Akuyaku Reijou Tensei Ojisan - Vol. 10 Ch. 60 - The Unfettered Retiree

[TheDarkStar]

Congrats on the test and thanks for the end notes. I always find the translation and culture tidbits interesting.

 

[UncleKaos]

congrates on passing.

and it was nice to read this chapter. the dollhouse is so useful.

 

[Kurogwane]

Somewhat more interesting, although it didn't fit on the explanation panel: the choice of ending song was explained as a coincidence by the production team, since they chose the song way back in ~2021 for its nostalgic factor and because of some thematic resemblance between the show Abarenbou Shogun and Akuyaku Reijou Tensei Ojisan. Then, around the time the anime aired (Winter 2025), a remake of Abarenbou Shogun, starring the same actor, Matsudaira Ken (the artist behind Matsuken Samba II), was also airing.

Combine that with the actually great and catchy remake, the nostalgia factor, and the song's status as a cultural phenomenon in Japan (since the majority of Japanese people know it), along with the surprise factor (because the ED was never announced), and it became quite a buzz in Japan.

An even better story than my guess, that's amazing. I also have a funny story about the song myself. When a watchgroup and I watched the first episode and we hit the ending, it felt super familiar to me and I couldn't place why until it clicked. I already knew a version of Matsuken samba:

Matsuken Sunbreak, made to promote the Sunbreak expansion of Monster Hunter Rise. Which I liked and put into a playlist of songs to play when I went to go fight Khezu, the only monster in Rise without a theme song.

 

[Tahvohck]

Chiming in with a congrats on passing, and thanks as well for the translation!

 

[Psychronia]

No yeah. It must be great to see a childhood favorite game's characters after they've all grown.

 

[Kaim6]

Scary oni princess still pretty ♥

 

[Hikineet]

Thanks for the chapter.

 

[d_a_renoir]

O . o;
.......

I know this is a little late in the series, but when Kenzaburou referred to himself a reincarnator it struck me as odd. Wouldn't he be a transmigrator rather then reincarnator? I mean it's not his body, nor was he reborn into this world. Instead he wakes up in Grace's body and can even interact with her soul. So am I missing something here or does the author just not make a distinction between the two.

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Oofa.....
And speaking of oddities I've just remembered or noticed. that timetravel tag just potentially spoiled a few things for me.

The definition of "reincarnation" 転生 isekai in Japan is that "the original body dies in our world, and the soul wakes up in a new body in the isekai world". Even if the body they wake up in is not a baby, it's still called "reincarnation" 転生.

Now, this manga was probably conceived as "he died and woke up as Grace" at first, but over the course of serialisation the author changes their mind and decided the old guy is not dead yet.

 

[Wizardrone]

thanks for chapter

I kinda nice to see game/manga characters grown up

 

[Scrabbleman]

Ngl but there's something special about seeing your favourite characters post-game, years later and all grown up. Like, they're living a good life and you can't help but feel happy for them.

 

[JumpDrive]

Something not mentioned in the translator notes (maybe because its already pretty well known) is that gramps's "Did I do something amazing again" line is a meme in japan of shit bad isekai slop op protagonists say. I think it specificially comes from Kenja no Mago originally, nowadays is kinda just a copypasta on 2ch and the like

 

[Yukisuna]

Nooooo, I've caught up! I've been having trouble buying the series on bookwalker. Time to try again!

 

[d_a_renoir]

Oh, wanted to comment a bit about the translation. Saying "Your Majesty" is kinda weird because in English it's strongly associated to royalty, like the king or emperor, when the shogun isn't that at all. Even in Japanese most people seem to associate that title with just the shogun and not really the emperor, especially because this is a reference/parody of Abarenbo Shogun TV drama and not real history.

Not saying you should change anything, but "ue-sama" seem better translated as "Your Excellency" (since this is a valid title for heads of state like prime ministers) and "oogosho"/retired shogun would be "Lord Emeritus".

 

[TesutoLTSF]

Heya!

The definition of "reincarnation" 転生 isekai in Japan is that "the original body dies in our world, and the soul wakes up in a new body in the isekai world". Even if the body they wake up in is not a baby, it's still called "reincarnation" 転生.

Now, this manga was probably conceived as "he died and woke up as Grace" at first, but over the course of serialisation the author changes their mind and decided the old guy is not dead yet.

Oh, you're right! The pre-serialization didn't flesh out the backstory, it was just an old man waking up in a villainess's body.

Something not mentioned in the translator notes (maybe because its already pretty well known) is that gramps's "Did I do something amazing again" line is a meme in japan of shit bad isekai slop op protagonists say. I think it specificially comes from Kenja no Mago originally, nowadays is kinda just a copypasta on 2ch and the like

I actually didn't know that, probably because I dropped Kenja no Mago on the first episode...

Oh, wanted to comment a bit about the translation. Saying "Your Majesty" is kinda weird because in English it's strongly associated to royalty, like the king or emperor, when the shogun isn't that at all. Even in Japanese most people seem to associate that title with just the shogun and not really the emperor, especially because this is a reference/parody of Abarenbo Shogun TV drama and not real history.

Not saying you should change anything, but "ue-sama" seem better translated as "Your Excellency" (since this is a valid title for heads of state like prime ministers) and "oogosho"/retired shogun would be "Lord Emeritus".

That is actually very fitting. I chose what I used because I had a hard time figuring out the most fitting substitute titles for both of them, but your suggestions are much more fitting (using emeritus hadn't even crossed my mind). I hope you don't mind me nicking them for consistency purposes.