#cook:からあげ

[vegehana-food]

✿ 悪魔の旨味塩からあげ

[straycatj]

こふく：通称こふ、こふちゃん、稀にこふたん、こふたろう、こふくさん、別名脅威の黒猫

2022年7月、約２ヶ月半で保護施設から引き取られた。脱肛しており長くないかもと言われていたが、無事改善しすくすく育つ。

Ｊさんに日々挑みかかる強気な幼少期を送るも実は怖がりで、たまのお客さんはおろかじいちゃんにすら挨拶したことがない内弁慶。

だっこを嫌い、呼べば逃げ、最近は何を考えているか分からない顔で床に落ちており、家主ですら意思疎通は困難。しかし朝家主が目覚めると枕シェアによる寄り添いサービスを行っており、一定の愛情はあるもよう。

米をこよなく愛し、炊きたてご飯や準備中の餅米をむしゃむしゃと食べる。また物理的に我が道を行くため多くの物を壊し、実はかなり家主に散財させている。

Kofuku: known as Kofu, Kofu-chan, rarely Kofutan, Kofutaro,or Kofuku-san, and the alias is the black menace

He was adopted from the animal shelter when he was around 2months and a half. Although it was said he might not live so long because he had the anal prolapse, now he has no problems and has gotten so big.

He had a violent childhood attacking Mr.J every day, but his nature is only a home tiger so he can't greet with not only her guests but grandpa yet.

He hates being hugged, runs away when she calls him, and falls on the floor with the face that doesn't know what he's thinking these days, so it's still impossible for landlady to communicate with him. She can feel his affection only by his staying beside service with sharing her pillow when she wakes up.

He loves rice SO much and eats cooked rice or prepared mochi rice. And he always goes his way physically,then broke a lot of things at home so he let her spend quite an extra money...

[noticiasarquelogicasjaponesas]

Sean bienvenidos a la última publicación del año hoy dia 31/12/2021 se come Toshikoshi soba, para despedir el año ¿Cuándo surgió ?y ¿por qué?. _ Ya durante el siglo V ya era bastante popular , se ha comido de formas distintas proviene del trigo sarraceno, se comía tal cual o se mezclaba con agua y luego se cocinaba lo más probable es que fuera introducido por china a través de Corea . - ¿Cómo se llamaba al plato popular del siglo V? soba-gaki y para beber soba-yu( este era más popular en el periodo edo para las enfermedades). El trigo sarraceno se hacía como unas albóndigas que después se comen hervidas, ¿Posible comida para ricos?. La soba como la conocemos data del periodo Edo hasta nuestros días siglo 16 año 1574 aproximadamente. - ¿Combinación con la temperatura? Se hizo popular por la misma época mencionada anteriormente, la soba tiene vitamina B1. - ¿Cocían este plato o su historia? espero que se lo pasen bien en la noche de nochevieja un cordial saludo. -

今日の最後の出版物へようこそ2021年12月31日大晦しそばが食べられて、今年に別れを告げます。それはいつ起こったのですか？そしてなぜですか？ すでにV世紀の間にそれはすでに非常に人気があり、それはさまざまな方法で食べられました、それはそばから来ます、それはそのまま食べられるか、水と混合されてから調理されました、それは韓国を通して中国によって導入された可能性が高いです。 5世紀の人気料理は何と呼ばれていましたか？ そばがきとそば湯を飲む（江戸時代は病気で人気がありました）。 そばはミートボールのように作られ、後で茹でて食べられます。 ご存知のそばは江戸時代から現在��16世紀、1574年頃までさかのぼります。 温度との組み合わせ？ 上記と同時期に人気を博し、そばにはビタミンB1が含まれています。 彼らはこの料理またはその歴史を調理しましたか？ 大晦日、心からのご挨拶をお楽しみください。 -

Welcome to the last publication of the year today 12/31/2021 Toshikoshi soba is eaten, to say goodbye to the year. When did it arise? And why ?. Already during the V century it was already quite popular, it has been eaten in different ways, it comes from buckwheat, it was eaten as it is or mixed with water and then cooked, it is most likely that it was introduced by China through Korea. What was the popular dish of the 5th century called? soba-gaki and to drink soba-yu (this was more popular in the Edo period for illnesses). Buckwheat was made like meatballs that are later eaten boiled. Possible food for the rich? Soba as we know it dates from the Edo period to the present day 16th century, approximately 1574. Combination with temperature? It became popular around the same time mentioned above, soba has vitamin B1. Did they cook this dish or its history? I hope you have a good time on New Years Eve, a cordial greeting.

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食材の多い料理店

The Restaurant of Many Ingredients (Much Meat)

全身白髪だらけだと

As he strokes his red crest,

赤いとさかを撫でながら

Fry Kitchen grumbles that he's covered

フライ・キッチンがぼやく

Head to toe in white hairs

石臼での粉挽きなど

This is the first time in his life

生まれて初めて　昔は

That he's ever ground flour with a stone mortar

そんな身分じゃなかった

This hadn't been his standing in life in the past

.

屍用人に身を落としても

Though he'd stooped to the position of undead servant

家畜の姿に変わっても

Though his form had changed to that of livestock

意外と気分は悪くない

It actually isn't all that bad

今になって気がついたのさ

It was now that he realized

机に積まれた札束など

That stacks of money piled up on a desk

何の意味も無かったんだと

Don't really mean anything

.

肉の焦げた匂いが漂う

The smell of charred meat wafts through the air

次は自分じゃない事を祈る

He prays that he isn't next

.

ずっとうんざりしてたのさ

He'd always been so bored and fed up

２３人の兄弟ども

So he finally bid farewell

ようやく別れを告げて

To his 23 siblings

ポーク・チョップは独立した

Pork Chop had set out on his own

嬉しい事のはずなのに

This should have been a happy thing

何故だか少し寂しい

But somehow it was a little lonesome

.

鼻を鳴らして野菜を切る

He cuts vegetables while snuffling and snorting

刃物の扱いは慣れたものさ

He's gotten used to holding a knife

何人も刻んできたから

Since he's chopped up countless people

希代の始末屋だったのに

He'd once been uncommonly stingy

今じゃのろまの従兄弟にさえも

But nowadays he can't even hold a candle

頭があがりゃしないのさ

To those blockhead cousins of his

.

熊の瞳がこっちを見ている

The bear's eyes are looking his way

獲物が自分じゃない事を祈る

He prays that he's not its prey

.

憧れのあの方にならば

Chateau Briand had declared that

食べられても構いませんわ

As long as it was by the one he admired

シャトー・ブリアンは言い切った

He wouldn't mind being eaten

あの日話しかけられなくて

He hadn't been able to speak to them that day

助ける事が出来なかった

And so couldn't save them

後悔は今も残る

His regrets linger even now

.

１６人目のコックになる

He'd become the 16th cook

決意して門をたたいたけど

Though he had mustered his will and applied for an apprenticeship

既に屋敷はもぬけの殻

The mansion was already an empty husk

今ではもうあの時とは

And now everything

全てが変わってしまったけど

Is different from the way things were then

変わらないものだってあるの

Yet there are some things that haven't changed

.

けだるげな赤猫をみかける

He spies a listless looking red cat

自分のお腹の肉をなでる

It pats the meat of his belly

.

たどたどしい手つきの料理

I wordlessly gaze upon

行う弟子たちの姿を

The sight of my pupils

俺は無言で眺める

Carrying out their clumsy cooking technique

昔のことなど忘れた

I've forgotten most of my past

それでもこの調理場には

Even so, this kitchen

懐かしい匂いがする

Has a scent that brings back memories

.

誰かと旅をし料理をする

To go traveling with someone, and make food with them,

それがかつて自分が望んだ

Wasn't that the life that I had once

生活だったのだろうか

Wished to have?

店をにぎわす異界の客

These guests from the parallel world bustling through the restaurant,

彼らのために用意された

I reach for the new ingredient

新たな食材を手に取る

That I've prepared for them

.

幸せの花は赤く綺麗で

The flower of happiness is a lovely red

メインディッシュのスパイスに最適

It'll be a perfect spice for the main dish

.

再び弟子たちに目をやる

Again he looks towards his apprentices

選ばなければならない

He'll have to select

メインディッシュの食材を

The main ingredient for the main dish

不足で困る事は無い

He isn't lacking in choice

ここはとても食材の多い

This is Mister Dog's restaurant

ミスター・ドッグの料理店

Of many ingredients

[exilepurify]

“Shut Up and Eat” yakiniku omake — original Japanese dialogue analysis and translation

The 3rd installment of the four-part yakiniku omake series in Mob Psycho 100 involves a bit of clever wordplay to make Mob’s slurring make sense, which means that the translation had to play around with the words a little bit to make it work in English. So, what did Mob actually say in Japanese?

I got the raws from the Manga One app in the Japanese iTunes app store.

I would like to preface this by saying that the most popular translated version, where Mob says the infamous “Shut up and eat” line, is the best translated version in my opinion, because Mob actually slurring that is a totally feasible thing. I’ll explain more about that in the translation notes below, but this version I translated isn’t reworked to match the syllables and make the slurring believable, but rather to try and represent the Japanese meaning.

Reigen: モブ。— Mob.

それもう焼けてるぞ。— It’s about to burn!

Mob: ………

Reigen: モブ… —Mob…

それもう焼けてるぞ。(二回目) — It’s about to burn. (A second time)

なぁ… — Hey…

Mob: このくらい…よく火を通した方が好きなんで。— It’s good like this. I like the heat to spread evenly throughout.

Reigen: 焼き過ぎだ。それだと肉本来の味が消えてしまう。—It’s cooking too much. It’s going to completely lose the original flavor.

Mob: いや、おいしいです。— No, it’s tasty.

Reigen: いや、それはベストのおいしさではない。— No, that’s not the best taste.

焼き過ぎな上にタレも付け過ぎだ。タレの味しかしないだろう。— It’s overcooked and you put too much sauce on top.

Mob: いや、おいしいです。— No, it’s tasty.

Reigen: また！それも焼き過ぎだぞ。— Again! That one’s also cooking too much.

ちょっと焦げてんじゃねーか。— It’s a bit scorched, isn’t it?

あ、ほらそっちの肉もあと4秒くらいで… — Ah, look—that piece of meat, in about four seconds…

「師匠は肉にうるさいなぁ…」と言おうとしたが、口に入れた肉が予想以上に熱くて舌が上手くまわらず… — “Shishou is picky about meat, huh…” is what Mob tried to say, but when he put the meat in his mouth, it was hotter than expected and his tongue couldn’t articulate well.

