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Translation of the first few pages from Volume 3! Will try translating the other sample pages soon.

Always appreciate suggestions!

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Title Page Animal Crossing: News from Hohinda Village Sayorin: Whoa~ Gracie, easy now~ Gracie: Get off of me.

[Background Text] Ruiko: Ah. Resetti: Oi... Kotaro: Her shoe fell off- haha! Roscoe: If you're gonna race, I'll beat ya. Pecan: You’re gonna race..?

Pg. 1

The Tune is Wrong Sayorin: Today’s a fun Christmaas~ Sayorin: What? Roscoe: U-uh.

Lobo: Hey, isn’t that the Hinamatsuri tune? Roscoe: I guess she's going retro, huh? Sayorin: (in bg) Today's gonna to be a fun Hinamatsuri~

Pg. 2

Gift from Chiaki

Sayorin: Ew, a Christmas present from Chiaki? S: Kinda suspicious…

Mitzi: Sayorin, you shouldn’t say those kinds of things. You might incur a divine punishment! S: Mitzi…

M: Christmas should be a special occasion that makes everyone feel nice. S: You’re right, sorry.

Gift from Chiaki Pt. 2

S: Urg, she’s makes me angry! M: Um, there’s a letter attached to the present. Should we read it?

S: I'd rather throw it away. M: You shouldn’t say that!

M: Christmas should be a special occasion th- S: I get it, I get it.

Chiaki: For your Christmas allowance, I’ll be sending you three empty cans as a nice favour, ohoho~ S: Darn it! M: Ah, I had some errands… T/N: It’s common for older people to send younger people (typically children) money as a gift during New Years (celebrate with Christmas).

Pg. 3

Santa is here?!

Sayorin: I feel like on a night like this, Santa could appear any minute now ~♥.

S: OH!

S: Pew! Pew! P-Pew!

S: Aw, I guess Santa’s not actually real... Gulliver: H-huh? What did you say...?

You cannot do that!

G: H-hold on! If I were to be the real Santa, what were you planning to do?

G: Were you going to shoot me down to get a present!? S: Eh!?

S: Am I not supposed to do that? G: Ugh, nevermind.

Pg. 4

Oooough…

?: Oo…

?: Oo… oo… S: W-who’s making that noise? G: It cannot be a mole cricket…

S: Wait! What if it’s the ghost of winter!! G: No! I am scared!!

UFO: Please move -zura… so heavy… S: Ah, the ship's on top of a snow man! G: What!?

Cheeky Gulliver

G: I have moved the ship away. Snowman: I’m saved, zura…

G: So. Snow: ?

G: So, I have just rescued you.

Snow: Ah, yes. Thank you -zura. So?

G: So, give me a snowman furniture, please. (Don…!) Snow: I can’t believe you’re going there -zura.

Pg. 5

Baby Hat and Baby Talk

Snow: I’m a victim because you just so happened to land on me all of the sudden-zura!! G: Well, I am also a victim too!

Snow: Then, who’s the perpetrator? G: Well, I think… (Turn)

S: Sayowin is still baby so I don’t kwnow. ♡ (Goo goo) G: You can't dodge your way out of this!

A snowman’s willpower!

G: Anyways, just help me collect parts for my ship. S: Okay.

Snow: I’ll help out -zura. Snow: Snowflakes! Help me find parts!

S: Ooh! S: The snowflakes are making them easier to find!

Snow: And with that, I would like some souvenirs, please. G: Are you seriously going there!? (Fall-)

Pg. 6

A Superpower.

G: Well, you have to give me yours first! Snow: No yours!

S: Hey, I got all the parts-. G: Snowman! Snow: Souvenirs!

(Snowman/Souvenirs argument in the background)

S: Both of you shut up! Give them to me.

It might be new.

G: I guess as a special reward, I will give you a rare Christmas item. S: Yay! ♪

G: It is a Santa Moai! S: Y-

S: Uh, this is just a regular Moai with a king’s beard and a red pom-pom hat... G: It’s a Santa Moai.

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Doubutsu no Mori: Hohinda Mura Dayori

according to nookipedia: “Doubutsu no Mori: Hohinda Mura Dayori is a manga series written by Sayori Abe and based on the Animal Crossing series. Published by Shogakukan, the first volume was released in 2005, and there are twelve volumes as of 2015. It is primarily composed as a 4-koma manga, meaning it has multiple 4-panel comics, and it takes place in a village called Hohinda (ホヒンダ), following the life of a human named Sayorin (さよりん).