#basic japanese

[turrondeluxe]

2003!Mikey and 2012!Mikey being silly older and little brother chronicles 🐢🤝🐢 Pt 4 - Masterpost

#(mikan is japanese for citrus or mandarin orange OR clementine :] ) #OH WOW? LORE?? WHO COULD HAVE THOUGHT..... #btw 12!mikeys brothers are not dead or anything he just misses them...i wonder how they are keeping up...... :] #no one tell the 2003 bros that 12!mikey basically does know batman in person lmao #tmnt #tmnt 2012 #tmnt 2003 #tmnt mikey #tmnt michelangelo #tmnt leo #tmnt leonardo #tmnt raph #tmnt raphael #tmnt donnie #tmnt donatello #my art #doodles

[orpheuslookingback]

Just got back from seeing The Boy and the Heron and its gorgeous (as expected) but right now my main thought is that Robert Pattinson NEEDS to do more voice acting, like I'm seriously so impressed he is completely unrecognizable in the film

#film #anime #anime and manga #animation #japanese film #japanese cinema #the boy and the heron #studio ghibli #hayao miyazaki #robert pattinson #i feel like even a lot of pretty good “celebrity voice actors” still tend to default to using what are basically their own normal voices #so i was really impressed that he absolutely did not do that at all

[pianokantzart]

One little change in the Japanese dub compared to the English version is right after Kamek tells the prisoners that they're going to be sacrificed...

Luigi doesn't say "Mario." He says "Kowai yo, Niisan" which I believe translates to "I'm scared, Big Brother."

Which means he speaks out loud as if he's talking to his brother as a method of calming himself down.

I am very normal about this.

#I barely comprehend even tiny bits of basic Japanese so if I'm wrong please correct me #But otherwise HELLO SAPPY HEADCANON OF MINE COOL TO SEE YOU BECOME A CANON TRAIT #HAHAHAAA #Mario #Super Mario Bros #Super Mario Brothers #Mario Movie #Luigi

[centralbunnyunit]

#i want to go back #retro #hardware #retro tech #famicom #japanese computers #family basic #nintendo #nes

[kaizokuou-ni-naru]

What's your opinion on the idea of the "chosen one" trope, and how it relates to Luffy in particular? Most of the controversy I've seen over Gear 5 seems to be about that specifically.

this is a really interesting question, and one i had to mull over for a bit! i think the idea of a 'chosen one' or 'destiny' more broadly can reasonably rub a lot of people the wrong way, especially in a story where freedom is such a strong thematic focus- the idea that luffy's actions might be preordained and not driven by his own will feels inherently wrong. (fortunately, i don't think they are.)

the short answer is that i think the use of prophecy in one piece works (at least for me) because it never feels like anyone else is making luffy's decisions for him. this is why it feels somewhat incorrect to me to call him a 'chosen one'- he very much makes all his choices himself.

there are prophecies surrounding him- about joy boy, about the dawn of the world, about nika- but luffy doesn't know about them, and if he did he wouldn't care. they don't define anything about him, how he acts, how he views himself. the world and narrative shapes itself around luffy, and not the other way around. you get the sense that even in the total absence of any prophecy surrounding luffy, he would still be doing the exact same thing he is doing because he only ever does exactly what he wants to do. he's as inevitable as the rising sun! the future changes to fit him!

one piece generally rejects the concept of unchangeable fate out of hand- if you tell luffy something can't be done he'll take it as a personal challenge- but it does have a lot to say about inherited will. i think it would be more accurate to say that all the strawhats and their allies, luffy especially, have in some way come to embody the inherited will and dreams of the people who came before them, whether they know it or not, both through their own experiences and because of who they already were as people.

like, the prophecies about luffy don't say he's destined to become the pirate king, or anything so specific as that. he decided on his own that he was going to do that, and that has always been his goal- to be completely free and have those he cares about be completely free. that's what he values. and it just so happens that that trait makes him fit the image of the liberator.

#shoutout again to @grainjew for basically letting me steal all their good opinions here #one piece #jonny answers #op #opmeta #not japanese #luffy #luffys one of my favorite chaacters ever. can you tell

[skitskatdacat63]

"I don't know what to say after Australia, they might disqualify me for the rest of the championship."

