Resources

As a labour of love, the international Ai no Kusabi fandom has over the years collected, translated and made available almost everything related to this beloved work of art. All translations, scans, audio and video uploads have been done by fans, for fans, for free, with the intention of making Ai no Kusabi available to as many fans as possible.

The links below are collected from the three main fandom hubs, and this page serves to boost the signal and keep it all in one place:

* Discord Server
* Dreamwidth
* Livejournal

If you feel I didn't credit you properly for something you have contributed in, please let me know and I will fix it immediately!

## Novels

### Paperback

The main novels have been translated to English and published in 8 volumes. These translations have left a lot to be desired, especially volumes 7 and 8 which were released at a later time. There is an ongoing effort by the fandom to fix these translations and it is **highly recommended** that you read these instead, once they are available.

For a more detailed explanation of Ai no Kusabi's publishing history, refer to this masterlist on Livejournal or this post on the brief history of AnK publications.

#### Translations

As of now, Volumes 1, 2, 7 and 8 have been retranslated (1, 2 & 8 by Darcy and 7 by Rabi).

**\*\*\* You can find all 8 Volumes for download in this folder. \*\*\***

### Hardbound

The hardbound edition of Ai no Kusabi is in the process of being translated fully directly from Japanese and currently only the 1st chapter is available. However, the first 4 chapters have been translated previously from a Spanish translation. Since it's a translation of a translation it is slightly inaccurate, but still gets the main point across.

* Chapter 1 translated by Darcy
* Chapter 2 translated by San & Shiromori (from a Spanish translation by Shabriri) or Chapter 2 pt.1 (by Darcy)
* Chapter 3 translated by San & Shiromori (from a Spanish translation by Shabriri)
* Chapter 4 translated by San & Shiromori (from a Spanish translation by Shabriri)
* Chapters 5 & 6 are a work in progress

### Original June Chapters

The first ever version of AnK that was published in June Magazine is only slightly different from the Hardbound edition. Currently, only the 1st chapter has been translated:

* Chapter 1 translated by Darcy
* Chapter 2 (pt. 1)
* Chapters 3-6 are a work in progress

## Side Stories

None of the side stories have officially been translated into English, so all these translations are done by fans, and all credit and love goes to them.

### Midnight Illusion

Translated by Blue\_Sea:

* Chapter 1
* Chapter 2
* Chapter 3
* Chapters 4-11 are a work in progress

### File-0

* Chapter 1 by Tsubame
* Chapter 2 by Tsubame
* Chapter 3 by Rainbowfam
* Chapter 4 by Rainbowfam

## Anime

### 1990s OVA

Subbed by Aarinfantasy

* Part 1
* Part 2

### 2012 OVA

Subbed by Aarinfantasy

* Episode 1
* Episode 2
* Episode 3
* Episode 4

## Drama CDs

There have been 5 Drama CDs released in total and one Cassette, but the contents of that cassette have been rereleased on one of the CD.

* 1993 Dark Erogenous - Full Drama + Booklet Translation by Darcy and Visualization created by Abis
* 2000 Shiozawa Memorial (including the re-released Cassette content from 1989) - WiP Translation by Darcy
* 2007 Destiny - Tracks 01-18 Translation by Colorful-Jack
* 2008 Nightmare
* 2008 Resonance - Full Drama + Booklet Translation by Darcy

## OSTs

4 Original Soundtracks have been released, as well as two Compilation albums. One of the compilation albums, Oracion, features completely reworked tracks from previous albums, and these versions of tracks are unique to it.

* 1992 Original Soundtrack - Info and Translations
* 1993 Sense of Crisis - Info and Translations
* 1994 Ambivalence - Info and Translations
* 1994 Sympathy - Info and Translations
* 1995 Oracion - Info
* 2001 Music Best ~Iason~ - Info

## June Magazines

Ai no Kusabi has been covered extensively in June Magazine over the years with things such as production reports, interviews, settei and news released exclusively in them. There is an ongoing project of translating the AnK-related sections in these magazines. Original scans on which the translations are based have been uploaded by the prolific Junekusabi and Oumu.

* 1989 05 – #46 (大) translated by Darcy
* 1989 07 – #47 (大) translated by Darcy
* 1992 01 – #62 (大) translated by Darcy
* 1992 02 – #53 (小説) translated by Darcy
* 1992 03 – #63 (大) translated by Darcy
* 1992 04 – #54 (小説) translated by Darcy