/jp/ - Otaku Culture

They are americans.

Because Karin wasn't "lol kawaii xD". Fucking faggots.

Anju, great secondary character. name I cannot acquire on any online game cause some jackass always uses it as a mule

Hey, at least you have publishers here.
All we have is few volumes of Naruto and some horrible shojo shit right now.

>>3310950
Karin isn't descriptive and that sort of title should appear to that manga's target audience.

Tokyopop put out a manga with a title similar to Karin and they changed it so people wouldn't get confused. I know, fucking stupid.

>>3310950

While the name is a bit silly, they had a valid reason for changing it. Tokyopop also published Kamichama Karin and they didn't want their customers getting the titles mixed up.

>>3310968
Karin is just as descriptive as any title that only uses part of the main character's name.

>>3310950
There was a copyright conflict. They couldn't use the original title.

>>3310976
>Kamichama Karin
>Karin
"Hey, let's stop by Barnes and Noble"
"Ok!"
"Hmm, hey Sakura, come over here"
"What is it Ichigo-kun?"
"Look at these books"
"Karin and Kamichama Karin?"
"Yeah, think they're the same thing?"
"Dunno, maybe we should read a little bit of each and find out?"
"WHAT? WHO THE FUCK READS BOOKS IN BARNES AND NOBLE? GET BOTH BITCH"
*On the ride home*
"Ichigo-kun! Ichigo-kun!"
"What?"
"They really weren't the same!"
"FUCK! GODDAMN TOKYOPOP! WHY MAKE THIS SHIT SO CONFUSING! HURRR DURRR! SUE THOSE FUCKERS FOR MY MONEY BACK!"

tokyopop is the worst publisher ever

>>3311019
more like some kid asks their parent to get one
the parent gets the other one, thinking they're the same thing and not really caring either way
the kid rages

/jp/ - Manga publishers/General

at least the German title cheeky vampire doesn't sound as retarded.

>>3311112
Germans can't pronounce chibi, you idiot.

>>3311019
Karin aka Chibi Vampire > Kamichama Karin

>>3311112
It's about translation quality, bro. That topic is relevant and beefy.

She is chibi ("chibi" means little or small and she doesn't look like a basketball player to me XD) and she is a vampire. What is inaccurate about that?

>>3311112
Germanfag here.
The german title is shit.
Chibi Vampire is better or only "Karin".

>>3311256
chibi = little boy

>>3311256
>XD

Out. Now.

>>3310957

Anju is indeed the best character. Good thing she gets a whole volume dedicated to her.

Also, Anju thread?

>>3311381
Karin x Anju = fapfapfap

Posting more Anju, one of my favorite lolis.

>>3311412

I prefer Ren x Anju since I can't imagine anything coming of Karin x Anju.

>>3311297
Xd Dx

XD

>>3311042

I think you're correct sir. This is awfully /a/, but has anyone noticed that the translation of the GTO anime is absolutely laughable? It's bad to the point of comedy.

The title is an early attempt to appeal to American lolicon. It is the beginning of something good.

Human children are afraid of the bogeyman.

But children of the night are afraid of Belmonts.

>>3311060
Yes but little kids can't sue, big kids who go to college and think they know a thing or two about law do.

>>3311585
Never seen any of their anime translations but their manga translations border on unreadable.

<3

>>3310950
I once used the word "chibi" in the name of a comic I was making. I was 11.

^_^

They should have put a translator note on the cover xD

I want more Karin hentai pics!

Fuck yeah, Karin!

Wait, people still buy manga?

>>3311910
Some of us have to leave the house and don't have netbooks.

>>3311927
my god how do you survive?

You know, I once seen a guy walking into class reading Chibi Vampire.

>>3311927
>leave the house

>>3311910
Just you wait. Actually owning physical books will become a status symbol again.

>>3311910
Yea. Some of the stuff I want to read I can't find online.

>>3311958
Well, owning physical stuff never goes out of fashion in Japan so....

Guys, you're getting distracted by the chibi part.
The real problem is the spine graphic on the left side.
The graphic artists they hired probably saw the title and thought "Well, shit, this can't be a real Japanese title. It's probably some shit OEM" and put the spine graphic on the left, thinking it was a left-bound book.

>>3311937
I erect a spiritual barrier that keeps people away.

