Splatfest Research Team here with a special Splatfest report!
Bundle up, because the Frosty Fest is coming. The Splatsville and Inkopolis halls will be decked to the nines, with Deep Cut and the Squid Sisters in their finest gala fits!
No date to save yet, but stay tuned.
SplatoonJP:
「2023冬 Chill Season」では特別なフェス「FrostyFest」も開催予定だ。
いつもとは違う、冬の空気に包まれたバンカラ街やハイカラシティを楽しもう。
SplatoonNA:
And what would Frosty Fest be without gifts? Get ready to unwrap four swanky pieces of gear!
No need to set out a stocking—just open News on your Nintendo Switch system, then launch the Splatoon 3 game via the Squid Research Lab article. Your gifts will be at the lobby terminal!
Ahem! If the SRL Fashion Report may be so bold, we've secured an advance look at Deep Cut's Frosty Fest attire.
"Ritzy" and "elegant" may not be words you associated with them before, but they never do things by halves, and their wintry ensembles are no exception.
SplatoonJP:
「FrostyFest」では、すりみ連合の面々が特別な衣装で登場するぞ。
冬めくバンカラ街にきらめく、三人のエレガントな装いにご注目いただきたい。
SplatoonNA:
Not to be outdone, the Squid Sisters are bringing their own inimitable looks to the Inkopolis stage. Their snow-white outfits dazzle amidst the chilly climate, wouldn't you say?
Our work here is done. The Splatfest Research Team will provide dates and a topic some other day. Ta!
4
運命が捻じ曲がったんだよ
うんめいがねじまがったんだよ
unmei ga nejimagattanda yo
Fate was twisted.
5
たしかに君の夢は
たしかにきみのゆめは
tashika ni kimi no yume wa
For certain, your dream
6
彼処で終わった
あそこでおわった
asoko de owatta
ended over there.
7
そして
soshite
And then...
1
約束が残った
やくそくがのこった
yakusoku ga nokotta
[your] promise remained.
2
"先達は死して託す"と相場は決まってるのにな
"せんだつはししてたくす"とそうばはきまってるのにな
"sendatsu wa shi shite takusu" to souba wa kimatteru noni na
Even though the price of "die and leave everything to my predecessor" was decided, huh?
(Note: I think All Might is poking fun at Nighteye's business lingo here and saying something like "the speculating market price became fixed" by his decision to sacrifice himself.)
3
それは架空の話さ八木俊典
それはコミックのはなしさやぎとしのり
sore wa KOMIKKU no hanashi sa Yagi Toshinori
That's [something from] a comic book story, Toshinori Yagi.
4
幻覚に何を言わせてんだろうね私は
げんかくになにをいわせてんだろうねわたしは
genkaku ni nani wo iwasetendarou ne watashi wa
Just what am I making these illusions say, I wonder?
5
ヒーローであり人間だもの
ヒーローでありにんげんだもの
HIIROO de ari ningen da mono
[You] are a hero and a human being.
6
楽には死ねないさ
らくにはしねないさ
raku ni wa shinenai sa
[You] can't die that easily.
1
何だ⁉︎
なんだ⁉︎
nanda!?
"What's that!?"
2
爆破の"個性"…⁉︎
ばくはの"こせい"…⁉︎
bakuha no "kosei"...!?
"An explosion quirk...!?"
3
あれ…昔 敵連合にら致られた…
あれ…むかし ヴィランれんごうにらちられた…
are...mukashi VIRAN rengou ni rachirareta...
"That's... A while ago, he was kidnapped by the League of Villains..."
4
名前何だっけ…体育祭で拘束されてた…
なまえなんだっけ…たいいくさいでこうそくされてた…
namae nandakke...taiikusai de kousoku sareteta...
"What was his name... He was restrained at the sports festival..."
5
っで
dde
"Deh!"
(Note: These are just funny noises they're making as they skid on the roof.)
6
だっ
da
"Dah!"
