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Another problematic chapter of Tomino’s sprawling epic The Wings of Rean is up for patreon members today, as we near the halfway point of the original 1984 books.
The Wings of Rean Book 1 Ch 17 | Byston Well Stories
Chapter 17: The reader is reminded that Sakomizu will go on to become a villain, and Linley finds her treasure. Also, ghosts.
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September 17, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Another problematic chapter of Tomino’s sprawling epic The Wings of Rean is up for patreon members today, as we near the halfway point of the original 1984 books.
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It’s the 15th of the month, so there’s another ~8,000 words of The Wings of Rean up for patreon subscribers today. It feels like the finish line on this book is within sight now (currently almost 75% of the way through)
Also, this chapter’s pretty wild
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Also, this chapter’s pretty wild
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The Wings of Rean Book 1 Ch 16 | Byston Well Stories
Chapter 16: Sakomizu goes spelunking.
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August 15, 2026 at 4:35 PM
It’s the 15th of the month, so there’s another ~8,000 words of The Wings of Rean up for patreon subscribers today. It feels like the finish line on this book is within sight now (currently almost 75% of the way through)
Also, this chapter’s pretty wild
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Also, this chapter’s pretty wild
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Another chapter, another 30 pages. Chapter 14 of The Wings of Rean is up for Patreon subscribers!
The Wings of Rean Book 1 Ch 14 | Byston Well Stories
Chapter 14: Checking in with Min and Murab. Linley's convoy runs into trouble.
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June 15, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Another chapter, another 30 pages. Chapter 14 of The Wings of Rean is up for Patreon subscribers!
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Tomino is in the news, so maybe check out my Patreon if you want to read hundreds (and eventually thousands, if we ever get there) of pages of his musings on war, with a lot of sex and a lot of violence thrown in for good measure.
Okay, my Patreon page is live. I'll be adding the free preview chapters of the books later today (as soon as I make sure everything is working), but there are some other things to read in the meantime, as part of my "Byston Well Primer Series"
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April 24, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Tomino is in the news, so maybe check out my Patreon if you want to read hundreds (and eventually thousands, if we ever get there) of pages of his musings on war, with a lot of sex and a lot of violence thrown in for good measure.
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The next chapter of The Wings of Rean is up for subscribers today. Over half of the book is finished, with nine chapters left to go. Signing up for the Patreon now gets you more than 300 pages of Tomino at his wildest.
The Wings of Rean Book 1 Ch 12 | Byston Well Stories
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April 15, 2026 at 5:16 PM
The next chapter of The Wings of Rean is up for subscribers today. Over half of the book is finished, with nine chapters left to go. Signing up for the Patreon now gets you more than 300 pages of Tomino at his wildest.
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Next chapter of The Wings of Rean is up for patreon subscribers! New faces, new places
The Wings of Rean Book 1 Ch 11 | Byston Well Stories
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March 15, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Next chapter of The Wings of Rean is up for patreon subscribers! New faces, new places
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Things kind of feel like they've stalled, so here is a reminder. Big, big chapter of Wings of Rean (as in very long) coming this weekend.
Self-promotion is the part of this that I hate the most, but I should probably mention that there's a new patreon tier. For as low as $2 a month, you can read my translation of Tomino's epic lifework before anyone else (and support me enough to ensure that I can keep doing this)
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March 10, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Things kind of feel like they've stalled, so here is a reminder. Big, big chapter of Wings of Rean (as in very long) coming this weekend.
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Another 30 pages of The Wings of Rean is up on the patreon for paid subscribers.
There's some real good Byston Well lore in this one. As well as some other stuff. Involving ropes. And snakes.
There's some real good Byston Well lore in this one. As well as some other stuff. Involving ropes. And snakes.
The Wings of Rean Book 1 Ch 10 | Byston Well Stories
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February 15, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Another 30 pages of The Wings of Rean is up on the patreon for paid subscribers.
There's some real good Byston Well lore in this one. As well as some other stuff. Involving ropes. And snakes.