>>3311993
Body odor does not count as "spiritual."

>>3311983
Just curious, but does anyone actually read OEM shit? I've seen a couple at a book store and they looked awful.

>>3312003
http://zip.4chan.org/co/imgboard.html

It's all fucking comics.

>>3311908
I hated the anime. Utterly loathed it.

PANTSU OR STAKE THROUGH THE HEART

>>3312003
OEM is basically weeaboo webcomics that went straight to publishing.

>>3312016
but Karin was so moe

>>3312020
Doesn't make up for the cliche love comedy, drama-then-LOL-COMEDY-NO-GOOD-GUY-DIES swerve at the end, and the lack of pantsu despite the presence of every single other fanservice out there.

Now you have me raging again. FUCKDAMNSHITCUNTS

I have a volume of this.
I somehow procured volume 7. Only 7.
No fucking clue how I got it.

>>3311997
My barrier is projected out of my eyes and wraps around my arms to join up at my spine. I can clench it together firmly, like the joints in my skull, and people know to move away from me.

>>3310976
Then why not call it Little Vampire?

>>3312260
Probably copyrighted or something.

>>3312260
NEKOMIMIMODO was pretty terrible in its own right.

>>3312348
What are you talking about?

>>3312348
Problem, onii-sama?

>>3312380
...Get the fuck out of here.

>>3311958

I've always liked a physical book in my hands in bed. Though I guess in the future it may be replaced by e-books.

>>3311886

>>3310950
The better title would be "Little Vampire"

Looking through my archive I wish volume 12-14 were translated

>>3312016

You should read the manga, it's better. Karin doesn't take shit.

Also, did you know that Yuna Kagesaki who illustrates the manga of Karin also illustrated the CGs for Never 7? Another reason to like her is the fact that her favorite anime is Kaiji and she draws one arc of the Higurashi manga.

You know what's ironic? /jp/ complaining about Tokyopop using random Japanese in a book title as though it's "weeaboo," but if you go into the mahjong thread /jp/ers are all like "You needed the Yakuhai from 3 Chun so you can't use it as your pair, by dropping the 8p you risked going into furiten once you get the third chun."

Preeeeetty hypocritical.

>>3314288

http://www.mangafox.com/manga/chibi_vampire/

Volumes 1-14 + extras are translated.

>>3314301
Reported for illegal content.

Because calling a lunch box a bento makes it superior by being Japanese. Therefore using Japan words in place of common English words supposedly makes the translation more authentic.

>>3314314
see
>>3314297

>>3314297
But those are game term that don't have a direct english equivalent

>>3314318
Most of those do. I.e., Chun = red dragon.

>>3314317
I don't play Mahjong, though, so it's not hypocritical. Isn't that just Chinese game terminology, anyway?

>>3314318
>But those are game term that don't have a direct english equivalent

>This is the tile just discarded by your Kami Cha, aka the player to your left. he difference here is that this one stays safe; the Kami Cha's discard is only safe for the current turn.

Yeah, gotta watch out for that Kami Cha.

>>3314322
But Chun is shorter. A bit like fap is shorter than masturbate.

>>3314328
Well, shame on that poster. Shame.

>>3314297
A Japanese game has more precise terms in Japanese? Color me shocked.

>>3314328
I couldn't even save one kami cha...

>>3314337
Chinese. Chinese game.

>>3314344
We play with Japanese rules. It's Japanese.

>>3312274
Damned Germany, screwing things up again.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Vampire

Regardless of their reason for changing it it's just really funny that what they came up with was "chibi vampire".

It's telling of the sort of people that staff TP.

>>3314308

>>3314381
So, if I play American Mahjong, then it's a Jew game?

>>3314881
No, America is a diverse country full of many different peoples.

>>3314881
Yes.

It's even called American JEWISH Mahjong.

>>3314301
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that ending ;_; poor Karin

>>3315170
Admit it, deep down inside you all love XD face.

goddamn stupid translations

I also don't get why germfags or other landlubbers need their own translations, don't the understand either englisc or japanese?

>>3315795
German kids probably have pretty shaky English.

>>3314301
Just curious, did the anime cover the ending? I don't quite remember.

>>3315233
';..;'

>>3317546

The anime had its own ending, which sucked and resolved nothing.

The manga ending is heartbreaking but at least it resolves just about everything.

