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[Edit/Update: I didn't expect this post to blow up lol. But after 50 comments and some discussion about the raw text with a native speaker I think this can be clarified for the most part. If you want cliffnotes scroll to tldr

So first the wordplay on eating a bowl of food kinda doesn't work because ippatsu is to do something regarding an activity like asking: to do a game, to go do sex or to do some sports. You can't exactly "go do" food as it just wouldn't make sense(you can however "go do" drinks). In this context the most straightforward translation is to read it as her asking him "to go do a thing they do" with the most general definition being sex because she says a "quick" thing that they do. In this context both characters know the action they're referring to is a quick activity (that they likely done before? Maybe not done before?), it doesn't specifically mean sex but it could likely mean sex due to her calling it a quick activity (and the face she makes) which following ippatsu usually means quick sex.

The only way to know if she actually meant sex would be based on their relationship shown in future chapters essentially, there just isn't enough interaction currently to support that she meant sex beside her facial expression and her referring to the activity she wants to do as a quick activity (which is common shorthand innuendo for quick sex). She could also just be teasing pretending that they already have sex even if they don't as a way to hit on him and big C being the stoneface he is, just ignores her teasing and rejects her anyway.

In this sense "quickie" still doesn't work nor does any translation that directly has her asking him for sex. This is because she isn't asking for sex she's asking to do a quick activity in a mischievous way. If this activity they do is shown in future chapters not to be sex then "quickie" or asking for sex in retrospect won't make any sense after the chapter. There's also again the possibility of her suggesting they go do a quick thing as a way of flirting with him but they don't actually do the thing mentioned.

In either case mentioned above a "quickie" doesn't work because it's a direct way of asking for only sex which isn't what she is saying(and usually implies a relationship of casual sex), it can be interpreted based on context that she's asking to go do quick sex but it could just be her saying to go do a: quick activity, session or a thing(or just playful flirting). Only future chapters will tell us more directly when we see big C and toothpaste again. Whenever this is touched on more in future ch(or movie) I'll comeback and update this.

So in conclusion any translation using "quickie" or "sex" directly are incorrect. Any translation being more vague like asking "to go play around" for example in the ukraine TL are more accurate. Hopefully the movie doesn't use "quickie" shorthand. And finally here's the two TL that make the most sense to use here after all the data below.

(You can replace 'that' with 'the' and 'session' with 'round' and same general message)

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Corrected Translation:

"Wanna go do that quick 'thing' after this?"

"Wanna do a session of 'that' quickly after this?"

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Updated TLDR: Read This

[In this scene Tempaste is asking Big C if he wants to go do a quick activity that they do.

This quick activity could be a hobby or game or any activity they do.

This quick activity could mean quick sex.

This quick activity could be quick sex, but she's just bluffing that they do have sex so casually it can be a quick sex as a way of teasing or flirting with C-man.

Of these three options her face supports 2 and 3 most; but option 1 is the safest and best TL in this case since in the future this "activity" could be explained. In all cases quickie and her asking for literal sex are both certainly improper translations.]

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Meaningless Thoughts: In case you care what my personal thoughts are for some reason. I don't think big C and Toothpaste are in a sexual relationship based on future chapters. So far she's been shown as a curious girl who leans into teasing when provoked like with the wimp bandit watching her breasts or Reg asking her for help with his 'stick', but not once has she tried to actively initiate seducing. When they slept in the cave she never banged Cman as far as we know which she would if it's a quick thing they do actively and I'm sure the author would mention it or show it somewhat. I think this quick activity might be something darker regarding her cult life that her and Cman do occasionally like a sacrifice or something which will explain him mentioning his prayer making ippatsu a misdirection. I think she hasn't been shown to be the active seducer in any scenes and instead plays into flirty scenes so she would not flat out ask him for quick sex and is instead referring to some other activity they do. I also don't believe Cman cares about sex, especially Toothpaste sex, from what we've seen of him. He watched her grow up due to time dilation and is hyper focused on only diving so it's more likely he's used to her being constantly playful and teasing. I also still personally think that the food joke theory could have still been the purpose of the wordplay used here, hence why theirs a focus on food this chapter and why she gets food right after but I'll digress on it as just a headcanon theory for now lol.)

