Bleach Manga/Anime Discussion Thread II

[sunofdarkchild]

Do dead people in Bleach usually remember there lives? I know Parakeet kid did but I can't remember if it was just because he was knew or it was said that was rare or something.

The sense I got was if you die normally and go to SS then you don't, but if you have regrets and need a shinigami's help to pass on then you do.

[Robotech Master]

So when Kubo made the Spanish names for all the Arrancar stuff, he used some clever double meanings where you had the Spanish word, and then you had the Kanji needed to spell the Spanish word, which would means something else (Ex: Espada: Spanish for Sword, Japanese for Ten Blades).

I wondered if he did the same thing for the Vandenreich with German. Apparently he did.

Vandenreich (Not sure what it is, if anything, in German, though it sounds German-ish): Japanese for "Invisible Empire"

Heilig Pfeil (The Quincy Arrow): German for "Holy Arrow," Japanese for "Destroying Arrow of Sanctity"

Quincy: Vollstandig (Final Form's true name): German for "Quincy: Complete," Japanese for "Monk of Destruction: Complete Holy Form"

Stern Ritter: German for "Star Knights," Japanese for "Star Cross Knight Band/Order"

Seele Schneider: German for "Soul Cutter," Japanese for "That which Slits the Soul"

[Siriel]

Reich means kingdom, not sure about Vanden

[Ghost]

Reich means kingdom, not sure about Vanden

"Vanden" doesn't seem to be a German word. There is however wand, which means "wall."

From a brief Googling of German grammar, I gather that "Wandenreich" or "Wändenreich" would then be German for "Kingdom of Walls", I think.

(Google Translate seems to think wanden can also mean "conquered" or "overcome", which admittedly sounds way more appropriate for these guys, but I can't find anything to confirm it.)

[kane]

Vanden ist not a German word. Wändereich does not really sound good in German, because "Wand" means the wall of a room or a house not the wall protecting a city or castle (that would be "Mauer").

Robomaster got the rest, but Kubo made some small mistakes:

Heilig Pfeil is almost right, it should be "Heiliger Pfeil"
It is "vollständig", not vollstandig, but I assume there might a Problem with the "ä" in other languages
It is "Sternritter" (it is one word, not two) if we talk about one star, otherwise it is "Sternenritter".
Seeleschneider (it is one word, not two) if we talk about one soul, otherwise it is "Seelenschneider"

[Robotech Master]

Vanden ist not a German word. Wändereich does not really sound good in German, because "Wand" means the wall of a room or a house not the wall protecting a city or castle (that would be "Mauer").

Robomaster got the rest, but Kubo made some small mistakes:

Heilig Pfeil is almost right, it should be "Heiliger Pfeil"
It is "vollständig", not vollstandig, but I assume there might a Problem with the "ä" in other languages
It is "Sternritter" (it is one word, not two) if we talk about one star, otherwise it is "Sternenritter".
Seeleschneider (it is one word, not two) if we talk about one soul, otherwise it is "Seelenschneider"

It's possible that putting it as one word would screw up the Kanji.

And I'm pretty sure Vollstandig was written correctly in the source, I just didn't type it that way in my post.

[Sound Silence]

Vanden ist not a German word. Wändereich does not really sound good in German, because "Wand" means the wall of a room or a house not the wall protecting a city or castle (that would be "Mauer").

On the other hand, the "Wand" referring to the wall of a room or house might be more appropriate to the double meaning with the kanji "Invisible Empire". i.e a house's walls are designed to offer privacy, as opposed to protection.

Heilig Pfeil is almost right, it should be "Heiliger Pfeil"
It is "vollständig", not vollstandig, but I assume there might a Problem with the "ä" in other languages.
It is "Sternritter" (it is one word, not two) if we talk about one star, otherwise it is "Sternenritter".
Seeleschneider (it is one word, not two) if we talk about one soul, otherwise it is "Seelenschneider"

Some of this no doubt comes from transliterating German into Japanese, and then into English. Because "vollständig" in Japanese is something like "borusutandigu".




But then, considering he reversed Spanish grammar for what should have been "Mundo Hueco" I'm not trying to defend his linguistic research or anything.

[Robotech Master]

But then, considering he reversed Spanish grammar for what should have been "Mundo Hueco" I'm not trying to defend his linguistic research or anything.

If he wrote "Mundo Hueco," the Japanese probably would no longer read "Hollow Sphere."

[Ghost]

Anyway, dude is Japanese. Have you guys seen what these people consider to be acceptable English? Not the average Japanese person's grasp of the language, I mean, but the English they actually put in their anime and stuff? It's not even Google translate level, we're talking AltaVista Babelfish.

Kubo writing German and Spanish with secondary Japanese enterpretations and only getting some grammar messed up is pretty impressive by those standards.

[Robotech Master]

Anyway, dude is Japanese. Have you guys seen what these people consider to be acceptable English? Not the average Japanese person's grasp of the language, I mean, but the English they actually put in their anime and stuff? It's not even Google translate level, we're talking AltaVista Babelfish.

Kubo writing German and Spanish with secondary Japanese enterpretations and only getting some grammar messed up is pretty impressive by those standards.

Now that you mention it, it seems that English is what he used for fullbringers.

Digital Radial Invaders (Dejitaru Rajiaru Inveidāzu;) is Japanese for "Invaders from Outside of the Scene." A lot of the other ones I'm not sure if they have double meanings, but they are all written out in Japanese style English.

[Sound Silence]

For my manga, all my characters' attacks with be in Finnish.

[Robotech Master]

For my manga, all my characters' attacks with be in Finnish.

But will they have double meanings in Gailic?

[Sound Silence]

But will they have double meanings in Gailic?

I was thinking of using Arabic tri-consonantal roots.

[Hazard]

New Chapter!

... no weird guy, I am pretty sure your form is ugly because it is ugly.

Nice to see it is different from what Ishida used, though I get the feeling that Ishida's is stronger (in terms of boost).

And nice to see someones are not out of the fight yet. Cool.

[Dark Soul # 7]

Aww yeah! Look who is up a ready to go! Kick the quincy bastard's ass you horrible abomanation you!

I like that Ichigo isn't using his bankai straight off the bat here.

EDIT: I also think that this chapter does a good job of showing how the quincy will be dangerous as opponents.