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Ahh, that's true. I got confused because there was a group that was doing part 8 before getting chewed out for not adding them. I don't really see how "this is how it was in the japanese, who cares if it doesn't really work in english" is a good argument. At that point you might as well start adding in honorifics, japanese name structure and a million other things that aren't being kept, and by that point you should probably just tell everyone to learn japanese and/or itallian. The two languages are way to different in structure/grammar for these kinds of literal translations to feel natural, but maybe I'm just not enough to get it. Personally, my enjoyment of parts 1-3 would not be enhanced with japanese quotation marks. e: now that I think about it, we could probably settle this pretty easily. Does the Viz translation include them all the time like this? darealkooky fucked around with this message at 04:45 on Feb 18, 2014 |
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Araki likes to add emphasis to words. That's literally all it is. More emphasis.
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# ? Feb 18, 2014 04:46 |
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You could pretty easily get the same effect by bolding (which is what most manga do) but that's not nearly as amusing as [brackets].
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# ? Feb 18, 2014 04:48 |
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BlitzBlast posted:You could pretty easily get the same effect by bolding (which is what most manga do) but that's not nearly as amusing as [brackets]. Especially when the brackets are used for [something super mundane] and they treat it with deadly seriousness. But that's pure JoJo's.
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# ? Feb 18, 2014 05:17 |
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BlitzBlast posted:You could pretty easily get the same effect by bolding (which is what most manga do) but that's not nearly as amusing as [brackets]. There's a chapter towards the end of part 7 (I think when Valentine is trying to convince Johnny not to kill him) where Araki just went fuckin' crazy with brackets. Like every other word in every single balloon was bracketed. And he also started drawing little pictures in the word balloons to make sure the point was crystal clear. It was kind of hilarious, but I'm glad he eased up on it after that.
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# ? Feb 18, 2014 06:01 |
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Please don't interfere with my enjoyment of the Jojo manga with your overzealous translation aspirations.
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# ? Feb 18, 2014 06:36 |
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What the gently caress is ABAJ actually supposed to mean?darealkooky posted:If you're going over the Jojo project translations, please remove the overuse of 「japanese quotation marks」. It sounds kinda 「cool」 for stuff like 「stand」 names but their use of it is 「loving stupid」 and 「overused」. Nobody 「talks」 like this in 「english」 and it often gets as bad as 「several」 in a single 「speech bubble」 I haven't seen any at all in part 6 yet, but it bugged the poo poo out of me in other parts. Fiend Computer posted:Yeah, pretty much that. Thanks for the feedback! I was actually hemming and hawing over trimming that panel for a long time, it didn't even occur to me to rejig some of the dialogue while I was at it. Second pass before I dive in. I think I've settled on a font, but small bubbles are still a motherfucker. gently caress every tiny rear end "this is absurd" bubble. edit: V That poo poo drives me crazy in american comics too. V Pomp fucked around with this message at 08:12 on Feb 18, 2014 |
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American comics also have ridiculous overuses of emphasis. And not just the Gold/Silver Age; modern comics love to have it too.
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# ? Feb 18, 2014 07:55 |
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My main beef boils down to the fact that bold and 「japanese quotation marks」 don't really read the same in english even though they're both technically doing the same thing. Abaj is just the chinese character for shock or *gasp* or the like
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# ? Feb 18, 2014 09:59 |
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darealkooky posted:If you're going over the Jojo project translations, please remove the overuse of 「japanese quotation marks」. It sounds kinda 「cool」 for stuff like 「stand」 names but their use of it is 「loving stupid」 and 「overused」. Nobody 「talks」 like this in 「english」 and it often gets as bad as 「several」 in a single 「speech bubble」 Have you considered getting 「good taste」 instead?
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# ? Feb 18, 2014 16:09 |
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Pomp posted:What the gently caress is ABAJ actually supposed to mean? It's basically an onomatopoeia for being shocked. So it's like "Ah!" Or something.
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# ? Feb 18, 2014 16:12 |
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Pomp posted:I think his point was more that it's silly of me to worry about getting poo poo for editing something that's illegal in the first place. Yeah that was the idea. Some sub/scanlation groups will poo poo their pants with rage if you do stuff like that, but who cares?
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# ? Feb 18, 2014 16:25 |
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Polnareff is the loving best, the anime should just skip all episodes before he is introduced.
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# ? Feb 18, 2014 16:33 |
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Regarding ABAJ - the Duwang scans for Part 4 left the character 啊 untranslated in the speech bubbles. It's read "ah" in Chinese (like an exclamation of shock), but in English it sort of looks like ABAJ.
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# ? Feb 18, 2014 16:42 |
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a cartoon duck posted:Polnareff is the loving best, the anime should just skip all episodes before he is introduced. Hey now, we can't be leaving out LET'S GO, now can we?
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# ? Feb 18, 2014 17:17 |
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Man this looks so good.
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# ? Feb 18, 2014 18:40 |
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I wish I could be half as fabulous as Polnareff.
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# ? Feb 19, 2014 02:05 |
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You can be! Was it this thread, or the previous thread, where someone posted photos of actual models pulling off JoJo's designs?
