-27 YY09 RC5

- Script -
2023-04-29 Gyu16 Translated
2023-05-05 YY09 Timed
2023-05-20 YY09 Translated
2023-06-28 YY10 Timed
2023-07-18 YY10 Translated
2023-09-19 YY11 Timed
2023-10-19 YY11 Translated
2024-07-22 YY09 Typeset RC1
2024-08-17 YY12 Timed
2024-09-22 YY09 Typeset RC2
2024-09-27 YY09 Typeset RC3
2025-02-23 YY09 Typeset RC4
2025-05-27 YY09 Typeset RC5

Current Projects

Goldfish Warning!
(1991–92)

Hime-chan’s Ribbon
(1992–93)

Fushigiboshi no ☆
Futagohime Gyu!
(2006–2007)

Idol Angel
Yōkoso Yōko
(1990–1991)

Minky Momo: The Bridge
Over Dreams [v2]
(1993)

[Old Projects]

Files

MPC-HC (clsid2)
MPC-BE (GitHub)
XySubFilter-pf | XySubFilter
LAV Filters

Links (⚠ = Cloudflare)

AniDB
Aniverse irc status

Stardust (nyaa^⚠)

validator.w3^⚠

Search Engines: [Searx]

Download

[EdK, TT, Nyaa^⚠]
EdK/TT and Nyaa are different torrent-index sites, using different trackers. One may be better-seeded even if the other is unseeded.
(If you have trouble, feel free to visit #honobono @ irc.aniverse.com. Also, you can get files without using BitTorrent.)

BakaBT^⚠ (some files are too old):
[BoD^⚠, FH^⚠, HCR^⚠, MB^⚠, SoC^⚠, GfW^⚠]

Status as of 2025-05-27: YY09RC5 Encoded
	BoDv2	YY07	YY08	YY09	YY10	YY11	YY12	Gyu14	Gyu15	Gyu16	HCR43	HCR44
Translate	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Edit	✔	✔	✔	✔				✔	✔		✔	✔
Time	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
Typeset	✔	✔	✔	✔				✔	✔		✔
Encode (RC1)	✔	✔	✔	✔				✔	✔		✔
QC (RC1)	✔	✔	✔	✔				✔	✔		✔
RC	5	5	4	5				4	5		5
Re-encode	✔	✔	✔	✔				✔	✔		✔
QC		✔	✔	✔				✔	✔		✔
Release		✔	✔	...				✔	✔		✔

Check here (Mastodon) for additional info. [Tor Browser user: This instance is Tor-friendly (onion); if the page is not loaded right, just reload it.]

September 1, 2024 — OUT: Fushigiboshi no ☆ Futagohime Gyu! 15

Thoma’s Conspiracy ☆ The Stage’s Sweet Trap!

File name: Fushigiboshi no Futagohime Gyu! (BD) - 15 [h-b] (2520B38C).mkv
SHA256: D58CF011E4072862FD890F537CC3CE8A7ADD043EAD08A0DAB20DAD9B63D14BC2

January 14, 2024 — OUT: Idol Angel Yōkoso Yōko 08

A Wonderful Handmade Loft

File name: Idol Angel Yōkoso Yōko - 08 [h-b] (E9E56638).mkv
SHA256: 2A05D0CB6E7A68C929E863B3D5A2F189E939C805FE0D808E35F4AAD6465151F8

The bit character in this last picture is a cameo of Matsuda-sensei from Eriko. The high-rise building depicted in this episode is Tōhō Seimei Building (now renamed to Shibuya Cross Tower); it had been the tallest building in Shibuya until 2012, when the Shibuya Hikarie was completed. The fancy (French) restaurant Kyōko visits was on the highest (32nd) floor. It was named La Rochelle, and closed on September 30, 2011.

