Another month, another digest. This month, Project Gender Bender’s goal tracker has reached 91%.

For comparison, we reached 97% last month. However, after transaction and platform fees, our actual earnings were lower than expected, which is why I raised the monthly target starting in May. As a result, even though this month’s completion percentage is lower, we’re only a small amount short of matching April’s actual earnings.

Platform fees take a noticeable cut of our revenue each month. Translator payments remain the group’s largest expense, while the remainder supports my work across multiple ongoing series.

Overall, we’ve seen a slight decline over the past three months. March performed better than April, and May is currently tracking a little below April’s total. At our current pace, it will likely be a while before Ragweed Princess can return as a regular project, even with a reduced release schedule.

Our next agenda is Project Necro. Mab the Great continues to make invaluable contributions to the project and has brought yet another series to Re:Library: My Pet Is a Holy Maiden.

While it isn’t a Gender Bender series, it has a surprisingly unique premise. After losing both his family and his beloved pet bird, Tatsumi is left with little reason to keep moving forward. However, recurring dreams of a mysterious Holy Maiden eventually lead him to another world, where he discovers that the girl waiting for him is none other than the reincarnation of his cherished pet. The emotional aspect is arguably the series’ greatest strength. Rather than focusing on action or comedy, it explores themes of grief, companionship, and an unusual romance born from a bond that transcends worlds. Give it a read if that sounds like your kind of story.

As for Project Yuri… there still hasn’t been any real progress. Discussions have yet to take place, though I’m hoping to set aside some time this month to speak with the project manager and figure out where we go from here.

Looking back, putting an editor at the helm was probably not one of my better decisions. When things start falling apart, an editor has very limited means of keeping translators invested and involved, which can quickly bring every project under their management to a standstill.

Project Necro has demonstrated the opposite. Despite being both the lead translator and project manager, Mab has managed to keep the project moving forward consistently, even without much financial incentive. It has shown me that there is real value in having a translator lead a project. Compared to an editor, a translator is often in a much stronger position to maintain momentum and keep the team together when challenges arise.

With March now behind us, I just wanted to take a moment to sit down and reflect on how things have been going for Project Gender Bender.

Over the course of the month, we had 6 cancellations or overdue payments, alongside at least 8 new subscriptions coming in.

On the revenue side, we’re looking at about a 3.6% increase Sorry I suck at math, it’s not a 12% increase in revenue, it’s actually 3.6% compared to last month. That puts us comfortably in what I’d consider a “steady growth” range. If we can keep even a portion of this momentum going, it should give us enough breathing room to start bringing back more series in the near future.

That said, income like this tends to fluctuate a lot, and maintaining steady growth every single month isn’t something that usually lasts for long. So while I’m optimistic, I’m trying not to get ahead of myself or set unrealistic expectations just yet.

Still, overall, I’d say this was a solid month. And as always, I really appreciate everyone who’s been supporting us, whether you’ve been here for a long time or just recently joined.

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Ah yes… it looks like Mab has picked up a new series for Project Necro, The Reincarnated Vampire Wants an Afternoon Nap, and is planning to redo it from scratch. From what I’ve seen so far, they’re putting a lot of care into it, and it’s shaping up nicely. It also sounds like they’re considering picking up even more novels once their IRL situation settles down, which is something to look forward to.

If you enjoy Mab’s work, or just want to support the translator and keep us going, please consider showing some love to Project Necro. Every bit of support really does make a difference.

As for Project Yuri, there hasn’t been any update from the current manager yet. Given the situation, I’ve been considering making some changes; specifically, bringing in an active translator to take the reins and keep the project moving, even with the current lack of revenue. Of course, that depends on finding someone willing to step in under those conditions.

We’ll see how things develop, but I’ll keep everyone updated once there’s something more concrete.

As February draws to a close, we would like to take a moment to look back on the progress we have made over the past month.

First and foremost, thank you all for your continued support. Thanks to you, our monthly income has finally reached a relatively stable level, and we no longer have to worry about falling short when it comes to paying our translators. That alone is an immense relief.

With the exception of the original translator of Dragon Princess, we are pleased to share that all active translators have now resumed work. That said, not everyone has returned at full capacity. We are prioritizing those in more urgent financial situations, so workloads have been adjusted accordingly. Some translators are currently assigned 25% of their original workload, others 50%, and a small number have been restored to 100%.