Mob: チッ… うるせぇな。— Tch… Shut the hell up.

Reigen: ………..

霊幻は静かに肉を焼いた。— Reigen cooked his meat in silence.

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Notes:

- Mob: このくらい…よく火を通した方が好きなんで。— It’s good like this. I like the heat to spread evenly throughout.

「このくらい…」　actually directly translates to “This much…” (in regards to how much he’s cooking the meat over the grill). It employs the Japanese technique of “only say half the sentence and let the rest be unspoken”, but that wouldn’t make a lot of sense in English and kind of sticks out translated strictly like that. So I just finished the sentence.

- Mob: チッ… うるせぇな。— Tch… Shut the hell up.

So, this whole thing is a joke about the many uses of the word 「うるさい」　(urusai). 「うるさい 」　can be used to mean “loud/noisy”, “annoying/bothersome”, “picky/fussy/particular”, and “shut up!” when shouted as an interjection. I’ve been in a class in Tokyo where we were all yelled at for talking by our professor, who kept saying 「うるさいだよ！」. In Mob’s originally-intended sentence—「師匠は肉にうるさいなぁ…」—he was using うるさい to mean “picky/fussy”, since Reigen truly would not relax and leave him alone over that meat. But because the meat burned his mouth, he ended up clicking his tongue and slurring 「うるせぇな。」　He dropped the “Shishou” and “about meat” parts entirely, his hurt tongue not moving fast enough and holding out an “e” vowel throughout the latter half of the word instead of raising up into an “ai” sound. This… makes the word very rude. And since all other parts of the sentence were dropped, it also makes it an interjection— a rude and harsh version of “Shut up!”, which I’ve chosen to represent by making Mob curse. (Turning rude conjugation forms into English cursing is a pretty common practice in Japanese translation, as they have more expressive conjugation forms than us and we have no other real way to express that inherent hostility/brashness.)

In the most popularized English translation of this scene, the translators did something very clever to make Mob’s slurring possible, since we don’t have “rude” verb forms in English. What Mob originally wanted to say was, “Shishou sure likes to talk about meat…”, which gets slurred into “Shut up and eat.” The syllables specifically from “shishou” and “about meat” can be slurred into something phonetically resembling “shut up and eat”. I think this is extremely clever and fantastic translation work.

Anyway. Reigen deserved that.

[utapri-translations-uuuu]

Ikkiuchi - Lyrics + Translation (一騎打ち)

English title: One-on-one combat / Duel

Translator's notes can be found at the end and are marked with an asterisk.

Please do not repost/retranslate without permission.

Kanji:

【Re】 ヨーホー！　ヨーホー！

誰もが恐れおののく　俺は海賊

このフックが調理してやろう

コックのように　フルコース

味わわせてみせよう　華麗な技を

【Ce】 イーハー！　イーハー！

誰よりも誇り高き　ボクは戦士

このタイガー・リリーが戦いの喜びを教えてあげる

戦場を制するルーラー(支配者)

戦いのルールはボクさ

【Re】 笑わせるな

お前はルーザー　俺はクローザー

お前の命を終わらせる者

【Ce】 生きるか死ぬか　覚悟はできたか？

命が短いのはどちらの方？

【Re】 生意気な若造　世間を知らない

口先ばかりで　恐怖も知らない

【Ce】 何を生き急ぐ？　驕り高ぶる大人よ

どうせ死にゆく定めなのに

【Re】 死なない人間などいない

時は誰しも平等で残酷なのさ

【Ce】 だからこそ譲れない

この身を賭した一撃は

【Re】 「やるな……」

【Ce】 「そちらこそ！」

【Re】 「さぁ、決着をつけよう！」

【Ce】 「望むところだ！」

【Re】 知らないがゆえに　壇上を舞う強さ

【Ce】 知っているゆえの　盤上の駆け引き

【Re・Ce】 讃えよ

重ね合う剣

【Re】花を散らして

【Ce】花を散らして

【Re・Ce】 海の藻屑となるがいい

Rōmaji:

【Re】 Yōhō! Yōhō!

Daremo ga osore ononoku ore wa kaizoku

Kono fukku ga chōri shite yarou

Kokku no yō ni furukōsu

Ajiwawa sete miseyou karei na waza o

【Ce】 Īhā! Īhā!

Dare yori mo hokori takaki boku wa senshi

Kono Taigā Rirī ga tatakai no yorokobi o oshieteageru

Senjō o seisuru rūrā

Tatakai no rūru wa boku sa

【Re】 Warawaseru na

Omae wa rūzā ore wa kurōzā

Omae no inochi o owaraseru mono

【Ce】 Ikiru ka shinu ka kakugo wa dekita ka?

Inochi ga mijikai no wa dochira no hou?

【Re】 Namaiki na wakazō seken o shiranai

Kuchisaki bakari de kyōfu mo shiranai

【Ce】 Nani o iki isogu? Ogori takaburu otona yo

Dōse shini yuku sadame na noni

【Re】 Shinanai ningen nado inai

Toki wa dare shimo byōdō de zankoku na no sa

【Ce】 Dakara koso yuzurenai

Kono mi o toshita ichigeki wa

【Re】 “Yaru na……”

【Ce】 “Sochira koso!”

【Re】 “Sā, ketchaku o tsukeyou!”

【Ce】 “Nozomu tokoro da!”

【Re】 Shiranai ga yue ni danjō o mau tsuyo-sa

【Ce】 Shitte iru yue no banjō no kakehiki

【Re・Ce】 Tataeyo kasaneau tsurugi

【Re】 Hana o chirashite

【Ce】 Hana o chirashite

【Re・Ce】 Umi no mokuzutonaru ga ī

Translation:

【Re】 Yo-ho! Yo-ho!　

I am a pirate that makes everyone shake from fear

With this hook of mine, I’ll cook

A full course like a chef

I’ll give you a taste of my brilliant technique

【Ce】 Yee-ha! Yee-ha!

I am a warrior, prouder than anyone else

This Tiger Lily will teach you the joys of battle

I am the ruler who controls the battlefield,

The one who makes the rules of the battle is me

【Re】 Don’t make me laugh

You’re the loser, I am the closer*

Who will end your life

【Ce】 Are you ready to live or die?

Which of us shall have the shorter life?

【Re】 You’re an impertinent young lad, ignorant of the ways of the world

You’re all talk and no bite, and you don’t know terror

【Ce】 What’s the hurry? You’re an arrogant adult

Even though you’re doomed to die anyway

【Re】 There’s no such thing as a human who will never die

Time is equal and cruel to all

【Ce】 That’s why I won’t give up

The single blow I’m risking my life for

【Re】 “Not bad…”

【Ce】 “I could say the same.”

【Re】 “Now, let’s settle this!”

【Ce】 “That’s what I want!”

【Re】 The strength to dance on the stage because of ignorance

【Ce】 The ability to use tactics on the board because you know them

【Re・Ce】 Praise be

To the overlapping swords

【Re】 Let us fight fiercely

【Ce】 Let us fight fiercely

【Re・Ce】 Until one of us dies at sea

Translator's notes:

(クローザー) Closer- “In baseball, a closing pitcher, more frequently referred to as a closer, is a relief pitcher who specializes in getting the final outs in a close game when his team is leading.” [Wikipedia]

[gomaan]

Chinese New Year Commemorative Greeting Video by Chinese Dubbing Voice Actors

Protagonist / Wonder:

Thank you for your help last year. Hello, everyone. I am Su Shanqing, the Chinese voice actor of Wonder, the main character of P5X. It's almost Chinese New Year. I would like to wish you a Happy New Year and all the best.

Ruferu / Cattle:

Ho-ho! I've been waiting for you. Good day to you all, leader of the Phantom Thieves. I am your guide to another world. ---- This is Hong Haitian, the Chinese voice actor of Rufel. It will soon be New Year's Day. I hope all the leaders can spend their days in good health and joy in the New Year. I look forward to seeing you again in the world of P5X. Then I will guide you then, ho-ho-ho!

Lee Yaoling / Rin:

"The sound of firecrackers heralds the end of the year, and the spring breeze brings warmth to the tussu wine." *This is a quote from the poem "New Year's Day" by Wang Anshi, a poet in the Song Dynasty. New Year's Day! New Year's Day!!! I can't wait to go home… Hmmm… I think Lee Yaoling actually thinks this too. Hello everyone, I am a fellow thief leader and a Chinese exchange student; Li Yaolin's Chinese voice actor, Xiao Lian Xiao! It's almost the New Year and I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of you "teachers" a very Happy New Year! Let's go home soon and see each other again. Eh? As to why he (Wonder?) is a teacher… Now let's wait for P5X to release the rest!

Motoha Arai / Closer:

(Stretching… ￣▽￣ What? "It's your turn"…? How are you doing lately? There may be some difficulties, but don't panic, let's stay positive! Hello, leaders of the Phantom Thieves! I am one of you leaders' fellow, I am Zhu Quecheng, the Chinese voice actress of Motoha Arai. A new year is about to begin. A red-hot, blazing, lively New Year is coming! I wish all the leaders happiness and laughter every day.

Shun Kanou / Soy:

Hey, is there anything you want to eat today? It's a special occasion, let me handle the cooking. Hello, thief leader. I am Liu Yuxuan, the Chinese voice actor of Shun Kanou. It's almost the Chinese New Year. I hope all of you leaders will eat well and sleep well to welcome the New Year. I am waiting to see you all in the world of P5X!

