Watashi no Kokoro wa Oji-san de Aru - Ch. 28

[Quarterdane]

Q: Then, is it true you punched the king of the Decent Kingdom!? And that you rescued a beastman dragon princess and married her!?
A: Wasn't a princess - it was a guy.

Note how he didn't deny marrying the rescued individual.

 

[hythae]

It always feels like an act of cowardice by the writer to treat an actual goddamn reincarnation as just a straight continuance of the prior life, with no impact whatsoever to the person's personality.

You have an entirely new brain and nervous system. You have literally been rewired. Even if you remained the same species and gender, you would not remain the same. For example, even mild changes to the acuity of your various senses mean you would never again experience the world like you once did.

And if you got reincarnated as something long-lived, eventually your original lifespan would represent only a fraction of your memories. Imagine your entire human life being reduced to the handful of snippets that most folks remember their childhood as.

It is weird to me me that outside of a couple notable exceptions (like A Wild Last Boss Appeared!), only smut and comedies ever seem to consider what the hell a new body and everything that comes with it would do to your personality.

i get u. but ur touching upon a big pile of worms that is mostly better left untouched if ur not an exceptional writer...

writing a story is already tough enough. would u as a writer brave the challenge of writing something completely new and original or back out to stick with something ur more familiar with and keep it simple?

for example if u have ur human character turn into a beastman would u simply make it have a human mind that struggles with its surroundings or would u add emphasis on how it has to constantly struggle to get used to being a different species? like fighting its urges to act less civilized, adapt to using its new body, and finding out the pros and cons of new body.

at that point it becomes a whole different story for a different audience.

sure it may be more entertaining but the more complex it is the easier it is to screw up somewhere and boy do we have enough of stories that are riddled with holes.

theres also other avenues to consider such as 'how much would we as readers even care?'

u can detail ur beastman character to have four ears instead of two which gives them sharper hearing and better vertical sound localization. it sounds great to add on paper but most readers would simply prefer seeing 'they have better hearing' then move on with the story. of course this is assuming ur not an exceptional writer.

there can also be 'random' forced developments to 'spice things up' which i personally do not like.

ur beastman character can have bouts of bloodlust that pops up at the worst of times. as a reader u just know that its gonna happen at least once and most likely its not gonna have any big consequences.


uh. im sure i missed something but just do ur best not to think about how much more a story could have been

 

[erellisae]

Really glad to see you back! I'm a bit annoyed the MTLer just plain removed their chapters, but mostly because it really just proves the point they didn't want to put in the effort to do better.

As others have mentioned I dunno if you were rushing to get caught up, which is kind of understandable, but there are a few more mistakes in this chapter than I really expected. It's definitely not on the level of MTL slop by any means but it did surprise me, especially compared to ch. 27 and your general quality of work. Since I did a PR scan for the MTLers I should do one here too:

2.1 - 'You losers should not to enter the martial arts festival' -> Remove the 'to' at the very least. Also, this is minor, but this is a rough-and-tumble nun, and I assume she isn't the sort of person to go 'should not enter the...' when she could go 'shouldn't enter the...'
2.2 - 'Bunch of loser who' -> '[You're just a] bunch of losers who'
2.X - Now that I look at it again, are these bubbles supposed to be connected? 'A bunch of losers who flinch just from one glance / shouldn't be entering the martial arts festival'?
5.3 - It's not specifically wrong, but 'Dumb ass' split across two lines and just sort of left there made me giggle for how sudden it is. (I'd put a period on it.)
6.5 - Really glad to get confirmation this was, in fact, Al just yelling 'Martial Festival!' like a dumbass.
10.1 - 'ah?' -> 'Ah?'. '... who walk backward' -> 'who walked backwards'
14.3 - 'he's rather give off an intellectual air' -> either 'rather, he gives off an intellectual air' (if Haruka is surprised) or 'he gives off rather an intellectual air' (if Haruka is stressing his being an intellectual). I'm sorry for my stupid language.
15.5 - Another lower-case 'ah'. like it's probably fine? This feels like nitpicking at this point? I mostly just want to highlight how much better this is than the MTL because I would have sworn Corin was the one speaking in the MTL, bragging about Haruka. God, this is so much better.

