Is she seriously telling Hogback to roast and drink the crud under Kumashi's nails? If that's a figure of speech, I'm not sure I want to know.
Well, if you don't want to know, don't read: According to this kotowaza page, it means すぐれている人のことを少しでも見習おうとすること. So...she's telling him to learn from Kumashi and...shut up? Be obedient? Oh, or is she referring to Absalom? (Absalom needs to be more obedient?) Or it's a joke because she means it literally? I'll try to remember to take a look at this scene later.
(That is definitely a gross figure of speech, though, sheesh.)
But, the fridge horror part… if you look at the reactions of all the others, just what does this say about the voices that are normally living inside Usopp's head?
Awww. But yeah, Usopp being unaffected by the ghosts is awesome.
"Do you remember saying 'I do?'" "No, we kind of skipped that part…"
Hee!
Oars immediately recognizes Sanji from his wanted poster. (そっくり！)
Haha, that's the BEST. Does anybody else do this, ever?
Oh, thank you for the explanation (and also, ew). That's exactly how Viz translated it, but with their track record, I honestly couldn't be sure if they had it right or not.
(The earlier volumes of the Viz translation will get quite difficult things right and then turn around and screw up basic ones, so I can never tell without checking. Though, at this point, I think it's getting it right more often than not, which is a great improvement over the earliest volumes.)
Viz takes it as referring to Hogback (you), but I wonder if you're right about it referring to Absalom, which would make more sense.
ETA: Or no, wait: maybe the joke is that Hogback is impressed by Perona's levelheadedness, and Cindry's response is "Maybe you should learn from her servant instead (and shut up)". That makes more sense; I was having trouble seeing why Hogback needed to be more obedient/servile.
Haha, that's the BEST. Does anybody else do this, ever?I'm pretty sure that the chefs on the Baratie reacted with "Sokkuri!" during
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Whoop - seems like I got to the party a little late, but yeah, I can back Wednesday's translation up. I recall one scene from the Mahou Sensei Negima manga where a character probably used the exact same phrase, and the fan-scanlators translated it as "boil the dirt out from under Negi-sensei's nails and make you drink it as medicine!"
On the rest of this arc... meh. I zonked out on Thriller Bark almost all the way through - I actually started following the OP manga closely only when Thriller Bark was in its final stages - as in "*spoiler* suddenly pops up the fuck out of nowhere" final.
So... how was Latin Camp? Are you well-versed enough to judge the crappily translated Latin poem/song I'm about to use in my fanfic?
So... how was Latin Camp? Are you well-versed enough to judge the crappily translated Latin poem/song I'm about to use in my fanfic?
Same as always: too much Latin, way too much good food and wine (they overfeed us so we will be in a good mood when grading), and fun to see colleagues.
Hit me up with the Latin! Though I can't make any promises. :-)
I am enjoying some of the humor of Thriller Bark more this time through, but like I said somewhere above, it's really not a favorite. *Spoiler* at the end, as you mention, is easily my favorite part (along with Brook's backstory and the Laboon reveal).
Unlike you guys, my favourite part of the arc is definitely in this volume - it's "I'M ALREADY NEGATIVE!!" and the following Usopp vs Perona fight. I go on about it here.
I think it's in this arc that's Sanji's characterisation truly starts going downhill. I really don't get what happened there in Oda's head, it's like he suddenly dislikes Sanji for whatever reason.
All the Strawhats starting to face Oats together is also great. I love big team-ups.
Aw, thanks for the link to a great essay! I especially liked:
To be such an active, creative, encouraging, frequently positive, life-affirming and fun-loving person as Usopp is - not to mention his genuine courage and compassion - in spite of having self-loathing problems to the extent that he's pretty much immune to negative ghosts... Frankly, I think it's just really impressive and, yes, in itself quite admirable.
So well put! As always, I am convinced that Usopp is the bravest of the Strawhats. Not the strongest, but the bravest.
Weird that I don't remember reading that post before - did I miss it because I was traveling at that time last year? Anyway, thanks for sharing!
Their little faces just get better and better. The expressions! (The ones in the most-recent-but-one arc have been making me laugh a LOT.)
Not awesome like the arm wings.
The arm wings are the best thing ever. In other respects, her ability is always useful, but definitely continues to be a little creepy. (Wait until you see some of the post-timeskip modifications.)