◆主人公（ワンダー） 【日本語訳】 昨年はお世話になりました。 こんにちは、みなさん。 私はP5Xの主人公ワンダーの中国語声優、スー・シャンチン（苏尚卿）です。 もうすぐ旧正月ですね。 新年あけましておめでとうございます、そしてご多幸をお祈り申し上げます。

【中国語の原文】 去年承蒙关照 Hello 各位好 我是P5X主人公Wonder的中文配音演员苏尚卿 临近农历新年 在此恭祝各位新年快乐,万事如意

◆ルフェル 【日本語訳】 ホホー！ずっと待っていたぞ。 皆の者御機嫌よう、怪盗団リーダー。（※プレイヤーの事） ワシはお前の異世界への案内人だ———— ルフェルの中国語声優の洪海天です。 もうすぐ元旦になりますね。 新年もリーダーの皆様が元気で楽しく毎日を過ごせることを願っています。 P5X の世界でまたお会いできることを楽しみにしています。 ではその時はワシが案内しよう、ホッホゥ！！

【中国語の原文】 嚯嚯,吾已经等你好久了 各位队长大家好 我是各位的异世界向导——— 路菲尔的中文声优洪海天 马上就到新年啦 希望各位队长新的一年健康、幸福、天天开心 期待我们早日在P5X的世界中相见哦 届时吾会指引你的,嚯嚯

◆李瑶铃（リー・ヤオリン） 【日本語訳】 「爆竹の音が年末を告げ、春風がトゥス酒に暖かさをもたらします」 ※宋の時代の詩人、王安石の詩「元日」の引用。 お正月～お正月～早く帰りたいですね… ふふふ、李瑶铃（リー・ヤオリン）も実はこう思ってそうですね。 みなさんこんにちは、 私は怪盗団リーダー皆さんの仲間の中国人留学生、 李瑶铃（リー・ヤオリン）の中国語声優の小连杀で～す！ もうすぐ新年ですね、この場を借りて「先生」の皆様のご多幸をお祈り申し上げます。 早く帰って、再会しましょう。 え? なぜ彼（ワンダーの事？）が教師なのかというと… あとはP5Xで公開されるのを待ちましょう！

【中国語の原文】 爆竹声中一岁除,春风送暖入屠苏 新年新年,好想回家啊…… 哈哈哈,这应该是李瑶铃的心里话吧 各位好 我是P5X中的各位队长的中国留学生朋友 李瑶铃的中文声优小连杀~ 新春将至,我借此机会祝愿各位“老师”们 早早回家,团团圆圆 嗯?至于为什么是老师呀…… 那就等着在P5X里再揭晓咯

◆新井素羽 【日本語訳】 (ストレッチ中… ￣▽￣ え？「あなたの番だよ」？ 最近調子はどう？ 大変なことがあるかもしれないけど慌てないで、前向きにいこう！ 怪盗団のリーダーたちこんにちは！私はリーダーたちの仲間、 新井素羽の中国語声優の朱雀橙です。 新しい年がもうすぐ始まりますね。 赤々と燃えるような賑やかな新年がやってきます！ 私は、すべてのリーダーが毎日幸せで、笑いが絶えないことを願っています。

【中国語の原文】 (伸懒腰中…… ￣▽￣ 嗯?是你啊……. 最近过得怎么样 遇到麻烦别苦恼,开心一点嘛 队长好!我是各位队长的队友、好兄弟 新井素羽的中文声优朱雀橙 新的一年马上就要到啦 在这红红火火的新春即将到来之际 我,在此祝愿各位队长天天开心,笑不离���

◆加納駿 【日本語訳】 ���あ、今日何か食べたいもんはあるか？ 特別な日だからな、料理なら俺に任せてくれ。 こんにちは、怪盗団のリーダー、私は加納駿の中国語声優の刘雨轩です。 もうすぐ春節ですね。 リーダーの皆さんには、よく食べてよく眠って新年を迎えていただきたいと思います。 P5Xの世界で皆さんにお会いできるのを待っています！

【中国語の原文】 哟,今天有没有什么想吃的 特别的日子嘛,反正没事,让我来下厨吧 Hello 队长好,我是加纳骏的中文声优刘雨轩 新春佳节即将到来 在此希望各位队长新年里吃的饱饱,睡的好好 我会在P5X的世界里等着和各位见面哦

[kkimura]

エッグスベネディクトといえば、ホテルの朝食やお洒落なカフェで頼むものであって、実際つくるのは大変そうって思われがちですよね。あの完璧なポーチドエッグやクリーミーに仕上げたソースに美しいプレゼンテーション。でもいくつかのポイントを押さえれば以外と簡単にしかもかなり安く作れちゃいます。特別な日のブランチに少々時間をかけて作ったら感動されること間違いなしです！

Eggs Benedict sounds a little intimidating to try making it at home…because of the fancy French sauce and perfectly cooked poached eggs but It’s not that difficult and totally worth making it for any special occasion or any brunch to impress people : )

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BNHA 387 Japanese to English Translation + Commentary

火叢は血が濃いんだ ひむらはちがこいんだ

= “Himura blood is thick.”

Tagline 1:

No.387 煮凝り

ナンバー387 にこごり

= No. 387 Nikogori

煮凝り (romaji: nikogori) is a traditional Japanese jellied broth made by boiling meat or fish bones, scales, heads, and tails to extract a savory nutrient-dense jelly that is then cooled and solidifies due to its high gelatin content. Other gelatins are sometimes added to the mix. After cooling and solidifying, the nikogori jelly is typically used to encase or accent other foods. Unagi nikogori, pictured below, is a dish of eel encased in fish gelatin, for example:

Nikogori is written using two kanji: 煮 (= “burn; boil; cook”) and 凝 (= “freeze; congeal”). In No.351, Touya mocks Shouto by comparing him to the jellied broth, making a pun of the kanji for nikogori and the kanji for Shouto’s name, both of which translate to “burn” + “freeze.” But Shouto doesn’t appear in this chapter, so who, if not him, does the title, Nikogori, refer to? Touya, the other fire + ice broth-er.

Tagline 2:

語るは…

かたるは…

= The speaker…

古くからの庄屋だった火叢は農地改革後も分家を増やす事で財とプライドをなんとか保ってきた ふるくからのしょうやだったひむらはのうちかいかくごもぶんけをふやすことでざいとプライドをなんとかたもってきた

= “The Himuras, who were village leaders in times of old, managed to preserve their fortune and pride even after [Japanese] agrarian reform by adding branch families.”

Here’s a very, very brief excerpt from a published journal article about the subject:

Japanese agrarian reform “gave land to the landless.” This monumental redistribution of land and associated resources came at a great cost to village heads, called “landlords” by the author, whose power and influence decreased significantly in the years that followed. The Himuras tackled the problems of ongoing land and monetary losses by increasing their numbers through the establishment of branch families (i.e., more members = more opportunities to accumulate wealth for the family and maintain some semblance of their former status).

Tagline 3:

超常解放戦線幹部

ちょうじょうかいほうせんせんかんぶ

= Paranormal Liberation Front Officer

Tagline 4:

外典　個性「氷操」

げてん　こせい「ひょうそう」

= Geten, Quirk: “Ice Manipulation”

でも超常が起きると共に加速度的に零落していった でもちょうじょうがおきるとともにかそくどてきにれいらくしていった

= “Nevertheless, the advent of the paranormal hastened their ruin.”

血が混ざるのを嫌ったんだ ちがまざるのをきらったんだ

= “They hated mixing blood.”

お家柄と…異形差別のコンボね　スピナーが聞いたらなんて言うかな おいえがらと…いぎょうさべつのコンボね　スピナーがきいたらなんていうかな

= “A combination of pedigree and… igyou* discrimination. What would Spinner say if he heard this?”

異形 (romaji: igyou) is the word commonly translated as “heteromorph,” and indeed, it can mean “atypical appearance; atypicality; heteromorphy.” There are two potential hiragana forms for 異形. The first, いぎょう, corresponds to the dictionary meaning “fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking” and is the word used by everyone in-series to refer to this class of people.

The second, いけい, corresponds to the dictionary meaning “atypical appearance; atypicality; heteromorphy.” Characters like Spinner and Shouji belong to a class of people literally called “grotesque [people].” Caleb’s choice to translate igyou as “heteromorph” understates the violence and prejudice built into the word itself. Functionally, igyou is a racial slur that stereotypes an entire subpopulation as socially undesirable, untrustworthy, and criminal, even monstrous. But if we are to believe that Mr. Compress cares about Spinner as his friend, why does he use it? Because, as Spinner notes in No.220, no one can agree on an alternative word that isn’t offensive.

Tagline 5:

Mr.コンプレス ミスターコンプレス

= Mr. Compress

結果分家…遠縁同士での結婚が相次いだ けっかぶんけ…とおえんどうしでのけっこんがあいついだ

= “As a consequence of [these] branch families… marriages among distant relatives occurred one after another.”

血が濃いってそういう… ちがこいってそういう…

= “That’s what you meant by thick blood…”

自らを閉塞環境に置き火叢家は縮小の一途を辿り みずからをへいそくかんきょうにおきひむらけはしゅくしょうのいっとをたどり

= “By placing themselves in a closed [genetic] environment, the Himura family continued to shrink,”

とうとう本家が身売りを始めたことで事実上の終焉を迎えた とうとうほんけがみうりをはじめたことでじじつじょうのしゅうえんをむかえた

= “and when eventually the main family began to sell themselves [into marriages with members of other prestigious families], it came to a de facto end.”

残りの僅かな氏族も離散し のこりのわずかなしぞくもりさんし

= “The few remaining families are scattered.”

その中の一つだった僕は最高指導者に拾われた そのなかのひとつだったぼくはリ・デストロにひろわれた

= “I was one of them and was picked up / taken in by Re-Destro (read as: the Supreme Leader).”

異能は世代を経るごとにより複雑に深化していく いのうはせだいをへるごとによりふくざつにしんかしていく

= “As meta abilities pass through generations, they deepen in complexity.”

In other words, Quirks have grown more complicated and therefore more difficult to understand and manage with each successive generation. Quirk Singularity is real, BUT NOT EVERYONE EXISTS AT A SINGULARITY. ALL QUIRKS ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL. THE POINT OF QUIRK MARRIAGES WAS TO COMBINE POWERFUL QUIRKS TO EXPEDITE THE SPEED WITH WHICH A PERSON WOULD ACHIEVE A SINGULARITY, TIPPING THE BALANCE OF POWER IN FAVOR OF THOSE WITH THE STRONGEST QUIRKS. EVEN AMONG CLOSE BLOOD RELATIVES, SOME MEMBERS WILL HAVE INHERITED DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS OF GENES PRODUCING DIVERSE RESULTS. IT IS POSSIBLE FOR ONE MEMBER OF A FAMILY TO HAVE REACHED SINGULARITY AND ANOTHER NOT. FUYUMI AND NATSUO ARE NOT SHOUTO, AND SHOUTO IS NOT TOUYA. QUIRK SINGULARITY IS NOT A “GOOD” OR BENEFICIAL THING. AT THAT POINT, A QUIRK BECOMES UNCONTROLLABLE, HIGHLY VOLATILE, AND DANGEROUS TO ITS USER. THE PERSON IS BEING DRAGGED BY THE QUIRK. THEY DO NOT HAVE A QUIRK; A QUIRK HAS THEM.

濃く深く堆積した因子には本人すら知覚し得ない力が眠っているかもしれない こくふかくたいせきしたからだにはほんにんすらちかくしえないちからがねむっているかもしれない

= “In thickly and deeply layered bodies (read as: [Quirk] factors) may lie latent abilities / power even the person themselves is unaware of.”