There's some real good Byston Well lore in this one. As well as some other stuff. Involving ropes. And snakes.
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Fau Fau wreaks havoc in a school in the next chapter of The Tale of Fau Fau, up now for Patreon subscribers.
For the free members, chapter 2 of The Wings of Rean is also up on the page today, and it's a doozy.
For the free members, chapter 2 of The Wings of Rean is also up on the page today, and it's a doozy.
The Tale of Fau Fau Book 1 Ch 10 | Byston Well Stories
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February 1, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Fau Fau wreaks havoc in a school in the next chapter of The Tale of Fau Fau, up now for Patreon subscribers.
For the free members, chapter 2 of The Wings of Rean is also up on the page today, and it's a doozy.
For the free members, chapter 2 of The Wings of Rean is also up on the page today, and it's a doozy.
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Another 30 page chapter of The Wings of Rean is up on the Patreon for subscribers! Things are really escalating quickly!
The Wings of Rean Book 1 Ch 9 | Byston Well Stories
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January 15, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Another 30 page chapter of The Wings of Rean is up on the Patreon for subscribers! Things are really escalating quickly!
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There are some very specific phrases that appear here that also show up in Dunbine, but the difference is that the prologue tells you what they mean
January 12, 2026 at 1:42 AM
There are some very specific phrases that appear here that also show up in Dunbine, but the difference is that the prologue tells you what they mean
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I really recommend that any Dunbine fans out there read the prologue to the Wings of Rean (the version that was originally serialized in parallel with Dunbine’s airing). It’s like the Rosetta Stone of understanding Byston Well.
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A Byston Well Primer: The Wings of Rean Prologue (1984 version) | Byston Well Stories
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January 12, 2026 at 1:25 AM
I really recommend that any Dunbine fans out there read the prologue to the Wings of Rean (the version that was originally serialized in parallel with Dunbine’s airing). It’s like the Rosetta Stone of understanding Byston Well.
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Up through the Middle Ages, human history had been shaped by a tendency to think of war as a tool of diplomacy, but by the midpoint of the 20th century, the era of such low intelligence should have reached its end.
-Tomino Yoshiyuki, The Wings of Rean Vol. 1
-Tomino Yoshiyuki, The Wings of Rean Vol. 1
January 3, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Up through the Middle Ages, human history had been shaped by a tendency to think of war as a tool of diplomacy, but by the midpoint of the 20th century, the era of such low intelligence should have reached its end.
-Tomino Yoshiyuki, The Wings of Rean Vol. 1
-Tomino Yoshiyuki, The Wings of Rean Vol. 1
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Anyway, Tomino spends like four pages tearing apart the Japanese Empire in this next chapter, so that's something to look forward to if you sign up for a sub.
January 2, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Anyway, Tomino spends like four pages tearing apart the Japanese Empire in this next chapter, so that's something to look forward to if you sign up for a sub.
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Self-promotion is the part of this that I hate the most, but I should probably mention that there's a new patreon tier. For as low as $2 a month, you can read my translation of Tomino's epic lifework before anyone else (and support me enough to ensure that I can keep doing this)
Get more from Byston Well Stories on Patreon
Translating the works of Yoshiyuki Tomino
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January 2, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Self-promotion is the part of this that I hate the most, but I should probably mention that there's a new patreon tier. For as low as $2 a month, you can read my translation of Tomino's epic lifework before anyone else (and support me enough to ensure that I can keep doing this)
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By the way, my translation is currently this far through the first book (after which there are 3 more), and it’s starting to feel like I’m finally making a dent in it. That’s page 140 in the book; if you’re curious about how that works out in English, I’m at 202 pages, ~56,000 words in my doc
December 14, 2025 at 11:29 PM
By the way, my translation is currently this far through the first book (after which there are 3 more), and it’s starting to feel like I’m finally making a dent in it. That’s page 140 in the book; if you’re curious about how that works out in English, I’m at 202 pages, ~56,000 words in my doc
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I said I was going to have this out in August, and then I just kind of sat on it since then. Anyway, here's a translation of an essay from 1999 that a very small group of people might find (somewhat) interesting.