November 12, 2023 — OUT: Fushigiboshi no ☆ Futagohime Gyu! 14

Mysterious Tour ☆ Beyond the Sealed Door

File name: Fushigiboshi no Futagohime Gyu! (BD) - 14 [h-b] (5AB5CD1B).mkv
SHA256: 992c6b52da7eebd99c4d2b84efad2de61e7c9e9ab3c0258936d7bff2e46ba6c7

This is a fun episode. Enjoy! Maybe we’ll add some info here about the mystic “song” (not right now, to avoid spoilers).

It was released around 1:00 UTC on November 12, 2023. The official release date for reference (the topic update in #honobono on IRC): 2023-11-12T19:45 UTC.

August 26, 2023 — OUT: Idol Angel Yōkoso Yōko 07

The Lonely God of the Town

Released via honobono.edwardk.info and on irc.aniverse.com on August 26, 2023; via TT/Nyaa on August 28, 2023. The official release date: August 30, 2023 (11:16 UTC)

Note: While the sign in the picture above reads “Shibuya City,” Shibuya is technically a ward (ku) rather than a city (shi), meaning it is one of the 23 special districts of central Tokyo. Tokyo also has quite a few cities in its suburbs, though. For example, Kazetachi City (fictional) from Hime-chan’s Ribbon is based on Kunitachi City, Tokyo (really existing).

July 15, 2023 — OUT: Fushigiboshi no ☆ Futagohime Gyu! 13

Arguing with an Angel ☆ Pyupyu Runs Away

Official release date: July 16, 2023. (The file was already available on July 15, but only on EdK.)

Note: In the preview at the end of Episode 12, it is said that the title of the next episode will be: Arguing with the Angel ☆ Pyupyu Runs Away. But we have changed that to: Arguing with an Angel ☆ Pyupyu Runs Away.

June 16, 2023 — OUT: Idol Angel Yōkoso Yōko 06

Resound! Violin of the Heart

REPARD (Le[o]pard), a classical music café depicted in this episode, is based on a real such café, Lion (RAION), existing in Shibuya since 1926. Ja.wikipedia has an article about Meikyoku Kissa Lion. The following picture shows REPARD (left) and Lion (photo by 遡雨祈胡).

The café is only referred to as mise (“shop”) in this episode, not actually called kissa (“café”), let alone meikyoku kissa (lit. “music masterpiece café” i.e. “classical music café”). Nevertheless, we let the Master say “my classical music café” in our translation when originally he just says kono mise (“this shop”), since this fact is rather obvious for the original audience. Similarly, we paraphrased the lines related to jiage-ya (“land shark”) to clarify the original implication. If you want to see the exact original lines, you can switch subtitle tracks to Japanese.

Addendum (June 25, 2023)

Karasawa in Eriko (above) and Katsuragi in Yōko
(Katsuragi in Eriko was Karasawa’s co-worker; maybe they got married and Karasawa’s surname changed?)

June 14, 2023 — Current Status

Our Home Page / Gyu14 Will Be Fun

We’ve been unable to update our proper home page honobono.cc since around the end of May, due to a technical reason. The server for honobono.cc is up, but the page shown there now is an old version from May 26, as we can’t update anything on that server currently. [PS: The problem was fixed on June 18.]

By the way, many of our web pages do not support HTTPS. When you visit our pages, your browser may say that the connection is not secure. Such a warning is very relevant when you’ll have to send sensitive information like passwords or credit card details. Since our web pages are read-only (where you can read about the current status of our projects) and have no edit boxes etc. where you can input information, HTTPS is less relevant here.

(If you are asked to input anything when viewing our website, something is wrong. We have no reason to ask your private info.)

If you are using the HTTPS-Only Mode, your browser may show an Alert because of the above reason, saying something like: “HTTPS version of this page is not available. If you decide to visit the website, you should not enter any sensitive information.”

Anyway, we are actively working on Fushigiboshi no ☆ Futagohime 13, which is almost ready to release but final-checking is necessary before that. Fushigiboshi no ☆ Futagohime 14, a surprisingly fun episode, was also test-encoded and currently being QCed. Yōkoso Yōko 06 has been ready to release since like two weeks ago; unfortunately, the person in charge of actual release process is simply being busy IRL. Yōkoso Yōko 07 is near ready too!