THIS IS WHY I DON'T USUALLY TRANSLATE.
Especially not at 2:00 AM. Anyway... kashii_ai wanted me to try to tell her what was happening in the latest chapter of SE, even though I'm not fluent and I'm all sleepy and my kanji skills are fail. Obviously most of it failed, but at least some of it was remotely amusing.
Chat logs snippets under the cut...
Witch_of_the_si: OKAY PAGE ONE.
Witch_of_the_si: These kanji are all evil and blurry.
Kashii_ai: XD
Witch_of_the_si: But, Gooberkins is asking Black Star... I think what kind of power he wants?
Witch_of_the_si: Or why he wants power.
Kashii_ai: Okay'
Primi_tan: OK...
Witch_of_the_si : I can't figure out what the heck that blurry kanji is.
Kashii_ai: Well, he was asking him that in the last chapter, I think
Kashii_ai: That also makes sense
Primi_tan: Yup
Witch_of_the_si: Kid has a ton of kanji in this sentence.
Witch_of_the_si: But it's a question, involving or to Black Star. XD
Primi_tan: OK
Kashii_ai: XD I see
Witch_of_the_si: DAMMIT KID WHAT IS WITH THOSE STUPID KANJIIII.
Kashii_ai: XD
Witch_of_the_si: And they're all blurry!
Witch_of_the_si: I can't even tell if I know them or not!
Kashii_ai: Just translate, GOSH
Witch_of_the_si: Okay it's not hear. I'll look it up in a second. But he's like "What is this?" And then that stupid kanji. and then "That's why I hate books"
Witch_of_the_si : Or possibly "That's why I hate the origin."
Kashii_ai: . . .
Kashii_ai: Why would he say he hates books? That doesn't make sense
Witch_of_the_si: HOW SHOULD I KNOW?!
Primi_tan: Probably origin, then.
Kashii_ai: Origin seems more in conetext. XD
Witch_of_the_si: I don't know...
Witch_of_the_si: " 'Power' is" ... something not...
Witch_of_the_si: ... And... I know both of those kanji but... IS THAT THE KANJI FOR READ AND MOON WUT?
Kashii_ai: XD
Primi_tan: Oh dear...XD
Witch_of_the_si: WAIT NO.
Primi_tan: WHAT?
Witch_of_the_si: Was that in densetsu... OH YES!
Witch_of_the_si: It's a kanji that LOOKS like "To read"
Witch_of_the_si : ... I think Black Star is asking for an explanation?
Kashii_ai: I see
Primi_tan: OK...
Witch_of_the_si: Somehow opinion+moon=explanation
Witch_of_the_si: WAIT NO THAT'S LIGHT STUPID ME.
Witch_of_the_si: Moon is IN that kanji.
Witch_of_the_si: Opinion + light.
Kashii_ai: XD
Primi_tan: So, what's he saying?
Witch_of_the_si : ... Eh... Something about an explanation from his opponent I'm guessing.
Witch_of_the_si: I THINK he's asking why Gooberkins is offering him power.
Kashii_ai: Okay
Kashii_ai: Oh. That makes sense
Primi_tan: Ah.
Primi_tan: Why is Goo-man offering him power, anyways?
Witch_of_the_si: ... And I haven't the foggiest about the one word bubble on page four.
Witch_of_the_si: It more or less seems to translate as "I think power is power"
Witch_of_the_si: ... Oh hey I found the kanji from before.
Witch_of_the_si: So I CAN give you an accurate translation for the speechbubbles on the top of page 3 I think. XD
Kashii_ai: XD Okay
Witch_of_the_si: "What is this? A question? This is why I hate books."
Witch_of_the_si: XDDDD
Primi_tan: Black*Star~ XD
Witch_of_the_si : XD
Kashii_ai : LOL
Witch_of_the_si : Anyway so page five Black Star is yelling about his opponent being a god and then I'm skimming the rest of that.