(Note: These are just funny noises they're making as they skid on the roof.)
1
バクゴー‼︎
BAKUGOO!!
"Bakugou!!"
2
ハア…!
HAA...!
"Haah...!"
(Note: This is a heavy breathing noise.)
3
ハア…!
HAA…!
"Haah...!"
(Note: This is a heavy breathing noise.)
4
爆豪…少年!大丈夫か…⁉︎
ばくごう…しょうねん!だいじょうぶか…⁉︎
"Young...Bakugou! Are you okay...!?"
5
こっちの台詞じゃ!
こっちのせりふじゃ!
kocchi no serifu ja!
"Ain't that my line?!"
6
ヨボヨボのジイさんがよ
YOBOYOBO no JII-san ga yo
"You senile old man!"
2
ヨボボボボボ
YOBOBOBOBOBO
"Bleghhh!"
(Note: I think this is just a funny throwing up sound effect.)
3
エッジショット⁉︎
EJJISHOTTO!?
"Edgeshot!?"
4
中に溜まった血を吐かせた…少しは楽になったか…?
なかにたまったちをはかせた…すこしはらくになったか…?
naka ni tamatta chi wo hakaseta...sukoshi wa raku ni natta ka...?
"I made you vomit out the blood that collected inside you...do you feel any better...?"
1
各臓器折れた骨…
かくぞうきおれたほね…
kakuzouki oreta hone...
"For each of your organs and broken bones..."
2
俺の体で
おれのからだで
ore no karada de
"using my body"
3
秘伝袴田流もやい結びを施した故
ひでんはかまだりゅうもやいむすびをほどこしたゆえ
hiden Hakamada-ryuu moyai musubi wo hodokoshita yue
"I made the secret Hakamada-style bowline knot, so that"
4
まず綻ぶことはない…!
まずほころぶことはない…!
mazu hokorobu koto wa nai...!
"above all, they won't collapse...!"
5
だが…一息が地獄の痛みの筈だ
だが…ひといきがじごくのいたみのはずだ
daga...hitoiki ga jigoku no itami no hazu da
"But...every breath must be like pain from hell."
6
動いていい身体じゃない…!
うごいていいからだじゃない…!
ugoite ii karada ja nai...!
"It's not a body that's okay to move...!"
7
わーってる
waatteru
"I get it."
8
生かしてくれて
いかしてくれて
ikashite kurete
"For keeping me alive"
9
ありがとう先輩
ありがとうせんぱい
arigatou senpai
"thank you, senpai."
(Note: If you don't know, "senpai" is how one addresses their senior coworker or upperclassman in Japan.)
10
…俺は…
…おれは…
...ore wa...
"...I..."
11
繋いだだけだ
つないだだけだ
tsunaida dake da
literal. "merely connected it."
context. "merely tied you back together."
1
心肺を強制的に動かし続けてはいたが
しんぱいをきょうせいてきにうごかしつづけてはいたが
shinpai wo kyouseiteki ni ugokashi tsudzukete wa ita ga
"Although I continued to force your heart and lungs to work,"
2
意識が戻らなかった
いしきがもどらなかった
ishiki ga modoranakatta
"you did not regain consciousness."
4
自身の生命活動を削る姿
じしんのせいめいかつどうをけずるすがた
jishin no seimei katsudou wo kezuru sugata
"takes the form of whittling down my own biological activities."
5
限界を迎えーー…
げんかいをむかえーー…
genkai wo mukae--...
"As I reached my limit--..."
6
"自分"か"爆豪"を天秤に掛けざるを得なくなった頃
"じぶん"か"ばくごう"をてんびんにかけざるをえなくなったころ
"jibun" ka "Bakugou" wo tenbin ni kakesaru wo enakunatta koro
"when I was forced to weigh both me and Bakugou in the balance,"
7
血流に乗り
けつりゅうにのり
ketsuryuu ni nori
"[something] riding in your bloodstream"
8
流れてきた
ながれてきた
nagarete kita
"started to flow through."
