diff --git a/gui/window.cpp b/gui/window.cpp
index 2c49b79..4ca27fe 100644
--- a/gui/window.cpp
+++ b/gui/window.cpp
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ void ClickButton(HWND hWnd, HWND h)
 //	return len;
 //}
 
-DWORD ThreadOutput(TextThread* thread, BYTE* out, DWORD len, DWORD new_line, bool space)
+DWORD ThreadOutput(TextThread* thread, BYTE* out, DWORD len, DWORD new_line)
 {
 	if (len == 0)
 		return len;
diff --git a/vnr/texthook/host/hookman.cc b/vnr/texthook/host/hookman.cc
index 9f48bd3..80c7706 100644
--- a/vnr/texthook/host/hookman.cc
+++ b/vnr/texthook/host/hookman.cc
@@ -286,10 +286,10 @@ void HookManager::UnRegisterProcess(DWORD pid)
 //  //swprintf(user_entry,L"UserHook%c",c);
 //}
 
-void HookManager::DispatchText(DWORD pid, const BYTE *text, DWORD hook, DWORD retn, DWORD spl, int len, bool space)
+void HookManager::DispatchText(DWORD pid, const BYTE *text, DWORD hook, DWORD retn, DWORD spl, int len)
 {
   // jichi 20/27/2013: When PID is zero, the text comes from console, which I don't need
-  if (!text || !pid || (len <= 0 && !space))
+  if (!text || !pid || len <= 0)
     return;
   HM_LOCK;
   //bool flag=false;
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ void HookManager::DispatchText(DWORD pid, const BYTE *text, DWORD hook, DWORD re
 		  create(it);
 	  }
   }
-  it->AddText(text, len, false, space);
+  it->AddText(text, len, false);
 }
 
 void HookManager::AddConsoleOutput(LPCWSTR text)
@@ -315,8 +315,8 @@ void HookManager::AddConsoleOutput(LPCWSTR text)
     int len = wcslen(text) * 2;
 	TextThread *console = threadTable[{0, -1UL, -1UL, -1UL}];
     //EnterCriticalSection(&hmcs);
-    console->AddText((BYTE*)text,len,false,true);
-    console->AddText((BYTE*)L"\r\n",4,false,true);
+    console->AddText((BYTE*)text,len,false);
+    console->AddText((BYTE*)L"\r\n",4,false);
     //LeaveCriticalSection(&hmcs);
   }
 }
diff --git a/vnr/texthook/host/hookman.h b/vnr/texthook/host/hookman.h
index d610e26..01c9057 100644
--- a/vnr/texthook/host/hookman.h
+++ b/vnr/texthook/host/hookman.h
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public:
   void AddConsoleOutput(LPCWSTR text);
 
   // jichi 10/27/2013: Add const; add space.
-  void DispatchText(DWORD pid, const BYTE *text, DWORD hook, DWORD retn, DWORD split, int len, bool space);
+  void DispatchText(DWORD pid, const BYTE *text, DWORD hook, DWORD retn, DWORD split, int len);
   void RemoveProcessContext(DWORD pid); // private
   void RemoveSingleHook(DWORD pid, DWORD addr);
   void RegisterProcess(DWORD pid, HANDLE hostPipe);
diff --git a/vnr/texthook/host/pipe.cc b/vnr/texthook/host/pipe.cc
index 8420eac..a11c19a 100644
--- a/vnr/texthook/host/pipe.cc
+++ b/vnr/texthook/host/pipe.cc
@@ -16,59 +16,6 @@
 
 #define DEBUG "vnrhost/pipe.cc"
 
