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ZENG YIXUAN as Ashina Yunyi Weaving a Tale of Love Season 2 (2023)

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Localization Differences: Peri, from Childish Killer with a Serious Problem to “Quirky Murderer XD”

I know Peri is not the most popular character, and she’s not one of my personal favorites either, though I still like her. But while she does make references to killing a lot in the JP version, localization makes this stuff constant, and tries to be funny with it but it gets old fast IMO. 

I talked about this with @manifestmerlin before, with how Peri really seems like a character who is aware of what she’s doing but doesn’t really know how to stop; in that, she has supports that shows she does want to stop or at least learn of ways she can direct her fury towards instead. Localization having her make jokes about her killing almost makes it seem like she doesn’t want to stop, that she doesn’t care to. And she’s unable to take anything seriously.

This is just the stuff that I could find, courtesy of Fateswartable, this Pastebin that has a bunch of translated supports and translating stuff from PegasusKnight.com.

You can do comparisons with the localized version too, here’s her localized quotes page, and her localized supports page.

This post is long, so I’ll put the rest under the cut.

Birthright Chapter 12 Engaging her in battle:

Treehouse: “I'm gonna bring your guts back to Lord Xander! Teeheehee!”

JP: “Ehehe~. I’m gonna defeat you and Marx-sama will praise me!”

Birthright Chapter 12 vs. Corrin:

Treehouse

Peri: Ooh! I found you, you little traitor!

Corrin: I am not a traitor! King Garon is a tyrant! And who are you, anyway? 

Peri: Not a traitor? But Lord Xander said you were... I'm Peri! No offense, but I'm going to kill you now.

Corrin: None taken. Wait, what am I saying?

JP version

Pieri: Oh~! I found the traitorous little brother! Kamui: Traitorous- little brother…? Pieri: Huh~? Is that wrong? But didn’t Lord Marx say that? Kamui: Big brother… Pieri: Woah, did you get sad? Guess there’s no choice but to make you better with a fight!

Birthright Chapter 12 Defeating her:

Treehouse: “Huh...that's strange. Usually, I'm the one doing the stabbing and killing. I need to retreat and think about this...”

JP version: “Wehh… You’re pretty strong… Pieri will have to retreat for today!”

Birthright Chapter 26 Pre Battle Lines:

Treehouse: “Ooh, I can't wait for them to get here! When does the stabby party begin?! […] What?! But I wanna spill someone's blood! This is important!”

JP version: “Wah…! They finally came. Pieri’s been looking forward to this! Pieri will prepare for battle immediately! […] Hmph. But why? This is an important battle…”

Chapter 26 More Pre-battle Lines:

Treehouse:

Peri: “Besides, they must have double-crossed you! Which one of you did this to Lady Elise? I'll gut you!” […] Laslow: “None of you fiends will get within shouting distance of Lord Xander.” Peri: “Yeah! At least, not in one piece. Heehee!”

JP version:

Pieri: “But it’s good we came! This isn’t supposed how a duel goes! Were you tricked and attacked by them!?” […] Lazward:  “ …Bring it on. I won’t let you lay a hand on Lord Marx!” Pieri: “You won’t defeat Pieri!”

Birthright Chapter 26 Engaging her in battle:

Treehouse: “Are you ready to die? If not, I'll give you 10 seconds to get ready. Time's up!”

JP version: “ Prepare yourself! Pieri won’t forgive you for laying a hand on Lord Marx! Pieri will kill e~veryone from Hoshido!”

Birthright Chapter 26 Defeating her:

Treehouse: “I'm sorry I disobeyed you, Lord Xander. So this is what death feels like...”

JP version: “…Lord Marx… Pieri… said… she would protect you… But… this is… the end… Pieri… is happy…she could fight… Pieri…always…… loved… you…Lord… Ma-……”

Conquest Chapter 12 Intro:

Treehouse: “Aw, phooey. I didn't get any stabby-stabby time in. At least we saved you. […] I'm Peri! P for pulverize, E for eviscerate, R for ruin, I for impale! Kee hee! Laslow and I are Lord Xander's retainers. He's really worried about you! That's why he sent us to kill things on his behalf. Best job ever! […] It's no use. I know that look in his eyes... it's the same one I have! It means he's raring to fight. […] Hee hee, then let's gut these fools quickly and save our princess! I'm gonna stabby-stab every last one of them! It'll be SO FUN! […] Awww, that's not FAIR! I was all ready to get my killface on. Phooey. Whatever, I'll do my best. I guess hitting things will have to suffice.”