9
それは
sore wa
"That [thing I saw] was"
1
"死"の直前爆豪の全身から溢れ出ていた
"し"のちょくぜんばくごうのぜんしんからあふれでていた
"shi" no chokuzen Bakugou no zenshin kara afure dete ita
"overflowing from Bakugou's entire body just before his 'death.'"
2
小さな汗の玉
ちいさなあせのたま
chiisa na ase no tama
"A small bead of sweat."
3
俺は…
おれは…
ore wa...
"I
4
繋いだだけだ
つないいだだけだ
tsunaida dake da
"merely tied you back together."
5
"目覚めさせた"のは
"めざめさせた"のは
"mezamesaseta" no wa
"What awakened you was"
6
お前が磨いてきた"個性"だ
おまえがみがいてきた"ちから"だ
omae ga migaite kita "chikara (kanji: kosei)" da
"the power (read as: quirk) that you've honed."
7
つーか状況的にAFOだと思ったら何だあの光るチビブッとばす
つーかじょうきょうてきにオール・フォー・ワンだとおもったらなんだあのひかるチビブッとばす
tsuu ka jyoukyouteki ni OORU FOO WAN da to omottara nanda ano hikaru CHIBI BUttobasu
"Anyways, because of the situation I thought that was All For One, but what's that glowing runt I bum-rushed*?"
(*Note: Literally he says "rushed at/attacked/blew away [his arms]." I tried to add slang and emphasis to the word with "bum-rush" because Katsuki uses the BU- prefix.)
8
AFOだよ少年
オール・フォー・ワンだよしょうねん
OORU FOO WAN da yo shounen
"It is All For One, young man."
1
手を
てを
te wo
"[Give me] your hand."
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"凝血"で動けない
"ぎょうけつ"でうごけない
"gyouketsu" de ugokenai
"I can't move due to Bloodcurdle."
2
もう機能は失っているが…
もうきのうはうしなっているが…
mou kinou wa ushinatte iru ga...
"Although it's already lost its functionality..."
3
添え木くらいにはなる
そえぎくらいにはなる
soegi kurai ni wa naru
"it'll be like a splint."
4
"大・爆・殺・神
"だい・ばく・さっ・しん
"dai baku sas shin
"Great Explosion Murder God"
5
ダイナマイト"
DAINAMAITO"
"Dynamight."
(Note: The quotation marks denote that this is the name of the gauntlet, not that All Might is merely saying Katsuki's hero name.)
6
こんなものしか…与えてやれないが…
こんなものしか…あたえてやれないが…
konna mono shika...ataete yarenai ga...
"This is the thing...I can give you..."
1
……いや…後回しだ!ここまできたらOFAを先に頂く‼︎
……いや…あとまわしだ!ここまできたらおとうとをさきにいただく‼︎
......iya...ato mawashi da! koko made kitara otouto (kanji: OFA) wo saki ni itadaku!!
......No...postpone that! If I've gotten to this point, I'll take my little brother (read as: One For All) first!!
2
その為に弔の強すぎる精神を完全に乗っ取らねば!
そのためにとむらのつよすぎるせいしんをかんぜんにのっとらねば!
sono tame ni Tomura no tsuyo sugiru seishin wo kanzen ni nottoraneba!
To do that, I have to completely take over Tomura's overly strong spirit!
3
"本体"自身の"個性"を弔に"与え"なければ…!
"ぼく"じしんの"こせい"をとむらに"あたえ"なければ…!
"boku (kanji: hontai)" jishin no "kosei" wo Tomura ni "atae" nakereba...!
I have to give Tomura the quirk from my main body...!
4-5
そもそも向こうの"精神"が主導権を握れていれば…!
そもそもむこうの"ぼく"がしゅどうけんをにぎれていれば…!
somosomo mukou no "boku (kanji: seishin)" ga shudouken wo nigirete ireba...!