だが人は心を置き去りにしたままだ だがひとはこころをおきざりにしたままだ

= “But people still just abandon their hearts.”

The word commonly translated as “Quirk” is kosei, meaning “individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic.” By definition, then, Quirks are more than cool special features some people “have” and some people “don’t have.” They’re an expression of the self, a peek into who a person is, their “heart” or “nature.” The Quirk reflects the person as much as the person reflects the Quirk. To deny one’s Quirk is to deny one’s self. To reject the Quirk is to reject the person. Under this definition, and if we think of Quirks as windows into the soul, so-called “Quirkless” people also have a Quirk: being “Quirkless.” If Quirks are manifestations of a person’s individuality or personality, then Quirkless people would be characterized by a weak or nonexistent sense of self (and subsequently, an underdeveloped sense of self-preservation and exaggerated tendency toward self-sacrifice). 

明日…何が変わるだろう あす…なにがかわるだろう

= “Tomorrow… I wonder what [tomorrow] will bring.”

変わる (romaji: kawaru) is a verb meaning “to change; to be transformed; to be altered; to vary (e.g., the weather may be changeable, prone to sudden dramatic shifts).”

Geten assumes the world will be changed by the war and is wondering how it will be different.

さァ次はおまえだ さァつぎはおまえだ

= “Well, next is you.”

警察・ヒーローと何を話してた？ けいさつ・ヒーローとなにをはなしてた？

= “What were you talking about with the police and Heroes?” 

何でもいい聞かせろこの戦いが終わるまでの暇つぶしに なんでもいいきかせろこのたたかいがおわるまでのひまつぶしに

= “Let me hear anything to kill time until this war comes to an end” or “Anything [you want to tell me] is fine [by me] to kill time until this war comes to an end.”

Geten is anxious about the outcome of the war. He is requesting that Atsuhiro help him fill the silence. Any words will do. All that matters is that he is not left alone with his thoughts.

群訝山荘跡より約800m

ぐんがさんそうあとよりやく800メートル

= Approximately 800 [Meters] from the Gunga Mountain Villa Ruins

ハア

Note: This is an onomatopoeia for the sound of heavy panting/breathing. You’ll notice it repeated several times on this panel. Enji is exhausted and struggling.

爆発… だと…⁉︎ ばくはつ… だと…⁉︎

= “Explosion…!?”

This has no real bearing on the translation, but I do want to address it since my translation of this line differs slightly from Pikahlua’s (“An explosion… you say…!?”) and some may wonder why. だと (romaji: dato) is formed by the copula da and the quoting particle to. It expresses surprise or disbelief at something someone has said. Here, Enji is quoting something he has heard (i.e., that any time now Touya will explode, killing them all) and expressing his incredulity at the news. Dato is commonly translated in English as “you say,” but it might also be conveyed simply by the inclusion of an interrobang, that is, the exclamation point + question mark combination at the end of a sentence. Maybe it’s because I write fiction from time to time, but when I am translating, I read the text out loud to hear how it sounds. Sometimes a line sounds better in one language than it does another. To my ears, “explosion… you say…!?” sounds kind of weird and unnatural. How often do you hear a native English speaker speak like that? And yet, native English speakers express surprise or disbelief at something they’ve heard all the time. So, I opted to let the interrobang do the talking. The meaning of the sentence isn’t affected by whether the translator decides to translate dato directly into written form (i.e., “you say”) or not. Context and interrobang are enough on their own to convey that the speaker is shocked by something they have been told.

ハア

Note: This is an onomatopoeia for the sound of heavy panting/breathing. You’ll notice it repeated several times on this panel. Enji is exhausted and struggling.

避難ブロックだけじゃない… ひなんブロックだけじゃない…

= It won’t just be the evacuation blocks…

今トガの増殖を抑えてるピクシーボブたちもーーー‼︎ いまトガのぞうしょくをおさえてるピクシーボブたちもーーー‼︎

= Pixiebob and the others currently suppressing Toga’s proliferation———!!

いかん…AFO戦のダメージが脚に来ている…！ いかん…オール・フォー・ワンせんのダメージがあしにきている…！

= This is bad… The damage from the AFO battle is spreading to my legs…!

Notice how Enji’s body is drawn: with his right side emphasized (toward us), calling attention to his amputated arm and gouged side. If you recall from No.354, Endeavor sustained a nasty injury not unlike the one that ended All Might’s Hero career. It is the reason All Might regularly coughs blood. These critical injuries are definite parallels, with Endeavor’s injury being to his right side and All Might’s to his left. Mirrors. This is not the first time the two rival Heroes have mirrored one another. During his career-defining encounter with the High-End Noumu called Hood, Endeavor raised his right fist to signal his triumph over his opponent, recreating All Might’s iconic victory pose but with the opposite arm. Unlike All Might, however, Enji also lost his right arm in his fight against AFO and was forced to cauterize his wounds closed, potentially further damaging internal structures and tissues, or else bleed to death on the battlefield. Cauterizing an injury might buy a person time getting to a hospital, but it does not solve the problem of significant blood loss due to amputation and/or maiming, nor does it mitigate the risk of infection leading to the development of sepsis and multiple organ failure. I know, I know. BNHA is a work of fiction and fiction is seldom an accurate representation of reality, but it is worth bearing in mind that Toshinori continues to suffer medically due to his years-old injuries. His survival came at a steep cost, a cost paid by the losses of his career, health, and quality of life. Assuming Endeavor survives the war, he will likely have similar issues.

That Endeavor’s lower half is now being affected by AFO’s mutilation of his upper half suggests that more is going on internally than is apparent. It’s worse than it looks.

これ以上燈矢を誘導して遠くへ向かうには———… これいじょうとうやをゆうどうしてとおくへむかうには———…

= [I don’t think I can] lead Touya any farther away———...

あっ

= “AH”

お

= “OH”

おどおさん

= “DAAAD,”

見で みで

= “LOOK.”

見でええ みでええ

= “WAAATCH [ME].”

Let’s talk about how Touya is speaking, because it is indicative of his collapsing mental state. The first thing Touya says is お父さん (romaji: otousan), meaning “father; dad.” This is the most common and most respectful way for Japanese children to address their fathers, but Touya slightly mispronounces it, softening the harder “t” sound into a rounder “d.” Otousan becomes odousan. He also elongates the “o” sound that forms the middle of the word. So, otousan becomes odouusan. In English, Touya is just saying “dad,” but in Japanese, there is a subtle pronunciation difference that deviates from Touya’s norm, clueing us in that something is wrong.

見て (romaji: mite) is the te-form of the verb 見る (romaji: miru), meaning “to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe.” It can also mean “to look after; to attend to; to take care of; to keep an eye on.” This word and the concept of seeing or watching plays a pivotal role in the Todoroki subplot, particularly in relation to Touya, Enji, and Rei’s characters, with Touya begging to be seen, Enji and Rei admitting to not seeing him, and Endeavor asking the frightened civilians (and Shouto) to watch him. Something I don’t see discussed enough is the nuance of this word. Yes, it means “to see; to look; to watch” and is usually translated as such, but it can also mean “to look after; to attend to; to take care of (e.g., in a medical or caretaking sense, the way a doctor or nurse does a patient or a good parent does a child).” It is a gross oversimplification of Touya’s character to say he is just “throwing the tantrum of a lifetime because Daddy and Mommy didn’t look at him enough / pay him enough attention.” Touya is asking for more than to be acknowledged. He is asking to be taken care of, to be loved and sympathized with and understood and held and protected in exactly the way every child needs and deserves. “SEE ME. CARE FOR ME.” People need people. Children need their parents. I say this as the oldest sibling who did my damndest to “raise” and shield my younger siblings from the chaos and dysfunction of our household: Siblings are not enough, can never be enough, and can never replace the unconditional love and support of a warm, emotionally attuned parent. Neither can friends or found family. Relationships come in many forms. Love comes in many forms. Healing comes in many forms. But at his core, Touya is still that wounded little boy abandoned and forgotten by his father and mother who needed them desperately and cried out for a decade before self-immolating on Sekoto Peak for anyone to help him because his best childhood efforts to help himself weren’t enough to stop his downward spiral. His every bid for connection fell on deaf ears because his father and mother BOTH lacked the emotional maturity, psychological wellness, knowledge, and skills to support him, and his siblings were children themselves, unable to meet his needs or their own.

Regardless of how we might feel about them as parents (if you are familiar with my posts, you know I have LOTS of strong feelings about that), it is important to recognize that Enji and Rei were themselves wounded children who grew up to be wounded adults who were not supported to become the best versions of themselves. Their chances of raising happy, healthy, well-adjusted children without first doing the work to become happy, healthy, well-adjusted individuals were slim to none. Touya is unique in that he is the only Todoroki sibling not shown to form part of a protective pair during his time in the house. Playing with your siblings is not the same thing as being supported by them. When Touya cried, he cried alone without anyone to comfort him. When Touya burned, he burned alone. When Enji was terrorizing Rei or Shouto, Fuyumi and Natsuo held one another while Rei and Shouto moved to defend and console the other. Where was Touya? We don’t know. He was literally not pictured, an artistic choice designed to render him as invisible to us, the reader, as he was to his family. What we can be certain of is that wherever Touya was, he was crying… and burning. Everyone in the family suffered. Touya suffered differently. He is both a product and a reflection of his parents’ personal failures. Enji has attempted to carry the burden of accountability for Touya’s outcome entirely on his shoulders, as if he alone was the “problem” and the “solution,” but there is one other person who shares that responsibility, and it’s not Shouto. It’s Rei, Rei who is Touya’s mother, his other parent. She, too, failed to nurture, protect, and care for her children, and Touya died and became Dabi as a result of her (and Enji’s!) inadequacies. In No.302, Rei said that everyone in the family would have to “take responsibility for what happened and what happens next,” but she was wrong and shifting blame. It is Rei and Enji who must take responsibility, because it is they who were responsible for Touya, not Fuyumi or Natsuo or Shouto. Hopefully, we’re moving toward them actually doing that. Hopefully.

Circling back to the translation, Touya means to say “miTe.” What he actually says is “miDe.” This is someone who chooses his words carefully and speaks with intention, so it is absolutely cause for concern that he is mispronouncing common words.

Before we move on to the next panel, I want to point something out that would be easy to miss if you’re the kind of person who skims the pages without taking the time to reeeeaaaallllyyyy look at the illustrations.

