Fuck this show. May this party wash away its sins.
Translation Party House Rules:
Note that there will be a companion piece for this TL Party coming later today.
Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge – Episode 01
Comparisons: 10 or 20
Participants:
Anime-Koi
Asenshi
Mezashite
Codes:
{\i1} indicates the start of italics
{\i0} indicates the close of italics
Essential 1.
Hair-chan to Kiri.
Audio: [mp3t track="http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DansaiE01.mp3" play="Start audio" stop="Pause this shit" volslider="y"]
Anime-Koi :: It’s because I was cursed, or so I was told.
My name is Mushanokoji Iwai.
Even though my name is Iwai, as in “celebration”…
>I see… No, I’m just thinking that I can understand that.
Asenshi :: They say it’s because my hair is cursed.
My name is Mushanokouji Iwai.
It means “celebration,” ironically.
>I see.
Huh?
>No, it’s just that I think I can understand you, too.
Mezashite :: They say I’m cursed.
My name is Mushanokouji Iwai.
Ironic, right?
>I see.
>Oh, I think I understand.
to avoid watching this shitty show cuz it sucks :: N/A. They all suck.
Essential 2.
DTF-chan, then bug glasses-chan.
Audio: [mp3t track="http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DansaiE02.mp3" play="Start audio" stop="Pause this shit" volslider="y"]
Anime-Koi :: Outsiders are not allowed!
>We brought household supplies.
>My sister and I will be going home now.
Asenshi :: Outsiders have no business here.
>I’ve put your dinnerware away.
>My sister and I are going home now.
Mezashite :: Normal people aren’t allowed here!
>I’ve dropped off your living supplies.
>Onee-chan and I will go home now.
to avoid watching this shitty show cuz it sucks :: N/A. They all suck.
Essential 3.
Kiri’s grandpa to Kiri.
Audio: [mp3t track="http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DansaiE03.mp3" play="Start audio" stop="Pause this shit" volslider="y"]
Anime-Koi :: Kiri, what happened to your forehead?
>Well, I kind of slipped.
Asenshi :: What happened to your forehead, Kiri?
>I just tripped.
Mezashite :: Kiri, your forehead.
>Oh, it’s just a little burn.
to avoid watching this shitty show cuz it sucks :: N/A. They all suck.
Essential 4.
All DTF-chan.
Audio: [mp3t track="http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DansaiE04.mp3" play="Start audio" stop="Pause this shit" volslider="y"]
Anime-Koi :: This girl’s taking her father’s place.
A replacement found so fast, huh?
Asenshi :: So he’s supposed to replace your father?
That didn’t take long, huh…
Mezashite :: This guy’s your father’s replacement.
You sure do forget quickly.
to avoid watching this shitty show cuz it sucks :: N/A. They all suck.
Essential 5.
Grandpa -> Kiri.
Audio: [mp3t track="http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DansaiE05.mp3" play="Start audio" stop="Pause this shit" volslider="y"]
Anime-Koi :: Our ancestors… own a killing tool which has killed people.
>{\i1}What?!{\i0}
>What’s its name?
>Tell me its name!
Asenshi :: Our ancestor…
was a murderer who cut people.
>{\i1}What did he say?{\i0}
>Their name! What were they called?
Mezashite :: One of our ancestors…
…was a murderer who killed his victims by cutting them.
>{\i1}What was that?{\i0}
>His name?
>What was his name?
to avoid watching this shitty show cuz it sucks :: N/A. They all suck.
Essential 6.
Hair-chan -> Kiri.
Audio: [mp3t track="http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DansaiE06.mp3" play="Start audio" stop="Pause this shit" volslider="y"]
Anime-Koi :: My hair can never be cut.
Hair that would never “die”.
Hair that would never be “killed”.
Hair that’s… cursed.
>This thing here… it may also be cursed.
Asenshi :: My hair can’t be cut.
It’s undying hair,
unkillable hair,
cursed…
…hair.
>This thing…
>may be cursed as well.
Mezashite :: My hair can’t be cut.
My hair can never die.
My hair can never be killed.
My hair is cursed.
>These scissors…
>…might be cursed as well.
to avoid watching this shitty show cuz it sucks :: N/A. They all suck.
Essential 7.
All the weird guy.
Audio: [mp3t track="http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DansaiE07.mp3" play="Start audio" stop="Pause this shit" volslider="y"]
Anime-Koi :: Let me… cut your hair.
{\i1}…divine one.{\i0}
{\i1}…divine god.{\i0}
{\i1}…divine hair.{\i0}
{\i1}Wait, if it’s a curse, talking about divinity is weird.{\i0}
Asenshi :: Allow me to cut your hair,
{\i1}my goddess.{\i0}
{\i1}Your hair,{\i0}
{\i1}my goddess.{\i0}
{\i1}If her hair really is cursed, it’s strange to call her a goddess.{\i0}
Mezashite :: Please let me cut your hair.
{\i1}. . . god.{\i0}{Note that an additional visual effect was applied to these lines.}
{\i1}. . . God.{\i0}
{\i1}. . . Hair.{\i0}
{\i1}Well, it’s a curse, so “God” might be a bit off…{\i0}
to avoid watching this shitty show cuz it sucks :: N/A. They all suck.
Essential 8.
Jesus, I wonder if her pubic hair is like that too. Do not want.
Audio: [mp3t track="http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DansaiE08.mp3" play="Start audio" stop="Pause this shit" volslider="y"]
Anime-Koi :: Kiri-kun…
You’re the first one to “kill” me!
Asenshi :: Kiri-kun,
It’s the first time…
…you…
…killed me.
Mezashite :: Kiri-kun,
you’re the first person
to have ever killed me!
to avoid watching this shitty show cuz it sucks :: N/A. They all suck.
Essential 9.
Hair to Kiri.
Audio: [mp3t track="http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DansaiE09.mp3" play="Start audio" stop="Pause this shit" volslider="y"]
Anime-Koi :: I’ll call this “Crime Edge”.
>”Crime”?
It’s a pair of scissors capable of “killing” my hair…
Asenshi :: This is Crime Edge, okay?
>”Crime”?
Because it’s like a bad pair of scissors that killed my past self.
Mezashite :: We’ll call it the “Crime Edge”.
>”Crime”?
It’s an evil pair of scissors that killed the person I had been up to this point.
to avoid watching this shitty show cuz it sucks :: N/A. They all suck.
Essential 10.
Kiri, then both.
Audio: [mp3t track="http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DansaiE10.mp3" play="Start audio" stop="Pause this shit" volslider="y"]
Anime-Koi :: In other words,
“Cutting up”…
“Separating”…
“Crime Edge”…
>>>”The Severing Crime Edge!”
Asenshi :: So, in other words…
It cuts and it dismembers.
That’s Crime Edge.
>>>The Cutting and Dismembering Crime Edge!
Mezashite :: So, basically…
It cuts people up and severs them into pieces…
Crime Edge…
>>>The Crime Edge of Cutting and Severing!
to avoid watching this shitty show cuz it sucks :: N/A. They all suck.
Decision Point:
- Holy fucking shit, Dark_Sage. Give me more comparisons. I fucking live for this! (Put the knife down and keep reading. We got ten more comparisons for ya.)
- Oh my god, put a bullet in my head. When is this shit gonna be over with already? (You’ve seen enough for one lifetime. Head down to the results.)
Expanded 1.
All Kiri being weird
Audio: [mp3t track="http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DansaiExt01.mp3" play="Start audio" stop="Pause this shit" volslider="y"]
Anime-Koi :: {\i1}There was a Hair Queen at that place.{\i0}
{\i1}I probably look like a murderer.{\i0}
{\i1}Like I want to cut that girl apart.{\i0}
Asenshi :: {\i1}Right in front of me…
was the Queen of Hair.{\i0}
{\i1}I must seem like a murderer.{\i0}
{\i1}I want to cut her…{\i0}
{\i1}Using these scissors in my hands. {\i0}
Mezashite :: There she was…
The Hair Queen, before my eyes.
I must look like a crazy murderer right now…
Snip, snip.
I want to cut her.
Cut her with my own hands.
to avoid watching this shitty show cuz it sucks :: N/A. They all suck.
Expanded 2.
All Kiri being weird
Audio: [mp3t track="http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DansaiExt02.mp3" play="Start audio" stop="Pause this shit" volslider="y"]
Anime-Koi :: {\i1}These scissors have been at our house since long ago.{\i0}
{\i1}I’ve been cutting hair since I was a child.{\i0}
{\i1}I like cutting.{\i0}
{\i1}My family also enjoyed letting me cut their hair.{\i0}
{\i1}But they started going to a beauty salon.{\i0}
{\i1}They did not want me to cut any more.{\i0}
Asenshi :: {\i1} I gave haircuts with these scissors
{\i1}that belonged to my childhood home.{\i0}
{\i1}I liked doing that and my family enjoyed having me cut their hair as well.{\i0}
{\i1}But then, they started going to the hairdressers instead.
