Leftists are Upset They Can't Butcher Manga Translations with Politics Exclusively

[00:00] Thousands upon thousands of people are

[00:02] collectively losing their [ __ ] about

[00:04] this translation, but also calling out

[00:07] the sheer hypocrisy that has been taking

[00:09] place with translations for anime and

[00:12] manga for years at this point. And so

[00:15] before I got kind of dive into the

[00:17] comments that people are making, I kind

[00:18] of want to just showcase the translation

[00:20] before I go any further. So here is the

[00:23] translation in question. And I'm just

[00:25] I'm going to read this word for word.

[00:27] This is an actual real translation.

[00:29] Okay, I this is not edited. I'm just

[00:31] going to say sorry I just I'm such a

[00:34] country bumpkin. I was acting like we

[00:36] were back home. Most probably can tell

[00:38] at a glance and [ __ ] but for my little

[00:41] brother and I, our moms is Japanese and

[00:44] our pops is French and [ __ ] In this

[00:46] society, dim [ __ ] refer to us

[00:49] type of folk as half and um

[00:53] absolutely insane. Not just that, but

[00:57] there's there's so much more. Like we we

[00:59] just we got to pull this one up. We

[01:01] stand out as it is. Look, even when we

[01:04] walked in here, you could feel the

[01:06] little tension between the staff and

[01:07] [ __ ] huh? So, okay. So, I think at this

[01:11] point you probably have realized what's

[01:13] going on here. The translation is uh

[01:17] Yeah, it it's definitely leaning into

[01:19] the like chory.

[01:22] It's It's very obvious what's going on

[01:24] here. Now, there's a lot of people that

[01:26] are currently laughing at this and

[01:28] making fun of this. And honestly, I find

[01:29] it hilarious, too, for one big reason.

[01:32] It's because it showcases the sheer

[01:34] hypocrisy, but also showcases that when

[01:37] finally your content is messed with in

[01:40] some shape or form, then you care about

[01:43] translations, then you care about

[01:45] localization. And let me explain. So,

[01:48] basically, this individual and thousands

[01:50] upon thousands of others have an issue

[01:52] with this translation. Now, I'm just I'm

[01:54] going to just say it right here. I want

[01:55] to say my honest opinions here, jokes

[01:57] and memes aside, I don't like this type

[01:59] of translation either. I think it's in

[02:02] poor taste, honestly, because obviously

[02:04] it's not properly or accurately, you

[02:06] know, depicting the manga. Like, I want

[02:08] onetoone translations. I want the proper

[02:10] translation and intent from the author,

[02:13] and that's all I ask. And I don't care

[02:15] which side you lean on, left side, right

[02:17] side, in terms of politics or whatever.

[02:18] I want just accurate translations. Okay,

[02:21] that's how I feel about the situation.

[02:24] But the big thing here is is a lot of

[02:26] people are calling this out saying that

[02:27] this is, you know, a very bad

[02:28] translation. They don't like it.

[02:30] However, the very people that are

[02:32] calling this out are the same

[02:33] individuals, I'm not joking, that

[02:35] basically will say stuff like this about

[02:38] translations. like translators that

[02:40] translate manga and anime will say stuff

[02:42] like this or stuff like this basically

[02:45] gloating and happy that they're

[02:47] butchering the Japanese text into

[02:49] English and changing things putting

[02:51] politics in it gender politics you know

[02:54] basically putting in like you know

[02:56] anything that kind of can spear men or

[02:57] hate on men stuff like that the

[03:00] patriarchy we have seen these type of

[03:02] translations a lot and basically we have

[03:04] seen for a very long time one side has

[03:06] absolutely been completely fine and

[03:08] happy with butchering translations.

[03:10] Basically saying that, you know,

[03:11] translating a manga or an anime one to

[03:14] one is impossible and that there needs

[03:15] to be some flexibility with the

[03:17] translations. But those very same people

[03:19] that were telling us the, you know, the

[03:20] chuds and stuff and all that basically

[03:22] for a very long time, they're straight

[03:25] up now molding about the translation.

[03:28] And it's just like this is the most

[03:30] eyeopening and hypocritical thing. It's

[03:32] like now you care. Now you care about

[03:35] accurate translations. Now you care

[03:37] about the art, like the artist and offer

[03:39] intent. Now you care about this stuff.

[03:42] Now that it is, you know, coming at you

[03:43] and it's not your propaganda or anything

[03:45] on your side. It's the exact opposite.

[03:48] Now you care about it. And once again, I

[03:50] think that translations like this are

[03:52] also I'm not a big fan of, but there is

[03:54] some hilariousness to this because of

[03:56] just how it masks off everybody, makes

[03:58] everybody exposed. I think it's just

[04:01] that's the interesting part about this

[04:02] whole discussion. But um I do need to

[04:04] address the elephant in the room. The

[04:07] translation in question for this series

[04:09] called Half is More. I believe that's

[04:11] what the the manga is called. Half is

[04:12] More. It says it right here actually. Uh

[04:14] yeah, Half is More. Um from my

[04:17] understanding, this is not an official

[04:19] translation because the series doesn't

[04:21] actually have from my knowledge, correct

[04:22] me if I'm wrong, please in the comments,

[04:24] it does not have an official translation

[04:27] yet. And so obviously in typical manga

[04:29] translation fashion, fan translations

[04:32] and stuff, people pick it up and they

[04:33] can do [ __ ] post subs or translations.

[04:35] And that's exactly what this is. This is

[04:38] [ __ ] post here translations. And um

[04:42] that's pretty much the main meat and

[04:44] potatoes of it. And obviously this isn't

[04:46] real translation. But now you have

[04:48] people saying, "Oh, this is bad and all

[04:50] that. These are fake illegal

[04:51] translations." Like you can see like

[04:53] this individual saying that and all

[04:54] that. And you know, it's just it's very

[04:56] clear what's going on here. It's just

[04:58] like bro look look man.

[05:02] I'm just keeping it real, dude. Seeing

[05:04] these same individuals that constantly

[05:06] call out like manga translate or not

[05:09] call out manga translations are

[05:10] completely fine with butchering now

[05:12] being upset with this, it's just like,

[05:13] dude, can you just like take a look in

[05:16] the mirror, please? Like, please,

[05:18] please, because this is this is what I

[05:20] and so many others have been complaining

[05:22] about for a very long time. an

[05:24] absolutely insane situation. And I think

[05:27] honestly rock solid here actually um

[05:30] really he addressed this in a very good

[05:32] way. Like absolutely hilarious how

[05:33] suddenly a certain group of people

[05:35] really care about proper localization. I

[05:37] thought it didn't matter and Japanese is

[05:39] too hard to directly translate to

[05:41] English. Legitimately correct like this

[05:43] is everybody's seen it. I've talked

[05:45] about this in other videos showcasing

[05:46] examples and stuff like this. So finally

[05:48] seeing that crowd being very upset about

[05:50] this is just crazy. But I will leave it

[05:52] at that. I' I've set my piece on this.

[05:55] Um I I think in general that hopefully

[05:58] this allows people that are always pro

[06:01] butchering of translations to open their

[06:03] eyes up to what we've been talking

[06:04] about. But will it? Probably not.

[06:07] Because if it's not their type of

[06:08] politics, if it's not their type of, you

[06:10] know, virtue signaling and performative

[06:12] stuff they want, then they um they're

[06:14] upset with it. But if it had everything

[06:16] they wanted, then they will defend it

[06:17] even if it does destroy the the intent

[06:19] of the offer. But anyways, be safe, stay

[06:22] healthy, and I love you guys.