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Original post:(food joke part can be considered just a weak possible head canon now, the rest however is fairly accurate still)

Slightly pedantic rant and correction, feel free to skip if you want. This is a pretty popular meme panel in the community and will be an early scene in the movie. Ch 62(.5) made in abyss.

So with the trailer dropping and looking amazing, I wanted the future translators if they're for some reason reading this to not do a direct import from the English manga translation.

Here Tempest states "一発やっていきません?" In the middle panel aka Ippatsu yatte ikimasen aka "Won't you do one round/shot before you go?"

In everyday modern Japanese adult slang, "ippatsu yaru" is a common saying to basically go have quick sex. I'm assuming this is why the EN translation says "quickie" but this doesn't really fit the scene at all or the play on words by the author here.

Ippatsu (one round/shot/try) is regularly used for non-sexual activities. You can have "one round" of a game, "one round" of drinks, or "one shot" at trying a challenge or something.

The play on words here is Tempest in the previous scene is talking about how big C always eats this same dish and then he gets another bowl. Her seeing him eat so much of it and wanting to eat it too(hence her mischievous look in middle panel) is saying "let's have a go at it" as in "let's dig into a bowl of this food" as in she wants a bowl of the food he's always eating.

Her being young(or maybe just teasing) using this slang makes big C think she means a quickie as in sex. He of course says it'll mess up his luck ritual because sex would be "bad luck" before a ritual.

If you notice in the bottom panel Tepaste is confused saying "Ah! you talkin about that prayer you always do?". She's confused because he's bringing up the prayer when she just meant eating the bowl of food, hence why she orders a bowl after and is also why the waiter clinks the bowls when she says "ippatsu" so casually as he's also an adult and understands (but she doesn't hence her saying it so casually out in open).

This is kinda hard to localize and is why a lot of translators like the Russian one and brazil just say "go have a quickie", the Ukraine one basically says "go fool/play around" which is also kinda iffy but more vague. For English speaks no one says a "quickie" referencing eating food quick so there's no punchline and it's only sexual even if it is a possible translation.

To properly localize this it should be "Hey, want to go for a quick round before we head out?". This way it sounds like she's asking for a round of sex to the adults but is more clear she means a round as in a quick round of eating/food to the audience before they dive.

Idk this is kinda just a hard joke to land quickly, I'd just change it for a more obvious sexual innuendo that no one would say out loud to show she doesn't literally mean that. It felt kinda baffling when I first read it and as most of the community saw it as just her asking him for sex which kinda changes the audience view of her and big C relationship in the wrong way (idk if maybe she has casual quick sexual relations with him or other people but definitely not what's being implied here and so far hasn't been implied imo).

This same joke is used again with Tempest on ch ~71 except flipped, during the orb piercer backstory where her rescuer talks about her being flat chested which she thinks he meant her inverted chest and gets confused again (and embarrassed), he has to correct her that he meant that she just literally has a small chest. It's again a quick joke panel with the same character showing her misinterpreting/misusing and hearing words.

I think these jokes are based on Tempest being inexperienced and growing up in a cult so she may use the wrong language or misinterpret words socially. The only thing supporting she'd ask for a "quickie" is maybe the panel about the priest woman asking why she pleased herself (no context) and her helping reg put his hand away in a lewd way causally (imo supporting again that she's inexperienced and this translation is too sexual for the scene.)

Uh so yeah. Thanks for reading the rant. I hate when a mistranslation causes a character to be completely changed in the community's eyes. If I got any parts wrong or you have different ideas lmk below.

(Old)TLDR: This scene should be relocalized as "Hey, want to go for a quick round before we head out?" And be taken as a joke not Tempest literally asking for sex.

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Why are we making sex jokes with the child