Oishinbo - Vol. 28 Ch. 254 - The Bacon Left Behind (Part 1)

[MangaDex]

 

[Mugiwara325]

You'll likely see from the Table of Contents that this volume has another very long multi-part story. Which means I'm gonna be uploading it a chapter a day, like I did with the Curry Showdown.

14 June (Sun): Part 1
15-20 June (Mon-Sat): Parts 2-7
21 June (Sun): No chapter, because I'll need a bit of time to build up more backlog.
24 June (Wed): New chapter, schedule will go back to normal.

 

[TakesatoKeita]

More of the translation's technical aspect than the story, but is there any reason to use "Kurogasiwa" (Nihon- and Kunrei-shiki styles) instead of "Kurogashiwa" like in Ohbashira (Hepburn style)?

 

[Mugiwara325]

More of the translation's technical aspect than the story, but is there any reason to use "Kurogasiwa" (Nihon- and Kunrei-shiki styles) instead of "Kurogashiwa" like in Ohbashira (Hepburn style)?

I have only one reason for it, and it will be shown off in the next chapter.
But I don't mind showing it a little earlier to explain. It's not that big a spoiler.

Spoiler: Why Kurogasiwa?

In the next chapter, Yamaoka and Kurita visit Kurogasiwa's business. There, we see how Kurogasiwa has chosen to romanize his name:

And that's it. That's my only reason.

 

[TakesatoKeita]

But I don't mind showing it a little earlier to explain. It's not that big a spoiler.

Ah okay LMAO, so you just stuck with what the original version used instead of giving it a proper Hepburn reading to his name (since it's what most people would usually do today).

But then again, I still need to use Nihon- and Kunrei-shiki styles if I want to write certain Japanese characters like づ with "du"、ぢ "di/zi"、and ゔ "vu" in my keyboard because my keyboard's Hepburn style doesn't really accommodate creating these characters.

I'm a 100% Hepburn man all the way, so seeing the use of Nihon- and Kunrei-shiki styles like that in the image you posted just made me think "oh yeah this shit be quite/real old because most people back then still used that style."

 

[Mugiwara325]

Ah okay LMAO, so you just stuck with what the original version used instead of giving it a proper Hepburn reading to his name (since it's what most people would usually do today).

But then again, I still need to use Nihon- and Kunrei-shiki styles if I want to write certain Japanese characters like づ with "du"、ぢ "di/zi"、and ゔ "vu" in my keyboard because my keyboard's Hepburn style doesn't really accommodate creating these characters.

I'm a 100% Hepburn man all the way, so seeing the use of Nihon- and Kunrei-shiki styles like that in the image you posted just made me think "oh yeah this shit be quite/real old because most people back then still used that style."

I default to Hepburn most of the time, but will occasionally switch to something non-standard either for flavor, for aesthetics, or sometimes because the Hepburn spelling suggests an English reading that doesn't sound correct.

I also think it's more 'lifelike' (?) to have a mix of romanization styles in the story. That one is just personal preference.