Take a good, long, hard look at Touya’s right arm, the one he’s swinging toward Endeavor. It is literally shattering into pieces as it swings forward. During the post-death cremation process, after which Dabi is named, the body is reduced to its essential elements via exposure to open flame, intense heat (1400-2000°F), and evaporation. The tissues, organs, and fat of the body are destroyed. This is known as primary combustion. During secondary combustion, the inorganic particles that remain after primary combustion, which consist mainly of carbon dioxide and water vapor, discharge, leaving behind bone fragments that are then pulverized into “ashes,” at least in the West. In the East, these pieces of bone are collected and placed in a funerary urn for burial, which may happen immediately or some time after the cremation ceremony (Dabi). Touya is cremating while still alive. Charred pieces of tissue and bone are being thrown from his body with every move. This is not new. This is not something Endeavor, who, for all his running, has yet to attack Touya, did. This is something that was happening from the moment Touya found himself warped to the Kamino Ward with Shouto instead of Endeavor and that Shouto sped along, whether he intended to or not, by repeatedly attacking Touya. If you go back to those chapters, you’ll notice black flecks of burnt skin and other tissues being blasted off of Touya’s body every time Shouto strikes and light peeking through the tiny holes forming in his body. Phosphor was specifically created to protect Shouto (and other Heroes) from Touya’s flames by holding Shouto’s internal temperature steady and neutralizing Touya’s incredible heat, rendering him powerless to defend himself and/or harm others. Every second Touya spent with Shouto pushed him closer to death.

Let’s quickly talk about names and the implications of them. The kanji for Touya’s name are 燈矢, meaning “light; lamp; lantern; candlelight” and “arrow,” respectively. The accompanying hiragana, which tell us how to pronounce the name, are とう (romaji: tou) and や (romaji: ya). These hiragana can also mean “training; education; cultivation,” which is fitting because one of Touya’s defining attributes is his awesome work ethic and commitment to continuous self-improvement. The impression of the name is of something on the climb, soaring high above the clouds, which is also fitting as this is exactly what Enji hoped and believed Touya would do. If you are familiar with the kanji for Shouto’s name, you know they translate to “burn” + “freeze.” Clearly, he was named for his Quirk. For Enji, Touya was person before Quirk, his son; Shouto was Quirk before person, his masterpiece and means to an end. But what of the hiragana for Shouto’s name? These are しょう (romaji: shou), also the hiragana associated with the kanji (= 賞) for “prize; award,” and と (romaji: to). This combination of hiragana bears a striking resemblance to the hiragana for 消灯 / しょうとう (romaji: shoutou), meaning “to put out the light; to turn off the lights.” If Touya = “light,” then Shouto = one who does away with the “light.” As sad as it is and as disturbing as it might be, Shouto’s birth all but guaranteed Touya would die.

こんなのできるよぉになったんだぜ！

= “I’ve become able to do something like this!” or “I can do this now!”

炎を止めろ燈矢…‼︎ ほのおをとめろとうや…‼︎

= “Stop the flames, Touya…!!”

He can’t, couldn’t if he wanted to. Touya’s Quirk is tied to his emotions. The more panicked he is, the more frenzied his attacks will be. Look how chaotic his movements are. He’s losing his shit.

見でええ みでええ

= “WAAATCH [ME].”

…死なせたくない…！ …しなせたくない…！

= “... I don’t want you to die…!”

なづぐん

= “NATSU-KUN,”

This is also mispronounced. He means “Natsu-kun,” but he says “Nadzu-gun.”

あぞぼお…おお⁉︎

= “LET’S PLAYY…YY!?”

もう…意識が…！ もう…いしきが…！

= [His] consciousness… is already…!

This is Enji realizing that it’s too late for Touya. Once again Enji kept Touya waiting and missed every opportunity (and there have been many) to reach (and “save”) him, allowing himself to be persuaded to entrust Touya to someone else (= Shouto), just like he did when Touya was a child, because it benefitted everyone else more for Touya to be dead last on the Number One Hero’s list of priorities than first. More than anyone, Touya needed his father. More than anyone, Touya hoped his father would come through for him. More than anyone, Touya believed his father would. And more than anyone, Touya’s father has devastated him and taught him again and again that he does not matter. His pain does not matter. His life does not matter. And his (second) death will not matter (just like his first didn’t).

…俺が灼ける程の熱で …おれがやけるほどのねつで

= … [This] heat is enough to burn [even] me.

The word used here for “heat,” netsu, can also mean “zeal; passion; enthusiasm.” 

Let’s put netsu in the context of Touya’s Quirk. Enji said about Touya that he was born with talent and firepower greater than his own. We know from No.301-302 and from No.267 that the strength and intensity of Touya’s flames is influenced by his emotional state. If Enji’s zeal, passion, and enthusiasm [to become superhuman and prove it to himself by surpassing All Might, a “real superhuman”] burned hot enough to blind him to how his family was being impacted, Touya’s burns even hotter. The more desperate Touya becomes, the more destructive his fire will be. His emotions dictate his Quirk, and his Quirk dictates his behavior. Touya does not “possess” a Quirk in the traditional sense, like Uraraka or Kirishima or Mineta do. A Quirk possesses him.

何でここまで…保ってこられた なんでここまで…たもってこられた

= How has he… endured [the heat and not died] up to this point?

燈矢…‼︎ とうや…‼︎

= Touya…!!

おまえは———

= You———

死地での危機感 しちでのききかん

= [A person’s] sense of impending crisis [in the face of] almost certain death.

臨死の経験が"個性"を覚醒させる事がある りんしのけいけんが"こせい"をかくせいさせることがある

= There have been cases of Quirks being awakened by near-death experiences.

その一方で人には「火事場の馬鹿力」というものがあり… そのいっぽうでひとには「かじばのばかちから」というものがあり…

= On the other hand, people [have been known to] have something like ‘hysterical strength at the scene of a fire.’

馬鹿力 (romaji: bakajikara) literally translates to “stupid strength.” Several online dictionaries return these additional definitions: “hysterical strength; animal strength; great physical power.” However it is translated, bakajikara refers to the superhuman strength, speed, agility, and endurance that a person might experience under extreme physiological stress to help carry them through a high stakes event, such as being trapped in a burning building or fighting off an assailant. Recently I read a news article (and watched a video) about a family whose apartment caught on fire with the mother and children inside. Neighbors and passersby called for the mother to jump from the balcony with the small child she was carrying in her arms, but again and again she ran back through the flames to retrieve her other children. After dropping the second child to the safety of the civilians down below, she was on fire and dying, but she braved the flames one more time to save her third and final child. Then she dropped dead on the balcony. Her injuries were so horrific, she could not even be visually identified as a biological female. Had it not been for her children clarifying that they were home alone with their mother when the fire started, the police would not have known who she was. But how did she do it? How did she keep moving long enough to save her children, even as she was burning beyond recognition? Love… and “stupid strength.”

それは覚醒とは違い それはかくせいとはちがい

= That’s different from an awakening.

死に瀕した時のみ顕現する力 しにひんしたときのみけんげんするちから

= [A] power / ability that manifests only when [a person is] on the brink of death.

ああ…

= “Yes…”

あああ！

= “I get it!”

冷の れいの

= Rei’s

"個性"…‼︎ "こせい"…‼︎

= Quirk…!!

勝って燈矢を見続ける！ かってとうやをみつづける！

= [I will] win and keep seeing / watching Touya!

This is a flashback to No.357 when Endeavor set his intention to defeat AFO and continuously see / look after Touya. It sounds to me like he was hoping to win to save and save to win.

全部俺の責任だ ぜんぶおれのせきにんだ

= “This is all my fault.”

全部背負って償いに生きねばと思っていた ぜんぶせおってつぐないにいきねばとおもっていた

= “I thought [that I had] to bear the burden of responsibility for everything and live to make amends.”

でもおまえはずっと俺を見続けてたんだもんな… でもおまえはずっとおれをみつづけてたんだもんな…

= “But all along you kept watching me, even though…”

おまえを見てやれなかった…… おまえをみてやれなかった……

= “I couldn’t see you……” or “I couldn’t look at you……”

It’s not that Enji didn’t know Touya was suffering. It’s that he didn’t want to know it, because the knowledge that his actions had destroyed his son’s mental health was overwhelming and terrifying and made him feel weak and powerless to do anything but play out the same tired routine day after day to make Touya’s—and his late father’s—destruction mean something. That feeling of powerlessness [probably, almost certainly] reminded him of being a kid helpless to save his father and determined to never feel that way again, so he ran. It was easier to bury his head in the sand and pretend not to see the damage he had done to the person who trusted, believed in, loved, and needed him most. I wouldn’t be surprised if Enji’s relationship with Touya prior to his “death” by fire mirrored his relationship with his own father, another flame-user who also tragically perished in a fire. I especially wouldn’t be surprised if that is the case because that dynamic seems to be implied to be generational in No.356.

But Enji isn’t the only one who turned a blind eye to Touya’s despair. Touya was falling apart emotionally and physically, so Rei abandoned him and the others and attached herself to Shouto, Shouto who never held her accountable for her part in the family dysfunction and still showed promise, promise that ensured Enji would continue financially supporting her and the Himuras so they didn’t have to adapt to the modern era that didn’t reward them for no other reason than that they were Himuras by—I don’t know—getting a job like everyone else who can’t get by on a name alone. Fuyumi coped with her traumatic home life by becoming a person who sweeps problems under the rug, pretends they don’t exist, and implicitly shames others (e.g., Natsuo, Shouto) for not doing the same and “letting bygones be bygones.” The Todorokis, namely Enji, Rei, and Fuyumi, collectively chose to avert their eyes and deny, deny, deny. Natsuo isn’t totally blameless either. In No.302, Natsuo, now an adult and student in the mental health field, remarks that he should have “punched [Enji] and confronted Touya,” a loaded, victim-blaming comment that all but confirms he believes Touya (but not Rei?) also was at fault for the family’s problems. This is not at all uncommon in abusive households, but it is problematic in that it attributes blame as much or more to victims than to perpetrators. And yes, I realize that Rei, too, was a victim and yet I am assigning culpability for her children’s adverse childhood experiences both to her and to Enji, the (primary) perpetrator. The difference is that Rei was an adult, while the children were minors incapable of advocating for themselves or seeking help from external sources. They were dependents forced by age, developmental stage, and a lack of financial resources to rely on adults to meet their needs. Ultimately, Rei, not unlike Enji, was an adult with a responsibility to her children that she failed to uphold.

おまえにも償わなきゃいけなかったんだ おまえにもつぐなわなきゃいけなかったんだ

= “I needed to atone to you as well.”

