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Ask me One Piece - March 2019 (Patreon)

Published:
2019-03-06 02:28:58
Imported:
2026-06

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I've been very busy with the Sword Encyclopedia for the past few days, but now that I'm free, let's get back to our regularly scheduled Ask me One Piece! Ask me any question, inquiries or research you wish to know about the beautiful world of One Piece

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Anonymous

Hello Artur! I have less of a question about One Piece itself and more of a question about how you read it. Do you get raws and translate them yourself when you do analyses? Or do you prefer a translation, and if so, which one? Finally, have you ever read the official English translation and been surprised or enlightened by something in it? Thanks!

thelibraryofohara
>>20589965

Hey! This is a very complex topic, but to answer your question simply, no, I don’t read the raws first, usually because they’re unavailable before the Scanlations that come out on Friday, but I do usually read them later when they come out and I take large preference on reading them to confirm things rather than the official translation (which I am subscribed to ofc). If we’re talking in terms of sheer preference, first is of course the raws/JP volumes, then Jaimini’s Box and then the Viz translation. While there is no denying the higher quality poured into the official translation, it’s also unfortunately a very adaptive one that is often modified and rewrote to “make it more natural for an English speaking audience” (though this is due to Viz’s policy, not blaming anyone involved in the translation process). This means that certain Japanese terms often get changed and character dialogue is modified to make it more natural in English. While this is great for people that don’t know much about Japanese and in that regard works for that audieence, as someone who analyzes chapters this is detrimental, because when translations stray away from canon it can be easy to accidentally spread misinformation (random example, JP chapter once said Jack was “part of Kaido’s right hand”, which essentially means the All-Stars are his most trusted fighters. Jaimini’s translated it as “He’s one of Kaido’s most trusted warriors” with a translation note added explaining the Japanese term, while Viz straight up said “He’s Kaido’s right hand man”, two very different things). Of course Jaimini’s has also made many errors, but compared to Viz and all the changes (not to mention the stuff with “Zolo” and other changes they make), it has always been more reliable to me. With that said, the Viz version has one advantage the other translations simply don’t have: it’s official. And because of that, while I absolutely dislike the way it’s translated, I still support it with all my heart and cash. I wish I could cover chapters on the official release day, but unfortunately the way the community works right now it’s kind of impossible for me, at least without my content and livelihood taking a massive hit. Thing is, even if I did, it wouldn’t solve much and I certainly wouldn’t like to analyze based on the Viz version, both for the way they translate things as well as the god-awful reader they use on their site (seriously why is it so bad). I really wish there was a better middle ground for all of this, since it pains me that the community doesn’t actively follow the official release, but this is kinda the situation we’re stuck on for now

Anonymous

It's not an One Piece question, but a question for your site. Can you make an overview for the Vivre Card section, so we can see which character is in which Vivre Card Pack. Cheers!

thelibraryofohara
>>20670749

Yeah, I was planning to reorganize the tabs section of my site, so I'll include a place where you'll easily be able to access all the vivre cards, don't worry!