They had grown to hate it.{\i0}
Mezashite :: These scissors have been lying around my house since forever.
When I was little, I cut people’s hair with them.
I liked doing that.
Everyone in my family would let me cut their hair.
But eventually, everyone started going to proper hairdressers instead.
I hated that.
to avoid watching this shitty show cuz it sucks :: N/A. They all suck.
Expanded 3.
Hairball to Kiri
Audio: [mp3t track="http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DansaiExt03.mp3" play="Start audio" stop="Pause this shit" volslider="y"]
Anime-Koi :: I wish I could let you cut my hair.
>What? Are you sure? Are you sure? Are you sure?
>Really? Really? Really?! Really?!
Asenshi :: I wish I could let you cut it.
>Can I? Can I? Can I?!
>Really? Really really?
>Really? Really?!
Mezashite :: I wouldn’t mind letting you cut mine…
>Really? Is it really okay?
>For real? Are you sure? Are you serious?!
>Really?!
to avoid watching this shitty show cuz it sucks :: N/A. They all suck.
Expanded 4.
Best girl -> Kiri
Audio: [mp3t track="http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DansaiExt04.mp3" play="Start audio" stop="Pause this shit" volslider="y"]
Anime-Koi :: She doesn’t have any family.
She’s been taken care of by an organization.
Well, I guess it’s a kind of paranoia.
>Is that the case?
Asenshi :: Well, she’s got no relatives.
Right now, she’s under protection of a certain organisation.
Guess it’s a persecution complex of sorts.
>Is that so?
Mezashite :: That girl doesn’t have any living relatives.
She’s under the care of a certain organization.
It’s just a persecution complex.
>Really?
to avoid watching this shitty show cuz it sucks :: N/A. They all suck.
Expanded 5.
I don’t know who this is -> Kiri
Audio: [mp3t track="http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DansaiExt05.mp3" play="Start audio" stop="Pause this shit" volslider="y"]
Anime-Koi :: A girl’s hair is her life!
Look!
>Yeah, I see.
>And then?
Asenshi :: A girl’s life is in her hair!
>Oh, is that so? Now let’s see here…
Mezashite :: A girl’s hair is her life!
Swish.
>Sure it is.
>What of it?
to avoid watching this shitty show cuz it sucks :: N/A. They all suck.
Expanded 6.
All Preview-chan
Audio: [mp3t track="http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DansaiExt06.mp3" play="Start audio" stop="Pause this shit" volslider="y"]
Anime-Koi :: Haimura, you’re spoiling the mood!
It was so interesting to see your odd behavior whenever we talked about hair!
>It just means that I’ve grown up!
Asenshi :: You’re lame, Haimura.
It’s more fun when you get all sketchy talking about hair.
>Guess that means I grew up already….
Mezashite :: You’re boring, Haimura.
You used to come running every time I talked about hair.
>Perhaps I’ve grown up a little?
to avoid watching this shitty show cuz it sucks :: N/A. They all suck.
Expanded 7.
I dunno
Audio: [mp3t track="http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DansaiExt07.mp3" play="Start audio" stop="Pause this shit" volslider="y"]
Anime-Koi :: Urp.
>What’s with that “urp”?
Um… well…
The atmosphere around her…
It feels like she’s murdered someone.
Asenshi :: Ugh.
>Why the groaning?
Well, it’s just…
She’s got an aura that makes you think she could murder someone.
Mezashite :: Why are {\i1}you{\i0} so riled up?
>Ah, well…
>There’s something about that girl…
>It’s like she would actually kill someone.
to avoid watching this shitty show cuz it sucks :: N/A. They all suck.
Expanded 8.
Two weirdos talking
Audio: [mp3t track="http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DansaiExt08.mp3" play="Start audio" stop="Pause this shit" volslider="y"]
Anime-Koi :: School sure sounds fun, doesn’t it?
>You aren’t going to one?
Yeah.
Asenshi :: School sounds like fun.
>You don’t go to school?
No.
Mezashite :: School sounds like a lot of fun.
>You don’t go?
I don’t.
to avoid watching this shitty show cuz it sucks :: N/A. They all suck.
Expanded 9.