JP version: “That was dangerous!! But we were able to save you properly! […] Pieri calls herself Pieri! Lord Marx really worries about Lady Kamui, you know. But because he’s away on a mission, he asked us, his vassals, to come instead! […] You should give it up, Lady Kamui. The enemy is ready to fight. […] Ehehe… Then I’ll kill them all quickly to save Lady Elise. A~ll the enemies are just meat-puppets to Pieri! […]  *pouts* Not killing is boring! But, Pieri will work hard too, as much as possible.”

Conquest Chapter 16:

Treehouse: “MILORD! I missed you so much! I made sure to keep Lady Corrin safe even though she didn't let me kill things! […] Heehee, I'm an expert at making baddies suffer, so it was a piece of cake!”

JP version: “Lord Marx, you’re here! Lady Kamui was protected perfectly! […] Hehe! It’s only natural given Pieri’s excellence!”

Revelation Chapter 17 Intro:

Treehouse: “Bah! You all are so slow! If I'd left a river of blood in my wake—like I normally do—you'd be swallowed by it! […]  I'm Peri! P as in pierce, E as in eviscerate, R as in rupture, and I as in injure! Like Laslow here, I'm Lord Xander's retainer! I learned a new way to go about butchering the enemy—I can't wait to show it off!”

JP version: “Hey, your running is too slow. Be glad Pieri let you catch up! […]  Pieri is called Pieri! Like Lazward, Pieri is Prince Marx’s retainer! Pieri loves figthing! Pieri will pound everyone into nice lumps of meat!

Museum Melee

Treehouse: “Heehee! Who cares about this junk? I just wanna get to the fighting! Are you suuuuuure we can't kill them, Lady Corrin?”

JP version: “Pieri loves to fight, but to tell you the truth, I'm not interested in rare weapons! Pieri is a result-oriented person, and I don't care what kind of weapon you use, as long as you can defeat the enemy. So when I get a rare weapon, I give it away to someone who wants it. Pieri is so kind!”

Anna on the Run

Treehouse: “Wow...a bunch of brothers who all look alike. That's really something! You won't mind if I kill six or seven, right? You'll hardly notice they're gone!”

JP version:  “What? Pieri has heard your name somewhere. Um... … Ah! It's the name of the ingredients I used last time! That was fun. I chopped it a lot and made it into tender minced meat. Fufu, you guys will cook the same way soon!”

Class Change

Treehouse: "Yay! A whole new way to end lives!"

JP version: “Wow, new clothes! I’m so happy!”

Hot Springs

Treehouse: “Hi, Lady Corrin! This isn't what I usually like to bathe in, but it'll do!” (She’s referring to how she likes to bathe in her enemy’s blood)

JP version: “Look, look! Pieri has a big chest! I wanna show Kamui-sama, too!”

Accessory Shop

Treehouse: “It's fun here! Not stabby fun, but pretty great anyway!”

JP version: “Pieri really likes this place! There are a lot of cute things!”

Giving an accessory

Treehouse:

Likes: "For me? Thanks! I can hardly wait to gut someone with it!" Dislikes: "Eh. My ribbon is WAY cuter. I hope you didn't kill anyone you liked for this." Not given one: "Hrmph, I don't have time to go shopping. This is stressful—where's a butler?" (She’s stressed so she wants to go kill a butler)

JP version:

Likes: “Kamui-sama, I can have this!? Pieri looks great now! Thank you!” Dislikes: “Hmm, I don't really like it. Pieri likes her usual ribbon.” Not given one: “But I don't have time... so today...I'm going to blow my frustration away with training!”

Conquest Endgame Plea:

Treehouse: “Dying's no fun. If you die, you can't stab stuff anymore! IT'S NOT WORTH IT!”

JP version: “No, no, no, no, you can't die! If you die, you'll become nothing but meat!”

Supports

Just in general, she offhandedly mentions killing a lot more in localization than in the JP version. Though it’s not exclusive to her, localization has other characters bring it up a lot when around her too. I’ll talk about the differences I find most notable.

Peri/Kaze

I can’t find a clean translation of this one anywhere, so I had to use the JP script from PegasusKnight.com and translate it from there.

Kaze C support has Kaze ask Peri if her candy is made out of people, to which Peri replies “of course they’re not made out of purple.” That entire bit (including Kaze’s question) is a localization addition, not in the JP version at all. With this and that My Room line where she’s like “there’s blood on your lips, let me get it” (which is also localization only), they wanted to make her seem cannibalistic??? Don’t know why, that’s just weird.

