What’s the best way to translate “正義の味方” in your opinion? I always thought Ally of Justice was best since Heaven’s Feel talks about Allying with people a lot.
Simply "hero" is what works best for Concrete Revolutio since tokusatsu heroes are a central part of its imagery. Fate/stay night, however, can't afford this usage because the term "hero" needs to be saved for actual mythological heroes, so the solutions you see around are the thoughtlessly calqued "ally of justice", the clumsily appended "hero of justice", and "superhero" which works beautifully for the scenes meant to highlight the silliness of Shirou's unrealistic dream but feel detracting when used in his moment of triumphs. I probably used hero of justice in the Fem's Casa summaries, but those are not real translation, so recognizability takes priority over proper delivery. For a real translation, maybe I'd go with champion of justice, but I for the time being that's not my problem.
Now for the part that actually is my problem. Sagrada Reset. Ukawa's debut is coming relatively soon, so I would have to deliberate on seigi no mikata with our without this ask. This is likely to change once I get an actual feel of the text, but tentatively I'm thinking of going with superhero. Unlike Shirou, Ukawa is more consistently presented as highly unserious in her justice speeches. Champion of justice, or even paragon of virtue, are another really appealing options for Ukawa's over-the-top nature, but I feel like the single word superhero is a better for Kouno's minimalistic prose. Not to mention, virtue is already a semi-unrelated keyword in Sagrada Reset.
Those are the only cases I remember seigi no mikata being a recurring keyword. For everything else, the idiom appears as one-off lines, so my options will depend on the character and situation. Your average JP-EN dictionary already provides plenty of options, and if you're creative enough, you can find other fitting synonyms not mentioned there, like my previous "paragon of virtue" example.
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I think about Jiro Hitoyoshi's similarities to Gunvolt a lot.
...I miss Concrete Revolutio. u__u
Also got this one up on twitterrrrrr
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Ultimate Anime Tournament: Round 1, Matchup 4
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I fell in love with Concrete Revolutio's first season and then fell off, and when I came back to it a few later I rewatched the first to catch myself back up, and I hated it. Enough to not even want to bother with the second anymore. It was really disappointing and I have no idea what happened to make my opinion on it be so radically different between the first and second time I watched all the same episodes.
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