#imagine fernando looking at you like in that third gif.... #he was so cute in this interview even tho i couldnt understand it slkjflsj #i love his shrugs heheh #anyways might make two basically the same post if the f1tv interview is just as good we'll see #but i was sooo happy to get this other footage #f1 #formula 1 #fernando alonso #we do a little bit of f1 #2024 japanese gp

[silvermoon424]

I used to hang out on the Serebii forums as a preteen/young teen, back in the days when Pokemon games were released in Japan months earlier instead of the simultaneous international releases we have now (we're so spoiled).

Anyway, as a result a lot of hardcore fans would get attached to the Japanese versions of Pokemon names before the English versions would be revealed. And when the English names would be revealed, a lot of them would throw a fit. idk why but I have such fond memories of chronically online Pokemon fans being like "NOOOOO!!!! THEY CHANGED THE JAPANESE PUNS TO ENGLISH PUNS!!!"

#like seriously all Pokemon names are basically just puns #and these people would be so upset that the puns were translated to be more universally understandable (since English is super popular) #instead of being something only Japanese speakers could get #it's such low-stakes drama I loved it #pokemon

[brawlmetaknight]

translated a new chapter of dedede de pupupu na monogatari (also known as kirby manga mania) by hirokazu hikawa! meta knight appearances are a rare treat in this manga, but i always absolutely love hikawa's take on him. a cool, popular DORK.

#text #meta knight #disclaimer: i am no professional at this i just do it for fun and knowledge. the power of neurodiversity compels me #i will say i don't really understand the variety show joke #i know バラエティ is/are basically japanese game shows but i don't know what balloons particularly have to do with it lol #also when mk says kirby's ghost trick scared him the most - he used the word 'obake' which is like a shapeshifting yokai (ghost/demon/etc) #which makes this the second time mk has expressed fear of ghosts in a kirby gag manga

[arr-jim-lad]

american cryptid youtubers will make cryptid obsession their whole personality and build their entire channel around how much they love cryptids but they'll still refuse to learn how to pronounce the names of creatures that they make their money off if said creature is from a non-english country. truly amazing display of casual anglo-centrism and dismissal of other cultures.

#i've unfollowed channels for this before and wendigoon is on thin fucking ice #how the fuck do you mispronounce ningen #literally you need the most basic auditory familiarity with japanese language to know how to say it #jamble ramble

[all-lee24]

Aldrich, devourer of gods

Pre-sludge

I’m cooking up a comic for him, I have many narrative ideas about my favorite darkmoon and my favorite man eater.

#dark souls #dark souls 3 #aldrich devourer of gods #dark sun gwyndolin #I forgot I changed Royce’s design #he had a narrative shift don’t look at me #these are my canon OCs #no one can tell me I’m wrong except Miyazaki himself and even then I wouldn’t know because I don’t speak Japanese #so basically I’m untouchable #arttag

[useless-denmarkfacts]

Fun fact: Unlike most other ancient pantheons, the Nordic Gods have exactly zero instances of direct familial incest

#nonask #denmark #admiralen #fact #nordic gods #norse gods #norse is an antiquated term that should not be used #but the rest of the world hasnt really discovered that so im putting it in the tags #anyway #shoutout to the following: #ancient greek gods #lookin at you zeus #ancient egyptian gods #ancient kemet #most of the old roman gods also #sumerian gods #babylonian gods #all of the mesopotamian deities basically #also i believe ancient chinese gods #and ancient japanese gods most definitely #i mean most of them didnt have much choice true #but some of them DID have options #they just chose not to make use of them #so good work nordic gods for keeping up that genetic diversity

[the-nysh]

Oh sweet! Looks like Trimax vol4's when Vash actually starts calling Meryl by name on a regular basis

As before--for context, he'd typically used the more distant, but still respectful 'insurance-san' to refer to the girls, but Trigun vol2 (right before Fifth Moon) was the first time he ever said her name so seriously, which was a very Big Deal to her, and their last exchange for 2 years.

That upon their hospital reunion scene in Trimax vol3, genuinely happy and relieved but still awkwardly not quite knowing what to say to each other after all this time, she bonks him for trying his 'old' way of address--denied! No more of that please; say her name!