Hair-chan whining
Audio: [mp3t track="http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DansaiExt09.mp3" play="Start audio" stop="Pause this shit" volslider="y"]
Anime-Koi :: Sometimes,
I have this dream.
That I have normal hair,
and I was talking with friends at school.
About topics like the newly opened confectionery shop,
or about some cool television star.
But it’s all a dream.
It’s all a dream, isn’t it?
Asenshi :: Sometimes, I have a dream.
A dream in which I have normal hair.
I talk to friends in school normally.
About a new candy shop,
or a cool celebrity.
But that’s only a dream.
Only a dream, right?
Mezashite :: From time to time, I have this dream.
In the dream, I have normal hair.
I’m at school, talking with friends.
Talking about the sweets shop that just opened up.
Talking about a handsome celebrity.
But it’s just a dream.
Just a dream, you know.
to avoid watching this shitty show cuz it sucks :: N/A. They all suck.
Expanded 10.
Someone
Audio: [mp3t track="http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DansaiExt10.mp3" play="Start audio" stop="Pause this shit" volslider="y"]
Anime-Koi :: Putting up a brave front…
Endure this by yourself!
Don’t impose your burden on others!
Queen of Hair!
Asenshi :: If you think it’s so hard, endure it on your own!
Don’t go dragging others into your problems!
You queen of hair!
Mezashite :: It might be hard,
but keep it to yourself!
Don’t make other people shoulder your pain!
Hair Queen!
to avoid watching this shitty show cuz it sucks :: N/A. They all suck.
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Which group had which line (unformatted, lazy-mode Sage):
This episode was so dumb…instadrop.
Looks like this was my first accurate prediction of the season. Go me.
How can you scoundrels you not like “Hair Porn – The Animation”?
Plz post your results as well D_S.
Yeah, yeah. There you go.
But I kind of liked RDG, apart from the shy MC. I hope the character development will make her less annoying soon. The male lead was refreshingly badass and mean. Additionally: great ending song
I hate D_S for not giving RDG a sporting chance but lets face it, I love reading his insightful reviews so it all evens out.
Overall scores…
Anime-Koi: 3 times
Asenshi: 5 times
Mezashite: 8 times
Looks like your best bet is Mezashite.
Figured as much.
I got similar results to those totals. Anime-Koi’s had some issues I was not expecting to see from them. :/
Edit:
Anime-Koi: 1 times
Asenshi: 5 times
Mezashite: 10 times
Yeah, their font style and size sucked as well. Hope you’re gonna review them soon.
I tend to avoid doing reviews and TL parties for the same episode, so their 02+ are up for grabs. Though, I do hope they improve.
So, which group do you recommend for now?
I recommend whichever group performed best in this TL Party for you. If your results are inconclusive, I would recommend Mezashite’s version, because it had what I’d consider the most colorful dialogue (Expanded 3 as an example). Asenshi’s would be the runner-up, as for a number of lines they hit on the “natural” type of language I tend to enjoy (Expanded 9 as an example), despite their issues with lines like Essential 2.
Unfortunately, Anime-Koi suffered from serious understanding issues (Essential 4, Essential 5, Essential 8) accompanied by juvenile dialogue (multiple lines didn’t follow the others, and the writing was short and dull with too much word repetition and imprecise dialogue). I do not recommend watching their 01.
(This show was better than Red Data Girl at least)
Anime-Koi: 5 times
Asenshi: 6 times
Mezashite: 8 times
Looks like your best bet is Mezashite
I actually watched episode 1 from Anime-Koi. So I didn’t fall victim to the so-called “confirmation bias” that so many people complain about in these TL parties.
Oh Jesus, I’m about to start RDG. Don’t jinx it.
Overall scores…
Anime-Koi: 4 times
Asenshi: 4 times
Mezashite: 10 times
Looks like your best bet is Mezashite
That’s the release I watched. I had some issues with the part that had “kami, kami kami”, and the “It’s ironic, right?” part. The latter could have done with a TL note or something.
I thought there was one group that consistently had stupid translation mistakes, but then I opened the spoiler tag and the mistakes were apparently distributed relatively evenly. So I guess “raw.”
It would be nice if things went that smoothly :/
Anything in particular, lyger? Besides Essential 3, that was our bad.
Group being Mezashite I assume? I only did the essentials and didn’t really keep count. I just noted that every group had at least one of the dumb errors, rather than one group carrying the idiot ball the whole way as I’d expected. Maybe that was the only mistake from your group.
