#Kirby right back at ya

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and he's thinking again

[michiriii]

-pops them into mouth like gum drops-

[linaharutaka]

it's not a party it's an intimate get together!

[birdon14]

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OMG 4KIDS, WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL US THIS INFORMATION ABOUT KIT COSMOS!?!?!?

I SERIOUSLY HATE IT WHEN THE JAPANESE VERSION OF KIRBY GIVES US SOME LORE IMPORTANT MOMENTS, BUT 4KIDS IS LIKE “Screw that, let’s dumb down the writing and remove any important hints to the Star Warriors lore.”

BECAUSE THIS PIECE OF DIALOGUE FROM THE JAPANESE VERSION TELLS US A HINT ON HOW KIT WAS STRANDED IN THE FIRST PLACE:

ANOTHER THING I HATE IS THAT THE JAPANESE WRITING IS CLEARER, BUT 4KIDS THOUGHT IT WAS NECESSARY TO DUMB IT DOWN MISSING SOME PRETTY IMPORTANT PLOT POINTS:

LIKE THE JAPANESE VERSION GAVE US THIS:

BUT MY VERSION GOT THIS:

“Meta Knight saved Galaxia and the evil empire of eNeMeE no longer possessed the power to control the universe.”

WHY DID THEY HAVE TO DUMB THAT DOWN. THAT LINE WAS ALREADY PERFECT THE WAY IT WAS 😤

ANOTHER EXAMPLE COMES FROM AN EPISODE THAT I LOVE, BUT IS ALSO CONFUSING (no matter if you watched it dubbed or subbed). THE EPISODE I AM TALKING ABOUT IS MONSTER MANAGEMENT!!!

I feel like there are some weird plot holes in the episode like how Knuckle Joe had to send all of these mini monsters to wreak havoc into Cappy town causing lots of property damage, so he could summon the companies strongest monster, Masher. Or how Knuckle Joe literally almost killed his friend, Kirby so that he could team up with him (oh yeah and when Meta Knight was attacked by Masher).

BUT ANYWAYS THERE WAS A LINE THAT META KNIGHT SAID THAT SEMI-HELPED WITH THE PLOT.

He says this:

And even though I kinda like the 4KIDS version of this line, I still feel like they should’ve kept the Japanese version of it

This is what he says instead:

“Hmm, so you hunted down Masher, with a suit and tie!”

Of course they would replace a pretty important line with a very corny joke 🤦

ONE MORE EXAMPLE I WANT TO SHARE IS THAT IN THE EPISODE “HERE COMES THE SON” KNUCKLE JOE IS SELF AWARE OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF BATTLING KIRBY

WHEN HE TRANSFORMS INTO A MONSTER HE DOESN’T KNOW IF THIS IS EVEN HIMSELF AT THIS POINT AND REALIZING WHAT HE IS DOING IS WRONG

BUT FOR SOME REASON 4KIDS GOT RID OF KNUCKLE JOE’S SELF AWARENESS AND REPLACES THOSE LINES WITH “ILL SHOW THEM THAT I AINT A MONSTER” THIS AND “I DON’T WANT TO BE A MONSTER” THAT. I WISH THEY KEPT JOE’S SELF AWARENESS AND DEPTH IN THE 4KIDS DUB!!!!!!! 😤😤😤😤😤

DON’T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THE OST REPLACEMENT…

But yeah even though 4KIDS replaces many good things from the sub, this is still the version of the show that made me a Kirby anime fan. I do really like the voice acting (dubbed and subbed). I honestly can’t even decide which intro is better imo (well for outro it’s definitely subbed), they both are bops. At the end of the day 4KIDS is doing their job entertaining people during the 2000s and probably introducing a lot of people in the west into the franchise. I understand that the dub as aimed for more of a younger audience compared to the original sub. Maybe someday there will be a Kirby anime aimed for more of a mature audience and will express more of these themes on what made the sub so special, and I guess the dub for those who grew up watching the show.

I do want to watch the rest of the Japanese version of the show, even though there’s still some episodes I haven’t seen with subtitles (“Waddle while you work” and onward).

[lovehaleylo]

Comic expressing some of my Kirby universe headcanons (Part 1)

Part 2 Here

[memingursa]

*firebombs your dashboard*

[enigmaticspy]

Kirby kirby kirby

[grimmtells]

✦ He's got maximum pink !

I'm so back on my Kirby brainrot (don't know how clear that last one is, it's just kirbo trying to see under MK's mask)

[post-it-notes7]

he's got this

[cali-kabi]

~ last week I made these Miiverse yeah icons of the Kirby Characters ;w;💫

[mixing0]

Quick thing I whipped up for Bluesky.

[what-is-love-babey-dont-hurt-me]

Episode 19 - Here Comes Knuckle Joe! (Here Comes the Son) Episode 84 - Curio's Hidden Treasure? (Mumbies Madness)

My two submissions for the KRBAY Poster Collab!! It was such a blast and I had fun showing my spin on these episodes!

[caterpie]

Kirby: Right Back at Ya! (2001)

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Decided impulsively one day that I’d reanimate one of my favorite bits of dialogue from Kirby Right Back At Ya! ever.

Make sure to check me out on YouTube too! I’d really appreciate it <3: