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Well, it is cringeworthy.
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Oct 4, 2013 16:51
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I still think they should've gotten Tara Strong to play Tomoko. 
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Oct 4, 2013 17:21
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Aw. They had a good opportunity to voice a character without faking a "cute Japanese girl" voice. Instead of a nice crazy voice, we got "I'm acting!"
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Oct 4, 2013 18:44
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Well that's objectively terrible.
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Oct 4, 2013 22:58
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I thought it was alright until Tomoko started speaking.
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Oct 4, 2013 23:40
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Should I be glad I can't see it in my country?
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Oct 5, 2013 00:23
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How do they find these people? Seriously. She sounds more like an overexited anime fan that would be shouting meme... maybe they got it right
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Oct 5, 2013 02:37
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The Japanese VA is a hard act to follow, as she nailed Tomoko pretty well. She went from egotistical and whiny sounding inner dialogue to stammering awkward outer dialogue, also all the strange little noises she would make were pretty funny. Though, no one else in the cast really wowed me. This English VA sounds... acceptable. It sounds like she's trying to do the ego voice aand it doesn't sound bad but she could sound more pathetic. But I don't think it's that much of a deal breaker. I'm more interested in seeing how the script has changed, and how the jokes have changed (ie. Japanese puns, Japanese centric references). Panty & Stocking's dub trailer had a similar mild reaction for me, but when I saw the first episode the dialogue was changed in such a way that I found it funnier than the subs. So I'm optimistic. Even if it turns out like crap, it'll give me a reason to re-watch this sadly short show. Dehry posted:How do they find these people? Seriously. She sounds more like an overexited anime fan that would be shouting meme... maybe they got it right jvempire fucked around with this message at 03:55 on Oct 5, 2013 |
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Oct 5, 2013 03:42
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I liked Britney Karbowski as Yamada in B Gata H Kei, but she doesn't sound nearly awkward or screechy enough here.
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Oct 5, 2013 04:33
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jvempire posted:The Japanese VA is a hard act to follow, as she nailed Tomoko pretty well. She went from egotistical and whiny sounding inner dialogue to stammering awkward outer dialogue, also all the strange little noises she would make were pretty funny. Though, no one else in the cast really wowed me. Yea I'll admit my only real high praise for the Japanese cast is Tomoko, everyone else is just kind generic. Of course, since she's the central focus of the show the English VA being pretty wonky for her is kinda unfortunate.
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Oct 5, 2013 05:38
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Yeah, main voice for Tomoko doesn't work at all for me. It's what you expect from Sentai these days though, they try to pump poo poo out fast and it shows. I actually thought that Monical Rial probably would have been a good choice.
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Oct 5, 2013 15:04
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The latest chapter is a lot less cringeworthy or hilarious really, but it's setting up something potentially amazing. And one of the early pages sums up the series perfectly. http://kissmanga.com/Manga/It%E2%80...to-Go?id=177472
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Oct 19, 2013 23:49
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quote:Everyone's having fun while I'm sitting here trying to escape from reality by searching for funny cat pictures
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Oct 20, 2013 00:05
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Captain Invictus posted:The latest chapter is a lot less cringeworthy or hilarious really, but it's setting up something potentially amazing. And one of the early pages sums up the series perfectly. I'm not sure we're allowed to link these anymore? EDIT: Never-mind, I messed up. Leave it to Tomoko to somehow make something really popular with absolutely no input on her part. Shouldn't have left those windows open. Surprised they can watch videos though, I'd have expected schools to make sure their computers don't have flash and such so students don't get distracted.
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Oct 20, 2013 00:51
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Technically linking scanlations do break the rules, but the manga is also on the official site in the OP. My own thought is that it is  . That is why the official site with the original Japanese webcomic is the only thing I link in the OP.Volumes 1-3 are the only chapters licensed at the moment, and this stuff is coming from what will be volume 5. Really the only things unique to the print version would be the omake. That being said, post at your own risk.
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Bholder posted:This is the least weird thing she did yet so far. Yeah, and also the first time I've seen Serious Cat in maybe five years. Are lolcats a thing in Japan, even?
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Oct 27, 2013 10:41
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The Devil Tesla posted:Well, it is cringeworthy. yeah but for the wrong reasons.
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Oct 27, 2013 14:55
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My Watamote Volume 1 just shipped from amazon.  I'm actually curious to see how much the official translation differs from the /a/ and World Three scanlations. Also: It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not A Pokemon Master (not that the joke has been made 1000 times already.) 
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Oct 29, 2013 02:58
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Oh and for people who didn't recheck the video So it isn't a preview of the dub, I guess? Who knows if it's backpedaling or not.
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Oct 29, 2013 05:06
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I know this is a month or so late, but Guardian Enzo's coverage is the best review/recap of the series I've found so far. A lot of what he writes is stuff we've noticed before, but he does bring some details and analogies that clarify things. I still like his assessment of Tomoko as an "overgrown tomboy" who's hit the point in her life when that identity doesn't work for her anymore. (He also mentions that he was in Tomoki's position with a sibling when he was growing up, so he recognized a lot of Tomoko's behavior.)
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Oct 29, 2013 05:47
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jvempire posted:Oh and for people who didn't recheck the video Sure, they just made an English version of the logo and had some random girl narrate the preview in English. 
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Oct 29, 2013 16:54
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Dehry posted:Sure, they just made an English version of the logo and had some random girl narrate the preview in English. I'm fine with what it implies: That there's still time for the lead actress to practice her role.
