Mr Poltroon

http://forums.fuwanovel.org/index.php?/user/9287-tiagfvarela/ I wonder from what hellhole this thing came from?

 

"Defenceless"

I hate the constant usage of the word in anime and manga.
So, if you're a female you can't sleep anywhere your friends have access to? Napping where a male friend can see you is considered defenceless?
I wouldn't want to live in the country where doing so would be dangerous. I wouldn't want to have friends like those.

"It should be possible to easily derive meaning from what is written, that meaning should reflect the original in some way, and what is written should be written correctly as according to the rules of the language it has been translated to."

Storing my baseline for translations here for posterity, and see how much it changes, if it does at all, in the future.

"Josei is like Shoujo but for adults."

Whether you find the previous comment stupid or not determines the kind of person you are.

This thread has been surprisingly serious, and I wouldn't want to derail it, so I'll just make my hypothetical post here:

 

https://myanimelist.net/manga/4632/Oyasumi_Punpun

MyAnimeList is giving me that as a manga recommendation.
If you know the least bit about me... you know recommending me that is nothing but sadism.

It may be a small, worthless thing, but adding these small bits of personality into an options menu just make me happy.

I see.

You know, that is one hell of a mental image.

Not to mention her has the perfect follow-up:

I think the boss told them to bolster the line count.

I have to admit that Chrono Clock probably has the translation that has been the most to my enjoyment out of anything I've read.

I mean, 70% of it is probably the VN being good, but maybe the TL really is responsible for all these lines rendering me breathless... from laughing too much.

I was wondering what it could have possibly said.

That's how I respond to drunk people, too.

#GeniusPuns

I hate when this is done.

An argument can be made that thinking about your own emotions or attempting to rationalise what you think will make you understand said feelings/thoughts better than if someone else explained it to you. I don't like it, but I accept it.

Now, when it's a matter of making a deduction out of facts, why the bloody hell are they still holding out on sharing?! Imagine Sherlock Holmes told this to Watson every time. It's a waste of time. The girl knows the solution to the problem (I actually do too but I've been trained in Da Capo BS by the too previous games, and it's not like the problem is particularly hard) but now the protagonist needs to figure it out on his own because Ricca thought that's how it should be. Flipping unicorns, in the wider context of the scene she probably could have resolved the whole drama of the route on her own before Kiyotaka even appeared if she gave more of a damn about it.

This isn't a problem of emotions, this is a problem of noticing the mistaken assumption. In no way would the impact and consequences be reduced if you flat-out explained the misconception.

/rant

The girlfriend of my dreams.

This is a sentiment I truly believe in, and one Japanese VNs don't support much.
You can't expect people to understand feelings and concerns you don't voice. You can go shove your "We don't need words. I'm the person who knows you best"s down the toilet.

She just looked a little faint. No reason to suspect she might be growing ill.

A brother to be envied.

The guy's face truly represents the one reaction to the situation he's just found himself in.

This is just one school, right? What's with the uniform variety?

I know they allow various sets of clothing combinations, but this seems a bit weird.

I appreciate the choice of wording. Might adopt it myself.

Wow, that was helpful of you, Yoshiyuki.
You watch as the tea overflows, commenting "What's wrong?".

I'm sure that, at the time, that line at the end made sense in the translator's head.