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Valhalla Volume 9: Den Store Udfordring/The Big Challenge
Back Cover
Previous: [link]
Next Volume: ???

valhalla belongs to peter masden, I am only translating it for the benefit of us english speaking folks~ Here's hoping an official translation comes out eventually!
original raw scans from data9724

And thus, volume 9 is complete! Translated the back cover too, just as a place to put my final thoughts on this project.
I love how book blurbs sometimes simplify so much that they're innacurate. Just reading this you'd assume Hrungnir started the fight and just attacked asgard for no reason.. he didn't even CHALLENGE Thor at all so the stupidity comment is a bit misplaced
Also it originally called Tjalfe a 'little manservant' but that sounds like an unfortunate innuendo in english.

Anyway, on to the BIG SUMMARY of The Big Challenge!
This has been a wild ride and a great accomplishment to complete my first ever translation project! I've learned loads of Danish and finally gotten to enjoy this volume, which was my intention in the first place. (It's torture to have a copy of the next story in one of your favourite series and not be able to read the text!)
However, I've got to say it's had its ups and downs. I found a lot of reasons to dislike this particular story and I don't think it'll ever be my favourite, even if it's nowhere near the worst in the series so far. I know you guys out there might disagree, as everyone has their own opinion on what makes a fun comic! But I did initially have my misgivings that this was a REALLY bad point to start translating, as this is a Tjalfe-focus volume and might give the wrong impression that Valhalla is completely childish. This was why I took a long break at the start after getting a tad sick of translating immature name-calling and such, I'm glad I managed to stick it out as it got better later. And I can't choose what I have to translate- if I missed this one out then Magni would appear from nowhere in later volumes! XD
I hope everyone enjoyed this as much as I did, and didn't un-enjoy it as much as I did!

The next volume Gifts For The Gods is back to a god-focused story (duh) and actually has Loki in it. He was the only one conspicuously missing from this volume- honestly he does that a lot whenever the plot could be solved too easily if he was there XD This volume will be a big rashomon-esque flashback sequence telling the story of how Mjollnir was created (actual myth) and how Thor fell in love with Sif (artistic license expanding on the setting).
After that we have a noir detective show-inspired story with Odin (yes, seriously) and that's the end of the volumes I am able to translate. (Though there are four more that I lack raw scans for.)

So...
Are you guys interested in me continuing with Valhalla 10: Gifts For The Gods?
Also, anyone interested in me doing a joke dump of 'outtake' comics for this volume? (Similar to the 'bad translation' page I did, but also stuff like memes and just silly dialogue I think would fit with certain panels.)

Description
*IF EVERYTHING WORKED RIGHT, PLEASE CLICK DOWNLOAD TO GET THE WHOLE VOLUME AS A ZIP*

Valhalla Volume 9: Den Store Udfordring/The Big Challenge
Back Cover
Previous: [link]
Next Volume: ???

valhalla belongs to peter masden, I am only translating it for the benefit of us english speaking folks~ Here's hoping an official translation comes out eventually!
original raw scans from data9724

And thus, volume 9 is complete! Translated the back cover too, just as a place to put my final thoughts on this project.
I love how book blurbs sometimes simplify so much that they're innacurate. Just reading this you'd assume Hrungnir started the fight and just attacked asgard for no reason.. he didn't even CHALLENGE Thor at all so the stupidity comment is a bit misplaced
Also it originally called Tjalfe a 'little manservant' but that sounds like an unfortunate innuendo in english.

Anyway, on to the BIG SUMMARY of The Big Challenge!
This has been a wild ride and a great accomplishment to complete my first ever translation project! I've learned loads of Danish and finally gotten to enjoy this volume, which was my intention in the first place. (It's torture to have a copy of the next story in one of your favourite series and not be able to read the text!)
However, I've got to say it's had its ups and downs. I found a lot of reasons to dislike this particular story and I don't think it'll ever be my favourite, even if it's nowhere near the worst in the series so far. I know you guys out there might disagree, as everyone has their own opinion on what makes a fun comic! But I did initially have my misgivings that this was a REALLY bad point to start translating, as this is a Tjalfe-focus volume and might give the wrong impression that Valhalla is completely childish. This was why I took a long break at the start after getting a tad sick of translating immature name-calling and such, I'm glad I managed to stick it out as it got better later. And I can't choose what I have to translate- if I missed this one out then Magni would appear from nowhere in later volumes! XD
I hope everyone enjoyed this as much as I did, and didn't un-enjoy it as much as I did!

The next volume Gifts For The Gods is back to a god-focused story (duh) and actually has Loki in it. He was the only one conspicuously missing from this volume- honestly he does that a lot whenever the plot could be solved too easily if he was there XD This volume will be a big rashomon-esque flashback sequence telling the story of how Mjollnir was created (actual myth) and how Thor fell in love with Sif (artistic license expanding on the setting).
After that we have a noir detective show-inspired story with Odin (yes, seriously) and that's the end of the volumes I am able to translate. (Though there are four more that I lack raw scans for.)

So...
Are you guys interested in me continuing with Valhalla 10: Gifts For The Gods?
Also, anyone interested in me doing a joke dump of 'outtake' comics for this volume? (Similar to the 'bad translation' page I did, but also stuff like memes and just silly dialogue I think would fit with certain panels.)