Speaking of essential three, I gotta say, and this is directed at all groups, that “cut” is a pretty damn weak way to translate 斬る. Though I haven’t seen this show, so maybe it’s supposed to resonate with the whole scissors theme.
While I’m here, I’m not a fan of the “ironic, right?” with no explanation. What’s ironic? You localize so the non-Japanese-speaking audience can understand the story BETTER. You don’t localize to pretend the Japanese language doesn’t exist. Lots of groups are guilty of the latter.
If there is no further elaboration on her name, then the audience is left completely hanging, with the vague feeling that they missed something, but with no idea what it was they missed. And so you have failed as a translator to do your duty.
Is Crymore back and running. O.o
You know it.
How can there be three different translations with distinct differences? Is this a translator test?
Guess it’s time to stick with manga.
Anime-Koi: 5 times
Asenshi: 7 times
Mezashite: 5 times
Looks like your best bet is Asenshi
Wow, how did that happen?
Also, double-voted on “they all suck” 12 times because for some of them, all of the choices just seemed… off, for the lack of a better word, and there were a few that I wanted to mix-and-match a few things for some reason.
Though I must not’ve had a good night’s sleep last night or something, because I accidentally voted “Anime-Koi” in the last poll for some reason. I usually don’t slant-read unless I’m reading from, say, a long list (like a class roster) or at a weird angle over an ATM, but I don’t know what the hell happened there.
Anime-Koi: 1 time
Asenshi: 4 times
Mezashite: 3 times
Looks like your best bet is Asenshi
Welp. Well, at least this confirmed my feelings about Anime-Koi. The overall sub quality seems to be on par with the show’s quality.
Overall scores…
Anime-Koi: 4 times
Asenshi: 4 times
Mezashite: 3 times
It’s a tie between Anime-Koi and Asenshi
I did lots of “They all suck.” I thought Anime-Koi did pretty well last season, but if Mezashite is the one to go with, then off I go to them.
“Our ancestors… own a killing tool which has killed people.”
Oh wow…
Pretty bad, yep..
Anime-Koi: 2 times
Asenshi: 10 times
Mezashite: 8 times
Looks like your best bet is Asenshi
That’s quite surprising. I expected to find that Asenshi or Koi would be the best option for this, but some of Koi’s lines really suck in comparison to the other two.
Was surprised by how many of Mezashite’s lines I liked.
It’s probably because I haven’t watched the show yet, so am lacking context, but it seemed like some of the lines, for all three groups, were pretty poor.
Anime-Koi: 4
Asenshi: 4
Mezashite: 12
And I shall now proceed to never watch this series.
Anime-Koi: 1 time
Asenshi: 0 times
Mezashite: 2 times
Looks like your best bet is Mezashite
This is sad. All these releases should be avoided. Essential 2 really set the tone for the rest of the TL party. That was so sad.
Anime-Koi: 1 time
Asenshi: 6 times
Mezashite: 7 times
Shitsub roulette.
First time:
Anime-Koi: 5 times
Asenshi: 1 time
Mezashite: 2 times
Looks like your best bet is Anime-Koi
+12 times “They all suck.”
Second time:
Anime-Koi: 6 times
Asenshi: 4 times
Mezashite: 11 times
+12 times “They all suck.”
Looks like Mezashite is the least bad choice.
Anime-Koi: 4 times
Asenshi: 4 times
Mezashite: 12 times
Looks like I chose correctly.
Overall scores…
Anime-Koi: 2 times
Asenshi: 4 times
Mezashite: 6 times
Looks like your best bet is Mezashite
Drop the TL party half way…
but I’m pretty sure with the result…
>>> Owns a killing tool that kills people..
Anime-Koi: 4 times
Asenshi: 4 times
Mezashite: 2 times
Then
Anime-Koi: 5 times
Asenshi: 8 times
Mezashite: 7 times
Well then
Yeah, I don’t balance the Essential/Extended to make sure people will get similar results straight through. My thought process is pretty much “The ten most significant differences/translations from the groups will go into the Essential and the other ten will get shoved to the Extended.”
Overall scores…
Anime-Koi: 1 times
Asenshi: 4 times
Mezashite: 10 times
None: 5 times
Looks like your best bet is Mezashite
Mezashite is the big winner here.
Anime-Koi: 1 time
Asenshi: 3 times
Mezashite: 5 times
Looks like your best bet is Mezashite
Welp, I sure wasn’t expecting that outcome.