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Three years ago, MangaGamer released a translation they weren’t happy with. Now they have the opportunity to redo it. The visual novel series Higurashi: When They Cry was originally published in Japan from 2002 to 2006 with an English translation made available in 2009 to 2010 by MangaGamer. The PC games are one of many greenlit by Steam recently, and MangaGamer has stated it is considering redoing the translation. “We’ve been aware that the original translation for Higurashi was not the best it could’ve been,” translator John Pickett told VNTLS. “The potential sales a Steam release means has given us […]http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/library/deriv/602/602295.jpg