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# ? Feb 19, 2014 03:23 |
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I like how Avdol looks super intense even when smiling. quote:Now let's hope they picked the guy who's going to voice this fabulous hombre right. Hiroaki Hirata was pretty dang amazing as ASB Polnareff.
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# ? Feb 19, 2014 04:19 |
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New Ultra Jump, new Jojolion chapter. I have yet to reinstall photoshop, but 「quotation marks」 are really funny to me so I translated it in text form, quick and dirty-like.Jojolion #29 posted:p01
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# ? Feb 19, 2014 15:20 |
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Chapter 29 is up Norisuke is turning out to be my favorite character of the series. And I think it's interesting that his son's stand ability might be similar to his because they both can "take apart" human bodies.
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# ? Feb 20, 2014 10:55 |
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Wasn't this chapter a bit short for a monthly series?
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# ? Feb 20, 2014 15:32 |
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A sickness during a snowstorm....sure sounds familiar.
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# ? Feb 20, 2014 16:28 |
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I'm really glad than Norisuke's legit and an all-around awesome dude
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Dark_Tzitzimine posted:I'm really glad than Norisuke's legit and an all-around awesome dude Is he though? From chapter 9: Could be it's just he's pissed about seeing Josuke on top of his daughter, but what's all this "turn him into a slave" stuff?
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Tobaccrow posted:Is he though? From chapter 9: He'd need to be running a really deep and contrived long con, then. He's being way too useful and open with Jousuke. Dark_Tzitzimine fucked around with this message at 20:56 on Feb 20, 2014 |
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I know of a certain wannabe lawyer/eventual vampire that was super nice to someone for nearly a decade.
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Dark_Tzitzimine posted:He'd need to be running a really deep and contrived long con, then. He's being way too useful and open with Jousuke. We've only seen him being super nice and supportive in the past three chapters - which granted is three months of irl time so it seems like he's been really nice lately, but I have a feeling the perception of him will be different by re-reading jojolion in full at once. I should do that, actually.. e: To clarify he's always been sorta nice to Gappy, but in a "you can take over my son's room while he goes to sleep in the garage" sort of way. CodfishCartographer fucked around with this message at 21:06 on Feb 20, 2014 |
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Tobaccrow posted:Is he though? From chapter 9: The dudes being protective of his young daughter, cut him some slack
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darealkooky posted:I know of a certain wannabe lawyer/eventual vampire that was super nice to someone for nearly a decade. Norisukes wavy blond hair makes me think there's a connection.
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Tobaccrow posted:Is he though? From chapter 9: Remember that according to Norisuke, he needs Josuke alive because part may know a permanent cure the illness that plagues his family. He's also aware of Josuke's situation so he knows that there are no real memories to regain. Josuke is just the amalgamation of two people so his memories start the day his "parent's" ended. His search to find his original memories are something of a pipe dream and Norisuke has other plans for him. That part is definitely sinister but not 100% evil. I get the impression that he wanted his daughter to ensnare Josuke and take his memories in order to keep him complacent, and possibly gain access to the cure. But things didn't go the way he planned and now he's worried about his daughter's new found attachment to Josuke. The last couple of chapters seems to be setting up a conflict between the Higashikata family, Josuke and whatever group of people that want him dead. Since they've put Tsurugi in the cross-hairs, I doubt that Norisuke is going to let whoever is running around go unpunished. It's badass grandpa time!!
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# ? Feb 20, 2014 21:18 |
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Silver2195 posted:Wasn't this chapter a bit short for a monthly series? A lot of the pages were actually two page spreads.
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# ? Feb 20, 2014 23:53 |
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I think the reveal of Yagiyama being the architect of the Higashikata residence could be the reason he seems to be able to appear and disappear at will? Since he designed the place he'd know the layout of the grounds pretty well and I can see that translating into 'can find hiding spots anywhere'. Of course his stand power is still a big mystery. It's got elements if the Dimensional Wall that Valentine had but then there's the weird stuff with the plastic wrap... I'm really excited to find out what it is in a month or two!
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# ? Feb 21, 2014 05:52 |
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I just noticed this really but Norisuke's hair seems a lot like Valentine's except with those weird bubbles in place of the swirls
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# ? Feb 21, 2014 05:56 |
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A new PV for JoJo part 3 is up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whu1uPqrrk0
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# ? Feb 21, 2014 08:24 |
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jonjonaug posted:A new PV for JoJo part 3 is up. Haha Joseph freakout
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# ? Feb 21, 2014 08:44 |
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jonjonaug posted:A new PV for JoJo part 3 is up. There's going to be one of these once a week on Fridays for the next three weeks each focused on a core main party member. This week's Joseph, next is Abdul, then Kakyoin, then Polnareff. Unshou Ishizuka sounds as wonderful as I'd hoped.
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jonjonaug posted:A new PV for JoJo part 3 is up. Oh god why is the video private Edit: found a copy of the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsKalKU_Yg8 Everyting about this is perfect. Kurtofan fucked around with this message at 10:18 on Feb 21, 2014 |
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Oh man, it looks like we might actually get a nice animation budget this time.
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