When their editor is awake, looks like DDY can manage better than an F.

Table of Contents

Release Information

Visual Quality

Script Quality

Results

 

Release Information

Episode details.

Release format: MKV (252 MB, 10-bit)

Japanesiness: Honorifics.

English style: American English.

Encoding details: http://pastebin.com/Sm4b0Mq0

Speed: Quick (<48 hours)

 

External links.

Group website: http://damedesuyofansubs.wordpress.com/

IRC channel: #[email protected]

 

 

Visual Review

Karaoke.

(Copied from the 08 review)

 

Opening. Hearts show up when the lines come in and then you get a rather pink karaoke for the rest of it. I liked it; fit the theme very nicely.

Rating: Good.

 

Ending. The karaoke complemented the credits all nice and good-like. Enjoyable.

Rating: Good.

 

 

Typesetting.

Wish I could.

 

Looks more like a purikura album to me.

 

They hit everything except the one sign and did it decently. hi5

 

 

 

Script Review

Karaoke.

(Copied from the 08 review)

 

This is not a sentence. I refuse to accept it.

There are a lot are a lot of issues with needless with needless repetition in the ED.

 

 

Main Script.

“couple of girls” != “couple”

While mischievious is technically a misspelling, I’ve heard it pronounced with the extra “i” more often than not, so I’m inclined to say this variant spelling is acceptable. (It should actually be “mischievous”.)

My issue with the line comes in more with how it’s phrased than how one word is spelled. The general idea of the line gets across, but it hurts to make my brain come to the conclusion it needs to. A simple rephrase would be much less harsh to my cranium.

“Well, I don’t think there’s a soul at Fujijo who could get the jump on me.” {Oh look, you can simplify the line.}

No DDY, you can’t transliteral your way out of this. These lines are as crusty as a dead man’s smegma.

As one would expect -> That’s so Raven Mizushima {I’m joking. Come up with something on your own. You can do it.}

It can’t be helped -> There’s not much you can do

At least you didn’t call it “lewd”. Try “Isn’t this getting a bit too risqué?”

Honestly, I’m not some kind of English rainman. Go to thesaurus.com or some other shitty site and type in words that sort of fit the situation until you come to a term that actually does. “good enough” is NOT good enough. Depending on how you want to edit this, you could even choose different terms. Maybe “hot ‘n heavy” fits your style better. If you’re more conservative, try “heated”. You have options.

You guys know this scene was supposed to be funny right? So why’d you inject it with crystal fail? I nearly OD’d, you pricks.

There’s not even limited advice I can give to fix it — this scene is totaled. Delete it (and your editor) and try again.

If you can replace mom/dad/son/etc with the people’s names, then they should be capitalized.

Also, the second line has a double-space after the period, which is not the standard the rest of the lines in the release followed.

The rest of the release stutters with syllables, but DDY stuttered on the first letter in this line. Be consistent.

Comma splice. Tsk, tsk.

eat -> ate

I wish there was a shelter where people who suffered English abuse could go. Fansubs would ensure I’d never have to pay rent again.

Mizuhima? We got a new character or something?

Earlier,

That’s not how to stutter.

 

 

Tips for DDY (easy fixes):

Common translations (shikataganai->it can’t be helped) are lazy writing. Generally you can better get across the intent of the scene by relaying a meaning that relates back to the translation, rather than giving an awkward word-for-word TL.

Keep to your standards. Either double-space between sentences or don’t (very, very, very few groups double-space, so I wouldn’t suggest it). Determine how you want to handle stuttering — first letter stutters or first syllables.

Get a QC.

 

 

 

Results

Watchability: Watchable.

Visual grade: A-

Script grade: C-

Overall grade: C+

This was better than their 08 release’s v1, but it sure as heck wasn’t better than Crunchyroll’s release. I’d suggest going with CR’s subs for this show.

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