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Well, if you don't want to know, don't read: According to this kotowaza page, it means すぐれている人のことを少しでも見習おうとすること. So...she's telling him to learn from Kumashi and...shut up? Be obedient? Oh, or is she referring to Absalom? (Absalom needs to be more obedient?) Or it's a joke because she means it literally? I'll try to remember to take a look at this scene later.
(That is definitely a gross figure of speech, though, sheesh.)
But, the fridge horror part… if you look at the reactions of all the others, just what does this say about the voices that are normally living inside Usopp's head?
Awww. But yeah, Usopp being unaffected by the ghosts is awesome.
"Do you remember saying 'I do?'" "No, we kind of skipped that part…"
Hee!
Oars immediately recognizes Sanji from his wanted poster. (そっくり！)
Haha, that's the BEST. Does anybody else do this, ever?
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Oh, thank you for the explanation (and also, ew). That's exactly how Viz translated it, but with their track record, I honestly couldn't be sure if they had it right or not.
(The earlier volumes of the Viz translation will get quite difficult things right and then turn around and screw up basic ones, so I can never tell without checking. Though, at this point, I think it's getting it right more often than not, which is a great improvement over the earliest volumes.)
Viz takes it as referring to Hogback (you), but I wonder if you're right about it referring to Absalom, which would make more sense.
ETA: Or no, wait: maybe the joke is that Hogback is impressed by Perona's levelheadedness, and Cindry's response is "Maybe you should learn from her servant instead (and shut up)". That makes more sense; I was having trouble seeing why Hogback needed to be more obedient/servile.
Haha, that's the BEST. Does anybody else do this, ever?I'm pretty sure that the chefs on the Baratie reacted with "Sokkuri!" during ( ... )
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On the rest of this arc... meh. I zonked out on Thriller Bark almost all the way through - I actually started following the OP manga closely only when Thriller Bark was in its final stages - as in "*spoiler* suddenly pops up the fuck out of nowhere" final.
So... how was Latin Camp? Are you well-versed enough to judge the crappily translated Latin poem/song I'm about to use in my fanfic?
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Same as always: too much Latin, way too much good food and wine (they overfeed us so we will be in a good mood when grading), and fun to see colleagues.
Hit me up with the Latin! Though I can't make any promises. :-)
I am enjoying some of the humor of Thriller Bark more this time through, but like I said somewhere above, it's really not a favorite. *Spoiler* at the end, as you mention, is easily my favorite part (along with Brook's backstory and the Laboon reveal).
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I think it's in this arc that's Sanji's characterisation truly starts going downhill. I really don't get what happened there in Oda's head, it's like he suddenly dislikes Sanji for whatever reason.
All the Strawhats starting to face Oats together is also great. I love big team-ups.
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To be such an active, creative, encouraging, frequently positive, life-affirming and fun-loving person as Usopp is - not to mention his genuine courage and compassion - in spite of having self-loathing problems to the extent that he's pretty much immune to negative ghosts... Frankly, I think it's just really impressive and, yes, in itself quite admirable.
So well put! As always, I am convinced that Usopp is the bravest of the Strawhats. Not the strongest, but the bravest.
Weird that I don't remember reading that post before - did I miss it because I was traveling at that time last year? Anyway, thanks for sharing!
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I love their little faces!
[I am rolling my eyes so hard here that they might end up two blocks away.]
LOL!
Perona has no difficulty recognizing the guy under the mask as Usopp. "How are you supposed to be a different person!?"
If only Sogeking had broken into his theme song here.
Chopper: "They don't even remember each other, and those two still can't get along." (LOL)
Hee! (As usual, I can't follow an action sequence.)
Since I didn't comment on the exclamation points before, I will say that I love the yin question mark!
And the little gear symbol on the adorabot's exclamation point. So cute!
Notice how some of the people look like Shandians, and some like Angel Islanders?
Oooh.
Oars immediately recognizes Sanji from his wanted poster. (そっくり！)
LOL forever.
Robin's arm net is a little creepy. Not awesome like the arm wings.
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Their little faces just get better and better. The expressions! (The ones in the most-recent-but-one arc have been making me laugh a LOT.)
Not awesome like the arm wings.
The arm wings are the best thing ever. In other respects, her ability is always useful, but definitely continues to be a little creepy. (Wait until you see some of the post-timeskip modifications.)
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