>>3317616
Heartbreaking good or heartbreaking bad?

>>3317625
Heartbreaking good to me.

But I've heard people say otherwise.

>>3317625
heartbreaking bad

>>3317631
I guess I won't bother then.

they lack Japanese spirit

>>3317629
What do you consider 'good' Heartbreak? Arc True, or Saber End?

>>3317654
...Both?

Imagine if the title was Little Vampire

>>3317663
And what's bad?

>>3317673
uh...I can't really think of a bad heartbreaking ending I've ever read.

Normally I don't get to the end of stories I don't like.

>>3317671
I don't really understand the title 'Chibi Vampire'. I don't particularly remember Karin being small or anything.

>>3317683
Oh! Okay, I was just misunderstanding. To me, a 'bad heartbreak' would be if despite everything you've done towards the opposite, X dies. The story was still amazing, but nothing the main character did ended up helping.

Good heartbreak is things like the two I mentioned, or when the main character dies in so completely, massively badass a fashion that you would be screaming 'FUCK YEAH' if he weren't dead. Think (SAO spoiler) Munsu, from Shin Angyo Onshi. The same series also has an example of what I call 'bad heartbreak', when Sando spends all Munsu's sleepy-time training to be stronger so she can be by his side again, but that training brainwashes her and she cuts off his arm immediately before the afore-mentioned climactic moment of badass. And he was going to die in a few minutes anyway, so I guess it isn't as bad as it could've been... I still cried bitch tears.

>>3317717
Too me a bad ending would be if say Karin didn't end up with the guy. Does this have a bad ending?

>>3317671
see
>>3314396

>>3317717
>SAO Ending
;_;

>>3317717
;_;

>>3311412
reflections!?

>>3311019
I work at Barnes & Nobles, and this happens. Weekly.

>>3319179

Do they end up making half human, half vampire babies? I never really read up to this point.

Karin was a good girl.

>>3319956

Yeah. Except that Karin turns human so their children (they only have 1 kid though) won't be half-vampire. Also, their kid has a father complex.

>>3320026
Don't tell me there is a time-skip?

>>3320044

That chapter is only an extra at the end of volume 14. But there is a very short timeskip at the end of the last chapter with delicious adult Anju.

>>3320092
Good to hear I was worried there for a moment.

>What the fuck is wrong with American publishers?

>American publishers?

>American

Karin was the very first anime /a/ made me watch. And by Karin I mean Shana, because I was told that it was exactly like Karin.

I fucking love how they fucked up the covers, why reverse it if the manga itself isn't.

Karin was a better title. That's what actually made me check out the anime without ever hearing about it before when I saw the name on Animesuki.

>>3323476
faggot

I bought the DVD's. I love this story. I don't care what anyone else thinks about what I like or dislike.

>>3324876
The publishers think people like you would prefer a title like Chibi Vampire to something like Little Vampire Karin.

I want my translated manga titles in their original kanji ONLY, tokyopop!!

>>3310950
Why use chibi? Why not cute or tiny? Silly American publisher.
>>3315643
Japanese honorifics in my english translation? What are they thinking!?

>>3325003

Because it's not weeaboo enough you silly faggot.

>>3325003
Cute Vampire? Tiny Vampire Karen? She has obvious boobs.

>>3310950

It should be called "oh my god Anju is hot"

That would be perfect.

>>3324979
It would be nice if they at least left the original kanji in the background.

>>3320138
American publishers can do a good job, they just don't because they consider their audiences to be uncultured scum.

i finished reading Karin due to this thread. feels good man

retarded memory loss ending was retarded though

>>3325214
That was funny but depressing to read.

>>3311869
>^_^
die.

>>3328459
^_^

I can't believe this /a/ thread is still alive.

Dear god, this thread is still alive? I never thought I'd see the day when an /a/ related thread would have so many posts.

Also, Karin is one of my favorite series and Anju is one of the best lolis ever.

>>3328356

Yes, the ending was rather shitty. The memory loss ending is almost as bad as making the ending "it was all a dream". Oh well. At least I still have the novels to fap to. I remember the 2nd novel having a part describing how much Karin was sweating and how it dripped all the way down her legs. Jesus christ.

And if that wasn't good enough, the novels have sweet yuri action. Pic related.

