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YukiBrys in da official P4A Ichijinsha 4Koma… so true

(The author of this particular comic is 望月和臣 btw if you’re interested)

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Rising back from the dead to review Udon’s English release of the P4A manga, because I love P4A, I love the P4A manga, and I hate this book.

I’ve been a big fan of Persona 4 Arena for a while now, so I was really excited when Udon announced an official English release of its manga adaptation. I’d read the unofficial translation a couple of times, and I felt that it adapted the story well, especially given the unusual way that P4A presents its story. The first volume was originally going to be released in February of this year, but was delayed until May for no specified reason. I was finally able to get my hands on it today, and oh boy does it suck. Oh FUCKING boy it does it suck.

In this post, I will be talking about why that is, not just to vent, but also to warn anyone who might be thinking of buying this. I’ve even included pictures. Please enjoy (because I’m not).

Let’s jump right in.

The dialogue is so unnaturally wordy that makes regular conversation very awkward, and ruins the comedic timing of almost every joke.

For example, compare this scene with the one from the unofficial translation. First, the unofficial:

Then, the official:

Words words words. You don’t need that many words.

And it’s not just with that panel; you’d be hard-pressed to find a single text bubble that doesn’t use at least three more words than it needs to. For example:

How hard is it to just say “Sounds fun.”??

Then, we have an issue that you may have already noticed from the examples above. Scenes that were taken directly from the game are completely re-translated, and are often nothing like what they’re supposed to be. The Midnight Channel cutscene is a glaring example of this. (I can’t post the whole scene because of the picture limit, but these are the highlights. If I had to read “eat my powerful dragon kick”, then you do too.)

Given that they play this cutscene in almost every story episode, I think I remember what it’s supposed to sound like, and it’s not this.

There’s other little things too, like calling Naoto “she” in a scene where she is most definitely meant to be referred to as “he”.

Like, seriously?

All of this would be bad enough, but it’s nothing compared to the book’s biggest sin.

So, if you’re aware of P4A, then you’ll probably be aware of a character named Labrys. If you’re aware of the English version of P4A, then you probably already know that it makes the interesting decision of localising her Kansai accent as a Brooklyn accent. The reason why this is an interesting decision is because, typically, Kansai accents are converted to Southern US accents for English dubbing, so the use of a Brooklyn accent is quite notable. One possible reason for this is because Persona 4 is already set in rural farming town, and her accent is (one of the things that are) meant to make her seem out of place, so using a Brooklyn accent is far more effective than using a Southern US accent (which would commonly be associated with rural farming towns).

Whatever the reason was, however, doesn’t change the fact that her accent is supposed to be unlike anything around it, otherwise the other characters making particular note of it wouldn’t make sense. And yet…

Oh Lordy Lou indeed, Labrys. Oh Lordy Lou indeed.

I was so excited for these books. I had even considered buying the Japanese release before the English version was announced. The art is nice, the little fragments of each story episode were chosen and interweaved well, it has Labrys in it, it was accurate… what more could you want from a video game adaption?

I’m not sure I’ve ever been more insulted by a book in my life. I want to burn it. Genuinely. I have no idea what to do with this thing. I kept trying to get through it despite all its issues, but it just kept getting worse. My god, if I had just stopped reading halfway through, I could have spared my eyes (and sanity) from Yee-Haw Labrys. Why did I not?!?!

Do not make the same mistake I did. Please. You don’t deserve this.

TL;DR: This book saved me £25.98 during the cost-of-living crisis by being absolutely unbearable to read. I’m so glad I didn’t preorder the other two volumes before I read this one. Go read the unofficial translation on a manga piracy site if you want to read this manga. Or, just play P4A. Just don’t buy this book.

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Found a little bug in TLH:UT...

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I just found out that my great-grandmother was one of 11 (surviving) children, only one of which was a boy and two were twins. This is trippy...

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Italian preview of “Driving Ambition” including an older Lori and Lobby children!

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Clincoln McLoud - Camp Camp Style (or near enough)

(Lo/ud/ce/st/ors don’t interact)

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Idea for an Art Challenge

Try to draw a character within the duration of their opening theme song. (You start when the song starts and finish when the song finishes.)

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It seems like these are the Fox quintuplets referenced in the episode “Breaking Dad”. Forgive me if anyone else has already come to this conclusion.

(Proof: This girl is one of them and can also be seen in the picture previews.)

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Lynn wants to prove she can babysit, but what could go wrong? As we await for “Sitting Bull” until this Tuesday, click on the arrows for some more scenes! 

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Reblog if you’re against Loudcest.

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You: Citrus is incest because Mei and Yuzu are step-sisters and that’s still wrong. Me, an intellectual: I’m 99% sure that Shō and Ume are not even married because, honestly, I would believe anything from those two, and I cannot wait for Saburouta to drop the bomb after she’s done breaking my heart.

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I get the impression that this game wasn’t meant to be released yet, but- with Lisa’s track record- who knows.

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Um... did Clyde bleed so profusely that he stained both Lincoln’s shirt and trousers red?

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Watching the leaked episode of the Loud House...

Lisa: The only gases I smell are the noble kind!

Me: Noble gases are odourless though

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(Please tell me I’ll not too late to the party.)

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If being against child porn, incest and pedophilia makes somebody an asshole, then I’m an asshole :))

reblog if you’re an asshole too :)))))

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how to fucking flag pedophiles

call me the fucking ~internet police~ BUT I DIDN’T KNOW UNTIL TODAY THAT THERE’S LITERALLY A COMMUNITY OF “PEDOPHILE POSITIVITY” ON THIS HELLSITE

THERE ARE PEOPLE OPENLY ADMITTING THAT THEY ARE ATTRACTED TO CHILDREN/CONSUMING CHILD PORN ON THIS WEBSITE!?!??! THERE’S 13 YEAR OLDS ON HERE!!!

so my dudes, how to flag “maps” (minor attracted people aka pedophiles)

1. click “flag this blog”

2. click “this violates tumblr’s community guildlines”

3. click “someone is at risk of harm”

4. click “harm to minors”

5. type “pedophile” in the box

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You have a point about her eyebrows in this scenario, but the problem with her her hair colour is that she isn’t usually drawn with purple hair (but pink hair) and, in the manga, she is drawn with quite a light hair colour. Please see below:

This is a comparison between Himeko, Matsuri, Harumi and Mei, all characters who have different implied hair colours. As you can see, Himeko’s and Matsuri’s hair colours aren’t too far apart, (well, Himeko’s hair’s closer to Matsuri’s than, say, Harumi’s, for example,) yet if you see their designs in the anime...

... they are considerably different. (I included the greyscale version as a comparison to the original manga images.) If this were to be Himeko’s actual hair colour, then she would be drawn with a hair colour more similar to Harumi’s in the manga. Like this:

(The edited image to the right.)

Therefore, I acknowledge that you make a decent point, yet I retain my position that Himeko’s hair colour is still incorrect and still unacceptable.

what is that hair