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Several years after I bought volume 11 of Mon Colle Knights, I finally got around to having Mom buy volume 12 for me.

Yesterday afternoon, while I was walking outside, I noticed a mouse by Phyllis's path. It seemed as if it was dying, but it was still breathing. I told Mom about it, and she said there was little we could do to save it. I went back outside to observe it. I tried using a leaf to roll it back onto its feet, but it only rolled back onto its side. Soon, Mom came out, and asked me if maybe Sabrina got it. I told her that I don't know what happened to it. I suggested that maybe it's just old. She then suggested that it's just scared stiff. Mom then showed me, from the back steps, the glowing color of the fallen pine needles in the sunset. I found it interesting, and she told me that that time of day is called the gloaming, which is the evening between the afternoon and dusk.

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[(Anonymous)]

[I am deleting Chelle's past comments, and creating replacements to preserve their actual messages, after she had requested that her old username be scrubbed from this blog.]

Do you have #13 already? If not, would you be willing to exchange episodes?

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I just noticed that my reply wasn't shifted over like it should have been, so I'm assuming that you didn't get a copy of it in your inbox. That's why I'm writing the same reply again.

Yes, I have volume 13 already. As for exchanging episodes, no. However, now that my DVD collection is going to be complete very soon, I do intend to copy each episode of Mon Colle Knights onto YouTube sometime in the future. Most of them will only be in Japanese, but I was able to get my hands on the first sixteen dubbed episodes as well, so stay tuned.

[(Anonymous)]

Neither reply arrived in my inbox, actually.
As for using Youtube, are you going to do so hidden or public? Cause if it's public, there's a fair chance the anti-anime squad's going to get it deleted.
Did you already make the account you'll use? If so, please tell me it's name and I'll add it to my watchlist.

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I didn't know that there was a difference between hidden and public videos on YouTube. Mind telling me what the difference is?

As for an account, yes I have one, under the name DMXrated01.

[(Anonymous)]

With the Private broadcast option the video does not appear to anyone unless you've specifically added them to an allowed-to-view-list for that video; it may mean less people will find it, but the guy who previously put up MCK episodes got banned after being flagged too often.

On the other hand, if you get banned you could just make a new account, I don't think they've got IP ban.

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I'm going to make my Mon Colle Knights videos public, because I want as many people to see it as possible.

As of right now, though, I still have yet to learn how to copy material from the TV to a video, without manually using a video camera which will also pick up external noise. Expect them next January, because that's when I can finally get my life in order enough to learn how it's done.

Thanks for commenting on my posts so far. I appreciate it when people post comments on my blog, and I hope you enjoy MCK when it's posted.

[(Anonymous)]

You have them on DVD, right? Find a computer with a DVD drive and install Yasa DVD to Avi Converter (there are some other freeware options, but those either make the files insanely large or can't recognize the chapter divisions well since the MCK DVD setup works slightly different than western DVDs, and .vob files are no use). This program allows you to decide how much you rip so you can convert them into 10 minute segments right away (Youtube's time limit on videos) and gives good image quality. I'm estimating it'll take a little over 11 GB for the entire series when using 480x640 resolution, but if that's too much try 240x320 or play a little with the settings. (If Youtube gets picky on bytes, you can just re-cut with Windows Movie Maker or something similar).
If you don't have an intern DVD drive, the alternative is hooking up a DVD player to a Video Card, which might require some extra hardware (type depending on what you're using, and whether you already have a Video Card).

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Thanks for the help. Volume 13 is the only volume I have on VHS instead of on DVD, but apparently, it's still possible to record stuff from VHS onto either YouTube directly or onto a blank DVD disk. For example, I've come across commercials that were aired before DVD was invented (such as one for Bomberman 64 and several for Game Boy Pocket). Then again, my VCR is broken anyway, so if you want, I'll trade you my VHS version of volume 13 for your DVD version of v13 (if you even have that volume on DVD).

Hope to hear back from you.

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, it's possible to rip from VHS if you have a DVD recorder or properly lined up video card, both can cost a fair deal though.
I've indeed got 13 on DVD and am definitely not going to trade it, but I'm still open for exchanging episodes. I can send you the last three episodes in .avi format if you send me three other episodes in return (you'll need a sendspace.com account for that) once you ripped them.

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Yes, I have volume 13 already. As for exchanging episodes, no. However, now that my DVD collection is going to be complete very soon, I do intend to copy each episode of Mon Colle Knights onto YouTube sometime in the future. Most of them will only be in Japanese, but I was able to get my hands on the first sixteen dubbed episodes as well, so stay tuned.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm curious now, you were willing to trade the #13 VHS for the #13 DVD so that you could rip the episodes for Youtube, which would cost shipping money. When I suggest I send the #13 episodes digitally, which would cost nothing except some upload time, you give no response, why?
In any case, I'd like to know for sure whether you'll be wanting them in January or not.

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Sorry for not responding to you.

Yes, I'd appreciate it if you send the #13 episodes digitally. I'll be sure to give you credit for them when I post them on YouTube, as well as for explaining how to make copies of the DVD episodes I have when I begin to upload the first episodes.

If you can't send them in January, I have no problem with that. It's just that that's the month I have off from school, which is the best time for me to look into actually copying the MCK episodes onto YouTube. Hopefully, I'll be able to do most of those myself.

[(Anonymous)]

Okay then, thanks for letting me know.
I'm kind of in the middle of sending another series around, so it might end up being February.