Witch_of_the_si: Then panel three of page 5, kid says... uh... Frack I haven't seen those katakana in a while
Witch_of_the_si: Either "Fun" or "wan"
Witch_of_the_si: Fun.
Witch_of_the_si: Rhymes with spoon.
Witch_of_the_si: Don't ask me why the hell he's saying that.
Witch_of_the_si : And then more blurry kanji.
Primi_tan: Greeeaaaaat
Witch_of_the_si: So now Kid is making random noises...
Kashii_ai: XD
Primi_tan: XD
Kashii_ai: LOL
Kashii_ai: We've lost him.
Witch_of_the_si: Shinpuru ize or tsunpuru ize.
Witch_of_the_si: "Simple is" in engrish. XD
Witch_of_the_si: Piggu?
Kashii_ai: XD
Primi_tan: ?
Witch_of_the_si: Simple is pig?
Kashii_ai: LOL
Witch_of_the_si : WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU SAYING BLACK STAR?!
Kashii_ai: Wow
Primi_tan: WHY DOES THIS HAVE TO BE SO OUT OF TOPIC, OHKUBO?!
Kashii_ai: . . . have you SEEN the l;atest chapters?
Witch_of_the_si: Anyway, Black Star is like "I have no idea what you're talking about." to Kid, which makes two of us because I can't read Kid's blurry kanji and he's making weird sounds.
Witch_of_the_si: "I AM SAYING I AM BECOMING THE 'BESTO'!"
Kashii_ai: XD
Kashii_ai: THE BESTO
Witch_of_the_si: And then first... athletic?
Witch_of_the_si: Some kanji in quotes that looks like a wacky temple.
Witch_of_the_si: And this is apparently the reason of something?
Witch_of_the_si: OH THANK YOU BLACK STAR.
Witch_of_the_si: "Aa?! What...?"
Witch_of_the_si: Black Star is saying something about... himself... and how he is saying... something.
Kashii_ai: XD
Primi_tan: I see, go on...
Witch_of_the_si: and then more of that templelookinkanji.
Kashii_ai: Black Star is always saying something about himself
Witch_of_the_si: OKAY.
Witch_of_the_si : So, Obviously I can't find out what the hell that says.
Witch_of_the_si: The only thing that looks similar turns out to be "Confucianism" and I REALLY don't think Black Star is talking about how EVERYTHING IS BECAUSE OF CONFUCIANISM.
Primi_tan: ...
Witch_of_the_si: ...
Witch_of_the_si: ...
Primi_tan: blaming Concucianism...a new low.
Witch_of_the_si : Okay then I found it in my dictionary.
Kashii_ai: XD
Witch_of_the_si: "Not be"
Witch_of_the_si WAIT WHAT?
Kashii_ai : This converstaion has gone from strange to awkward
Witch_of_the_si: EVERYTHING IS BECAUSE OF NOT BE?!
Kashii_ai: WHAT
Kashii_ai: XD
Witch_of_the_si: *Headdesk*
Primi_tan: IT IS!! ACCEPT IT!!
Witch_of_the_si: So Black Star, after claiming that "EVERYTHING IS BECAUSE OF NOT BE"
Kashii_ai: XD
Primi_tan: yes?
Witch_of_the_si: ...
Witch_of_the_si: Um...
Witch_of_the_si: You're going to take this the wrong way.
Witch_of_the_si: XD
Kashii_ai : ?
Primi_tan : WHAT? WHAT? WHAT?!!
Witch_of_the_si: Kid: Together, we'll do it!
Primi_tan: ...
Primi_tan: lovely.
Witch_of_the_si: "You are a [something] mix up with no power." Possibly.
Primi_tan: Maybe idiotic.
Witch_of_the_si: BLACK STAR I HAVE NEVER SEEN SO MANY KANJI COMING FROM YOU.
Witch_of_the_si: I'm not even going to bother.
Primi_tan: XD
Witch_of_the_si: Assume he said something Black-Starish.
