bro you're talking about a nation that created an empire JUST to have access to spices (and tea, that was a big reason too lol)
Yeah, and then NEVER USED THEM.
On hindsight, yeah I should. But on internet when giving opinion I tend to get too heated and forgot the little important things like that,I become a mess.
Yup she does a lot of these videos, apparently she has a special condition according to Louie-san (a french-japanese youtuber) who reviewed multiple japanese channels including hers.
For a nation that prides themselves on that, a bunch of their signature meals certainly don't have them
I think part of the reason why there are more complaints about translation of Matsuri's accent compared to others instances of speech quirks like Naddy for example is that kinda creates the opposite impression. Since her gramps and Matsuri actually speak in that old japanese accent like Chibita from Osomatsu-san it deliberately creates active contrast to her wearing eleborate clothes and being half-british. Localized translation actually nearly removes old japanese part and replaces it with entire new layer of british aesthetic that changes the readers perspective on her character. I have to actively remind myself that Matsuri actually speaking other way from the presented to accurately gauge her interactions with everyone and how world perceives her. It makes the translation note is really necessary to fully get her character.
I don't think that's entirely true, and this chapter demonstrates exactly why. Mimimi, Hakari, and Rin assume from her gothic lolita clothing that she would be like them, and conduct herself in a graceful and refined manner (in as much as that's applicable to the aforementioned three). Matsuri's accent immediately runs against their expectations. It's loud and crude and not at all like what her outfit would have you believe. This is the case for her Shitamachi dialect, and is the main purpose of rendering it as Cockney. Shitamachi dialect isn't simply "old," it's rough and unrefined and often lower-class. That has far more to do with the contrast her dialect creates with her aesthetic than it being Japanese. Bear in mind that all of the characters are speaking Japanese in the Japanese script. A gothic lolita speaking a very graceful, fancy form of Japanese wouldn't create this contrast, even though it's just as Japanese as Shitamachi.
The significance of the accent is not the fact that it's old, it's the lower class impression that it gives. Translating it as, I dunno, Shakespearean Early Modern English or like she's Jesus in the KJV Bible just because it's "old" would be the completely wrong thing to do because the effect would be almost the polar opposite of what's intended.
I get your point, it's not like I dislike your choice of localization, plus in this chapter it felt better integrated. Spirit wise translating this way definitely gets the right vibe of original, it just a funny coincidence of Matsuri being half-british that it automatically created kinda misleading implications when it wasn't the case in original, hence why some people who either skip TL note or already forget about it, thinking that Matsuri and her family way of speech is due to her familial English roots instead of actually coming from Japanese "festival" side. Just wish there is some way to clearly communicate that in her words without needing to know meta context like notes or reading raws, no need to completely change it, maybe inserting some lower class japanese-like words? I dunno.
If you consider Rin's catchphrase to be evidence of having some Italian lineage,...Half-British, half-Brazilian... can I ask for an half-Italian gf too?