... but I mean it's so nice not to see something every other panel or just straight-up incomprehensible shit. Keep it up!

 

[Rogulair]

From page 18, The real question I have with all the mistranslations is...The dragon beastman princess used to be a dude or was it a typo...using double was really weird so I need clarification.

 

[PersonalistX]

(edit: got my reply sent twice, Sorry, don't know how to delete it)

 

[PersonalistX]

From page 18, The real question I have with all the mistranslations is...The dragon beastman princess used to be a dude or was it a typo...using double was really weird so I need clarification.

No, he denied that she was a princess. He wasn't saving a princess, he was saving a guy.

So it's probably just some random dude.

助けたのは女じゃなくて男だ
(Tasuketa no wa onna janakute otoko da)


助けたの = "The one I saved"
は = "As for..."
女じゃなくて = "Not woman, but..."
男だ = "Is man."

For more direct translation

 

[PersonalistX]

Really glad to see you back! I'm a bit annoyed the MTLer just plain removed their chapters, but mostly because it really just proves the point they didn't want to put in the effort to do better.

As others have mentioned I dunno if you were rushing to get caught up, which is kind of understandable, but there are a few more mistakes in this chapter than I really expected. It's definitely not on the level of MTL slop by any means but it did surprise me, especially compared to ch. 27 and your general quality of work. Since I did a PR scan for the MTLers I should do one here too:

2.1 - 'You losers should not to enter the martial arts festival' -> Remove the 'to' at the very least. Also, this is minor, but this is a rough-and-tumble nun, and I assume she isn't the sort of person to go 'should not enter the...' when she could go 'shouldn't enter the...'
2.2 - 'Bunch of loser who' -> '[You're just a] bunch of losers who'
2.X - Now that I look at it again, are these bubbles supposed to be connected? 'A bunch of losers who flinch just from one glance / shouldn't be entering the martial arts festival'?
5.3 - It's not specifically wrong, but 'Dumb ass' split across two lines and just sort of left there made me giggle for how sudden it is. (I'd put a period on it.)
6.5 - Really glad to get confirmation this was, in fact, Al just yelling 'Martial Festival!' like a dumbass.
10.1 - 'ah?' -> 'Ah?'. '... who walk backward' -> 'who walked backwards'
14.3 - 'he's rather give off an intellectual air' -> either 'rather, he gives off an intellectual air' (if Haruka is surprised) or 'he gives off rather an intellectual air' (if Haruka is stressing his being an intellectual). I'm sorry for my stupid language.
15.5 - Another lower-case 'ah'. like it's probably fine? This feels like nitpicking at this point? I mostly just want to highlight how much better this is than the MTL because I would have sworn Corin was the one speaking in the MTL, bragging about Haruka. God, this is so much better.

... but I mean it's so nice not to see something every other panel or just straight-up incomprehensible shit. Keep it up!

Oh yeah, will fix it👍

I'm just really tired that day

(Edit: Fixed! Thanks again you all!)

 

[pink_rabbit]

I'm kinda shipping them and its kinda.... BL....

I am reading too much into it.

Thank you for translation!

Nah. They totally did

 

[Zhangar]

i get u. but ur touching upon a big pile of worms that is mostly better left untouched if ur not an exceptional writer...

writing a story is already tough enough. would u as a writer brave the challenge of writing something completely new and original or back out to stick with something ur more familiar with and keep it simple?

for example if u have ur human character turn into a beastman would u simply make it have a human mind that struggles with its surroundings or would u add emphasis on how it has to constantly struggle to get used to being a different species? like fighting its urges to act less civilized, adapt to using its new body, and finding out the pros and cons of new body.

at that point it becomes a whole different story for a different audience.

sure it may be more entertaining but the more complex it is the easier it is to screw up somewhere and boy do we have enough of stories that are riddled with holes.

theres also other avenues to consider such as 'how much would we as readers even care?'

u can detail ur beastman character to have four ears instead of two which gives them sharper hearing and better vertical sound localization. it sounds great to add on paper but most readers would simply prefer seeing 'they have better hearing' then move on with the story. of course this is assuming ur not an exceptional writer.

there can also be 'random' forced developments to 'spice things up' which i personally do not like.

ur beastman character can have bouts of bloodlust that pops up at the worst of times. as a reader u just know that its gonna happen at least once and most likely its not gonna have any big consequences.


uh. im sure i missed something but just do ur best not to think about how much more a story could have been

I'm aware that the lazy route of treating reincarnation as just a purely cosmetic reskin is the norm, I'll just be disappointed by it every time.

