#but like they straight up do not attempt to translate the concept of an aniki. you just have to know what they mean by aniki
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yakuza drinking game- take a shot every time kiryu has a line that consists exclusively of:
the name of the person he's currently speaking to
nani?
sou ka...
omae.....
kuso....!
dou iu imi da?
kakatte koi!
#rambles#yakuza liveblogging#i know enough japanese to be dangerous and this whole series is proving to be an interesting case study in localization#its kind of fascinating seeing what they choose to take some liberties with for the sake of conveying meaning#vs the stuff they translate extremely literally or even don't translate at all#like they'll translate phrases like otsukaresamadesu and shitsureishimasu differently depending on the context#kuso and temee get translated to different swears/insults based on context as well#but like they straight up do not attempt to translate the concept of an aniki. you just have to know what they mean by aniki#which is a fair thing to ask of the audience imo given how often it comes up- you get more than enough context clues to get the idea#and it doesnt translate cleanly into english- 'big bro' doesnt have the same connotation#and 'bro' on its own doesnt carry the hierarchical information that 'aniki' does#but 'kyoudai' into 'sworn brother'/'bro' does get that concept across well enough so they do translate that#its neat! i find this stuff really interesting
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