If only the me (read as: spirit) over there had seized control in the first place...!
6
腸が煮えくり返る…!
はらわたがにえくりかえる…!
harawata ga niekurikaeru...!
My insides* are boiling over...!
(*Note: Literally, this word means "intestines.")
7
何故こうもーー
なぜこうもーー
naze kou mo--
Why--
1
歯車が狂う⁉︎
はぐるまがくるう⁉︎
haguruma ga kuruu!?
is everything going so awry like this!?
(Note: This idiom literally reads as "Why are the gears going amiss!?")
1
俺がラスボスだAFO‼︎
おれがラスボスだオール・フォー・ワン‼︎
ore ga RASUBOSU da OORU FOO WAN!!
"I'm the final boss, All For One!!"
2-3
風は僕に吹いていた筈だ‼︎
かぜはぼくにふいていたはずだ‼︎
kaze wa boku ni fuite ita hazu da!!
Literal. The wind should have been blowing to me!!
Context. The wind should have been blowing my way!!
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繋がれた一撃‼︎
つながれたいちげき‼︎
tsunagareta ichigeki!!
One blow lands!!
1
OFAに拭えねーもんは
あいつにぬぐえねーもんは
aitsu (kanji: OFA) ni nuguenee mon wa
"What he (read as: One For All) can't handle..."
2
こっちで拭うってなぁああ!!!
こっちでぬぐうってなぁああ!!!
kocchi de nuguu tte naaaa!!!
"I'll handle right here!!!"
(Note: This line is a callback to the words Katsuki spoke in his apology to Izuku in chapter 322.)
"In a crazy world, you can live more happily without having any ‘hope’."
- Hiro Sachiya (b. 1936 – d. April 7, 2022) was a Japanese buddhist scholar and a popular contemporary writer of Buddhism.
"The big lie of “making the world a better place”
The world has never been a ‘good place' for its inhabitants. Regardless of the era, the world is always a‘bad place'.
'The three realms are not at ease, they are still like a house on fire', says the Lotus Sutra. The three realms (Ref) are the worlds of greed, colour and colourlessness in which human beings reincarnate through repeated births and deaths. You could think of it as the world we live in.
The Lotus Sutra says that there is no security in this world, that it is full of anxiety, like a house engulfed in flames and burning. What is required now is to learn from this Lotus Sutra and recognise that the world is a house on fire. Politicians are trying to plant the wrong perception in the minds of the people with their nonsense. Thus we must not fall for such tricks to deceive people and must first face up to the fact that the world is always a house on fire.
That is to clarify, therefore to give up.
And you have to take a hard look at the state of the burning house in our time. People who work and have a decent income are all in debt hell. That is the state of a house on fire today.
“Let's admit that the world is on fire. If we live in an age of debt, which is on fire, then don't we need to make more efforts to extinguish the flames?” There are probably people who think this way. However, Buddhism strictly warns against the short-sighted idea that if a fire is raging, it is natural to put it out.
“Get out of the burning house immediately.”
In other words, Buddhism teaches that one should not stay in a house on fire to extinguish it. It teaches that you should leave the fire immediately.
To think "let's make the world a better place" or "let's get rid of debt hell" is, on the contrary, to be attached to this rotten world. The modern way of reading this phrase is, “Don't do that, just leave the world as it is.”
Banks are surviving comfortably, while individuals are exhausted with debt. Look at this current situation. If you stay in the fire forever, the harder you try, the worse the situation gets.
When I say 'don't work hard, don't work hard', some people argue that they bought the flat for their family and cannot afford not to work hard to pay back the loan. The conversation ends there when I say, "Then why don't you just not buy a flat?"
If you remember the basics of living within your income, you don't have to work hard and you won't be taken in by the burning house called the world. The landscape of our times is that everyone has forgotten these basics and as a result is groaning.
To celebrate the Summer Nights, special gear will be available!
As is tradition, these fresh fits will be distributed via a Splatoon 3 News article on your Nintendo Switch system. We'll announce the arrival date as soon as we hear more.
