Akuyaku Reijou Tensei Ojisan - Vol. 6 Ch. 36 - Birthday Party!

[MangaDex]

 

[Achaius]

I was not expecting the Captain Planet Birthday Song.

 

[Wizardrone]

thanks for chapter

this is why i pay internet for

 

[Thagnus]

Awww, this chapter was truly heartwarming, all of the gang reassuring Grace that she's not overstepping and she deserves her happiness.

On another note, I have to commend her - if otome power rangers appeared in front of me, I'd die from laughter and cringe, yet she kept her cool.

The rhymes came out very well, so thank you for the effort you put in. As for the punctuation, personally I prefer to see periods when there's a clear end of a sentence. I can see the appeal for making it more manga-like, but I guess I'm just used to regular grammar.

 

[flxsemi]

Grace looking extremely regal this chapter. I got to say the crown suits her to a T.

 

[Aliamus]

 

[Eclipse616]

I don't really notice punctuation in manga. As long as they don't pick a really ugly font and the text is nicely centered, my eyes just flow over the words and pause when it makes sense to.

 

[BusWindow]

This was such a cute chapter! Some moments with all of the characters plus I always enjoy seeing the wife and daughter to hear their perspective. Them playing the Tsukkomi was just a bonus, lol.

 

[Lightbrand]

Translating lyrics or poem across languages while keeping meaning and rhyme scheme is impressive work

 

[AMicrowave]

I live for the reactions

 

[BayuAH]

Suddenly an idol concert.

^Wohoo!

The wife and the daughter sounds like "Endo and Kobayashi's Live Commentary on the Villainess".

^{Ha, ha!}

Thank you for the update!

 

[Ayazel]

Thanks for the chapter

 

[AnotherDuck]

A little bit like Cinderella.

"Isn't this just plain doting?"

Pure dad energy.

"Things are going just as planned, after all..."

Things are not according to keikaku.

Why give her the dress after everyone gets there?

Grace has a graceful dress. Very queenly.

Masks like that never fool anyone outside superhero comics.

 

[BrotherCoa]

Thanks for the chapter, the translation and words usage in it are fine in my books.

I wonder how much time will pass before dad figures it out that he made Grace route for everyone else? xD

 

[Ayazel]

Lack of punctuation only exists in fan translations. You'll never see it in official TLs, because it would be a grammatical mistake. All occidental languages begin with a capital letter, and end with a dot.

When do previous sentences end? When do the next ones begin? Without exceptional TL quality, it all merges together into a confusing, headache-inducing mess, especially for non-native speakers.

What's so difficult about hitting a single key on your keyboard?

 

[UncleKaos]

a wholesome chapter indeed and amusing with the singing.

 

[Pyoro]

Nice chapter. I do sometimes wonder if this will go anywhere, but in a way ... I guess that doesn't really matter.

As for the tl question; even comics use proper punctuation. I'm not sure I'd have noticed too much, but now that my attention has been drawn to it it's hard to unsee how awkwardly unfinished those sentences are ...

 

[TesutoLTSF]

Lack of punctuation only exists in fan translations. You'll never see it in official TLs, because it would be a grammatical mistake. All occidental languages begin with a capital letter, and end with a dot.

When do previous sentences end? When do the next ones begin? Without exceptional TL quality, it all merges together into a confusing, headache-inducing mess, especially for non-native speakers.

What's so difficult about hitting a single key on your keyboard?

Err, for the sake of clarity, when I say cleaner and “manga-esque,” I’m referring to the way Japanese manga typography works. For example, take this sample from the chapter:



As you can see, Japanese manga tends to use punctuation sparingly and often separates sentences with line breaks. That’s the style I’m aiming to preserve in my scanlation. Here’s a snippet from my translation sheet



I’ve actually been actively removing punctuation when typesetting, but I decided to add it back for the next chapter onward after receiving feedback from several readers. Thank you for all the feedback!

 

[coyote_vdb]

Thanks for the translation.

 

[Ayazel]

Err, for the sake of clarity, when I say cleaner and “manga-esque,” I’m referring to the way Japanese manga typography works. For example, take this sample from the chapter:

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As you can see, Japanese manga tends to use punctuation sparingly and often separates sentences with line breaks. That’s the style I’m aiming to preserve in my scanlation. Here’s a snippet from my translation sheet

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I’ve actually been actively removing punctuation when typesetting, but I decided to add it back for the next chapter onward after receiving feedback from several readers. Thank you for all the feedback!

This grammatical rule only exists in japanese and other similar languages. It doesn't exist in english, french, german, spanish, or any other occidental language. It only somewhat feels natural to us, because we're used to writing in sms lingo, where punctuation feels too formal. To remove punctuation because it's this way in japanese is the exact same type of move as using -sama's and -kun's instead of properly translating the honorific : more than dumb, it's a grammatical mistake.

Please understand that there's nothing personal against you in my post. You're doing a great job otherwise!! It's just that... I can't understand. I just can't understand why so many groups do that, even though it makes the dialog so much more difficult to follow. And when lack of punctuation is often paired with bad TL, typesetting and redraw quality, it's just not fun.