Aikatsu! – 161

Aikatsu has the most delicious designs

Aikatsu has the most delicious designs

Oh boy, what an episode to have right in the middle of me writing a special post I was going to put up soon (you’ll see why I bring this up). This Thanksgiving, I was thankful that nobody asked me where subs for 161 were until it released.

Couple of notes this time. I think the first is the word “sabermetric”, some obscure baseball term I was forced requested to keep which basically means a statistical, calculative, or analytical approach. Her brand, Crazy PaniQ, is actually Mecha PaniQ, “mecha” めちゃ being Kansai dialect for pretty much what we used. The reason it was changed besides to match what we had was the fact that the word “mecha” means, well, “mech”, like a giant robot to English speakers. Go figure. The last thing is the mention that there’s French in her song. Does that mean I had free reign to make the Kansai dialect French? I’ll have to ask a certain cat if that’s alright.

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Aikatsu! – 160

Get hype! Tsubaki Shot!

Get hype! Tsubaki Shot!

She actually has the most Ojou-sama name I’ve ever heard in my entire life. Were there any notes? I don’t think so. Her name means camellia, which is the flower you can see above. For more of them, I suggest watching Yuri Kuma Arashi. Also, this episode confirms my assertion that the CG improved this season. Compare the performance to episode 123 after you watch. tbktn knpk.

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An issue with Sony

I’ve been dealing with a thing where someone gained access to my PSN account and charged my card for $500 worth of PSN things. I’ve spent the past three months trying to get the money back from Sony, with results that are both sad and hilarious. I made a write-up of the issue here.

It’ll be an enjoyable read, I promise you. And if you enjoy it and/or want to help me out, I encourage you to tweet @AskPlayStation while including a link to that post in your tweet (https://redd.it/3t78j6).

Thanks.

Aikatsu! – 158

Yeah, you bet that Okinawa is mabushii

Yeah, you bet that Okinawa is mabushii

Damn the Okinawan (Ryuukyuuan?) dialect. I’m just a loner from the northeast, how am I supposed to be able to make a billion different accents and ways to say the word “very”? At least they don’t all speak in full accents or the little girls wouldn’t be able to understand (just look at Pripara and their meta-jokes). Yeah, so “mensore” means “welcome”, and there are a couple other words too. Just look to the Ancient Hawaiians for the answers to all your doubts, and enjoy the episode.

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PS: Where do Johnny and Orihime get all this time to fool around?

Aikatsu! – 157

HOLY SHIT LOOK WHO IT IS

HOLY SHIT LOOK WHO IT IS

Aikatsu, fuck yeah! No character left behind, ever. Also, a bit of expansion of what Dolly Devil is supposed to be like, so I hope you’ve brushed up on your gyaru fashion and definitions. Also, it’s incredible how much the staff love NonoRisa. You can really tell that they’re putting their hearts into everything that has them in it.

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Aikatsu! – 155

You, too, can be gorgeous if you wear jewelry

You, too, can be gorgeous if you wear jewelry

We weren’t convinced on what to put the audition name as, Heartthrob Karat or Tokimeki Karat. On the one hand, there’s an okay translation. On the other, it actually shows the name in romaji as Tokimekikarat. Just imagine the one you prefer. This episode also had the very first insert song and concert scene in all of Aikatsu that I can remember. It’s always just been one or the other whenever there’s a drama episode. Tell me if I’m wrong.

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Aikatsu! – 153

They're mightily winsome!

They’re mightily winsome!

Whooooa it’s time for the fourth year of Aikatsu!!! Hokkaidoooo! Potatoooo! Yahooooo!

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PS: I totally forgot to give credit to the alternate translation choice for なまら. Whenever we face a question like this about what important word choice to use the alternatives don’t usually get out, but this time I feel like giving credit where credit is due. I picked “mightily”, because I felt that the notion of Akari-tachi never having heard a word before was more important. Etoce wanted “full”, because an archaic meaning of that is really/very, and he thought they should be confused about the usage of the word. There’s no right answer, but now you know.

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