>>3329653
The thread isn't about the manga itself, but the state of translation quality by American publishers and the picture they have of the people who read their work. Consensus is so far shit and idiots, respectively Lurk the thread.

The fuck is this shit about anyway?

>Karin and Kenta become friends, and as they spend more time with on another, fall in love, though they are slow to admit their feelings to one another.

>Fall in love with a guy

Do not want.

>>3314903
For some reason, Jewish women in America love Mahjong, but they play by a very bizarre set of rules in which the chow is forbidden, and there is an annual "mahjong card" containing a list of all the year's valid hands. There are no standard generic hands in Jewish-American mahjong. Also, JA Mahjong uses flowers/seasons as part of the hand (they're not discarded and replaced), and there are 8 joker tiles, making for a staggering 152 tiles in a JA set. JA Mahjong is closer to a bingo-style game than real mahjong, because with a specific list of valid hands, it's really more about luck than building a skillful hand.

>>3329585
Hurr.

>>3329693

It's still /a/ related, which is my point.

>>3329724

Don't worry, you still get your psuedo-rape.
Karin is one of those series that turns a generic idea (vampires) into something good (girl is a reverse vampire that injects blood instead of sucking it and spouts blood because her body produces too much of it).

So, by being generic yet at the same time original, it turns awesome.

Kind of like Busou Renkin with Papillion. Karin really reminds me a lot of Busou Renkin for some reason.

>>3330014
>turns awesome

More like turns out less shitty then you'd expect but still not very good.

On the subject of Tokyopop, one of the guys who used to work for them is now doing a series in Japan. It's second volume came out last month.

Pic related, it's the guy.

>>3330026
Hey, Busou Renkin was all awesome. Shut up.

>>3330038

>ITS second volume

Aw, fuck me.

>>3330026

It really depends on if you like romantic comedies. If you don't, then yeah, it's gonna be kinda shit. Best stick to your action or whatever else you enjoy reading/watching.

If you don't hate them or even like them, then you will love Karin. I still reread this manga once in awhile. Especially volume 7 because it's one of the few things that makes me feel all gushy inside.

>>3330038

That's the guy who did MBQ, isn't it? I actually read the first volume of that at my BN. It's shit. (but the art was nice)

>>3330059

Yeah, it's him. The first volume of that series has been translated into Japanese, too.

>>3329653
If you compare it to other endings though, this series doesn't have a crappy ending. In fact this is one of the better endings that I've read.
It's not one of those series that once you finish reading you close the book and take a deep sigh, but a gradual ending.
I think it's wrapped up decently.

>>3330014
Kind of like reverse rape or electric current?

>>3331004
Like your childhood friend, obsessed with taking care of you, dying and becoming a cute zombie that tries to feed you her rotting brains so a part of her will live on in you.

Of course that'll end with you stealing her saliva, injecting it to yourself and joining her in undeath make a couple.

>>3330014

There still isn't that many decent vampire manga out there. Karin was nice for all of the reasons you listed. Actually, I finished it over the weekend due to this thread! I think I stopped reading it 4-5 years ago whenever the anime aired.

That mangaka seems to love female main characters that have strange quirks. I started reading her latest Aion series and it seems to be more of the same (which isn't bad I guess).

Pic sorta related, it's a nice vampire 4koma; the main character is an odd one like Karin. I'll probably end up scanning it eventually.

>>3311910
Yeah. I like to collect things.

>>3330014
But it is equally /jp/ related for reasons other that "durr, manga is from nipon", which was mine.

>>3331506
How is it /jp/ related? Manga or how American publishers handle manga, is not /jp/ related.

>>3331529
But ''How american publishers manage manga translations'' is pretty much /jp/ related.
Even touhou isnt ''really'' /jp/ related (Yes I know that it was one of the reasons for /jp/:s creation)

Might as well go the whole nine yards and watch Twilight, faggots.

>>3331566
I sense a huge amount of butthurt in you. Bawww someplace else.

>>3331544
>>But ''How american publishers manage manga translations'' is pretty much /jp/ related.

No. It isn't. See, there is a board for things involving anime and manga. This thread is about manga. It goes on /a/, not /jp/.

>>3331607
I sense a butthurt Twilight fan. Please remove yourself from 4chan.

>>3331544

You're being pretty damn disingenuous here but I see your point. I didn't know this thing was a victim of butchering by American publishers, anyway.