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EP. REVIEW: Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear


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cfalcon



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 19, 2020 5:37 pm Reply with quote
Yuvelir wrote:
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It's interesting to think that, here we are, 11 episodes into the series, and this is the first time that Yuna's actually has real problems defeating an enemy.

I dropped this in the middle of the bakery episode. Don't tempt me to come back just for this...

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• Having the “Japan” of this fantasy world being called the “Wa Country” is a bit of a linguistic joke. In Japanese “Wa” means “harmony” or “peace” and is often used to represent Japan in words. For example, literally translated a “Japanese to English dictionary” is a “Harmony to English dictionary;” Japanese style squatter toilets are “harmony-style toilets;” and Japanese food is “harmonious food.” Of course, the “fun” linguistic implication of all this is that non-Japanese things are disharmonious.

So just like One Piece and its "Wa no kuni"?


Granted, another meaning of "Wa" is "harmony". But it's not necessarily a joke as "Wa" is just used generally in Japanese to refer to "Japan", eg "washoku" is Japanese food ("shoku" meaning food), "wagyu" is Japanese beef ("gyu" meaning beef), etc. It's a stretch to infer that all non-Japanese things are disharmonious.
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arkhangelsk



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Nor is it a personal realization that with great power comes a duty to help those weaker than you.


While most people would agree it is nice that a person with great power helps those lesser than them, whether this is raised to the level of a duty is very controversial. And even when it is, it's usually to the degree that the duty is not significantly harmful or risky to the person doing it. It usually doesn't involve a risk to life, especially since those villagers are not going to die - they can live just fine on regular meat, like everyone in a medieval world that doesn't live next to water.
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Lobokendo



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That ending song change had me crying. I wasn't expecting it to change with Yuna's growth over the season and Fina singing along too made it that much better.
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Janitor Tzap



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 21, 2021 12:10 pm Reply with quote
Well, the first English dubbed episode is out.
Not a bad dub.

But they just left the story line the same.
Thus, they don't address the problem with story continuity.
Guess I'll wait and see if Funimation are going too even try to fix it.
When the 2nd episode is released. Rolling Eyes

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Episode 2
Nope, still messed up. Rolling Eyes
{Geez, is this going to be the norm from now on?!} Anime smallmouth + sweatdrop


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