No shit? Why is this being treated like some kind of revelation? Wasn’t Enji trying in some small way to do right by Touya by doing right by Izuku, who reminded him of Touya? Wasn’t Enji’s “I will win and continue watching Touya” line a sign that he understood he needed to atone to Touya and how? What are we doing, Horikoshi? It feels like we’re taking one step forward and two steps back.

同じ夢を見る俺だけがいない家族の夢 おなじゆめをみるおれだけがいないかぞくのゆめ

= I dream the same dream of my family, but without me.

You might remember this line from No.249, where it or a variation of it appears twice, once at the beginning of the chapter and once at the end of the chapter. Here both scenes are, translated from Japanese into English for your convenience:

最近同じ夢を見る

= Recently [I] have the same dream.

妻と子らが幸せそうに食卓を囲んでいる

= My wife and children sit happily around the dining table.

そこに俺はいつもいない

= I’m never there [with them].

自分が家の為に今更何ができるのか

= What can I do [at this late stage, when it is already much too late] for the sake of my family?

最近同じ夢を見る

= Recently [I] have the same dream.

おまえもそこにいてほしかった燈矢

= [I] wish you were there too, Touya.

(That concludes our visit to the past. Let's jump back into the translation for No.387!)

…一人で逝かせはしない…だがもう誰も…！

…ひとりでいかせはしない…だがもう誰も…！

= “... I won’t let you die alone… but no one else…!”

巻き込ませはしない まきこませはしない

= “[We] won’t involve [anyone else]!”

Enji’s plea for Touya to not “involve” anyone else echoes Shouto’s call for the same in No.351-352 (except Shouto added “take it all out on us,” with “us” referring either to the Heroes or to the Todoroki family as a whole). Whether Shouto meant for Touya to direct his anger at the Heroes or at the Todoroki family in its entirety, he did NOT intend to be the only one on the receiving end of it. Shouto intended to limit the damage to himself and some others. Enji intends to limit the damage to just Touya and himself.

地上の移動では間に合わない ちじょうのいどうではまにあわない

= [They] won’t [be able to] evacuate [the area] above ground in time.

This might also be translated as “[I] won’t [be able to] cover enough ground in time,” as in Touya will explode before Enji can put sufficient distance between the two of them and everyone else to minimize the impact of the blast. He knows Touya is dying and plans to die with him as his father, but as a Hero (and the Number One Hero no less) he is still trying to save lives.

Note: The skin of Touya's chest and shoulders are breaking off. His body now resembles cracked earth disturbed by an underground volcanic eruption.

燈矢　おまえの火力も借りて空に——— とうや　おまえのかりょくもかりてそらに———

= Touya, [I am] borrowing your firepower to [launch us] into the sky———

待て…待ってくれ…！ まて…まってくれ…！

= Wait… please wait…!

もう少しだけ———！ もうすこしだけ———！

= Just a little longer———!

火叢は血が濃いんだ ひむらはちがこいんだ

= Himura blood is thick.

冷!!⁉︎ れい!!⁉︎

= “Rei!!!?”

This is Enji reacting to Rei’s presence, if that wasn’t clear by the close up of his face followed by hers. If you look closely at the position of Enji’s head on the right side of the panel you’ll notice that he has turned his face toward Rei, away from Touya. His expression is one of shock and horror. This is someone who has just learned that his son will explode, killing everyone within a large radius, from evacuees to Heroes and even other Villains. Everyone caught in the blast will be incinerated. Here he was hoping to save countless lives by limiting the damage to just himself and Touya (not unlike Shouto, who yelled for Touya to “take it all out on us” and not “involve” anyone outside the family), and here Rei is, pushing her way through the flames into the fray. If Touya burns, he, Enji, and Rei will burn together. That fits, because Enji doesn’t actually bear sole responsibility for Touya’s outcome now or then. Rei is his mother, and as his mother, she, too, bears that burden. Enji failed to be a “good enough” father to Touya, and Rei failed to be a “good enough” mother to him. As she said in No.302, she also didn’t see Touya. She also turned away from him. She also abandoned her son when he became more than she knew what to do with. So when he died at thirteen years old after enduring a decade of parental abuse and neglect, his blood was on her hands as much as on Enji’s, because she didn’t do enough to help him when he was at his weakest and most vulnerable. And look, I know Rei had it hard and was suffering, but she still had a responsibility to the children she helped to create to nurture, protect, and care for them, a responsibility she and Enji both fumbled. The sad reality is that parents can love their children and still fail to do right by them. Parents can want the best for their children and still not be the best for them. Touya suffered for having had Enji as his father, and he suffered for having had Rei as his mother. What has happened is on both of them. What happens next is on both of them.

お母さんも おかあさんも

= “[You] too, Mom.”

Literally, Touya says, “Mom too.”

加担してんだよ かたんしてんだよ

= “You’re complicit.”

End Tagline:

母…‼︎

はは…‼︎

[His] mother…!!

End.

[dbfandom]

日本のみなさん、こんにちは！

英語で書かれた海外ファン作品に戸惑ったことのある方は少なくないと思います。

この記事では、外国人の漫画アニメファンが、SNSにおいて自分の作品（小説、漫画、イラスト、アニメ等）を通して、ファン同士どのようにコミュニケーションをとっているかを分かりやすく解説しようと思います。

今回は食べ物に関する用語です！

けっこう頻出用語なので、満腹になりたい人におすすめの内容です。

イラストアカウントなのにfoodという単語を見た経験はありませんか。ファン同士の使うFoodという用語は、「作品の作り手が相手に見せるもの」を意味することがあります。これには、イラスト、同人誌、アニメーション、ビデオエッセイ、二次小説はもちろん、評価、批評など、あらゆることが含まれます。

作品を作っている準備段階のことCooking（料理中である）あるいはin the kitchen（台所にいる）という場合もあります。cooking の短縮形cookin'が使われているかもしれません。

例) I’m cooking the next panel now.  （いま次の漫画の原稿描いてるところ。）

Hungry (腹ペコ）を使って、

I hope you're hungryというと、「あなたがお腹が空いているといいな」つまり「（今制作中のものについて）楽しみにしていただけると嬉しいです」「乞うご期待」といった意味になります。他にも、

I'm preparing good food, y'all hungry? （良い作品を準備中なのでお腹を空かせて待っててね）という表現は、クリエイターが現在準備しているものについて、フォロワーやファンをからかうときによく使われます。

何かのイベント前にはfeastという単語がよく見られます。feastは、「ごちそう」という意味ですが、ニュアンス的には「いきなりたくさんの食べ物が出る」感じです。

例えばサイヤの日（3月18日）が近くなったら、"Prepare for the feast!"みたいな感じで伝えると盛り上がります。

R18(英語ではNSFWの表記が一般的）のコンテンツに感想を言いたい時は、spicyやhotが使えます。スパイシーと聞くと辛口評価を連想するかもしれませんが、そのような否定的な意味はなく、自分にとってキャラクターやシチュエーションが魅力的すぎる時に使う用語なのです。”It’s hot(spicy) food, I’m so thirsty now" などと言って、口渇を覚えるほどホットであると表現することもあります。👄や👅や💦などの絵文字を使ってもいいです。

また、料理人（クリエイター）が料理（作品）を作るために使用する材料、すなわち、美術のテクニックやストーリーのアイデア、独創的なコスチューム、などについて話していることもあります。

例えば、公式ストーリーやキャラクターがちょっと理解し難かったり予想外だったりすると、以下のように「ちょっと待て、俺に料理させろ」と言って、ファンならではのアイデアで二次創作することがあります。hollup は hold up の短縮形で、「ちょっと待って」"という意味です。

(source)

例：

絵師： Uhmmm, I want to do a Cell-but-human design… (うーん、人間ぽいデザインのセル描こうかな）

フォロワーA: Oh, noooo! lol Don’t do it!(マジかw やめてー)

フォロワーB:  No, wait, let him/her cook. (いやいや、描いてみたらいいじゃん)

その他、WIPという表記とともにプレビューやドラフトを投稿しているのを見かけることがあります。これはwork in progress、つまりクリエイターが、作業中の内容をフォロワーに見せている場合です。フォロワーは、待ち切れないということを伝えるために、よく以下のようなリプをすることがあり、これは英語圏では全く失礼なことではありません。

辛抱強く待つ

"I'm at the table. Smells delicious!" (テーブルに着席中。おいしそうな匂いがするわー）

"I'm starving (hungry), serve me!"(お腹空いたんですけど、何か出してー！)

“Serve the food!" や "Cook faster!"といったバリエーションもあります。

公式が出しているもの、特にシリーズ物については、こんな表現をすることがあります。

"What is Toyotaro cooking?!"(とよたろう先生は何を作っているのだろう)

これは、驚きと戸惑いを表現したい場合に使います。

"SDBH's food is delicious this week!" (今週のSDBHのエピソードはおいしいよ)

これは、まだ読んでいない人にお勧めする場合に使えます。

時には、自分の感情を表現するために、GIFやさまざまなリアクション画像を投稿する人もいます。

日本人には少し刺激的かもしれませんが、腐った食べ物、まずそうな食事など、ネガティブな画像を使うこともあります。

ネット文化になった料理番組や有名シェフもたくさんいます。中でも欧米で大人気の3ツ星シェフ、ゴードン・ラムゼイは、キレのある毒舌で有名で、テレビにもよく出ているのでご存知の方も多いのではないでしょうか。

これは、ラムゼイが残念な料理をさんざん食べさせられ失望し嫌気がさしていたところへ、ついに超絶品料理にありくことができてホッとしている様子を表しています。外国人はよく、「Finally some good fucking food」と言って長い苦しみからついに解放されて得た喜びを表現することがあります。

これをファンの創作作品の下にコメントすると、こういう意味になります。

「公式にはホント失望させられたけど、二次創作のおかげでやっと満腹になった！」

欧米ならではのユーモアのある辛口コメントですね。

ドラゴンボールでは食べ物にまつわるダジャレが多く登場し、英語圏の人もすでにそれをわかっているので、食べ物に関する話題を通して、ファン同士より楽しむことができますね。

海外ファンはネットに投稿された作品に躊躇なくコメントします。しかし、自動翻訳機を使っている場合、スラングを上手く訳せません。

もし日本の皆さんの中で、外国人が何を言っているのか、褒められてるのかディスられてるのかすらわからなくて困っている場合は、いつでも私に聞いてください。私はスペイン語、フランス語、英語に対応可能です。ポルトガル語やイタリア語も大丈夫です。

お役に立てたなら幸いです。

Von~

@aolihuiさんには、このテキストでとても助けられました、ありがとうございました！

[mamedorilabo]

Finally, it's December.