In the JP version, the end of the A support kind of takes a different spin? When Kaze describes how he thinks cooking is a more valuable skill than killing, Peri considers his words and is like, “So you like my cooking more than my killing? Then, Pieri will makes sure to cook more then!”. The localization kind of changes the exchange, and has Peri brush it off as Kaze being silly. Again, she doesn’t bother to consider it or take it seriously.

This one I can be completely off the mark with, lol. In the JP version of S support, Kaze says “私も…ピエリさんのことをお慕いしていますよ.” which I think is a round-a-bout way to say I love you, and it’s so round-a-bout that Peri doesn’t understand it at first. In localization, Kaze just says he’s infatuated with her, and in response Peri says “In-fat-chew-eighted?” I know it’s a huge language barrier to get across, but for a western audience it makes her look childish and dumb, instead of Kaze using vague/weird words and her being confused by it. Idk, I don’t personally like it and I would’ve done that part differently.

Peri/Silas

In the JP version, B support starts with Peri repeatedly saying how frustrated she is. In localization, Peri instead says “I’m so mad, I could slice up a puppy!” Very unnecessary IMO.

Peri/Kaden

The localization just has a lot of tonal and word differences that kind of make Peri less willing to change her ways and more like “ugh fine I guess since I promised, I’ll have to” along with more gratuitous killing jokes. The comparison between the two has to be seen to be believed IMO, so here’s the localized support vs the JP one. (Also localization has her say she’s gonna take a knife and carve out Kaden’s heart, sooooo... yeah, more violence that wasn’t necessary to add. It also just makes it seem like Kaden was coerced into marriage when he himself was fine with it in the JP version)

Peri/Arthur

This is actually a completely different conversation in localization compared to the JP version. Localization has Peri need a new blade (stabbing stick as she calls it), whereas the JP version has her need a new dress because the area around the chest is too tight. The former being a blade instead makes it more open to “haha funny” moments of her talking about killing the tailor and even more of a “why is Arthur even talking to a person like Peri” kind of mood. 

Again this has to be seen to be believed. Here’s localization. Here’s JP support.

And this is less of a Treehouse problem and more of an American thing, but god. I can’t stand the puritan attitude with stuff like this. Why is a woman casually talking about murder less of an issue than a woman casually talking about her breasts? Yeah, she has boobs and boobs cause problems sometimes. Big deal. You have a man literally commit seppuku in front of your eyes and a girl light herself on fire in the same game. You have a cutscene that zeroes in on Camilla’s chest, crotch and ass in the same game. Why is a random support such an issue now?

Was it Peri talking like a child the thing that made the people at Treehouse uncomfortable? Well 1) she’s not a child and 2) they already changed her dialogue so she speaks more like an adult, so why was the change to the entire support necessary. This isn’t the only time they do this either, they did the same thing with Niles’ dick jokes in his support with Odin and Caeldori’s negative image of her own body in her support with Rhajat.

But another issue I have with the Peri/Arthur support is that in the JP version, Arthur finds a way to manipulate his bad luck, by saying he wants the opposite of what he actually needs at the market. His bad luck then turns into the best result. He does this in both the A support and S support, but localization cuts this entire bit out. Localized S support also has Peri say she “has a ring merchant to punish” so again. Gratuitous murder reference.

Peri/Odin

The localized version of the support is good, but the changes that I’ve already gone through make this support look out of character for her. When you change the whole thing, you need to make sure you change everything related to it. You can’t make Peri be more nonchalant about killing to the point where she makes jokes about it, yet have keep the support where she’s like “I’ve been practicing how to calm down when I get angry so I don’t do anything bad, so I taught the same to these criminals too”; that just isn’t in line what’s being established. Either you go all the way, or you don’t change the other things this drastically. The support is phenomenal, don’t get me wrong, but it just doesn’t fit with what Treehouse tried to do with Peri as it is.

But also localization cut out the part where she said she brought Laslow to the underground to help with rehabilitating the criminals and he got his ass kicked at first and that was hilarious to me. -10 points for Treehouse.

Peri/Niles

In the JP version of B support, Peri is legitimately scared of there possibly being a killer doll in her house. In the localized version, Peri says she would’ve played with it nonstop. Not only is this another instance of Peri being a “quirky murderer XD”, but it logically makes no sense since in A support, when Niles says the murder doll was in her house, she says she needs to go kill it right away. This is the same in both localization and JP, so now there’s also a logic issue caused by changing a line that didn’t need to be changed.

