Tatsuya Souma's KNT manga translation

[ElonNarai]

Just a comment, in the page 9 Yattarô asks Omitsu if he rather him in his normal self or as the leader of Nyankee...
Anyway I noticed that the japanese text says Nyanki Ichi Go instead Nyanki no RIDAA (Leader) that is the combat name of Yattarô (Sukashi is Nyanki Ni Go and Pururun is Nyanki San Go)

Anyway in the Tigriss page isn't romanized Tenka Muteki no Yattarô... I tried to do it using a dictionary,watching the japanese lyrics and listening the song a lot of times so I think I got it but was f*** hard...

Ok, let me get this straight:
There are three version of Speedy (Yattarô)? Himself as a cat, himself as the leader of hero, himself as a member of a team of hero's?

And the translation we refer to him as a cat and as the leader, but according to you it should be him as a cat and a member of team of hero's?

[Daisensei]

Until the last episode nodody knew the real name of the three Nyanii, hence each member was called only by numbers. When Nyankii weren't in combat, they were disguised as normal worker and weren't recognized by the citizens (kind a absurd, you know, like nodoby can figure out that Clark Kent is the Superman owing to a simple glasses).
In that context, there was a following love triangle: Yattarou loves Omitsu, that in her turn loves Nyankii #1. A broken triangle, since Omitsu didn't figure out the real identity of Nyankii #1, and she never showed for Yattarou more than simple friendship. However after the comet incident the identity was revealed by Pururun, and the manga is mentioning this fact.
By the way, it seems Souma doesn't like to develop a romantic pair Yattarou/Pururun, but prefers to keep the dispute between Yattarou/Sukashii for Omitsu's love. In my opinion Souma didn't agree with how the way the series ended.

[KyoZaber]

Hmm~
I suppose whatever floats the dude's boat. They're his cats, so I suppose he could do with them as he wishes.
I can't say I agree with it. But on the flip side I guess he just wants something to laugh at.

[Daisensei]

Page 14
Frame 1
Pururun (inside balloon)   "Kono fue wo mite iru to ano koro wo omoi dasu wa"
EN            "Seeing this flute, I remember that time"
Pururun (outside balloon)   "Amaku setsunai tatakai no hibi..."
EN            "the days of bittersweet battle..."
Frame 2
Pururun's voice   "Yattarou Sukashii"
Yattarou   "Ah?"
EN      "Huh?"
Frame 3
Pururun (right)   "Tatoe ikanaru yami datote"
EN         "Despite any kind of darkness"
Pururun (left)      "haratte misemasho kono ai de! tte ne"
EN         " I will show this power of love!"
Frame 4
Yattarou (right)   "Warera seigi to shouri no shito himitsu ninjatai"
EN         "We are the disciples of justice and victory Secret Ninja Team"
Yattarou (left)      "Nyankii!!"
Sound (over Yattarou)   "Gugogogo"
Sukashii      "Omae genki da naa"
EN         "You're so lively"
Frame 5
Yattarou   "tte noseruna yo Pururun"
EN      "Don't let me do such thing, Pururun"
[Note: I can't find an exact translation for "noseru" here. This verb denotes here "to influence someone to do something without being aware of this". I put here the most reasonably translation I could find.]
Pururun   "Katte ni notta kuse ni......"
EN      "Don't blame me for your act..."
Frame 6
Pururun   "Aa...... demo natsukashii wa"
EN      "Ah... nevertheless I miss (the period when Nyankii was active)"
Yattarou   "Natsukashii......?"
EN      "You miss...?"
Frame 7
Yattarou   "Pu Pururun made son'na mukashi no koto mitai ni iu no ka......"
EN      "Even Pururun talks like it was fact of the past..."
Yattarou (outside balloon)   "Jitsu wa oira naabasu na no sahh"
EN            "Actually now I'm nervous"
Pururun   "E!?"
EN      "What?"
Frame 8
Yattarou (right)   "Do doose oira no kimochi nanka"
EN         "I-I see... my feelings..."
Yattarou (left)      "dare mo wakatcha kure needaa"
EN         "nobody cares about."
Sound of Yattarou running away   "Dadahh"
Pururun   "Cho... chotto"
EN      "Wa... wait"
Frame 9
Pururun   "Nan nano yohh kore ja honttou ni wakan'nai ja nai"
EN      "What was that? In such manner there is no way to understand him!"
Sukashii   "Doose itsumo no amaenbo daro..."
EN      "As always, he must be acting like spoiled child..."
Sukashii (outside balloon)   "Yare yare" (an interjection that denotes moderate dissatisfaction)

[Methid Man]

Nice work on the translation as always, Daisensei.

BTW, in frame 3, was that the pre-battle line Pururun used in the KNT series?

In my opinion Souma didn't agree with how the way the series ended.

I didn't either, so this manga was basically a godsend for me.

-- Sam the Methid Man

[ElonNarai]

Nice work on the translation as always, Daisensei.

BTW, in frame 3, was that the pre-battle line Pururun used in the KNT series?

In my opinion Souma didn't agree with how the way the series ended.

I didn't either, so this manga was basically a godsend for me.

-- Sam the Methid Man

Whine, whine, whine. At least it had a end  beside being a speedy fan (I'm not a Yattarou fan) I loved Polly (God, I love her voice). Anyway, back to the editing table...

*** wonders where his editing table is
*** wonders since when he has an editing table
*** wonders why he wonders
*** just wondering...

[ElonNarai]

And another page edited. I also learned a new trick. In the same frame you should use the same font size. It looks calmer and less chaotic.

Oh and all praise Daisensei!!

See last page for manga

[felineki]

Supposedly "yare yare" often translated as something along the lines of "oh brother", or "give me a break".

Nice work on the page editing!

[ElonNarai]

Supposedly "yare yare" often translated as something along the lines of "oh brother", or "give me a break".

Nice work on the page editing!

Thanks, first time I think that I have done a moderately nice job (I'm way too hard on myself).

And I agree with your translation (and I will add it to my translation-document).
BUT.. what I want to know is: isn't "yare yare" the same as "yade yade"? Or is that the way how you pronounce it?

[Methid Man]

Eep! Looking at these pages, I can see my scans are craptastic... x_x

I'll have to see if I can do a rescan of the whole manga sometime...

-- Sam the Methid Man

[ElonNarai]

Eep! Looking at these pages, I can see my scans are craptastic... x_x

I'll have to see if I can do a rescan of the whole manga sometime...

-- Sam the Methid Man

Explain, since I don't think the scans are the problem.

[Methid Man]

They look grainy when viewed at max size.

-- Sam the Methid Man

[ElonNarai]

Every picture does that at a certain size.
I would recommend using CDisplay or the internal ImageViewer of Windows XP since they use filters. IrfanView doesn't use it on png.

Anyway, if you're going to do a rescan do it as fast as possible because I have to redo all the editing. It is on my todo list, so I don't mind, but I prefer less work above a lot of work

[Methid Man]

Erm, well in that case, I won't bother. If it's gonna be an extra load of work for both me and you, then I'll just reconsider.

-- Sam the Methid Man

[Daisensei]

Nice work on the translation as always, Daisensei.

BTW, in frame 3, was that the pre-battle line Pururun used in the KNT series?

Yes, it's the same of subbing work. The translation isn't literal though, but is the accepted one by the Project Dream.

And I agree with your translation (and I will add it to my translation-document).
BUT.. what I want to know is: isn't "yare yare" the same as "yade yade"? Or is that the way how you pronounce it?

Pardon, I didn't understand the expression "yade yade". Wouldn't be it "yada yada"?

[ElonNarai]

Erm, well in that case, I won't bother. If it's gonna be an extra load of work for both me and you, then I'll just reconsider.

-- Sam the Methid Man

No, you misunderstood me (I think). I'm planning on doing the entire thing again at a certain point, that's something I already have decided. I don't know when, but it's going to be before we have translated all the pages. But if you wait really long, I have done something like this.
1. Initial translation
2. Redoing the translation (correcting text, errors, making things nicer, etc)
3. Making a high quality version of the translation (your high-quality pictures are going to be redone again)

It would be far easier if we could combine point 2 and 3. And at the moment you can wait, if you want to since I'm not getting enough free time at the moment, but the faster, the better, I think.

And I agree with your translation (and I will add it to my translation-document).
BUT.. what I want to know is: isn't "yare yare" the same as "yade yade"? Or is that the way how you pronounce it?

Pardon, I didn't understand the expression "yade yade". Wouldn't be it "yada yada"?

Yep, sorry I wrote it wrong. My Japaneses is not that good (or good at all).
So... after reforming the question:
Isn't "Yada Yada" the same as "yare yare"? Or is that the way you pronounce it?

[Daisensei]

"yada yada" is quite different from "yare yare", it cames from "iya da" that means "I dislike" or "I don't want".

[ElonNarai]

"yada yada" is quite different from "yare yare", it cames from "iya da" that means "I dislike" or "I don't want".

Alright... I think I get it now. Thanks, I mean it.

[Daisensei]

The Japanese name of Rude Noise is Yami no Yoninshuu. The Project Dream doesn't translated any episode with them, so I guess it's the first time "Yami no Yoninshuu" is being translated to English. If anybody has a better way to translate it (that sounds better, for example), please tell me.
Page 15
Frame 2
Yattarou   "Do"
Frame 3
Yattarou   "Dou shitandei Okara!"
EN      "What is going on, Okara?"
Yattarou (outside balloon)   "Karamaru ni ijimerareta ka?"
EN            "Was bullied by Karamru?"
Okara   "So sore ga......"
EN   "No, actually..."
Frame 4
Okara   "Karamarusa piza no haitatsu ni ittamama kaette konaindaa"
EN   "Karamarusa has left to deliver pizza, and he returns no more"
Frame 5
Yattarou's voice   "Karamaru gahh?"
EN         "Karamaru?"
Frame 6
Karamaru   "Hmmm"
Frame 7
Karamaru   "Hahh koko wahh!?"
EN      "Where am I?"
Sound of Karamaru rising   "Gabahh"
Frame 8
Zankaa      "Fuhh fuhh fuhh ki ga tsuita you da na Karamaru"
EN      "*laughs* It looks you are awake, Karamaru"
Frame 9
Karamaru   "Nani mono da kisamarahh!!"
EN      "Who are you?"
Karamaru (outside balloon)   "Mireba Karakara ichizoku no you da gahh"
EN            "Apparently you resemble Karakara ninjas."
Frame 10
Zankaa   "Yami no yoninshuu dahh!! Migoto ni wasuretenja nee!"
EN   "We are Quartet of the Darkness!! You has forgotten us completely!"
[Note: in Japanese Rude Noise is "Yami no yoninshuu"; the literal translation is "the group of four people of the darkness".]

[felineki]

"Quartet of Darkness" sounds good to me. It's nice and brief, and is quite accurate to the original Japanese.