#anyway guess who started translating the wiki page for ishikirimaru at 3am?

[ishikirimarustsuka]

(this rant concerns tkrb but can also be applied to the wider anime scene)

as a weeb who likes knowing everything about the historical Real Things the anime is based on, you know what i find infuriating? the absolute lack of information available in english.

it makes a lot of sense, considering everything is based on japanese historical stuff, and it's a really niche topic anyway. but!! seriously?? most of the wiki pages about swords (that appear in tkrb!!!) are exclusively in japanese. even if the english page is available, it's missing so much info here and there that's available in any jp sources!! it's such a shame!!!!!!

tkrb is a very successful franchise with a huge global fanbase, so why is the vast majority of info about the historical prototypes still only available in japanese? how has nobody ever translated these articles??

i understand that translating entire wiki pages is a bit insane but to have virtually no semi-official sources on those stuff in english at all??? it's insane. im fortunate enough to be able to read japanese so i can get all the weeb info i want. but what about everyone else who cant? how am i supposed to gush about the irl facts about the swords my fav charas are based on to ppl who dont speak japanese?

i just spent the last 6 hours reading a fuck lot about historical/irl facts related to tkrb, and i simply! cannot! imagine! being equally obsessed, and having an equally huge amount of love for the franchise/characters, but not being able to access all these niche weeb info (that should be available on wiki pages) just because i dont speak the language

#anyway guess who started translating the wiki page for ishikirimaru at 3am? #tair.txt #touken ranbu #tkrb #torabu #anime #fucking language barriers