Localized A support also inserts another gratuitous murder line. When Niles asks what hobbies Peri got into as a kid, she replies “Dismemberment, murder, and torture. You know...normal kid stuff.” In the JP version, Niles instead asks, “I heard that when you were little you did whatever you wanted” to which Peri replies “Yes! Pieri has never been told off my father. Pieri is a good girl.” An insight into Peri’s home life. Her dad never told her off, which includes not telling her off when she killed servants. This little bit of info is lost in localization, replaced with the dismemberment line above.

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Anyway yeah, pretty different right? Again, Peri’s jacked up morals and attitude would rub people the wrong way regardless if the translation were more accurate or not. But still, the localization goes out of its way to make the references to killing pop up more often and with weirdly exaggerated detail. It’s just an entirely new layer of off-putting on top of a character that was unsettling as she was. So it’s even more difficult to even bother considering that she might have some fine points, when her lines were changed to be more “quirky and crazy” than they already were.

Personally, this gave me a new perspective on Peri, though I’d totally understand if that’s not the case for anyone else. I just wanted to make a post about her since her character has been on my mind a lot lol.

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Ep 7 - Hook Man

Doing this on my phone which I don't know how to use... Let's see how this goes.

These extras are really phoning it in to these intro parts

Uhoh he went straight for the boob after 2 secs of kissing, hope hook monster doesn't kill him...

Uhoh hook monster killed him so sad. But at least we have another scared girl for the bro's to be creepy about

I see so Sam is the Scully in this episode, even though Dean was the Scully in last ep. I'm probably not gonna get much more out of these X-Filed comparisons so unless it's obvious I'll end here

Ah yes transfer fraternity brothers just put in a room ?

Was Rich a good guy? His name was Rich which is show code for "awful"

Yes we love profiling freshman girls by the occupation of their father

Oh noooo don't have Dean in his leather jacket in a church

Caught that weird glance between the pastor's daughter and Sam so he's the one who will be weird to her, hopefully she doesn't become a series regular and then die.

"I saw someone get hurt once" don't they have other ways to connect to these people than trying to leverage their mom's death

UHOH SAM BEING CREEPY TIME

Oh THE hook man. Mr. Hook himself

Overprotective pastor father strikes again

Oh no hopefully her promiscuous black roommate character isn't gonna get murdered in front of her

So we're skating over that Dean shot a ghost with a gun and it worked

Lmao they're getting arrested we love to see it. Altho would have preferred that they speak condescendingly to the officer while flashing a fake ID

Ah yes a fun note to leave on a college dorm door "I'VE GOT YOUR BIOLOGY TEXTBOOK" hopefully Mr. Hook doesn't murder anyone from behind the door!

Lmao we certainly love murder. Really though, why did the roommate get murdered? And why did Mr. Hook leave the cryptic message about the light when he's invisible

How does Dean know anything about fraternity hazing?

Uhoh another glance between the girl and Sam hrgrhgrh

Oh noooo Dean don't furrow your brown and purse your lips.. followed up by a ridiculous naked pillow fight comment. I swear the face acting that these people do while walking through the shots is really interesting. Like there are 10 seconds of them just walking across camera while the actors have to look anywhere that’s not directly into the lens and try to convey with their face what their character might be thinking. Jackles is fine at this and Jadelaki just has permanent *o* face or something.

Let's trespass on a crime scene!

Oh the message was classic Mr. Hook

OH MY GOD THE HOOKMAN CARVED LOSS ONTO THE WALL ok no it's a religious thing but it looks like loss

They will never salt and burn the remains huh, they're always at the bottom of a lake

I hope all these extras got paid well. Also whoever does the paper props for this show is doing an excellent job.

So the preacher is evil I dig it

We love Dean passing up on hitting on sorority girls to find an unmarked grave

That is what I would call a marked grave

Sam creeping from the street

OH NO DONT MAKE DEAN DIRTY AND SWEATY IN A TIGHT SHIRT IN A GRAVE NOOOOOOOOO

Now Sam is nervous to be approached by the daughter. "What are you doing here" "being creepy" "no it's cool I think your sweet. RUN PLEASE" oh Sam connects to her bc people he cares about keep dying hope that doesn’t get in the way of him forming relationships in the future!