 

[Fushiginiku]

I’d also reword “much stricter and unreasonable” as “much more strict and unreasonable”

Alternatively, "much stricter and more unreasonable". Either one works, but the original doesn't.

 

[SageVonManga]

One can be both abnormally oblivious and genuinely strong. In fact most isekai protagonists are.

Isekai protagonist is the densest material known to man after all.

 

[SageVonManga]

It always feels like an act of cowardice by the writer to treat an actual goddamn reincarnation as just a straight continuance of the prior life, with no impact whatsoever to the person's personality.

You have an entirely new brain and nervous system. You have literally been rewired. Even if you remained the same species and gender, you would not remain the same. For example, even mild changes to the acuity of your various senses mean you would never again experience the world like you once did.

And if you got reincarnated as something long-lived, eventually your original lifespan would represent only a fraction of your memories. Imagine your entire human life being reduced to the handful of snippets that most folks remember their childhood as.

It is weird to me me that outside of a couple notable exceptions (like A Wild Last Boss Appeared!), only smut and comedies ever seem to consider what the hell a new body and everything that comes with it would do to your personality.

In order for reincarnation to work at all you have to presume the existence of souls as a factual thing, in that case the essence of the person is in their soul not their brain and nervous system. In that case when 'you' reincarnate, 'you' are still 'you'.

There are series where 'you' are more noticeably influenced by the 'new you'. The MC in By the Grace of the Gods starts becoming unable to control his emotions and the gods tell him it's because he became a child and his soul is adapting to that body so he'll struggle to act like a stoic 30-something.

 

[nljm]

The legendary Kudan Hawk Tuah?! does he have a crypto currency???

how do yall post an image from the chapter in forums

 

[Ascended_chipmunk]

I'm tired

Thanks for your hard work

 

[N2O]

how do yall post an image from the chapter in forums

I use ShareX for this personally, it just snips a small image and uploads it somewhere, then u can post it in link here

ShareX is can do videos and stuff too, very convenient

 

[Zhangar]

In order for reincarnation to work at all you have to presume the existence of souls as a factual thing, in that case the essence of the person is in their soul not their brain and nervous system. In that case when 'you' reincarnate, 'you' are still 'you'.

There are series where 'you' are more noticeably influenced by the 'new you'. The MC in By the Grace of the Gods starts becoming unable to control his emotions and the gods tell him it's because he became a child and his soul is adapting to that body so he'll struggle to act like a stoic 30-something.

Just suffering a head injury is enough to change a person's personality. Your brain is really, really important, souls or not. (It's also worth noting that traditionally, reincarnation is supposed to be a reset button. The whole goddamn point is that you'll turn out differently.)

Did he? The Grace of the Gods kid? I vaguely recall them saying that his emotions were unstable but I can't actually remember a single fucking time that he didn't act like a 30+ workaholic. Weirdly enough, his music playing and other hobbies turned out to all be things he'd already been doing in his past life, he literally just worked himself to death because the God of earth is a malicious asshole.

 

[hythae]

I'm aware that the lazy route of treating reincarnation as just a purely cosmetic reskin is the norm, I'll just be disappointed by it every time.

lol id like to add a disclaimer that i dont find simplifying a story as lazy or a bad thing. also that copying other ideas isnt a bad thing. to an extent of course. its all about how it meshes together.



might i suggest trying a different medium? try out some light novels or even web novels. its a pain to find the right one that hits right but its always worth it when u do.

personally id recommend starting with works by haru no hi (mangadex uses the name Harunohi Biyori) if you havent already. their stories r a bit odd but keeps making u want more.

 

[Luke_chase]

I use ShareX for this personally, it just snips a small image and uploads it somewhere, then u can post it in link here

ShareX is can do videos and stuff too, very convenient

Md also hosts images no? Like you can just paste an image from your clipboard, at least in chapter comments.

 

[1234muse]

I'm tired

rest in peace

 

[Porg]

thANKs