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So the queen thing is a play on words. Lena (pronunced reina in japanese) is also spanish for queen, so she earned the nickname "Bloody Reina", or the Bloodstained Queen cause of her viciousness in battle. I don't think this will be explained yet though.

09jcg wrote:

So the queen thing is a play on words. Lena (pronunced reina in japanese) is also spanish for queen, so she earned the nickname "Bloody Reina", or the Bloodstained Queen cause of her viciousness in battle. I don't think this will be explained yet though.

Regina is Latin for queen, not Reina. If it's supposed to be a play on words it's one hell of a stretch going Vladilena -> Lena -> Reina -> Regina -> Queen

Bloody Reina is a play on her full name of Vladilena and her moniker of "The Bloodstained Queen". The original Japanese was written as Bloody Regina (鮮血の女王ブラッディレジーナ, Buraddirejīna). The Latin word Regina was substituted with the Spanish word Reina in the English translation, as the translator felt that Bloody Reina was phonetically closer to Vladilena.

And considering that the entire first season was 1 volume it's kind of pointless to say these things addressed in Vol. 7, that's way past the scope of this series as an anime.

Electric Wooloo wrote:

09jcg wrote: So the queen thing is a play on words. Lena (pronunced reina in japanese) is also spanish for queen, so she earned the nickname "Bloody Reina", or the Bloodstained Queen cause of her viciousness in battle. I don't think this will be explained yet though. Regina is Latin for queen, not Reina. If it's supposed to be a play on words it's one hell of a stretch going Vladilena -> Lena -> Reina -> Regina -> Queen

Yes I know, I edited my post. Had a brain fart and I read the novel a while ago. Stretch or not, it is what it is. The wordplay is canon, though the scene where it pops up was the volume 1 epilogue and was cut from the anime (probably moved to later this season) since it would spoil the entire season.

Here's a quote from the wiki if youre interested

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Bloody Reina is a play on her full name of Vladilena and her moniker of "The Bloodstained Queen". The original Japanese was written as Bloody Regina (鮮血の女王ブラッディレジーナ, Buraddirejīna). The Latin word Regina was substituted with the Spanish word Reina in the English translation, as the translator felt that Bloody Reina was phonetically closer to Vladilena.

https://86-eighty-six.fandom.com/wiki/Vladilena_Milizé#cite_note-V1E1-1

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And considering that the entire first season was 1 volume it's kind of pointless to say these things addressed in Vol. 7, that's way past the scope of this series as an anime.

I hardly think it's pointless. The series can't cover all aspects of racism at all times and the way this story unfolds (unless they plan to change stuff up which is always possible) the opportunity to address "White Savior" stuff won't present itself just yet. If it's not for you, then it's not for you but it is just the first episode. You're misinterpreting the Queen thing as condoning white saviorism which is an inaccurate interpretation, based on the content within the books. Perhaps the show needs to do a better job of making that clear but the Lena stuff was essentially an anime original teaser for what Lena becomes.

And if your only recourse to criticism is "well Inuyasha was never good in the first place!", that's a pretty damning indictment of Yashahime.

JoelBurger wrote:

And if your only recourse to criticism is "well Inuyasha was never good in the first place!", that's a pretty damning indictment of Yashahime.

What I said was that Inuyasha was (mostly) bad and Yashahime is fine. The original was a very popular D+ show and the sequel is a less popular C+ show. But there are tons of C+ anime so it's funny to me that ANN's reviewers act like this particular one is the downfall of the medium itself.

Mieruko-chan feels like one of those fetish shows. It wasn’t bad but I feel like the show’s not meant for me…

The manga started out like that too, but did move away from it in the first volume, so the anime may get better on that front, too.

What I said was that Inuyasha was (mostly) bad and Yashahime is fine. The original was a very popular D+ show and the sequel is a less popular C+ show. But there are tons of C+ anime so it's funny to me that ANN's reviewers act like this particular one is the downfall of the medium itself.

RE: Tricornered Window and innuendo

I don’t think innuendo is the right word for what goes on in the episode in question. Innuendo would be the implication of sex, but these are acts from which Mikado derives very real erotic pleasure, just without the physical manifestation of said pleasure. That Mikado doesn’t get erect is why he can brush it off as not counting as actual sex, but there’s no indication that his new boss feels the same way Mikado does about it or thinks of it as akin to bad pick up lines.

It’s really more like a culture clash. Imagine you run into someone whose culture says that holding hands is a sexual act. They then proceed to hold your hand frequently without explaining that this is what it means to them. Holding hands with them feels great, but there’s still that disconnect for you personally.