It's cold, cold, cold! I am so bad at cold weather. The oil heater doesn't warm up the room at all (and the kerosene cost is very high), so we installed a wood stove. I asked a contractor I know well to install a wood stove in a room that requires a hole in the wall, and my husband's record store installed it ourselves. ↓It was very warm that day. He is my son.

あぁ寒い寒い寒い。私は寒さが大の苦手なのです。灯油ストーブでは埒が明かない。ということで薪ストーブを設置。壁に穴あけが必要な部屋はいつもお世話になっているガス屋さんに設置をお願い。 夫のレコード屋の方は自分たちで設置しました。 写真のこの日は暖かかったなぁ。

At first, we couldn't get used to using it and the room was full of smoke, but we gradually learned how to use it.

It's hard to chop firewood every day. It disappears in no time. However, the physical exertion of chopping wood warms me up before I turn on the stove. It also boils water. The ashes can be used as a substitute for abrasives and as fertilizer for the fields. It is also fun to think, "If I put the wood in this way, will it burn better? Inconvenient things are surprisingly convenient.

最初は使い方になれず煙もくもくだったりと苦戦しましたが、最近では料理やおやつまで。レモングラスの効いたカレーは大好物！ 毎日の薪割りは大変だしあっという間になくなるし。 でも薪割りのおかげでストーブをつける前に体があったまる。お湯も沸かせる。そして日々、薪の置き方を変えてみたりと工夫も楽しい。不便は楽しい。

I can cook curry and bake snacks on the wood stove!

I have added more curtains to the front door where the drafts are coming in. I made them out of linen that I had dyed with persimmon astringent dye in the summer and an old Japanese check cloth about 100 years old. I will try to get through the winter with modest Christmas decorations with plants around our house.

隙間風が入ってくる玄関にはさらにカーテンを追加。夏のうちに柿渋染しておいたリネンに日本の100年ほど前のチェックの古布をで作りました。植物でささやかなクリスマスの飾り付けをしながら冬を乗り越えようと思います。

see you soon!

[dempameat]

(Xユーザーの東山 広樹 | Cooking Maniacさん: 「香川のうどん再現度100% 飯田橋トーキョーサンフラワーはいいぞ… 僕は香川のうどんで育ったのですが… マジでリアル香川うどん！！ 麺の表面の滑らかさがケタ違い！東京トップクラスだわ そして本物のコシがあるよ…噛みしめると小麦の甘さが凄い いりこ出汁も完璧、天ぷらも揚げたて 絶対行くべき https://t.co/6hurnMWcy8」 / Twitterから)

[pricechecktranslations]

シスタークラリスの奇妙な一夜

Sister Clarith's Curious Night (Nervous Night)

彼女がそのレストランを訪れたのは

She had visited this restaurant

行方不明の子供たちを探すためだった

To search for some missing children

噂を聞いたのだ

She had heard a rumor

孤児院の子がこの店に入っていくという

That the children of the orphanage had been seen

その姿を見たと

Entering this establishment

.

しかし応対した支配人の男は

But the manager who came to receive her

残念そうに首を横に振る

Regretfully shook his head

「そのような心当たりはありませんね」

"I wouldn't know anything about that"

それを聞いてがっくりと

Upon hearing that, the Sister

肩を落とすシスター

Dropped her shoulders, crestfallen

.

すると支配人は彼女を

When she did, the manager

レストランの一番良い席に座らせた

Ushered her over to sit in the best seat in the restaurant

「せっかくですから

"Since you're here

何か食べていってください

Please, have something to eat

......ああ　お代なら結構ですから」

...Ah, it's on the house"

.

ありがたきお言葉

I'm quite grateful to hear that

実は昨日から

The truth is,

何も食べていません

I haven't eaten since yesterday

子供たちが心配で

Out of worry for the children

.

厚意に甘える事にしたシスターの前に

The Sister decided to presume upon his kindness

やがておいしそうな料理が運ばれてきた

And eventually she was brought a delicious-looking meal

白身魚のソテーだろうか　それを見て

It looked like a sauteed white fish; when she saw it

彼女は申し訳なさそうに

She apologetically

うつむいてしまった

Cast her eyes down

.

「教えにより

"According to our teachings,

生き物の肉は口にできないのです」

I mustn't partake of the flesh of anything living."

シスターがそう断っても

Though the Sister demurred,

支配人は引き下がらない

The manager was persistent

「そんなことをおっしゃらず

"Now don't be that way,

ここは神の目も届かぬ森の中ですから」

The eyes of your god can't reach you here in the forest"

.

仕方なくシスターは

Reluctantly, the sister

ナイフで魚の身を切る

Cut into the fish's body with a knife

一口だけ食べて帰ろう

She'd just take one bite and head home

そんな風に考えていたところ

But as she was thinking this

彼女は料理の中に

She discovered that

何か固い物がある事に気が付いた

There was something hard inside the meal

.

シスターの顔が青ざめる

The Sister's face paled

それはレーナが身に着けていた

That was a brooch that Lena

ブローチだった

Had always worn on her person

泳ぐのが得意なレーナが

Lena was good at swimming, and

海で集めた小石を

She had made it herself

組み合わせて作った手作りの物だ

By joining together pebbles she'd gathered from the sea

.

どうしてこんな物が

What is something like this

料理の中にあるの？

Doing inside this dish?

少なくともあの子は

At the very least, that child

この場所に来ていた

Must have come to this place

.

ふと気が付くといつのまにか支配人の姿は

She suddenly noticed that the manager

店内のどこにも見えなくなっていた

Was nowhere to be seen inside the restaurant

胸騒ぎを覚えた彼女は思わず席を立ち

With a sense of unease she unthinkingly stood from her seat

店の奥へと忍び込んでいったのだ

And crept further into the back

.

途中の廊下で小さな靴が落ちていた

Partway through the hallway she found a small dropped shoe

シスターは再び青ざめる

The sister paled once again

それはマルクの靴だった

That was Mark's shoe

彼の足が速かったことを彼女は思い出す

She recalled that he'd been a fast runner

.

ひときわ異臭が漏れる扉の前に立ち

She stood before a door leaking a notably pungent odor

シスターは恐る恐るそれを押し開ける

The Sister timidly pushed it open

そこは血と肉のこびりついた調理場

Inside was a kitchen splattered with blood and meat

コックの顔をした男の顔は

The face of the man who looked to be the cook

毛むくじゃらだった

Was covered in thick fur

.

二本足で立つ

You, dog man who

犬の獣人よ

Stands on two legs

包丁についた血は

That blood on your kitchen knife

いったい誰の物？

Just who does it belong to?

.

作業台の上で赤い猫が

On the work counter, a red cat

皿のシチューを舐めている

Was licking up a bowl of stew

浮かんでいる具材は

The ingredients floating in it

間違いなく人間の指だ

Were, without a doubt, human fingers

無数の指の中の一つ

Among the countless fingers

そこにはめられた指輪を

The sister found one

シスターは見つけた

That was wearing a ring

.

あれはエマの物で間違いない

She was certain that it belonged to Emma

恐ろしい想像がシスターの脳裏を駆け巡る

A dreadful image flashed through the Sister's mind

振り返ったシスターの前に立っていたのは

When she turned around, standing before her were

二羽のウサギと巨大な熊だった

Two rabbits and an enormous bear

.

シスターは叫び声をあげ

The Sister let out a scream

その場に倒れこんだ

And collapsed on the spot

薄れゆく意識の中

In her fading consciousness

徐々に迫ってくる絶望の足音

Despairing footsteps steadily encroached on her

気を失う直前　彼女が見たのは

Right before she passed out, she saw

額に角を生やした少女の顔だった

The face of a girl with a horn on her forehead

.

目を覚ました時

When she awoke

彼女は孤児院に帰ってきていた

She had returned to the orphanage

そしてその後

And shortly after

行方不明の子供たちも全員

All of the missing children

無事に孤児院へ戻ってきたのだ

Safely came back as well

.

子供たちは数日間の記憶を失っており

The children had no memory of the past few days

そして　とてもお腹を空かせていた

And they were very hungry

レーナやマルクたちが唯一覚えていたのは

The only thing Lena and Mark and the others could recall

フルートを持った

Was a pair of twin rabbits

双子のウサギの姿だけだった

Who had been holding a flute

.

あのレストランは建物ごと

That restaurant, and the building it was in

森の中から姿を消した

Vanished from the forest

まるで最初から

It was as though

存在していなかったかのように

It had never existed in the first place

そして

And

平穏な日常が戻る

Their peaceful days returned

.

子供たちのためにおやつの

While baking some brioche

ブリオッシュを焼きながら

For the children's' snack

シスターはこんなことを考えていた

The Sister began to wonder

.

もしもあの時

If, back then,

出された料理を口にしていたならば...

I had actually eaten any of the meal that had been set out...

私は一体どうなっていたのだろうか？

Just what in the world would have happened to me?

[chouhatsumimi]

Words from Nukoduke, vol. 4, part 4

Words in bold are particularly relevant to the story, and words in italics seem like they’d be worth remembering outside the context of the manga. Bold and italic together means they’ve probably appeared somewhere in Nukoduke more than once. Kinda long list but it’s for a whole volume… actually it’s too long for tumblr, so splitting into four parts.

