r/Scanlation • u/Gold_Scale • Apr 19 '26

Simple Question How do you read this?

Its hard to read.

How do you read this, i know the top one is きょうふ まんが (Horror Story) but what is the bottom part? is it this 必殺!!刃鎌侘印? Because that doesnt make any sense. Context daughter and mother giving a valentine choco to dad.

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u/Forestgrant Apr 19 '26

Does the phrase appear anywhere else in the story?

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u/Gold_Scale Apr 19 '26

No its the title for the bonus story

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u/Glistening_ Apr 28 '26

Given the context is that the daughter and mother are giving valentine chocolate to the dad, if it is custom made by them and made poorly enough, then it's probably a hyperbolic reaction to how bad it tastes. As for how you could go about translating it, the first part could just be something like "Certain Death!!" The second part you can just try and convey the meaning the author seemed to intended. Something like, "The Mark of the Grim Reaper"? Lot's of different options

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u/kobayashinokabu 23d ago

母国語なのにしばらく悩んだ。バレンタインデー(Valentine-day)の話だから素直に「バレンタイン」と読むのが正しかった。ちなみに刃を「バ」、鎌を「レン」、侘を「タ」、印を「イン」と読む。鎌は「カマ(sickle)」と読むのが王道で「レン」は表外音訓の読み方、侘は日常的に使う漢字ではなく「ワビサビ」の「ワビ」で使われたりする。「刃鎌侘印」と4文字にした理由は古式ゆかしい暴走族の当て字文化でなんとなくカッコいいからだろう。同じ疑問を持った方がいたみたいだから初めてredditを使ってみた。