Kashii_ai: XD Okay
Primi_tan: He always says something Black*Star-ish.
Witch_of_the_si: And HOSHIT I DIDN'T NOTICE KID PULLING OUT A SENZU LINE FOR THIS ATTACK.
Witch_of_the_si: A couple pages of black star getting beaten up.
Primi_tan: Yes.
Primi_tan: Poor guy.
Witch_of_the_si: "Shinmeto" in katakana. Like I'm supposed to know what that means.
Witch_of_the_si: " 'Shinmeto' 'Shinmeto' "
Kashii_ai: . . .
Kashii_ai: Shit? XD
Witch_of_the_si: No, he's... quoting him I think.
Kashii_ai: Nah, that'd be Shitto or something
Kashii_ai: Oh
Kashii_ai: . . .
Witch_of_the_si: Oh I think Black Star called Kid noisy.
Witch_of_the_si: Yeah it looks like he's quoting him, because at the end he's like "Nothingness nothingness"
Witch_of_the_si: "But 'shinmeto' is good and nothingness is not something?"
Witch_of_the_si: WHAT THE HELL IS SHINMETO?
Witch_of_the_si: ...
Witch_of_the_si: ... It kinda sounds like symmetry.
Primi_tan: that might be it.
Kashii_ai: Oh, yeah
Kashii_ai: That might be
Witch_of_the_si: Makes sense.
Witch_of_the_si: Well Black Star is using a ton of kanji and the only things I can make out are... the fuck, is that RICE?
Kashii_ai: XD
Kashii_ai: Wow
Witch_of_the_si: Okay, so... something "My opponant cannot feel" and I think he's denying that Kid can't feel.
Witch_of_the_si: Of course his hands are also clenched so he looks pretty pissed.
Witch_of_the_si: AH HERE COMES THE GUILT TRIP.
Witch_of_the_si: leseee... 845... number 845..
Kashii_ai: ?
Witch_of_the_si: Oh wow. "To extinguish"
Kashii_ai: Guilt trip whut?
Witch_of_the_si: WELL YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS SO I'M LOOKING UP THIS KANJi.
Kashii_ai: XD Ah
Witch_of_the_si : Okay, So Black Star is yelling literally "SO THEN IT'S OKAY TO EXTINGUISH LIZ AND PATTI?!"
Witch_of_the_si: Except for some reason... I want to say it means "goblet"
Witch_of_the_si: Don't ask me why.
Kashii_ai: XD
Kashii_ai: Oookay
Witch_of_the_si: Black Star is not quite ADD enough to yell about goblets or train stations in the middle of guilttripping kid.
Witch_of_the_si: Black Star is talking about how he's talking again XD
Witch_of_the_si: I think Black Star is saying that... being a god of death is balancing living and dying?
Witch_of_the_si: OF COURSE ALL THE KANJI ARE BLURRY
Witch_of_the_si: The... most perfect in the world...? You guys... umm...
Witch_of_the_si: I guess something along the lines of "Battle"
Witch_of_the_si: Oh no, he didn't say wonderful.
Witch_of_the_si: He said "Beautiful"
Witch_of_the_si: "Oneechan! We're beautiful!!" Patti looks happy.
Kashii_ai: XD
Kashii_ai: Cute
Witch_of_the_si: "N... noisy (or shut up). That kind of..." I think she's saying that that kind of guy will say anything.
Witch_of_the_si: "I am a shinigami. From Death City. You two..." something about a reputation. "I heard you were nearby. I found you two" I think?
Witch_of_the_si: Liz: "Shinigami!?"
Witch_of_the_si: And... She's like "A shinigami is riiich~"
Witch_of_the_si: I think... "We went to the shinigami's house and lived honest lives and Patti became pretty/neat?"
Kashii_ai: Ah, okay
Witch_of_the_si: Chibipatti: Onee-chan~
Kashii_ai: ^^
Witch_of_the_si: "And every day we had plenty to eat" I think.
