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Post by Darthtabby on Jan 18, 2013 21:13:40 GMT -7
You might or might not be aware of a recent trend for Japanese romantic comedy light novels to have ridiculously long titles that more or less explain the premise for the series. A good example would be Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru, which supposedly translates to something along the lines of "My Girlfriend and my Childhood Friend Won't Stop Fighting." Another would be Yusha ni Narenakatta Ore wa Shibushibu Shushoku wo Ketsui Shimashita which translates to something like "I Reluctantly Decided to Find a Job Because I Couldn't Become Yusha" (this one prompted a discussion about the phenomenon on another forum I check). Now, Full Metal Panic is also based on a light novel series. And it can be a bit difficult to explain its premise to people (Shoji Gatou himself has made mention of this). So I present to you a challenge: come up with an outrageously long alternate title for Full Metal Panic that explains the basics of its premise. C'mon, I dare you.
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Post by Misha on Jan 19, 2013 11:06:44 GMT -7
My Japanese is probably all wrong on this, but... "Ore no Futan wa Ore ni Bokusatsusuru wo Tomerarenai" (there's probably too many particles in there and unnecessary pronouns, but screw it XD)
"My Charge Won't Stop Beating Me To Death"
How would you shorten that? I mean... there's "Suki na Mono wa Suki Dakara Shouganai" which is "Sukisho" ... "Ore no Imouto wa Konna ni Wake ga Nai" is "Oreimo" ....How about... "Oresatsu"? "Orefutan"?
::Edit:: On second thought, I think the Japanese should be "Ore no Futan wa Bokusatsusuru ni Tomerarenai" ...Maybe? I DON'T KNOW AHHHH... I've been very bad and haven't been practicing my Japanese... And I don't know that Futan is really the most appropriate word to use, there's probably one that fits the meaning more accurately....
::Edit Again:: Forgot that I made the decision to make it "Tomerarenai" which is CAN'T stop. The translation should be "My Charge CAN'T Stop Beating Me To Death" ...More dramatic. ^^ ...And accurate XDDD
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