MILGRAM x AVOIT bluetooth earphones collab: Jackalope and Es voice lines
[Brief context: On 28th December 2023 a crossover was announced for bluetooth earphones featuring original voicelines from MILGRAM characters. Website]
PRISON GUIDE
Jackalope
Vertical text = オレ様はジャッカロープ、よろしくな = You may call me Jackalope, treat me well, alright? [This is a pretty standard Japanese introduction but I tried to emphasis Jackalope's arrogance]
Voice Guidance:
電源オン = Power On
電源オフ=Power Off
接続成功。執行、開始だ=Connection succesful. Commencing execution. [execution here can refer to either carrying out duties or executing a person/death sentence]
接続解除 = Connection Terminated
ペアリング中だぜぇ= Pairing... [in progress]
ペアリングに成功したぞ = Pairing Successful
ペアリングに失敗したぞ=Pairing Failed
おいおい、充電が足りてねぇぜ=Oi oi! It's not charged enough!
ノイズキャンセリング、オン=Noise cancelling, On
アンビエントマイク、オン= Ambient Mic, On
ノーマルモード=Normal Mode
Random Voice:
くくく…面白っ= hehehe... interestin'
そっちはどんな音楽が流行ってんだい?= That kind of music's become popular, hasn't it?
はぁ、歳を取ると寝起きが一番きちぃな=Oh man, as you get older, waking up is the hardest [Thanks to @maristelina for helping me here]
誰がウサギだ、コラァ!=Hey! Who are you calling a rabbit!!
おやすみ、エス=Goodnight, Es
よぉよぉご苦労さん。おつかれのようだな = Yo yo, Thanks for all the hard work. You seem like you're really tired
ふふ、期待してるぜ、エス=Fufu, I'm expecting [great things from you], Es
罪って難しいんだよ!罰って難しいんだよ!!= Crime isn't easy! Punishment isn't easy!! [from the second trial commencement video]
PRISON GUARD
Es
vertical text = 僕はミルグラムの看守だ。= I'm the Warden of MILGRAM.
Voice Guidance:
電源オン。執行開始=Power On. Beginning Execution [same word used by Jackalope earlier]
電源オフ。おやすみ=Power Off. Good night
接続成功。お前の罪を歌え=Connection successful. Sing your sins
接続解除 = Connection Terminated
ペアリング中だ= Pairing... [in progress]
ペアリングに成功 = Pairing Successful
ペアリングに失敗=Pairing Failed
バッテリー残量低下。さっさと充電したらどうだ? = Battery power is low. How about giving it a charge soon?
ノイズキャンセリング=Noise cancelling
アンビエントマイク= Ambient Mic
ノーマルモード=Normal Mode
Random Voice:
僕の判断こそが正しい。それが、ミルグラムだ。=My judgement is right. That is MILGRAM.
たまには音楽も悪くない= Sometimes this music isn't that bad
世話のかかる囚人どもだ=The prisoners are annoying [Es uses a plural here which implies they are of higher status than the prisoners]
さて、尋問を始めよう=Now, lets start the interrogation
おい、何をニヤニヤしている=Oi, What are you smiling at?
お前たちが何を考えているか、知りたいんだ=What are all of you thinking, I want to know
お前が何をしようと、僕は死なない=No matter what you do, I won't die
僕は....わ、たしは....=I.... I-I.....
[This last one loses a lot of meaning in English so time for Explanation Corner: At first Es says 'Boku wa' which is their usual pronoun, but then switches to 'wa-tashi wa' they seem more uncertain, possibly this is some indication of their own identity seeping in? Watashi is less authoritative than boku, as well as more feminine, but can be used by either gender (though more commonly in women)]
This is PART ONE of 6
Jackalope and Es [You are here], Haruka and Yuno, Fuuta and Muu, Shidou and Mahiru, Kazui and Amane, Mikoto and Kotoko