The angle of that gasoline pour really did make it look like Dean was peeing on the bones

Oh the dad is seeing a married woman so the dad is cheating. I literally wanted to type that before as part of my running cheating gag but no the dad is really actually cheating

Oh god is Sam going to refuse nope THEY'RE KISSING pulls away bc of reasons you know I'm actually not mad about the scene

Daddy's getting attacked even though Daddy Dean burned the bones

Dad got big hooked in the throat idk if he's gonna make it sweetie

Wait does Laurie think her roommate was evil and that's why she died? She seemed pretty into the idea of partying, or at least not actively judgmental of it. Now I sort of feel like she’s creepier than Sam is if she’s that into religious damnation and sin

Uhoh did they reforge the hook into a cross that now they have to burn

Silver is a pretty pliable metal not sure how sharp and stabby it could be

The shot pf the poster is just "REAPING WITH JOY"

Girl crying with perfectly curled hair after so many of her friends die and Sam asks "why are you crying"

Sam's gonna get attacked or wait maybe Laurie is siccing it on herself

SHOW ME THE FACE

Her necklace yes burn the cross show DO IT

Oh it's like a curvy cross I see. Also the guy's face is just Bearded Man

Time for wrap up!

His bandage is already bled thru that means he needs a new bandage

Oh noooooo Dean don't twist your mouth in disappointment when you're brother doesn't go in for a kiss noooooo

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the heroes’ journey

SPOILERS BELOW

oh it's the garth episode, I know because he's in the recap

also congrats dj qualls for coming out

I loved garth and i'm glad to see him back

clair de lune sure is a choice for this scene

I'm totally fucking blanking on what kind of SPN monster she is to have a spike like that

even if you didn't know garth was in this episode you could tell that guy was gonna be a werewolf because of how they cast werewolves in all TV ever

i love sam cooking...

I'm here for the high-density amount of piano in this episode thus far

sam sweetheart where the fuck are your oven mitts

honestly I fucking love seeing them deal with regular everyday bullshit like this, it's refreshing

"regular jackoffs" as they'd say on metalocalypse

written by andrew dabb so should be mostly okay

DEAN: It's Garth. [picks up] Hey, Garth. GARTH: Hey Dean, it's Garth. DEAN: [gestures to Sam like "duh"]

this is the most relatable Dean's been in several seasons, I feel this every day of my life

a "no good, very bad day" invokes a book I loved as a kid and I appreciate this

does he have twins named sam and dean? I feel like I already knew this maybe but can't remember

I absolutely do believe garth that dean smells good especially since he has not fought anything today

AHAHHAHHAHAH SAM AND CASTIEL THANK YOU GARTH

AMAZING

AMAZING A++++++++ i'm living

just little narcissist injury things, not having someone's kid named after you but having the kid named after your brother and friend

oh a wraith, with the stabby shit. that's right.

did dean just crack his tooth on a candy

oh yeah garth's a dentist.

I love the idea of garth being a werewolf dentist, I'm so happy for him. that's mutual aid, man

dean when is the last time you went to a dentist, honestly. have you ever gone. dean do you floss. this is america what am I talking about you haven't been to the dentist since mary died

"the giant's crying"

I like her stuffed wolf

17 cavities jesus christ

I feel like sam takes scoville units seriously, especially after the ghost pepper thing in the earlier episode

I love dean in this nitrous-oxide induced dream outfit, I love how much jensen is excited to dress up lmao

goddamn jensen and dj are excellent tap dancers?? nicely done

GARTH: We love 50 Shades. BESS: We do. BOTH LAUGH SAM: Who's the hero in that? GARTH: The point is--

god. GOD

"for the first time in your lives you're having normal people problems. you need to get a colonoscopy, stat"

glkdjlkdjfgldfkgjdflgk

"the furrowed brow and the puppy eyes, that never actually works for you does it?"

fucking owned, sorry sam

a grenade launcher jesus christ

seven grilled cheeses sounds delicious but also yes diarrhea inducing

oh he's puking instead well there you go

willing to bet this is just chuck wanting them to fight to the death in a cage fight

cutty is having them do final destination no items

I love the like UFC or whatever intro, the fucking mugshots

DEAN: Just how I wanted to die - with a freaking audience.

oh dean... fourth wall jokes

picking locks is tough, actually

the like winchester family leitmotif was surprisingly sad in this moment despite goofy circumstances

"shirts off" lmao

"C4, a hunter's best friend!" solid snake feels the same way

I love that garth's hat makes it look like he has floppy puppy ears

DEAN: This Cas keeps looking at me weird. SAM: So kind of like the real Cas.

TIL about the cologne/aftershave hai karate

well that was sweet. I miss garth.

interesting that in the last episode chuck's like "oh no what if the whole world was monsters!!!!!!!!!!! that would be so bad!!!!!!!!" but here we have garth as a werewolf dentist, like. that's pretty wholesome

I rewatched the tap dancing scene because it's just so damn good, I'm glad they're able to use these gorgeous sets and the talents of the cast, the wardrobe department, the camera and lighting crew, all of it to make this come together. make the most of these tools and talents before it's over, why the hell not