Although our earnings have stabilized, this also suggests that most of our regular supporters are already contributing, which means growth has naturally slowed. As such, it may still take some time before we are able to operate at full capacity across the board.

Lastly, Mab has spoken with me regarding their less-than-ideal financial circumstances. When our budget allows, we will make it a priority to bring Ragweed Princess back as soon as possible.

That concludes this month’s digest. Thank you again for staying with us.

Happy New Year, everyone! How was your 2025? For Re:Library, it was… rough. Ad revenue sank to an all-time low, and to make matters worse, our payment processor got nuked in the final quarter of the year. Looking ahead, it is projected that ad revenues will continue to decline, making it painfully clear that ads are no longer a sustainable way to keep the site running. In anticipation of another difficult year, I’ve already cancelled our Cloudflare Pro plan.

But hey! Why let that stop us? Our goal for 2026 is to rebuild and rise back up. It’s literally in our name: “Re” stands for redo, rebuild, resurrect, and what have you! That’s literally what we’ll be doing.

Last November, we opened a Ko-fi page (https://ko-fi.com/relibrary) to rebuild our membership base, but some members weren’t too happy with Ko-fi since it only accepts PayPal. I needed to link Stripe to allow card payments, but Stripe doesn’t operate in my country, so I had to look for an alternative. The solution? Buy Me a Coffee. Yes, Buy Me a Coffee (BMC) is a separate platform from Ko-fi, and it allows card payments, so if you’d rather not check out with PayPal, BMC is another option you can choose. (Unfortunately, Buy Me a Coffee only do verification checks after the first payout request and has since deactivated our account.)

PayPal Checkout:

At the time of writing (pulls out the document and calculator), we’ve restored roughly 55–60% of our goal.

I initially used the goal tracker on the Ko-fi page itself, but I later realized it only tracked total donations rather than monthly subscriptions. As a result, it became inaccurate after the second month, once memberships started renewing. Because of that, I’m now tracking the goal manually.

Now that we have a clearer picture of the budget we’re working with, here’s the lineup of series making a comeback with regular releases:

Back at 100% capacity:
– Demon Sword Maiden: 2 free chapters weekly (10 early access chapters monthly), translated by Silva (basically working for free).
– Reborn as a Transcendent: 2 free chapters weekly (10 early access chapters monthly), translated by Silva (basically working for free).
– Twin Souls: 2 free chapters weekly (10 early access chapters monthly), translated by Silva (basically working for free).
– Dragon Princess: 2 free chapters weekly (10 early access chapters monthly), translated by Silva (basically working for free).
– Wolf Princess: 2 free chapters weekly (10 early access chapters monthly), translated by Mab.
– Two as One Princesses: 2 free chapters weekly (10 early access chapters monthly), translated by PunishedLyly.

Working at 50% capacity:
– Destiny Unchain Online: 1 free chapter weekly (5 early access chapters monthly), translated by Nomad.
– Pupil of the Wiseman: 1 free chapter weekly (5 early access chapters monthly), translated by Nomad.

Special mention:
– God’s Gofer: completely translated as of January 2026, translated by Jiro

Still on hold for now:
– Ragweed Princess
– Small Fry Character: Resuming at 50% capacity on February 2026.
– My Little Master
– Alchemist Startover: Resuming at 50% capacity on February 2026.
– Project Yuri

Active Translators:
– Silva: working at 300% capacity.
– Mab: working at 50% capacity.
– Nomad: working at 50% capacity.
– PunishedLyly: working at 100% capacity.
– Jiro: working at 25% capacity.

Translators on standby:
– Myuu: On hold until further notice.
– Mui: Resuming at 25% capacity on February 2026.

Sorry for taking so long to publish this. With so many things going on at once, I kept putting this off as it’s on the low priority list. But now that things have finally settled down somewhat, it is as good a time as any for these reference sheets I commissioned from Gil before this whole disaster to see the light of the day.

I present to you, the Mother of the Year series:

Artemis El Nino Regalis

• Mother of Lilith from Dragon Princess.

Fiiyanamia

• Adoptive Mother of Ainsel & Cielmer from Two-as-One Princesses.

I sure hope not! Apparently, a mass reporting of translator’s Patreon accounts have been going on for a while now. Many others, including Re:Library’s, have been affected. I’m sure everyone is just as confused when Re:Library’s Patreon pages suddenly disappeared.

This is a huge blow to us as we relied solely on the Patreon community to fund our projects. With our funding effectively frozen, we will have no way to pay the translators and continue providing quality translations to the masses. I suppose this is one of Re:Library’s biggest weaknesses, paying the translators a fixed rate per chapter also means we lose our only connection with them.