Kashii_ai: Ah
Witch_of_the_si: And... I think she's talking about how they could bathe all the time and sleep safely?
Chat logs snippets under the cut...
Witch_of_the_si: OKAY PAGE ONE.
Witch_of_the_si: These kanji are all evil and blurry.
Kashii_ai: XD
Witch_of_the_si: But, Gooberkins is asking Black Star... I think what kind of power he wants?
Witch_of_the_si: Or why he wants power.
Kashii_ai: Okay'
Primi_tan: OK...
Witch_of_the_si : I can't figure out what the heck that blurry kanji is.
Kashii_ai: Well, he was asking him that in the last chapter, I think
Kashii_ai: That also makes sense
Primi_tan: Yup
Witch_of_the_si: Kid has a ton of kanji in this sentence.
Witch_of_the_si: But it's a question, involving or to Black Star. XD
Primi_tan: OK
Kashii_ai: XD I see
Witch_of_the_si: DAMMIT KID WHAT IS WITH THOSE STUPID KANJIIII.
Kashii_ai: XD
Witch_of_the_si: And they're all blurry!
Witch_of_the_si: I can't even tell if I know them or not!
Kashii_ai: Just translate, GOSH
Witch_of_the_si: Okay it's not hear. I'll look it up in a second. But he's like "What is this?" And then that stupid kanji. and then "That's why I hate books"
Witch_of_the_si : Or possibly "That's why I hate the origin."
Kashii_ai: . . .
Kashii_ai: Why would he say he hates books? That doesn't make sense
Witch_of_the_si: HOW SHOULD I KNOW?!
Primi_tan: Probably origin, then.
Kashii_ai: Origin seems more in conetext. XD
Witch_of_the_si: I don't know...
Witch_of_the_si: " 'Power' is" ... something not...
Witch_of_the_si: ... And... I know both of those kanji but... IS THAT THE KANJI FOR READ AND MOON WUT?
Kashii_ai: XD
Primi_tan: Oh dear...XD
Witch_of_the_si: WAIT NO.
Primi_tan: WHAT?
Witch_of_the_si: Was that in densetsu... OH YES!
Witch_of_the_si: It's a kanji that LOOKS like "To read"
Witch_of_the_si : ... I think Black Star is asking for an explanation?
Kashii_ai: I see
Primi_tan: OK...
Witch_of_the_si: Somehow opinion+moon=explanation
Witch_of_the_si: WAIT NO THAT'S LIGHT STUPID ME.
Witch_of_the_si: Moon is IN that kanji.
Witch_of_the_si: Opinion + light.
Kashii_ai: XD
Primi_tan: So, what's he saying?
Witch_of_the_si : ... Eh... Something about an explanation from his opponent I'm guessing.
Witch_of_the_si: I THINK he's asking why Gooberkins is offering him power.
Kashii_ai: Okay
Kashii_ai: Oh. That makes sense
Primi_tan: Ah.
Primi_tan: Why is Goo-man offering him power, anyways?
Witch_of_the_si: ... And I haven't the foggiest about the one word bubble on page four.
Witch_of_the_si: It more or less seems to translate as "I think power is power"
Witch_of_the_si: ... Oh hey I found the kanji from before.
Witch_of_the_si: So I CAN give you an accurate translation for the speechbubbles on the top of page 3 I think. XD
Kashii_ai: XD Okay
Witch_of_the_si: "What is this? A question? This is why I hate books."
Witch_of_the_si: XDDDD
Primi_tan: Black*Star~ XD
Witch_of_the_si : XD
Kashii_ai : LOL
Witch_of_the_si : Anyway so page five Black Star is yelling about his opponent being a god and then I'm skimming the rest of that.
Witch_of_the_si: Then panel three of page 5, kid says... uh... Frack I haven't seen those katakana in a while
Witch_of_the_si: Either "Fun" or "wan"
Witch_of_the_si: Fun.