So aha, here in Trimax vol4, after Zazie captures Meryl as a 'weakness' to bait him and things get personal...there it is. Now he's quite direct and no-nonsense about it! Surprising Milly and shocking even his opponents (in a 'whoa wtf, he behaves nothing like Knives!' kind of way by jumping out of a window for her) with his immediate 'cut the bullshit; I don't care about your games, I'm only here for Meryl; give her back' >:[ attitude!

(For reference, Milly generally calls Meryl 'sempai' while Wolfwood calls everybody nicknames, referring to the girls by their big/small heights. So Vash asserting a First Name basis for her is pretty significant.)

And just to check if Vash continues using her name, on his Important Mission to find her, even all alone, no matter what (Trimax vol5 spoilers)...

Oh yes he does. (Face to face now.) She's that important to him.

#trigun #trigunbookclub #vashmeryl #commentary #first name basis is pretty Important in japanese so yup i was keeping track for the When #stampede vash basically always used her name from the beginning #but once meryl gets captured then aha trimax vash is personally confronted with how much he can't afford to lose her

[vettely]

all of the drivers showed up. and reserve drivers too. and team principals. for seb and his little project. it's okay i'm okay. i'm not crying haha

#this is basically The Dinner pt2 #only seb could manage to get them all to hang out in the same place at the same time #sebastian vettel #f1 #japanese gp 2023 #formula 1

[ef-1]

YUKI TSUNODA on whether Daniel Ricciardo or Liam Lawson should be his teammate next season

Yuki: both have positives, Daniel brings definitely more experience, he shows a lot of feedback in comparison, he's really good- he can definitely can tell more details about how the car is behaving so. I think it helps a lot for the engineers and the engineers really like it, especially how he talks, how he helps the development side. So if the team wants to develop the car more, to be competitive, then maybe Daniel. But as well, at the same time Liam, I think he's showing, the first 3 races that immediately he showed good performance, and probably he's still progressing- obviously with Daniel I just done 2 races and it was not really the best time for AlphaTauri as well, when Liam actually came into Formula 1 the car was already pretty good at Monza and Singapore, so he had a good time. At the same time he definitely performed well .AlphaTauri itself is a junior team- at the same time there is more risk [with Liam] if you think about the results in general, it depends on what they're thinking. If they want more results? Probably Daniel, he has more experience, he can extract the results

Yuki closes by saying maybe they should have three cars and Alex calls him Yuki Marko

#Yuki i always knew you were the REALEST bitch #daniel is not technical and cant develop the car PEOPLE ARE IM SHAMBLES RIGHT NOW #HE BASICALLY SAID DANIEL DEVELOPED THE CAR AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPROVING IT SO ITS NOT FAIR TO COMPARE LIAM DOING BETTER #f1 #daniel ricciardo #yuki tsunoda #alpha tauri #japanese gp 2023 #formula 1

[panevanbuckley]

max really needs to stop being so shippable with everyone on the grid

#like i cannot handle this anymore #watching f1 is basically just watching how many times max can flirt with other drivers #f1 #japanese gp 2023 #formula 1 #max verstappen #lestappen #norstappen #maxiel #malex #or whatever the hell max and alex's ship name is #and whatever oscar x max is too

[waitineedaname]

"Amestris is an allegory for nazi Germany" you fool. Amestris is not an allegory for just nazi Germany -- it's an allegory for genocidal, fascist, militaristic governments as a whole. Yes, it has parallels to fascist Europe, but it also has parallels to xenophobic militaristic US and imperialist Japan. The point is not "look at this outlier of a country committing atrocities," the point is that the country committing atrocities might be your country and you might be complicit in it no matter how morally upstanding you might think you are. To act like only one government is capable of committing genocide blinds you to the potential that any other government might commit genocide too.

#fma #im writing this at 11pm bc i was thinking about it so hard i couldnt sleep #i havent seen 03 but the nazi germany thing bugs me and i think this is why #like yes the parallels to germany are VERY clear #but also the bit where ishvalan soldiers were being rounded up immediately reminded me of the japanese internment camps in the us #and the oppression of the ishvalans is at least somewhat inspired by the oppression of the ainu in japan #the point is that it's COMPLICATED #this series is basically You Are Not Immune To Propaganda #anyway. stepping off my soapbox now. #im putting this in my drafts and i'll give it another read tomorrow to see if i should post it #<- it's been almost a week now and I'm finally releasing this from my drafts #it's a hot take but I'm gonna say it anyway #fma posting