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Bro Dama... okay that was clever.
I'd translate it but I'm not that great at reading kanji in the first place and handwritten kanji can be a bitch and a half to read unless the writer has good calligraphy. I can't translate Vegeta's first speech bubble but the others just might be doable.
Let the joy of love give you an answer! Check out my book!So, uh, I may be asking for trouble with this question, but do you think Toriyama intentionally designed Popo as a stereotype? I remember being surprised when I learned people thought he was one because he doesn't even remotely resemble a human of any race or ethnicity to me. More recently, however, I learned that the English dub apparently gave him a large increase in intelligence, and in the original he's dimwitted and servile in personality much like a black character in a 1920s movie, so now I'm not sure.
Done. The little note bit thingy is talking about the bears and may or may not have something to do with sewing.
I don't know what Vegeta's saying in his first speech balloon because there's on kanji that I just cannot read.
As for the rest, it's a rather literal translation but I think it's saying this:
Bra: Papa! Hug!
Vegeta: ... Very well.
Vegeta: After she hugged me... she fell asleep.
Bulma: What a good girl~ Bra~
Bulma: Thanks, Vegeta.
I don't know why I'd do something as difficult as translation work while my head is trying to explode.
Let the joy of love give you an answer! Check out my book!Jynx is based on Yuki-onna
, a Japanese mythical creature also known as the Snow Hag. Yuki-onna, however, has long black hair, pale skin, and large blue lips. Jynx has blonde hair, indicative in Japan of foreigners, and her pale skin has been dyed black with poofy peach lips.
So while it's true she is based on a mythical creature, her coloration has been changed to resemble blackface for no apparent reason outside the fact that Japan has never learned that's not cool. Japan is both heavily Patriarchal and xenophobic, so things that would quite clearly stand out as racist and/or sexist in the U.S. are actually fairly commonplace in anime.
It is tremendously unlikely that Mr. Popo is based on the Snow Hag. His Arabic motif and magic carpet identify him quite clearly as a djinn. As with Jynx, there's no explicit reason why this magical entity should resemble blackface, and it also merits pointing out that his caricature-like traits are shared by the decisively non-magical Staff Officer Black
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That the black guy was actually named Black in the Red Ribbon Army's color-based naming theme is also a bit on the nose.
edited 20th Aug '15 3:24:27 PM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.When it comes to tolerance, there are no sides. Just people who are, and people who aren't.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Japan has a very inflated opinion of itself relative to other countries, as well, often to the point of outright denying anything wrong they did. I recall hearing on the news that the Japanese government's first formal admission that yes, they were the bad guy in WWII was earlier this week. Germany owned up decades ago.
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At the same time, it's not like Mr. Popo's appearance is actually hurting anyone.
Tolerance or intolerance is one thing and though problematic some of these things may be, people take everything way too seriously these days.
Honestly, when it comes down to it, Jynx is whatever you want it to be. I don't know what the creators intended, though.
edited 20th Aug '15 3:38:13 PM by Zelenal
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