供え物 そなえもの offering (e.g. to the gods), votive offering / ofrenda 誠実 せいじつ sincere, honest, faithful / sincero, honesto, fiel 重視 じゅうし regarding as important, attaching importance to, taking a serious view of, putting emphasis on / importancia 作務衣 さむえ, さむい samue, monk's working clothes 匂わせる, 臭わせる におわせる to give off (a smell, scent, aroma), to smell of, to perfume (a room, etc.), to hint at, to suggest, to insinuate 天然 てんねん nature, spontaneity, natural airhead / natural (belleza, gas) 未亡人 みぼうじん widow / viuda 純文学 じゅんぶんがく pure literature, belles-lettres 茶葉 ちゃば tea leaf, tea leaves ようやっと finally, at last, at length, barely, narrowly, hardly, only just 威圧感 いあつかん intimidating air, sense of intimidation 人望 じんぼう popularity 嬉々, 嬉嬉, 喜々, 喜喜 きき merry, joyful, gleeful / contento, satisfecho, alegre 引っかく, 引っ掻く, 引掻く ひっかく to scratch, to claw / arañar, rascar, rasguñar 野性 やせい wildness (plants, animals, etc.), uncouth, rough, unpolished / silvestre, salvaje 看板娘 かんばんむすめ pretty girl who attracts customers to come inside a shop ぴちぴち, ピチピチ bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman), vivaciously young, spunky, energetic, (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net), bursting (e.g. seams), tight, splattering (e.g. cooking oil) 男勝り, 男まさり おとこまさり (of a woman) strong-minded, spirited, mannish / (de una mujer) mentalidad fuerte, animada, hombruna 舎弟 しゃてい one's younger brother, underling (e.g. in yakuza), junior male peer, sworn younger brother 寡黙 かもく untalkative, quiet, taciturn, reticent, uncommunicative / callado, tímido 女房 にょうぼう, にょうぼ, にゅうぼう wife (esp. one's own wife), court lady, female court attache, woman who served at the imperial palace, woman (esp. as a love interest) / esposa 僭越ながら せんえつながら by your leave, with your permission ちまちま small, compact 狭き門 せまきもん the strait gate (in the Bible), the narrow gate, high barrier (to enter a highly competitive school, company, etc.), difficult hurdle, difficulty, obstacle ひた隠し, 直隠し ひたかくし hiding at all costs, desperate cover-up, doing one's best to keep (something) secret ひた隠す, 直隠す, ヒタ隠す ひたかくす, ヒタかくす to cover, to cover up 独学 どくがく self-education, self-instruction, self-study / estudiar de modo autodidacta, autoaprendizaje 快諾 かいだく ready consent 厳格 げんかく strict, severe, stern, rigid, rigorous, tough / serio, duro, severo, inflexible, rigor, austeridad 涙腺 るいせん tear gland, lacrimal gland 資格 しかく qualifications, requirements, capabilities / calificaciones, requerimientos, capacidades 暴挙 ぼうきょ violence, reckless action, (an) outrage 古株 ふるかぶ old-timer, veteran, senior, old stump, old roots 息抜き いきぬき taking a breather, relaxation, vent hole 吹き出す, 噴き出す, 吹きだす, 吹出す, 噴出す, 噴きだす ふきだす to spout out, to spurt out, to gush out, to jet out, to sprout, to bud, to burst into laughter, to blow (smoke, etc.), to send out shoots (of a tree) / brotar, soplar hacia afuera, empezar a soplar 実体験 じったいけん real experience, actual observations 天才肌 てんさいはだ (person) seeming like a genius, (having) the temperament of a prodigy 急ぎ足, 急足 いそぎあし fast pace, quick pace

[four-loose-screws]

Could you possibly translate the Yuri/Ingrid ending in Azure Moon?

It seems English somewhat gutted the ending by making it seem like Yuri had to *convince* Dimitri to build orphanages in the slums, while machine translation (yes ik, not reliable) tells me it says Yuri worked with Dimitri to make it happen. Also English seems to have omitted the fact that Ingrid visited the slums to help out.

Could you potentially clear this up?

It's so unfortunate that I didn't get to answer this one sooner, because it's a good question! I love when even people who know little to no Japanese can pick up on when something seems to be off in localization, and do a basic investigation themselves! It's like you can tell, even without knowledge of the original Japanese, that a different writer dropped their own scene in the middle of someone else's story.

And no worries on using a machine translation for a rough idea - I gotta be fair and say that it's gotten way better over my years in the fan translation world. In particular I remember one day several years back, when I read that Google was revamping their Japanese translator, and when it went live... it was like flipping a light switch. In short, Google translate went from just translating word-by-word, to gaining an honestly impressive ability to understand longer phrases and some context.

Anyway, to the actual question at hand!

I don't have any notes to add, honestly. The machine translation gave you exactly the right impression. While sometimes a small factoid will have to be removed from a character ending in English due to word limits, this one did make those couple of distinct differences. I don't think they had to save space in this case, so it's anyone's guess as to exactly why.

And a note for context - these changes are only in the Azure Moon ending. The Ingrid / Yuri ending for the other routes is translated pretty directly.

See my translation, with the localization side-by-side, under the cut!

Japanese:

蒼月の章

戦後、イングリットは家を飛び出して王都に参じ、王家に騎士として仕えた。一方でユーリスは、王国西部の暗黒街へ消え、それきり歴史の表舞台に姿を現すことはなかった。

だが、後世に残ったある王国騎士の手記にはユーリスがファーガス王と通じて施療院や孤児院の設立に尽力したことや、イングリットが彼を手伝うため、何度となく城下の貧民街を訪れていたことなどが記されている。

一説には、彼らは第一線を退いた後、二人で宿場を開いたともいわれており、その料理は幅広い身分の人々から人気を集めたとか。

My Rough Translation:

Azure Moon

After the war, Ingrid flew home, went to the capital, and served as a knight to the royal family. Yuri, on the other hand, disappeared to the underworld of the western Kingdom, and after that, never once appeared on the front stage of history.

However, in the memoirs left behind by a certain knight of the Holy Kingdom, it was recorded that through communication with the King of Faerghus, Yuri worked tirelessly to found establishments such as medical clinics and orphanages; and to aid him, Ingrid visited the slums of the castle town on many occasions, and so on.

According to one rumor, after they left the frontlines, they opened and operated a post station* together, where the cooking was famous among a wide variety of people.

Localization:

Yuri disappeared into the underworld of the western Kingdom and faded away into obscurity. The only account of him after that comes from a Kingdom knight's journal, uncovered many decades later, which tells of Yuri's efforts to win the king's support for an orphanage and medical clinic to be built in the slums of the castle town. It is believed that the journal belonged to Ingrid, who had declined to rule House Galatea in order to serve House Blaiddyd as a knight. According to local rumor, Ingrid eventually retired from knighthood to become the owner of an inn. There, it is said that she and the man she wrote about cooked dishes loved by rich and poor alike.

Japanese:

蒼月以外の章

イングリットはガラテア領の存続を嘆願し、その新たな領主となった。かつて家を出奔した彼女に向けられる民の目は、始めこそ冷ややかではあったが、統治は意外にも円滑に進んだ。城下の、特に貧しい人々が、進んで政策に協力する姿勢を見せたのだ。それを知ったイングリットは城下へと赴き、そこで城下の民をまとめていたユーリスと再会する。

民の協力あって、ガラテア領は着実に発展を遂げていく。多忙な領主の癒やしとなったのは、人々に祝福されて伴侶となったユーリスの存在と、彼の作る手料理だったいう。

My Rough Translation:

Paths other than Azure Moon

Ingrid petitioned to inherit the Galatea territory, and became its new ruler. The eyes of the people on her, as one who had previously abandoned her house, were cold at first, but aside from her rule, everything progressed smoothly. She saw the people in the castle town, especially the lower class, side and cooperate with her ongoing policies. Knowing that, she went to the castle town, and there reunited with Yuri, who had unified the people living there.

With the people’s cooperation, the Galatea territory achieved steady development. It is said that what became the relaxation of its busy ruler was Yuri’s presence, who, with the people’s blessing had become her spouse, and the home cooking he made.

Localization:

When Galatea territory was seized, Ingrid argued strongly for the preservation of its borders. Her request was granted, and she was appointed to rule. Though, since she had previously abandoned her noble house, she was not well accepted by the people. Despite this, she found that the commonfolk carried out her policies with unexpected enthusiasm and efficiency. She soon discovered that it was Yuri who had convinced them of her wisdom. The two were reunited and eventually married, and under their stewardship, Galatea territory flourished. It is said that, after a busy day of governance, Ingrid yearned for nothing more than a home-cooked meal prepared by her husband.

* See exactly what a ‘post station’ was in Japan here - link.

[myonbl]

2024年2月25日（日）

いまや文庫も新書もどれくらいの種類があるのかまったく知らない。だが、私が読書を始めた中学生の頃には、岩波書店の独壇場だった。その岩波新書の＜新赤版2000点突破！＞を記念して、特製＜読書ノート＞をプレゼントするとのこと。早速3冊ゲットして応募券を葉書に貼って出そうとしたが・・・、普段葉書など使わないのでストックがない。雨の中買い物に出ようと考えたが今日は日曜、仕方ない、明日の朝一番で葉書を買って応募しよう！

5時45分起床。

朝食。

洗濯。

ごぼう茶煮る。

奈良での太鼓の練習に向かうツレアイを、近鉄東寺駅まで送る。

＜Threads＞に露の新治出演情報をポストする。

＜YouTube＞と＜note＞で、トラベラーズノートの使用例を渉猟する。

ランチ、次男と私はうどん、三男はラーメン。

近鉄東寺駅までツレアイを迎えに行く。

彼女は雨の中を、あちこち買物に走り回る。

トラベラーズノートには、もちろん多彩なリフィルが用意されているが、既存のノートや手帳を挟み込んで使うという事例が沢山見つかった。面白いのは、レギュラーサイズにはPlus社の＜Ca.CresSystem＞のノートを、パスポートサイズには無印良品の＜パスポートメモ＞を使う人が多く居ることだ。糸綴じでノートが180°近く開くので書きやすく、はさむだけにしておいて実際に書くときはそれだけ取り出して使用するという方法が便利そうだ。

東京の落友・Nさんに送る定期便、ブルーレイのディスク2枚を用意したが、うち1枚が開けない。原因はわからないが、残り僅かの容量にデータを圧縮して書き込んだことが影響している気がする。次回からは、けちらずに余裕を持ってディスクを使おう。

私が夕飯を用意している間に、ツレアイと三男でココに点滴。

豚バラ肉の焼肉風・白菜と春菊と薄揚げの炊いたん・レタスとトマト・焼きホッケ＋リンゴ、スパークリングワイン。

録画番組視聴、落語研究会から「天狗刺し」桂二葉。

名探偵ポワロから、

第1話「コックを捜せ」/ The Adventure of Clapham Cookシーズン 1, エピソード 1 ある朝、ヘイスティングスは新聞に掲載された事件をポワロに読んで聞かせるが、どれもポワロの興味を引かず、手持ちぶさた状態。そんな時、ポワロを尋ねて トッド夫人が事件捜査の依頼にやって来る。彼女は居なくなったコックのイライザを捜して欲しいと相談を持ちかける。渋るポワロだったが、依頼を引き受ける ことに。

シリーズ第1作、みんな若い。

片付け、入浴、体重は650g減。

連日の寒さを考慮すれば、まずまず。

パジャマに着替えて、日誌書く。今日までは、appleのメモ帳にメモを書いてそれをベースにしていたが、明日からはTRP（トラベラーズノート・パスポートサイズ）にメモをとることにする。

終日の雨、彼女の送迎以外は外へ出なかった。水分摂取量も、かえってストレスとなりやすいので止めることにする。