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[barmy_brock ⚜️ @BarmyBrock]

@one_two_two_4 @Tsu_hidden @EnbyCreature999 Yuyuko also died and wasn't the same after. Yukari's been a 1st-person narrator in CiLR + SDV, which had brief mask slips even without the Maribel context. In ULiL + AoCF we had "Yukari is a coward", "Yukari has no friends", etc. And then there's Lotus Eaters ch20.

[barmy_brock ⚜️ @BarmyBrock]

@Tsu_hidden @EnbyCreature999 Projects the image of a haughty, omnipotent mastermind to achieve her goals, but got stuck in that role and forced to keep it up even as all her friends died and/or grew distant. The weakest sage, who holds things together only by stacking the deck and bluffing like a maniac.

[barmy_brock ⚜️ @BarmyBrock]

@M0THMIST If it's an answer to anything it's Getter Robo.

[barmy_brock ⚜️ @BarmyBrock]

@adams_y2ken @BrodieOnLinux I've become more forgiving of SAO's janky UI after seeing how bad it used to be in VRChat (what do you mean you can invite someone to a world then walk in front of their menu to stop them from leaving). A solo dev with weird fixations being bad at UI is realistic, at least.

[barmy_brock ⚜️ @BarmyBrock]

@TamamoTailFluff @BrodieOnLinux Canonically it was the revolutionary NerveGear tech that people were interested in moreso than the game content itself, which was largely AI slop. And that tech nearly died until ghost Kayaba open-sourced the SAO engine + dev tools, letting others make better use of it.

[barmy_brock ⚜️ @BarmyBrock]

@7starsmessenger Was on a cruise once that stopped at Sakaiminato for a day or two, it has the Mizuki Shigeru Road + might still have tours to places like the Lafcadio Hearn museum in Matsue. Not that far from Izumo either, but I didn't have much chance to explore.
https://t.co/uIFBD8v5K1

[barmy_brock ⚜️ @BarmyBrock]

@Scias_R @NERU90784678 ここは、意味がだいたい見えるけど文法は下手です。このコンテクストなら、「fire」の意味が違う、「pierce」の使い方が違う。
https://t.co/T0iiMBDMVt

[barmy_brock ⚜️ @BarmyBrock]

@raiou_revo @NERU90784678 「is fire and pierce」は文法的に誤り。英語のネイチブなら、感じは 「火と…え？ピアース？ピアース…くん？いや、これは名詞じゃないよ。動詞が分からないか、このアホ翻訳？日本の元のセリフは…『ファイアーパワーと突破力だけは必要』かも？あ、敵が死んだ…」

[barmy_brock ⚜️ @BarmyBrock]

@raiou_revo @NERU90784678 「is fire and pierce」は文法的に誤り。英語のネイチブなら、感じは 「火と…え？ピアース？ピアース…くん？いや、これは名詞じゃないよ。動詞が分からないか、このアホ翻訳？日本の元のセリフは…『ファイアーパワーと突破力だけは必要』かも？あ、敵が死んだ…」

[barmy_brock ⚜️ @BarmyBrock]

@7starsmessenger Uh, unrelated but also read "Ireland's Immortals" by Mark Williams if you want to start seeing Lunarians everywhere.
https://t.co/kiECIDVto3
https://t.co/eBKSkMyBYP
https://t.co/Tk9kmG6UY6

[barmy_brock ⚜️ @BarmyBrock]

@7starsmessenger The manga Mysterious Disappearances (怪異と乙女と神隠し) has an arc about a VTuber model becoming a data tsukumogami, described as the product of "a vessel in the image of an ancient mythical creature, empty but designed to house a soul, continuing to receive faith".

[barmy_brock ⚜️ @BarmyBrock]

@ohuyusann @UnPS9999 That sounds in-character for Eirin, honestly. She comes across like a high-functioning sociopath who doesn't even care about Kaguya personally. She only betrayed the Lunar Capital because she's a perfectionist who can't stand knowing that they gave her a job and she failed.

[barmy_brock ⚜️ @BarmyBrock]

@ayanakajima3 @_zomg One more nuance: a TV is almost never called a monitor, even if it's connected to a PC (at most you'd say "he's using a TV as a monitor").
"Display"= 表示している物, so depending on context it can mean things like "a status window which is on the screen and changes in real-time".

[barmy_brock ⚜️ @BarmyBrock]

@Tommywebster77 Absolute Sakuya surgically alters children into "fairy maids", Kosuzu was rescued halfway through and has PTSD.
Everyone with a hat is a sleeper agent for the Absolute Lunarians, they're for hiding rabbit ears.
Absolute Kokoro is a street drug that became a sapient hive mind.

[barmy_brock ⚜️ @BarmyBrock]

@ayanakajima3 It's also more similar in sound and length to the existing 脳波モデム (nouha modem).
Both can even be abbreviated to "N-modem", so promotional images which use 「Ｎ‐ＭＯＤＥＭ」 can be understood across multiple languages. (2/2)

[barmy_brock ⚜️ @BarmyBrock]

@ayanakajima3 I suggest "neuromodem". For two reasons:
Compound words are less likely to be shortened. If it's called e.g. a "brain modem" then it's strange to say the adjective each time... but saying just "put on the modem" might confuse readers. "Put on the neuromodem" is fine though. (1/2)

[barmy_brock ⚜️ @BarmyBrock]

@BattleSquire90 '[Sir Kay had] the ability to go nine days and nine nights without the need to breathe or to sleep, the ability to grow as "tall as the tallest tree in the forest if he pleased" and the ability to radiate supernatural heat from his hands.' He was an Ultraman.

[barmy_brock ⚜️ @BarmyBrock]

@kasai_sinya 「怪人」usually gets translated as "monster".
Well, the common translation of 「怪獣」 was "giant monster" until 「パシフィック・リム」 popularised "kaiju".

[barmy_brock ⚜️ @BarmyBrock]

@nishikaramoto @liahzip @kakarotto1506 If someone can discover and enjoy Japanese works in their original language, then that person isn't in the target audience for an official translation.
Publishers have acknowledged the 「一部公開」 effect. But also:
https://t.co/3PqMYKqUBP

[barmy_brock ⚜️ @BarmyBrock]

@SFumoto The "Baen Free Library" is an interesting case study, where authors investigating the effects of piracy found that sales of their books actually increased if they also released them online for free.
https://t.co/U3TfVYkqGj

[barmy_brock ⚜️ @BarmyBrock]

@songcastle712 @Shri_Amitabha @azukiglg "Casual or formal" isn't what I meant. Corporate publishers need to make money, so often the translators or editors will make changes if they think it will increase its popularity. Fan translations are usually non-profit, so they don't need to do such things.