Some of the translators are empathetic and even offered to continue working without pay for a while, but I know a few of them, including myself, are struggling with money and relied on Re:Library’s pay to scrape a living, so I can’t in good conscience to keep asking them to work for me with no rewards, so sadly, for the time being, all translation work will be put on hold until we manage to rebuild everything that has been lost.

Meanwhile, I’ve set up a Ko-fi account with Promo Membership slots that offers a discounted rate. There are limited slots available, so quickly secure your slot before they run out! You can find our Ko-fi page here: https://ko-fi.com/relibrary

That said, I don’t see Ko-fi as a long term solution. With me living in a country that do not support PayPal or Stripe, I have to go through quite a huge loop to receive payments on PayPal, and setting up Stripe requires me to register a company in the United States through a third party.

We’re still in search of a more reliable payment processor that we can use, and eventually implement an on-site coin system for good measure. If anyone has a good suggestion on the types of payment processor we can use for our on-site implementation, please do share it with us, we deeply appreciate any kind of help we can get right now.

We’re also trying to accelerate the development of the new site with SirMetathyst so we can start figuring out our next steps soon, the new site probably won’t be anything fancy for now since we’re rushing, it’ll only have the bare minimum functionality available.

To keep up with any future updates, please do join our Discord server (https://discord.gg/re-library) and link your Discord account to Ko-fi, you will receive an exclusive membership role and get access to a private channel where we keep our paid members updated first on any changes going forward.

With that, I’ll end my announcements here. To be honest, I’ve been quite depressed the first 2 days this happened and have lost my appetite, I’ve even considered shutting down Re:Library for good, or even merging with other translation group. Naturally, I wouldn’t feel this depressed if I didn’t care about Re:Library, so I’m going to keep hanging on the thin thread. If you care about Re:Library as much as I do, now is the time to show your support, we need you now more than ever. Re:Library is a community-driven group and is filled with all sorts of amazing people, for we are stronger together, let’s show them that we will not go down so easily!

Thank you bearing with me and for taking your time to read this far. I bid you have a better day than I do.

Re:Library is old, about a decade old if you count the days before Project Gender Bender. The web design is basically ancient history compared to most modern webnovel sites, but never say an old dog can’t learn new tricks! Re:Library can still get FaNCy~!

I’ve been working on a few updates recently.

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#Password-Protected Chapters#

Previously, paid members got early access through Google Drive, which often drew readers away from the site. With the new system, new subscribers will now receive the passwords via Google Sheet to unlock early access directly on the site. This change should help drive more traffic back to Re:Library.

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#Font Resizer#

By request, we’ve added a font resizer to improve accessibility. Some readers, especially those with weaker eyesight, found the text too small, so now you can adjust the body text size to your preference.

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#Cloudflare security challenge#

Visiting our translation pages will now trigger a managed challenge from Cloudflare. Once you pass it, a bypass key will keep you verified for about a month before requiring renewal. This adds an extra layer of security to protect the site.

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#Caching improvements#

Separately, I’ve updated our caching rules. Thanks to these tweaks, the site should now load blazing fast for logged-out visitors.

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#Improved Index Pages#

Finally, I reworked the novel index on the Translations and Originals pages. The new fancy index makes it much easier to find series at a glance, complete with a built-in search function.

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#Chapter Listings Upgrade#

Last but not least, the chapter listings have been upgraded! No more looking enviously at other webnovel sites with sleek interfaces, we now have our own custom-built listing system. You can even sort chapters from newest to oldest (or vice versa). Convenient, right?

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#Discord widget#

We’ve had some complaints that many readers didn’t even know we had a Discord server, and that the Discord button was too small to notice. At first, I added the official Discord widget to the sidebar, but it turned out to be annoying, it displayed the member list and had an embedded scroll, which made it frustrating on mobile since you’d end up scrolling the widget instead of the page. So I reworked it into a more compact, streamlined version that’s mobile-friendly and easy to spot.

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#Feedback and Suggestions#

Re:Library is always striving to improve, and your input helps us more than anything. Whether it’s praise or criticism, we welcome all feedback. In fact, I personally prefer negative feedback, since it shows us exactly where we went wrong and what we can do better.

If you’d like to help us grow, please take a few minutes to fill out our feedback form below! Your honest thoughts will directly shape the future of Re:Library.