Candy Candy manga in English

 One of the most favorite memories of my childhood was Candy Candy. The famous manga written by Kyoko Mizuki and Yumiko Igarashi that was later made into a popular anime. Like most of Candy Candy fans, I knew first the anime and later read the manga. The manga was quite different from the anime, and it took me some time to understand that the manga was the original story and the anime was just a TV adaptation for children. The Greek manga which I read was based on the Italian one, and went beyond the original ending. At the time I couldn't know that the Italian continuation was not written by Mizuki. However, the ridiculous plot and the ugly drawings which had nothing to do with Igarashi's work gradually lessened my interest in the story, and so I dropped the manga without getting to the (supposed) end. For many years I forgot about Candy until a few years ago, when I accidentally came across a Greek forum containing information about the manga and the anime.  I was enlightened about the manga and about what its original ending was. I understood how the Italians deceived so many fans with their silly continuation. I learned that besides the manga there was a novel written in the 1970s and never published outside of Japan, and there was also a new novel written in 2010 which was not a continuation of the manga but a revised version of the old novel. All that fueled my interest again and led me to look for as much information as possible about Candy Candy. As a result, my perspective on the story changed and I learned to see it as a mature reader and not an adolescent one. I became friends with several other fans and shared my love for Candy Candy. So a door opened for me which I thought was closed forever, and now I'm grateful to have met again the beloved heroine of my childhood and know her much better than I did as a child.

Candy Candy manga has not been officially translated to English so far. There are some unofficial English translations through the web. However, these translations are not based on the original Japanese text, and they can't be considered faithful or accurate. So I decided to work on a new project of the manga in English. I came across several files containing the original Japanese manga in its entirety, and with the help of AI online translation, I began using those files to create a new English translation which hopefully can be as faithful to the original as possible. I'm happy to share this project with other English speaking fans of Candy Candy. 

The manga will be uploaded here one chapter at a time. 

Happy reading.

 

                                                   Candy Candy

                                              Volume 1, Chapter 1  

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/tjg61wx1oyp6piidhv7i6/CANDY-CANDY-VOLUME-1-Chapter-1.pdf?rlkey=vsx0rbzma0bgi0k75rm8ootzr&st=45mj5gkh&dl=0