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Princess_Irene
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 Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2017 2:03 pm
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That I couldn't tell you. Hopefully J-Novel will stop by and let us know. 
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Iriliane2
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Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2017 4:13 pm
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Here's the line in question, for the Japanese inclined:
「おまえさん、男だろ！ 若いんだろ！ 女とやりたい、オークを殺したい！ 欲を出さないでどうするよ！」
It's pretty unambiguously "You want to do it/sleep with women".
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Aquamine-Amarine
Joined: 13 Jul 2014
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Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2017 4:54 pm
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| stilldemented wrote: | Ao Jyumanji....that's up there as one of the coolest names I've ever seen.
Seeing it spelled Merry weirds me out to a certain extent. It's a little too close to the Going Merry from One Piece so I just start thinking about ships...which makes me think about shipping...which brings me back around to that HaruhiroXMerry ship.
I probably would have just made it Mary or Meri. Unless it's supposed to be ironic in that her name is Merry when she has more reason to be Gloomy.
I'll stop. 
Anyway, sounds cool! It's neat to hear that the books aren't quite as heavy handed as the show. I might look into buying them when I get the chance. |
I agree, Merry makes no sense. It's a really questionable translation. Seeing as she's a Priest, Mary makes a lot more sense if they were going for a religious reference.
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samuelp
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Joined: 25 Nov 2007
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Location: San Antonio, USA
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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 12:48 am
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| Aquamine-Amarine wrote: |
| stilldemented wrote: | Ao Jyumanji....that's up there as one of the coolest names I've ever seen.
Seeing it spelled Merry weirds me out to a certain extent. It's a little too close to the Going Merry from One Piece so I just start thinking about ships...which makes me think about shipping...which brings me back around to that HaruhiroXMerry ship.
I probably would have just made it Mary or Meri. Unless it's supposed to be ironic in that her name is Merry when she has more reason to be Gloomy.
I'll stop.
Anyway, sounds cool! It's neat to hear that the books aren't quite as heavy handed as the show. I might look into buying them when I get the chance. |
I agree, Merry makes no sense. It's a really questionable translation. Seeing as she's a Priest, Mary makes a lot more sense if they were going for a religious reference. |
We confirmed the spelling with the author, and it's what was used on her character image CD. http://grimgar.com/music/music.html
It's supposed to contrast with her personality (the priests in the world aren't related to christianity, plus Mary would be spelled differently in katakana usually)
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stilldemented
Joined: 16 May 2015
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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 2:00 am
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| samuelp wrote: |
| stilldemented wrote: | |
Unless it's supposed to be ironic in that her name is Merry when she has more reason to be Gloomy.
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It's supposed to contrast with her personality (the priests in the world aren't related to christianity, plus Mary would be spelled differently in katakana usually) |
I nailed it! 
That makes it all cool then! It's just one of those things where my American brain looks at it and has to do a double take. I figure it will be easy to get used to once I'm knee deep in the books.
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