Witch_of_the_si: Rhymes with spoon.
Witch_of_the_si: Don't ask me why the hell he's saying that.
Witch_of_the_si : And then more blurry kanji.
Primi_tan: Greeeaaaaat
Witch_of_the_si: So now Kid is making random noises...
Kashii_ai: XD
Primi_tan: XD
Kashii_ai: LOL
Kashii_ai: We've lost him.
Witch_of_the_si: Shinpuru ize or tsunpuru ize.
Witch_of_the_si: "Simple is" in engrish. XD
Witch_of_the_si: Piggu?
Kashii_ai: XD
Primi_tan: ?
Witch_of_the_si: Simple is pig?
Kashii_ai: LOL
Witch_of_the_si : WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU SAYING BLACK STAR?!
Kashii_ai: Wow
Primi_tan: WHY DOES THIS HAVE TO BE SO OUT OF TOPIC, OHKUBO?!
Kashii_ai: . . . have you SEEN the l;atest chapters?
Witch_of_the_si: Anyway, Black Star is like "I have no idea what you're talking about." to Kid, which makes two of us because I can't read Kid's blurry kanji and he's making weird sounds.
Witch_of_the_si: "I AM SAYING I AM BECOMING THE 'BESTO'!"
Kashii_ai: XD
Kashii_ai: THE BESTO
Witch_of_the_si: And then first... athletic?
Witch_of_the_si: Some kanji in quotes that looks like a wacky temple.
Witch_of_the_si: And this is apparently the reason of something?
Witch_of_the_si: OH THANK YOU BLACK STAR.
Witch_of_the_si: "Aa?! What...?"
Witch_of_the_si: Black Star is saying something about... himself... and how he is saying... something.
Kashii_ai: XD
Primi_tan: I see, go on...
Witch_of_the_si: and then more of that templelookinkanji.
Kashii_ai: Black Star is always saying something about himself
Witch_of_the_si: OKAY.
Witch_of_the_si : So, Obviously I can't find out what the hell that says.
Witch_of_the_si: The only thing that looks similar turns out to be "Confucianism" and I REALLY don't think Black Star is talking about how EVERYTHING IS BECAUSE OF CONFUCIANISM.
Primi_tan: ...
Witch_of_the_si: ...
Witch_of_the_si: ...
Primi_tan: blaming Concucianism...a new low.
Witch_of_the_si : Okay then I found it in my dictionary.
Kashii_ai: XD
Witch_of_the_si: "Not be"
Witch_of_the_si WAIT WHAT?
Kashii_ai : This converstaion has gone from strange to awkward
Witch_of_the_si: EVERYTHING IS BECAUSE OF NOT BE?!
Kashii_ai: WHAT
Kashii_ai: XD
Witch_of_the_si: *Headdesk*
Primi_tan: IT IS!! ACCEPT IT!!
Witch_of_the_si: So Black Star, after claiming that "EVERYTHING IS BECAUSE OF NOT BE"
Kashii_ai: XD
Primi_tan: yes?
Witch_of_the_si: ...
Witch_of_the_si: Um...
Witch_of_the_si: You're going to take this the wrong way.
Witch_of_the_si: XD
Kashii_ai : ?
Primi_tan : WHAT? WHAT? WHAT?!!
Witch_of_the_si: Kid: Together, we'll do it!
Primi_tan: ...
Primi_tan: lovely.
Witch_of_the_si: "You are a [something] mix up with no power." Possibly.
Primi_tan: Maybe idiotic.
Witch_of_the_si: BLACK STAR I HAVE NEVER SEEN SO MANY KANJI COMING FROM YOU.
Witch_of_the_si: I'm not even going to bother.
Primi_tan: XD
Witch_of_the_si: Assume he said something Black-Starish.
Kashii_ai: XD Okay
Primi_tan: He always says something Black*Star-ish.
