IDOL×IDOL STORY! - Vol. 10 Ch. 74 - Aria's Resolve

[1idd0kun]

I don't have the raw with me right now, but from what I remember when I read it, I'm pretty sure Aria's line was "what I recommend will make money" rather than "all my oshi will make money". That's quite the liberal translation you guy came up with. I don't think it's okay to depart this much from the original line.

 

[FlameTaJaDoru]

I don't have the raw with me right now, but from what I remember when I read it, I'm pretty sure Aria's line was "what I recommend will make money" rather than "all my oshi will make money". That's quite the liberal translation you guy came up with. I don't think it's okay to depart this much from the original line.

The word 推し (oshi) in the context of idol culture comes from 推す (osu) which means "to push/to support". The idea is that when someone is your oshi you push for/support them to succeed and reach the top, etc.



Aria's line here uses the phrase 私が推すもの (watashi ga osu mono). A more stiff translation would be "The things/people I push for/support". With the context of the conversation in the episode, we know that Aria is talking about the contestants. She truly cares for and wishes to support them. Plus, we know from previous chapters that Aria takes joy in seeing them perform, grow and improve. The way an idol fan would be happy watching their favorite idol(s). It might be complicated to use a single term to describe what she sees the girls as, but I'm confident that she at least partially sees them as idols she loves. Her oshi.




I don't disagree that we're taking some liberties, but I don't think it is that far removed from the Japanese line. Personally, I believe that translation isn't about just replacing words between languages. What's most important is being able to convey the intentions of the original work.

I won't claim our fan translation is perfect, but I hope now you at least know the reasoning behind our translation choices.

 

[ipmanvsthemask]

My body is ready for Tsubasa x Aria enemies-to-lovers kino.

 

[yurimakesmeuglycry]

Kind of as expected. The music industry is dirty as shit, the idol side even worse.

The idol industry is bad because the fans are bad.
Nonsensical, vapid kawaii idol music has a massive fanbase. Kawaii Lab. is running multiple identical groups that are all pulling numbers over the last 3 years.
Alternative idol groups like Phantom Siita or Atarashi Gakko won't ever see more than critical acclaim or a cult following.

 

[Carn109]

Aria will do it for her OSHIS

 

[Idolmadness]

Aria just loving the fuck out of all those girls because they're all her oshi kind of puts the eliminations into more perspective. It must've hurt her nore than we were shown for her to have to drop any number of those girls at all.

That’s what I love about her: her one-on-one moments with the girls show she genuinely cares. When I was eliminated, she encouraged them to pursue their dreams, showing them if they can get here, they can make it anywhere. Her father and brother might not see this, but she inspires them to keep trying.

But her brother also seems to just know all the girls in the talent surface level. Most of the time he does it truly care about that. He sees what he sees and then makes the exception so it bars him from seeing the good work they do.