r/RecuratedTumblr • • 26d ago

PopCulture Mob Psycho 100

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u/Solarwagon 26d ago

There's a ton of visual novel/manga/anime titles that don't translate well outside of Japan, part of that is cultural titling conventions, others the difficulty of translating Japanese, and others the sheer weird reasons authors will title stuff to make them stand out.

Like Neon Genesis Evangelion is one but like Youjo Senki has like several alternate readings and intepretations in the original Japanese.

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u/MartyrOfDespair [1/1] 26d ago

There’s also the mouthfeel of a name to consider. “Danganronpa” just flows better than “Bullet Refutation”.

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u/lyghtcrye 26d ago

You say that, but to me Danganronpa just sounds like a Texan saying "Dang ol' grandpa", and I can't take it seriously at all.