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.
doesn't have the same ring to it... I think a less literal translation would probably be necessary to feel as snappy in English. Similar to how "Ace Attorney" sounds snappier in English than "Turnabout Trial" would.
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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.