Wara! Welcome to Convenience Store is a Naver blog comic which has recently been collected into a two volume manhwa (Korean version of manga.) It also decorates the sides of Wara! Milk and Pinecool Shine juice in 7/11 stores.

Some Wara! Milk cartons.

I thought it might be useful and fun for those of us who are studying Korean to make some translations of these simple comic strips. It'd also be great if some of the more experienced Korean speakers could weigh in with their help.

I'll try to scan one strip per week for people to practice on :D I have photoshop access, but I'm not experienced in scanlation creation. I'll give it a go though.

Strip one and introduction pages are here if people want to try out translating them;

More under the spoiler;

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Translated Comics Index:

Volume One:

#COMING SOON!#

ForSC2

United States580 Posts

July 12 2010 05:21 GMT

Wow! What's wara about besides being something about a convenience store?

NeverGG

United Kingdom5399 Posts

July 12 2010 05:25 GMT

On July 12 2010 14:21 ForSC2 wrote:
Wow! What's wara about besides being something about a convenience store?

It's basically silly/cute/weird comic strips about the employees of 'Friend Mart' (A riff on Family Mart) and the customers and situations in their daily lives. I can read some of it, but most of it is too complicated grammar wise for me :S

kOre

Canada3642 Posts

July 12 2010 05:26 GMT

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Girl: Welcome.
Guy: I would like a pack of smokes.
Girl: ?
Girl (thought): He looks like an elementary school kid ... and he's asking for smokes? Maybe he's buying them for his dad ... ?
Girl: Excuse me for asking but can I see you ID?
Guy: ID?
Guy: That's okay, I have a young looking face so I get asked for ID a lot, haha.
Guy: Here you go.
Girl (thought): Guess I was wrong, oh well ...

My Korean is kind of rusty since I left Korea when I was like 7 and now I'm 22, also have no Korean friends but I found a few a year ago so it's steadily improving.

Ftrunkz

Australia2474 Posts

July 12 2010 06:04 GMT

On July 12 2010 14:26 kOre wrote:
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Am i missing something here? I cant even understand how this would be funny

kOre

Canada3642 Posts

July 12 2010 06:08 GMT

On July 12 2010 15:04 Ftrunkz wrote:

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Am i missing something here? I cant even understand how this would be funny

Beats me lol but I'm pretty sure I got the translation right ...

ForSC2

United States580 Posts

July 12 2010 06:08 GMT

On July 12 2010 15:04 Ftrunkz wrote:

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Am i missing something here? I cant even understand how this would be funny

It's page one, maybe it's the character introduction.

StorrZerg

United States13922 Posts

July 12 2010 06:22 GMT

On July 12 2010 14:26 kOre wrote:
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My Korean is kind of rusty since I left Korea when I was like 7 and now I'm 22, also have no Korean friends but I found a few a year ago so it's steadily improving.

story of my life...

MrHoon

10183 Posts

July 12 2010 07:10 GMT

it's not funny because the rest of the strip isn't posted yet ;;;

the next 2 pictures is of him showing his ID but covering the photo trying to act all slick

Ftrunkz

Australia2474 Posts

July 12 2010 07:51 GMT

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ahhh i see, i thought that was the end and was, needless to say, confused at korean humor

NeverGG

United Kingdom5399 Posts

July 12 2010 07:59 GMT

#11

On July 12 2010 16:10 MrHoon wrote:
it's not funny because the rest of the strip isn't posted yet ;;;

the next 2 pictures is of him showing his ID but covering the photo trying to act all slick

Yep, I didn't have time to scan the rest of it today so it looks like a really weird ending, but that's exactly it. I'll scan it along with the second strip tomorrow :D

nataziel

Australia1455 Posts

July 12 2010 08:28 GMT

#12

Wow, this is the best thing ever! The level of korean is challenging but not so far out of my reach that I'm completely lost. I'm gonna ask my friend if she can buy me a volume or two to bring back from korea with her

NeverGG

United Kingdom5399 Posts

July 12 2010 08:46 GMT

#13

On July 12 2010 17:28 nataziel wrote:
Wow, this is the best thing ever! The level of korean is challenging but not so far out of my reach that I'm completely lost. I'm gonna ask my friend if she can buy me a volume or two to bring back from korea with her

The easiest place to buy them in E-Mart; they're on display right now for 6,600won each :D