this is a little mean but when ppl screenshot anything from the goth rave theme on tumblr i straight up cannot read it like its the least accessible color palette for my eyes specifically
hm. i think every time i feel an impulse to people please, to be unproblematic and likable and charming and feel the safety that comes with universal adoration, i need to remind myself that i want to be loved like a person, not like a dog.
ok so a tiny bit of an addendum: NTR as an acronym probably started out in the games industry (eroge) and spread to hentai but it IS used for real life porn now. so no hes not For Sure watching hentai (i say "watch" because he has NTR videos on his computer as opposed to, like, games, so hes not playing eroge) but whatever
i am so mentally unwell about tihs game oh mygod. i cant play aini because im too busy being autistic and annoying about the first game helpwhjwgdjaw
*clears throat* DID YOU KNOW most times in the original jp text sou sejima is referred to as just "sejima" which not only makes more sense from a cultural perspective (even in the us we don't refer to politicians by their first names - trump, obama, pelosi, warren ... idfk the only one i can think about that i see called first name a lot is bernie) but ALSO is an excellent tongue in cheek foreshadowing when sou is being suspected by date - there's lots of "sejima MUST be the culprit" thrown around and like YEAH! but also no! but also YES
DID YOU KNOW that aiba's name in japanese is aibou, a dual pun on 相棒 (aibou) meaning partner and アイボール (aibooru / aibouru) being the gairaigo (transcription into japanese) for eyeball. yes this game is filled to the fucking brim with this stuff. アイ (eye) 愛 (ai meaning love) and AI (artificial intelligence) are conflated all the TIME in this game its so funny and i love it thank you uchikoshi
DID YOU KNOW in psyncin in the vain side B (leading into annihilation route) there is an object that aiba identifies as nitroglycerin (a highly sensitive explosive substance), then mentions it can be diluted with acetone (アセトン aseton), AND iris's fan nickname for her stage name a-set in japanese IS アセトン / aseton instead of the english's tesa, which is almost definitely an intentional reference to the fact that the person whose somnium you're in right now (saito) is being "diluted" (held back) by occupying iris's body
DID YOU KNOW that during the infamous cuckoldry/husbandry scene mizuki says NTR (the abbreviation for a type of hentai involving cheating, netorare) instead of cuckoldry, and date responds with "it's not NTR, it's NRT!!" which ..... as far as i can see stands for nicotine replacement therapy........... (yes it's still exactly as nonsensical , date i love you)
i am so mentally unwell about tihs game oh mygod. i cant play aini because im too busy being autistic and annoying about the first game helpwhjwgdjaw
I feel like we've lost something linguistically with the rise of professional subtitles for everything because they just adapt jokes and idioms into their nearest English equivalent and lose cultural context. I miss watching anime in 2002 with subs by some guy who was just really passionate about japanese and would fill half the screen with an in-depth breakdown of why a pun works. I'm serious I want that again.