Witch_of_the_si: And HOSHIT I DIDN'T NOTICE KID PULLING OUT A SENZU LINE FOR THIS ATTACK.
Witch_of_the_si: A couple pages of black star getting beaten up.
Primi_tan: Yes.
Primi_tan: Poor guy.
Witch_of_the_si: "Shinmeto" in katakana. Like I'm supposed to know what that means.
Witch_of_the_si: " 'Shinmeto' 'Shinmeto' "
Kashii_ai: . . .
Kashii_ai: Shit? XD
Witch_of_the_si: No, he's... quoting him I think.
Kashii_ai: Nah, that'd be Shitto or something
Kashii_ai: Oh
Kashii_ai: . . .
Witch_of_the_si: Oh I think Black Star called Kid noisy.
Witch_of_the_si: Yeah it looks like he's quoting him, because at the end he's like "Nothingness nothingness"
Witch_of_the_si: "But 'shinmeto' is good and nothingness is not something?"
Witch_of_the_si: WHAT THE HELL IS SHINMETO?
Witch_of_the_si: ...
Witch_of_the_si: ... It kinda sounds like symmetry.
Primi_tan: that might be it.
Kashii_ai: Oh, yeah
Kashii_ai: That might be
Witch_of_the_si: Makes sense.
Witch_of_the_si: Well Black Star is using a ton of kanji and the only things I can make out are... the fuck, is that RICE?
Kashii_ai: XD
Kashii_ai: Wow
Witch_of_the_si: Okay, so... something "My opponant cannot feel" and I think he's denying that Kid can't feel.
Witch_of_the_si: Of course his hands are also clenched so he looks pretty pissed.
Witch_of_the_si: AH HERE COMES THE GUILT TRIP.
Witch_of_the_si: leseee... 845... number 845..
Kashii_ai: ?
Witch_of_the_si: Oh wow. "To extinguish"
Kashii_ai: Guilt trip whut?
Witch_of_the_si: WELL YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS SO I'M LOOKING UP THIS KANJi.
Kashii_ai: XD Ah
Witch_of_the_si : Okay, So Black Star is yelling literally "SO THEN IT'S OKAY TO EXTINGUISH LIZ AND PATTI?!"
Witch_of_the_si: Except for some reason... I want to say it means "goblet"
Witch_of_the_si: Don't ask me why.
Kashii_ai: XD
Kashii_ai: Oookay
Witch_of_the_si: Black Star is not quite ADD enough to yell about goblets or train stations in the middle of guilttripping kid.
Witch_of_the_si: Black Star is talking about how he's talking again XD
Witch_of_the_si: I think Black Star is saying that... being a god of death is balancing living and dying?
Witch_of_the_si: OF COURSE ALL THE KANJI ARE BLURRY
Witch_of_the_si: The... most perfect in the world...? You guys... umm...
Witch_of_the_si: I guess something along the lines of "Battle"
Witch_of_the_si: Oh no, he didn't say wonderful.
Witch_of_the_si: He said "Beautiful"
Witch_of_the_si: "Oneechan! We're beautiful!!" Patti looks happy.
Kashii_ai: XD
Kashii_ai: Cute
Witch_of_the_si: "N... noisy (or shut up). That kind of..." I think she's saying that that kind of guy will say anything.
Witch_of_the_si: "I am a shinigami. From Death City. You two..." something about a reputation. "I heard you were nearby. I found you two" I think?
Witch_of_the_si: Liz: "Shinigami!?"
Witch_of_the_si: And... She's like "A shinigami is riiich~"
Witch_of_the_si: I think... "We went to the shinigami's house and lived honest lives and Patti became pretty/neat?"
Kashii_ai: Ah, okay
Witch_of_the_si: Chibipatti: Onee-chan~
Kashii_ai: ^^
Witch_of_the_si: "And every day we had plenty to eat" I think.
Kashii_ai: Ah
Witch_of_the_si: And... I think she's talking about how they could bathe all the time and sleep safely?