SRL here with a whole lot of research for you. Buckle your science belt—this is good stuff!
First up, Drizzle Season 2023 drops on 9/1, and our Video Team has uncovered this trailer. Are those new weapons we spy? New stages?! See for yourself!
Next, some shocking news. It's been a full YEAR since we started researching the Splatoon 3 game! And now we've discovered that the next Splatfest (from 9/8 to 9/10) celebrates the same anniversary with a divisive theme: Who would be the best leader? Shiver, Frye, or Big Man?
SplatoonJP:
『スプラトゥーン3』発売から来月で1年。発売1周年に合わせて、フェスが開催されるぞ!
お題は「リーダーにふさわしいのは? フウカ vs ウツホ vs マンタロー」。
期間は、9月9日(土)午前9時~11日(月)午前9時だ。
個性の強いすりみ連合の面々を束ねるべきは、誰なのか?
ぜひともご参加いただきたい。
SplatoonNA:
We've also discovered a set of badges that can be unlocked by playing in and winning 10x Battles. And there will be twice as many 10x Battles in this special anniversary Splatfest! If you don't quite make it, all is not lost. Your stats will carry forward to future Splatfests.
SplatoonJP:
10倍マッチの参加数と勝利数に応じてバッジがもらえるようになるぞ。
これらの数は今後のフェスにも引き継がれるので、自分のペースで獲得を目指してみよう。
なお、1周年記念フェスでは10倍マッチの発生率がいつもの倍にアップする。
運が良ければ、このフェスだけでバッジをゲットできるかも?
SplatoonNA:
We're not done yet! If you like badges, you'll love banners. Check out these Deep Cut banners celebrating the game's first anniversary, available via the Splatoon 3 channel in News on your Nintendo Switch system. They'll roll out following the Drizzle Season (5.0.0) update.
Last but not least, for the Deep Cut diehards out there, a series of Deep Cut amiibo is releasing on 11/17. Our research indicates that they will function in a similar manner to other Splatoon amiibo, giving you powerful in-game gear that can boost your battle abilities!
(Individual videos of the Amiibo included in the JP tweet!)
SplatoonNA:
Alert! With everyone distracted by all the news, the Salmonids are planning an invasion! The SRL Big Run Prediction Team is expecting a swarm from 5 PM PT on 9/1 to 5 PM PT on 9/3. No one invited these Salmonids to the Splatfest, but we'll need your help to send 'em packing!
Naga – Half-human, half-serpent divinities living in the underworld (Patala)
Name of a Hindu deity. Translated from Chinese as 'dragon', but originally refers to a snake, especially a cobra, as opposed to a Chinese dragon. It is assumed that snake worship already existed in the Indus civilisation. The Aryans gradually accepted the ancient worship of the snake-god and came to regard it as one of the demigods.
In Hindu literature, the Nagas, or snake people, are said to dwell in the subterranean world called Pātāla. Vāsuki and other dragon kings rule that world. At the lowest level of Pātāla dwells the primordial serpent (Shesha) Ananta, whose head supports the weight of the whole world. Nagas often appear in literary works in human form, and the dragon's daughter was described as having a very beautiful appearance.
Nagas are often mentioned in Buddhist scriptures and are one of the Eight Divisions of the Heavenly Dragon. Mahoraga, also belonging to the Eight Divisions, refers to giant serpents, but seems to refer to pythons and other serpents. In Nagaland, near the Myanmar border, there is a tribe called the Naga people, who claim to be descendants of the Naga and have preserved their own customs.
The Naga is worshipped in various Asian religious traditions and rituals dedicated to this supernatural being have been practised throughout South Asia for at least 2,000 years. They are principally depicted in three forms: as entirely human with snakes on the heads and necks, as common serpents, or as half-human, half-snake beings in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.
Hi friends! I've been trying to broaden my horizons by reading Japanese news articles about topics I wouldn't typically read or talk about in Japanese as an attempt to learn new words.
Today, I read Hiragana Times' article entitled "Are robots enemies or friends of humans?" It was a brief article that mentioned how in the West we view A.I. and robots as a sign of impending dystopia and we have media like the Terminator and the Matrix that show us at odds with A.I., while Japan views them as friends/helpers and have media like Astro Boy and Doraemon that depict them as being helpful. Do you think this is true? I find that a lot of nuance is lacking from the article, but I wonder if this is because the magazine is intended for Japanese-learning foreigners, so they may cut down on things in order to make the translations appear less intimidating. One of the cool things about Hiragana Times is that it's entirely bilingual!
Here are some of the vocab words I picked up:
人工知能 [じんこうちのう] artifical intelligence (A.I.)
搭載 [とうさい] being equipped with
親しむ [したしむ] to be intimate with; to befriend
受け入れる [うけいれる] to accept; to receive; to agree
一方 [いっぽう] on the one hand; on the other hand; meanwhile
欧米 [おうべい] the West; Europe and America
象徴 [しょうちょう] symbol (of something abstract); (symbolic) representation
見なす [みなす] to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as)
業務 [ぎょうむ] task; actions; affairs; duties
効率化 [こうりつか] making efficient; optimization
貢献 [こうけん] contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
2015年
アカデミックな論文を参考文献としていた”Yasuke”の記事が
突如トーマスロックリーのアカウント名と同じ
tottoritomというアカウントで弥助の項目を編集される
2016年に発表されるトーマスロックリーの著書を先持って参考文献に変更
↓
2016年
トーマスロックリーが織田信長に仕えた弥助に関する論文
「The Story of Yasuke: Nobunaga's African Retainer」を
『桜文論叢』に発表
↓
2017年
tottoritomによりアカデミックな論文を参照していた出典情報が
全てロックリーの「信長と弥助:本能寺を生き延びた黒人侍」などの
一般書物に変更され、参考文献から上記論文が削除
2018年10月
tottoritomによりWikipedia内のこの分野で世界で唯一の本
(”the only book on the subject in the world.”)の著者である
専門家氏のページへのリンクが追加
↓
2019年1月
tottoritomにより今に至る弥助伝説を語る上で
欠かせない書籍の販売が紹介される
"African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan,"
こうして地道な2015年からの彼の活動は身を結び
トーマスロックリーは弥助伝説の専門家としてメディアに引っ張りダコに
The Hārīti was an evil goddess who killed and devoured infants. At the Rajagriha (Rajgir), the first capital of the ancient kingdom of Magadha, she was devouring infants one after another. Seeing this, the Buddha hid one of her 500 children. In her frenzied search for her missing child, the Buddha says, "It's okay if just one of them is missing.” Hārīti protests, "Even if there are 500 children, they are all lovely children of mine", to which the Buddha replies, "Then think of the sorrow of a human being who has lost their only child". Hārīti was penitent and became a guardian goddess of safe childbirth and children.
Sarvastivada 31
Note: Sarvāstivāda was one of the early Buddhist schools, is a Sanskrit term that can be glossed as: "the theory of all that exists". The Sarvāstivāda asserted that all dharmas (the law and order of the universe) exist in the past, present and future.