The Worlds of Yoshiyuki Tomino's Novels: Reaching Secret Rendezvous | Byston Well Stories
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November 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I said I was going to have this out in August, and then I just kind of sat on it since then. Anyway, here's a translation of an essay from 1999 that a very small group of people might find (somewhat) interesting.
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If you've ever thought, "Hey The Wings of Rean was originally a series of six novels, I wonder what happened in the first book specifically," you can go find out the answer to that now!*
*You have to be a member of my patreon. Everyone else will need to wait a little longer.
*You have to be a member of my patreon. Everyone else will need to wait a little longer.
The Wings of Rean Book 1 Ch 7 | Byston Well Stories
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November 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
If you've ever thought, "Hey The Wings of Rean was originally a series of six novels, I wonder what happened in the first book specifically," you can go find out the answer to that now!*
*You have to be a member of my patreon. Everyone else will need to wait a little longer.
*You have to be a member of my patreon. Everyone else will need to wait a little longer.
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I was going to make a post about how important the ACA subsidies were for me, and that if I lose medicaid coverage I'll probably never have health insurance again, but writing it out made me feel worse, so I'll just mention the patreon again
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November 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I was going to make a post about how important the ACA subsidies were for me, and that if I lose medicaid coverage I'll probably never have health insurance again, but writing it out made me feel worse, so I'll just mention the patreon again
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I've posted the first chapter of Aura Battler Senki on my Patreon. It's free to read, but you've gotta be a member (which is free). Byston Well does not appear in this chapter.
Aura Battler Senki Book 1 Chapter 1 | Byston Well Stories
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September 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I've posted the first chapter of Aura Battler Senki on my Patreon. It's free to read, but you've gotta be a member (which is free). Byston Well does not appear in this chapter.
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It’s been a couple weeks since I’ve gotten any new subs, so I’ll plug my patreon again.
Do you like Dunbine? Do you like the works of Tomino? Do you want to help a clinically depressed American achieve their dreams of becoming a hermit? Please consider signing up today!
Do you like Dunbine? Do you like the works of Tomino? Do you want to help a clinically depressed American achieve their dreams of becoming a hermit? Please consider signing up today!
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September 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
It’s been a couple weeks since I’ve gotten any new subs, so I’ll plug my patreon again.
Do you like Dunbine? Do you like the works of Tomino? Do you want to help a clinically depressed American achieve their dreams of becoming a hermit? Please consider signing up today!
Do you like Dunbine? Do you like the works of Tomino? Do you want to help a clinically depressed American achieve their dreams of becoming a hermit? Please consider signing up today!
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New chapter of Wings of Rean up on the patreon for subscribers! There's some real good Byston Well lore in this one
The Wings of Rean Book 1 Ch 5 | Byston Well Stories
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September 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
New chapter of Wings of Rean up on the patreon for subscribers! There's some real good Byston Well lore in this one
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Well the job I was offered and was looking forward to starting this month got all of its federal grant money cut and now there is no job. Please sign up for my patreon
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August 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Well the job I was offered and was looking forward to starting this month got all of its federal grant money cut and now there is no job. Please sign up for my patreon
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GAIA GEAR
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The final volume is out for those interested. With that, all Tomino-penned Gundam novels have been translated, with the exception of Victory Gundam.
GAIA GEAR
VOLUME.05
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zeonic-republic.net/translation/...
The final volume is out for those interested. With that, all Tomino-penned Gundam novels have been translated, with the exception of Victory Gundam.
July 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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GAIA GEAR
VOLUME.05
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zeonic-republic.net/translation/...
The final volume is out for those interested. With that, all Tomino-penned Gundam novels have been translated, with the exception of Victory Gundam.
GAIA GEAR
VOLUME.05
◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢
zeonic-republic.net/translation/...
The final volume is out for those interested. With that, all Tomino-penned Gundam novels have been translated, with the exception of Victory Gundam.