-//DWORD WINAPI UpdateWindows(LPVOID lpThreadParameter);
-
-namespace
-{ // unnamed
-
-	// jichi 10/27/2013
-	// Check if text has leading space
-	enum { FILTER_LIMIT = 0x20 }; // The same as the orignal ITH filter. So, I don't have to check \u3000
-	//enum { FILTER_LIMIT = 0x19 };
-	inline bool HasLeadingSpace(const BYTE *text, int len)
-	{
-		return len == 1 ? *text <= FILTER_LIMIT : // 1 byte
-			*(WORD*)text <= FILTER_LIMIT; // 2 bytes
-	}
-
-	// jichi 9/28/2013: Skip leading garbage
-	// Note:
-	// - Modifying limit will break manual translation. The orignal one is 0x20
-	// - Eliminating 0x20 will break English-translated games
-	const BYTE* Filter(const BYTE *str, int len)
-	{
-#ifdef ITH_DISABLE_FILTER // jichi 9/28/2013: only for debugging purpose
-		return str;
-#endif
-		while (true)
-		{
-			if (len >= 2)
-			{
-				if (*(WORD*)str <= FILTER_LIMIT)
-				{ // jichi 10/27/2013: two bytes
-					str += 2;
-					len -= 2;
-				}
-				else
-				{
-					break;
-				}
-			}
-			else if (*str <= FILTER_LIMIT)
-			{ // jichi 10/27/2013: 1 byte
-				str++;
-				len--;
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-		return str;
-	}
-
-} // unnamed namespace
-
 CRITICAL_SECTION detachCs; // jichi 9/27/2013: also used in main
 //HANDLE hDetachEvent;
 extern HANDLE pipeExistsEvent;
@@ -153,14 +100,7 @@ DWORD WINAPI TextReceiver(LPVOID lpThreadParameter)
 
 			const BYTE *data = buffer + DATA_OFFSET; // th
 			int dataLength = bytesRead - DATA_OFFSET;
-			bool space = ::HasLeadingSpace(data, dataLength);
-			if (space)
-			{
-				const BYTE *it = ::Filter(data, dataLength);
-				dataLength -= it - data;
-				data = it;
-			}
-			man->DispatchText(processId, data, hook, retn, split, dataLength, space);
+			man->DispatchText(processId, data, hook, retn, split, dataLength);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/vnr/texthook/host/textthread.cc b/vnr/texthook/host/textthread.cc
index 4a930c0..f51525a 100644
--- a/vnr/texthook/host/textthread.cc
+++ b/vnr/texthook/host/textthread.cc
@@ -78,12 +78,12 @@ void TextThread::AddLineBreak()
     else
       AddToStore((BYTE *)"\r\n\r\n", 4);
     if (output)
-      output(this, 0, 8, TRUE, false); // jichi 10/27/2013: space is false
+      output(this, 0, 8, TRUE); // jichi 10/27/2013: space is false
     last_sentence = used;
     status &= ~BUFF_NEWLINE;
   }
 }
-void TextThread::AddText(const BYTE *con, int len, bool new_line, bool space)
+void TextThread::AddText(const BYTE *con, int len, bool new_line)
 {
 
   if (status & BUFF_NEWLINE)
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ void TextThread::AddText(const BYTE *con, int len, bool new_line, bool space)
   if (len <= 0) return;
   BYTE *data = const_cast<BYTE *>(con); // jichi 10/27/2013: TODO: Figure out where con is modified
   if (output)
-    len = output(this, data, len, new_line, space);
+    len = output(this, data, len, new_line);
   if (AddToStore(data, len)) {
     //sentence_length += len;
     /*ResetRepeatStatus();
diff --git a/vnr/texthook/host/textthread.h b/vnr/texthook/host/textthread.h
index 690cb7e..70f436d 100644
--- a/vnr/texthook/host/textthread.h
+++ b/vnr/texthook/host/textthread.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ struct ThreadParameter {
 class TextThread;
 typedef void (* ConsoleCallback)(LPCSTR text);
 typedef void (* ConsoleWCallback)(LPCWSTR text);
-typedef DWORD (* ThreadOutputFilterCallback)(TextThread *, BYTE *, DWORD, DWORD, bool space); // jichi 10/27/2013: Add space
+typedef DWORD (* ThreadOutputFilterCallback)(TextThread *, BYTE *, DWORD, DWORD);
 typedef DWORD (* ThreadEventCallback)(TextThread *);
 
 //extern DWORD split_time,repeat_count,global_filter,cyclic_remove;
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public:
   virtual void GetEntryString(LPSTR buffer, DWORD max);
 
   void Reset();
-  void AddText(const BYTE *con,int len, bool new_line, bool space); // jichi 10/27/2013: add const; remove console; add space
+  void AddText(const BYTE *con,int len, bool new_line); // jichi 10/27/2013: add const; remove console
   void AddLineBreak();
   void DispatchLastSentence();