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CodfishCartographer posted:Eh I mean, there ARE times where gender can be specified in Japanese, and we've had a good number of chapters by now. I'd be curious to see if their gender has been mentioned elsewhere in the original Japanese aside from the first chapter's "brother" or not. Bisse posted:So the one time his gender was ever mentioned it was Male, wow that sounds really ambiguous, thanks for deepening the mystery. I didn't even say it was ambiguous in my post. I just called out the translator-added pronouns as not being evidence like you claimed.
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Dragona was stated to have gotten chest injections and uses Atashi as a pronoun (which is usually feminine) but they have been referred as Aniki in most promotional material. Either he's just into feminine looks but still identifies as a guy or she's trans and Jodio doesn't fully get it so he still calls Dragona big bro.
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I think Dragona pushing femboy technology to it's absolute limits is a fair read on the character too tbf, they're clearly doing gender regardless of their pronouns
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I'm just rereading some jojolands in anticipation for the next chapter, something I didn't tend to do very much during the release of jojolion, which really tells me how much I'm digging this part. I have a feeling it might be my #1 but I'm not willing to call it until I'm old and gray and the part has finished (and araki will look exactly the same) One of the sites I've read it on has cropped jojo yaoi randomly interspersed which always throws me for a loop when I inevitably forget that website likes to pull that gag GiantRockFromSpace posted:Dragona was stated to have gotten chest injections and uses Atashi as a pronoun (which is usually feminine) but they have been referred as Aniki in most promotional material. I've seen "aniki" used to refer to women with seniority in criminal organizations in other manga (and most certainly for men) but I have no idea if that is the norm! I don't speak this language! I figured that's what the "big bro" translation was representing, too, and assumed it wasn't actually intended to be a gendered term in this context. I am probably wrong, though. Maybe. Actually, no, I'm probably right and if you disagree with me you are, in fact, wrong. It's so great being right all the time.
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Bisse posted:So the one time his gender was ever mentioned it was Male, wow that sounds really ambiguous, thanks for deepening the mystery. it's so unambiguous that every translation group deliberately stopped using pronouns pending extratextual confirmation one way or the other
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There's undeniably Gender happening and it's definitely not unreasonable to theorize that the gender is woman-whose-brother-hasn't-figured-it-out-yet with the evidence we have right now. The mention of injections makes me lean that way, even if that might not be the intent.
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Dragona's just Dragona, and it's cool that way. Makes it a bit harder to write about them, but I don't think there needs to be some definite answer about their gender identity. Usagi is the type of character I would normally hate, but the scenarios have done a really good job selling me on him. His interactions with Dragona have let both of them show multiple sides of their personalities rather than just being pigeonholed into their roles as the goofy one and the mature one. Paco is also kicking all kinds of rear end and he didn't even have to do anything this chapter. Jodio's personality wasn't quite as focused on this time, but he got to do something rad in a fight. Waiting for a chapter monthly is hell, but Part 9 has been really good so far.
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It is nice that Usagi is more than just an oddball, he's shown himself to hold up really well in dire situations, making good judgement calls and mature decisions. He and Dragona seem to be the brains of the group so far.
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Feb 12, 2024 18:27
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Jojolands Ch.12!
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Extremely grateful for Araki not giving us the more real experience of being at an airport as a trans woman
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Feb 18, 2024 16:13
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"Charmingman? That's a name?" oh now we're addressing weird names in Jojo?
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Kaiser Mazoku posted:"Charmingman? That's a name?" Sam, it's me, Charmingman.
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Very few people know this but the Smiths were huge in Hawaii and there are hundreds of thousands of people named Charmingman in the state as a result.
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Funky Valentine posted:Very few people know this but the Smiths were huge in Hawaii and there are hundreds of thousands of people named Charmingman in the state as a result. Guess it could be worse. Could be a lot of people named "Morrissey" instead.
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Good chapter! Felt kinda short, but then again so does every other monthly Jojo chapter. I wonder if the lava tubes are a Devil’s Palm or something like it? At first I thought they were going to use it to explain how Charmingman (lol) got his stand, but his comment to the policeman about always having corse skin makes it sound like maybe he was born with it.
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Lava Tubes is Wall Eyes
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It's refreshing to see that Meryl Mei seems to actually be a good boss. She gives everyone a decent cut and let them keep the stuff they stole. And when she realizes their mission went too smoothly for the amount of time they stayed in Hawaii, she even asks everyone to come clean to her now before poo poo really hits the fan and they have to beg her to bail them out. I hope she remains on their side because it's refreshing to have a crime boss who looks out for her underlings.
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I'm getting vague Polpo vibes from her, so I wouldn't be surprised if she turns on them. It would be interesting to see how she's used if she doesn't wind up being a villain, though.
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Is the Polpo vibe just because she's large
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Well, she hasn't turned into a bed yet, so she's not that large. It was more because of the whole "older figure running a crime ring of scrappy teenagers" angle reminded me of Bruno's gang at the start of Vento Aureo. Also, towards the end, she starts getting a lot more shading on her face while giving some hard stares which gave kind of a sinister vibe.
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Blueberry Pancakes posted:Well, she hasn't turned into a bed yet, so she's not that large. She's a school principal remember, those vibes just come with the job.
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amigolupus posted:It's refreshing to see that Meryl Mei seems to actually be a good boss. She gives everyone a decent cut and let them keep the stuff they stole. And when she realizes their mission went too smoothly for the amount of time they stayed in Hawaii, she even asks everyone to come clean to her now before poo poo really hits the fan and they have to beg her to bail them out. I hope she remains on their side because it's refreshing to have a crime boss who looks out for her underlings. I hope she stays cool. Also I like that I recognize many places in this series so far.
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Well that was an intro. I assumed I missed a chapter, but nope, that really is the transition. Okay then Araki.
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Blueberry Pancakes posted:Well, she hasn't turned into a bed yet, so she's not that large. That reminds me it's nice of Jodio to ask Charmingman what music he listens to.
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When you recruit someone into your party, it's good to learn about their vibes right? And honestly I find it so charming that music's becoming much more relevant in Jojo, such as Daiya's love for Yes. It's been said before but I really enjoy the cast's dynamic a lot. This has felt to me the most energetic group dynamic that we had since Golden Wind (And arguably SBR, though that's more of a dynamic duo than a group ensemble)
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Electric Phantasm posted:That reminds me it's nice of Jodio to ask Charmingman what music he listens to. That proves Jodio's smart, he's avoiding a Trish situation where someone may not want to help their newest friend because they don't know what his favourite music is.
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Jodio will save Charmingman specifically because he listens to H.E.R.
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Did you guys know 7th Stand User got a modded version that removes the random battles in favor of Earthbound-style enemies on the map? Because I didn't. Makes that game a thousand times better.
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That's what it's always been, hasn't it? Am I just mandela effecting here?
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No yeah that's how it always was.
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What? No there were random battles too. That's the whole problem with replaying the game, the encounter rate made it a slog.
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Oh, like the assassin attacks? I don't feel like those were that common tbh, but maybe I'm just looking back at it with rose tinted glasses. I always ended up fighting the overworld enemies way more
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All of the enemies being on the overworld instead of that AND random battles sounds more tolerable.
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https://twitter.com/franck_sabatier/status/1761115438853816611?t=GdX7snAntsIMYZ4p1xUtfg&s=19
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Isn't that just a Chicken Parm?
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NO THE CHIZZA™ IS BETTER
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The Chizza probably isn't friends with Nazis
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