#sasuga

[nocandnc]

Sasuga cover my beloved 😍

I’m pretty sure this volume includes the conclusion of the sacrificial village arc, so of course he gets the cover at last ✨✨✨

(I also really like that Tenko was the previous cover, as she’s the one who sent Nanoka and co. to the village to start ^^)

[justintaco]

[banditcoyote]

Sasuga is really 5'4" but because she always wears heels that I am assuming are between 3-6" I put her down as 5'8" as an average

[seeyounexttime]

An official twitter for Rumiko Takahashi was created in 2021. From chapter 95 onward, almost every tweet about a new chapter of MAO includes a sketch of one of the pages from that chapter.

Chapter 175, page 2 (tweet: 14 Feb. 2023)

Chapter 176, page 2 (tweet: 21 Feb. 2023)

Chapter 177, page 2 (tweet: 28 Feb. 2023)

Chapter 178, page 2 (tweet: 7 March. 2023)

Chapter 179, page 2 and 3 (tweet: 14 March 2023)

Previous: Chapters 170-174

Next: Chapters 180-184

[hunieday]

do you know if anyone's translated yuki's radio station twelve hits track? according to the rabbichats he expresses how grateful he is to momo in it and has a near heart attack about it and i have a mighty need to know what he said

it's actually been translated before, here it is ! it's a really cute and unhinged chat and if you like Yuki and wanna read about his interactions with trigger and i7 i recommend reading it (❁´◡`❁) he's such a loser /pos

[sacred-stanning]

Chapter 11 Part 7: They don't want you to know...L'Arachel's true identity revealed...not clickbait

Last post, Tana was the only one left in enemy range, and, as predicted, the boss comes in and attacks her, but can't double her. She does pretty well since she manages to dodge again, and still gets her hit in.

I mentioned last post that the boss had only 1 res and only 7 attack speed. Well,

it's Luting time!

(She did well attacking, so we'll overlook the level up.)

Aside from the other gargoyle, we also have a couple of random eyeballs to take out.

I check out the range on the far one, and I see that Neimi can kill the close one and still be safe even if she gets hit on the counter. (My assumption is that I'll definitely take care of the gargoyle, but possibly not the far eyeball.)

*Sigh* Then Neimi misses one of her shots.

At any rate, Duessel takes care of the gargoyle, Cormag cleans up Neimi's mess, and Franz actually can easily reach the other eyeball, so things are looking good!

I move L'Arachel up to heal Moulder, who's been about half dead for a couple turns now.

Then I end turn and, before I know it, some random enemy suicides into one of my guys and the map ends!

Because it's a fog map with the rout enemy win condition, they don't actually show you how many enemies are left in the counter on screen, so it's not uncommon for this map to end like this.

Seth reports to Ephraim that the ship is cleared of enemies and that the ship itself appears to be undamaged.

L'Arachel is happy that we protected righteousness. :)

At this point, Ephraim finally finds out who this random woman is.

"I am called L'Arachel. I fight monsters for the sake of righteousness and order!"

She also reveals that she is actually the crown princess of Rausten, which is one of the other countries with a sacred stone.

And she mentions to Ephraim that she met a young woman who looked a lot like him. Ephraim realizes that she must have met his sister.

L'Arachel announces to Dozla that they are joining Ephraim's efforts to fight Grado. Dozla responds that, for Lady L'Arachel's sake, he will jump into a group of monsters, or into the sea...etc.

To which L'Arachel responds that "But of course my retainer would have such wonderful energy!"

I'm actually having a little trouble thinking of how to translate that sentence so that it sounds more like natural English.

She starts with the word "sasuga", which, like "yahari / yappari" which I mentioned before, is another cool word that does a lot of work all on its own.

It's often used when praising someone when you think the person has lived up to the expectations of them, and you want to express your appreciation of that. (Though it's not an inherently positive word, and it could be used to express that a negative result was as expected too.)

"Sasuga, Lute used her incredible magic proficiency to blast that gargoyle out of the sky in one shot!"

So it's a little like "Leave it to [name] to..." maybe. Or "Figures [name] would..."

It's generally written in hiragana, but it can be written 流石, "flowing rock" too.

Interestingly enough, the source of the "flowing rock" kanji probably has no direct relation to the meaning of this word.

The other word that feels awkward to translate is "kiai", which I made into "energy" above. But I feel like the word conveys a mix of energy and also attitude, especially when you are talking about someone who is working really hard, or putting a big effort into something.

Situations like this are where you really get to see the skills of translators, because translating very directly, and trying to capture every little nuance in the original might result in a very awkward-sounding sentence in the target language.

Sometimes the best way is to just totally reword things, but in a way that still captures the feel of the original.

But that's it for chapter 11!

Next up: Chapter 12, and more new friends!

[weeblmaodotcom]

Sasuga Lalatina Ojou-sama , Meme by Weeblmao.com

[kaban-bang]

[skalidris]

so it turns out. multiple days of lying down has restored my ability to do academic research

[egophiliac]

WOOO we're finally getting some Ride Kamens story content! ...and it's mostly Leon getting REALLY into being a small business owner! this is (unironically) an excellent sign for the future.

(what do you mean the Agent isn't wearing cat ears 24/7 in every outfit) (can't hear you la la laaaaa)

[thehistorynut19]

whoa :OOO

F/O REBLOG GAME: show me your F/O and I'll assign them a mechanical key switch based off their vibes!!

Since I'm a selfshipper who loves mechanical keyboards and has them as a special interest, I just thought why not make a game with them? Rules are simple: send me an F/O (I can do only one, sorry ;v;) with their name and media they're from, and I'll be searching here and there on the net for key switches I think they're like! Example of mine would be this: Soun from Ride Kamens reminds me of the Melon Milk linear switches from DangKeebs!

[⚠️ F/O DOUBLES AND PR/SHIP DO NOT TOUCH THIS POST! PROBLEMATIC CHARACTERS WILL BE REJECTED!]

[nocandnc]

I just wanna SLAP HIM (affectionate)

[tensei-ojisan]

Grace and Anna illustration for pop up shop at Shinjuku Marui Annex!

[seeyounexttime]

An official twitter for Rumiko Takahashi was created in 2021. From chapter 95 onward, almost every tweet about a new chapter of MAO includes a sketch of one of the pages from that chapter.

Chapter 180, page 4 (tweet: 21 March 2023)

Chapter 181, page 2 (tweet: 28 March 2023)

Chapter 182, page 2 (tweet: 4 April 2023)

Chapter 183, half of page 3 (tweet: 12 April 2023)

Chapter 184, page 4 (tweet: 18 April 2023)

Previous: Chapters 175-179

Next: Chapters 185-189

[justintaco]