Si Land - Vol. 2 Ch. 7.5 - Bonus Chapter: "Tell me Mbaya"

[MangaDex]

 

[Totallyrelevantguy]

Sorry I took such a long time with this one. It turns out I was a lot busier than I expected. I wish I could say I'll translate the next bonus chapter quicker, but looking at my schedule, it's probably gonna take about the same time.

As a bit of an apology, here's something interesting I learned when translating this chapter. I'll just copy and paste it from my notes:

Original Text Bubble 1 (Said by Jean): …ボブさんは?

Translation: …What about Bob?

Notes:

- Remember when Bob introduces himself to Jean and tells him to call him “sir bob?” Apparently Jean has been calling Bob that (ボブさん) in japanese this whole time(at least up until page 171 of volume two). I guess the english translators got rid of it because it sounded awkward or smth (and honestly I’m glad Jean doesn’t call Bob “sir” i think it shows how close they’ve gotten). Then again “さん” is often omitted in english because it’s sometimes used as just a polite way of saying someone’s name instead of Mr/Ms, which Jean sometimes uses to call other characters. An example of this is the very title of this comic lol.

 

[angelusalvus]

Thank you so much for this.

 

[zeeb24]

Is there a reason you're only doing the bonus chapters? Are they free in japanese or something?

 

[angelusalvus]

Is there a reason you're only doing the bonus chapters? Are they free in japanese or something?

Yes. This is the reason. The most baffling thing is that the official English is being released on Kmanga. But for some stupid reason they don't want to officially translate the free extra chapters.

 

[yarrayora]

it makes sense for zahab to have no reservation against asking for help when he's already confident in his relationship with his allies AND in his own strengths too, when the other cats wouldn't be able to help but to worry about being looked down on by even their own people