This post was written by Dark_Sage. He is Dark_Sage.
I’d have posted more today, but my motivation is hovering around 0. Apologies.
As for this show, the manga is significantly better. Just read that instead of watching the anime.
Release format: MKV (286 MB, 8-bit), AVI (143 MB)
Japanesiness: Honorifics.
English style: American English.
Group website: http://www.subdesu.org/
Encoding details: http://pastebin.com/tbG2SR5w
8thsin’s translation critique: http://8ths.in/spring-2012-fansub-comparison-reviews#Nazo
Ji-hi’s screenshot comparisons: N/A
Table of Contents
Visual Quality
Karaoke.
Opening. Ugh, what the fuck were they thinking?
Ending. This was also pretty bad. Why use the default script in your karaoke?
Typesetting.
Excellent color-matching.
Great title translation.
Doesn’t anyone QC this shit? Come on.
Other.
That fucking font. So shit.
Script Quality
Karaoke.
The karaoke scripts were just fine. Maybe the ED could have handled the “et cetera” part better, but whatever.
Main Script.
What? I don’t think it’s all that important to TL Note “clean-up duty”.
“Clean-up duty sure takes more time than I thought it would.” or something like that.
“mouth-to-mouth” is used as an adjective, so use “mouth to mouth” in both cases here. Also, I hate double question marks. Use ?! instead.
Redundant. “I did just as you said and licked this last night.”
“Ogata-kun is in our class, right?”
What’s what you’re thinking? This doesn’t make sense.
“I’ll admit, she is shrouded in mystery. The accent highlights the natural way to phrase the sentence. Leaving it out leads to an awkward read.
This is all one sentence.
“Tsubaki-kun,”
“open your mouth.”
panties is plural.
“That’s” -> “Those are…”
She’s referring to her scissors. So use “them” instead of “it”. This would be right if she were talking about “a pair of scissors” but that wouldn’t fit as well in the sentence.
“That’s right, I don’t have my scissors [them] with me today.” {Good}
vs.
That’s right, I don’t have my pair of scissors [it] with me today.” {Bad}
Timing Review
Incoming. When “Timing Critique” is added as a category, you’ll know this part is done.
Results.
Watchability: Watchable.
Timing Grade:
Visual grade: C-
Script grade: B-
Overall grade (timing results not factored in): C+
Well, it wasn’t a fantastic release, but I was pleasantly surprised by the script. It was still rather stiff for a translation effort, but it was generally quite competent.
Since he’s holding the dirty underwear in his hand, doesn’t “these are” make more sense context?
Urabe’s the speaker there. Screenshots sometimes screw up the context.
Ah, okay, I thought he began the sentence and she finished it up for him. And I swear I saw some form of apology in your comment earlier before I got back to reply.
You did, and then I edited it out because there was no reason for me to apologize.
No one can accuse you of going soft. (￣ー￣)
Deep in my Sagey heart, I’m all fuwa fuwa desu, but no one can know that! My reputation would be ruined!
>“That’s right, I don’t my scissors [them] with me >today.” {Good}
A little typo there.
Good catch.