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Oct 29, 2013 17:29
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Dehry posted:Sure, they just made an English version of the logo and had some random girl narrate the preview in English. You're being sarcastic but that's exactly what happened. The show was licensed by Sentai Filmworks, and only about half of their shows get dubbed while all of them get english logos. I have no idea why they made a trailer that implied there was a dub, but note that there's nothing in it that matches the animation.
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Oct 29, 2013 18:20
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Volume 1 came in today. It's actually matte with glossy broken 8bit hearts on it. There's also a single glossy page at the start that thanks everyone for the  they sent.The official translation of the chapters is "Fail" instead of "Lament." The translation is vastly different from the scanlation. You can definitely see the difference in quality. It seems like the scanlated version missed several things (like calling Middle School High School) and in general misses the context. In a chapter Tomoko puts her collar up and says that it's in style at her school. The scanlated version has Yu saying it's in style, but the official translation just has her saying "oh, so that's what's in at your school!" The context totally changes on many other things too.
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Oct 31, 2013 03:22
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Dehry posted:Also: It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not A Pokemon Master (not that the joke has been made 1000 times already.) Oh good, not just me then.
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Oct 31, 2013 04:07
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I'm subscribed to this dude on youtube who makes some fuckin' killer mashups of Japanese music with other stuff and look what he just put out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh1MR0_i-Rc 
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Nov 2, 2013 21:00
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AF posted:I'm subscribed to this dude on youtube who makes some fuckin' killer mashups of Japanese music with other stuff and look what he just put out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh1MR0_i-Rc poo poo, that's awesome. I listen to Nakinyko's "Black and Yellow Sketch" mashup at least once a day. "Poolside Identity" is really good too. My copy of the manga came in from Amazon. When I'm done reading is it worth it to read scanlations, or should I just wait for the next official localization?
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Nov 2, 2013 22:08
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crabhammaren posted:My copy of the manga came in from Amazon. When I'm done reading is it worth it to read scanlations, or should I just wait for the next official localization? In other news, the new chapter's out and it's back to basics: Tomoko mimicking something she saw in animé to make people want to talk to her, only to completely fail. We get to see her interact with her homeroom teacher a bit more, and I like dynamic the two have. The teacher's vaguely aware that something's wrong with Tomoko and is trying to help, but the student-teacher relationship and the difference in personalities results in the whole thing being another exercise in humiliation for Tomoko. (The only thing that could make it worse would be for Tomoko to realize someone is trying to help her.)
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Nov 12, 2013 05:01
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crabhammaren posted:My copy of the manga came in from Amazon. When I'm done reading is it worth it to read scanlations, or should I just wait for the next official localization? Scanlations will get you caught up, but go back and read the official translations when they come out. If you put the scanlations side to side with the official translation, they miss a lot of context. There was even a part where they missed her saying "It's like when I was in middle school" and the scanlators put "It's like I'm in high school" Dehry fucked around with this message at 00:09 on Nov 13, 2013 |
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Nov 13, 2013 00:07
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There was a new TomoMote too. That third page.  Makes you question just how much of Yuu's success in high school was due to her "reinventing" herself versus her already being popular (Or on the verge of it) in the first place.
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So I have finished watching this and I can really only repeat what I am sure what others have said several times over. I am truly torn by this anime and I can only applaud the creators for that. At times I hate it for using such a pathedic, pitable person as the butt of the jokes, only to then turn around and admire it for showing lonliness for the depressing thing it is and how it effects a person. Of course it's over the top and goes into the completely absurd alot, so that makes me able to watch it without feeling like a horrible human being. Tomoko is of course to a large degree at fault for her problems, although fate seems to really out to get her as well. That "I only get spice" line was a real verbal gut-punch though. In any case, looking forward to more content in this francise, will be keeping an eye out for it.
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Nov 15, 2013 18:29
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The anime is over, is this still a thread we can talk about the manga in? For now there's a new [short] chapter. Tomoko's has such innocent perverted misconceptions.
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 Short, but sweet chapter.
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Nov 27, 2013 12:27
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World Three tanslated the Watamote Anthology, and part 6 is an epilogue to episode 6 of the anime. As far as licensing goes, I don't think we have anything confirmed beyond the 3rd volume, which will be somewhere at or before chapter 30.
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Dehry posted:World Three tanslated the Watamote Anthology, and part 6 is an epilogue to episode 6 of the anime. God drat. I think part 7 was worse than like 95% of the actual manga just because of the way it was framed and such. It comes across like there's no joke - she's just stuck, crying, and lost her stuff.
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Chapter 52's been translated, and today's adventure concerns Tomoko's faltering attempt at songwriting which manages to end in more abuse being heaped upon Kotomi, somehow. This chapter did bring up something I've noticed as of late: Tomoko doesn't use the Internet as an alternate means of socialization. It would seem like exactly the sort of thing she'd have jumped into in middle school, but we only see her use it a handful of times. I wonder if there's a reason behind it. Certainly in the animé they made it clear that online interaction was just another sphere for her anxieties to play out in, rather than a liberation from them.
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Marshal Radisic posted:This chapter did bring up something I've noticed as of late: Tomoko doesn't use the Internet as an alternate means of socialization. It would seem like exactly the sort of thing she'd have jumped into in middle school, but we only see her use it a handful of times. I wonder if there's a reason behind it. Certainly in the animé they made it clear that online interaction was just another sphere for her anxieties to play out in, rather than a liberation from them.
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Dec 18, 2013 21:49
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I think the chapter sums up the experience of someone buying Vocaloid software.
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crabhammaren posted:"Poolside Identity" is really good too. I can't believe how well it works to be honest I can't stop listening to it 
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