Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Shinohayu 110: Visit

When a western name appears in Shinohayu is usually written in katakana. There is more than one way to transcribe names from katakana into alphabet letters so we can never be completely sure of the exact spelling for such names (unless one day Ritz decides to write the name in romaji).

Still, I did my best to write the most likely spelling for that name. And even if that was not what Ritz had in mind, it can't be too different, just an alternate spelling of the same name.

On another note, I updated chapter 108 because I realized it had an error in page 28 when Shino's uncle is talking about the trip. Nothing too important but it comes up again in this chapter so I wanted to fix it.

 

Sunday, November 19, 2023

Saki 267: Youkai

Youkai is a generic term for all kinds of supernatural spirits and creatures in Japanese folklore. It's often translated as ghosts, demons, monsters, etc. In this particular chapter however, is used in the sense of 'someone who doesn't seem to age or ages very slowly'. So it would be more like fairies or elves.

 

Monday, November 6, 2023

Toki 71: Haircutting

I think most anime/manga fans out there know about Japanese pronouns like boku and ore. Both mean "I, me" and are mainly used by males and tomboys like Sera. Many boys use boku when they are young and then change to ore as they grow up (only when speaking casually). Sera does a similar thing in this series.

Sera must have started using ore some time after her life-changing defeat at the hands of Fujishiro Nanami. Toki is surprised to hear her use ore in chapter 40 but Sera also uses boku a few times in that same chapter and after, perhaps meaning she still isn't used to ore. In more recent chapters, Sera always or nearly always uses ore.

The climax to the match with Fujishiro, when she tells Hiroe what she's going to steal from her, was in chapter 43.