> Even Japanese people sense that Keigo is very
> difficult.
> I cannot master it correctly, either. lol
> Unless it is very ill-mannered wording, I think that
> there is no
> problem.
> (The romanji text of Kamo san is very polite.)
Thank you for your kind compliment ^_~ I think it
isn't polite at all, compared to your Japanese, but...
^^;;;
> I surmise that it will probably be extremely popular
> that each
> volume sells rather than 100,000 copies although a
> scale is
> naturally different for every country.
True enough. But in Brazil, manga is a new kind of
media and it is something very specific, so it is
quite surprising and outstanding that it has sold that
well.
> Although RK is a fiction, history of Japan is
> involved.
> And a color of Japan is a strong work.
> I think that it will be really serious to translate
> it as the people
> of a foreign country can understand it.
> However, I read that translators have translated the
> world of RK
> very in conscience.
Well, in the Brazilian case, there was a lot of
footnotes, so that people would be able to at least
have an idea of the wordings, characters and concepts
involved.
As for the setting of the manga, there are many people
who have a keen interest in Japanese culture (just as
a curiosity, many people started practicing kendo
after reading RuroKen. Kinda like what Captain Tsubasa
did to Japanese soccer, methinks ^^), especially manga
and anime. Some older people (20s and higher) do like
tokusatsu too, ranging from Ultraman/Ultraseven to
Changeman (including Magma Taishi!). There was
recently a local anime con with the presence of four
JAM Project members, Kageyama Hironobu, Okui Masami,
Endo Masaaki and Sakamoto Eizo, and their show was a
huge success (I am still a bit dizzy thanks to the
show ^^;;;). The artists themselves were quite
impressed, as their diaries show:
http://www.makusonia.com/cgi-bin/diary/diary.cgi
(Okui Masami's diary)
http://www.mmjp.or.jp/birthday/kage/d/d_new.html
(Kageyama Hironobu's diary)
So, I guess the interest in the Japanese culture was
one of the reasons why RuroKen was such a success
here. Obviously, there was also the artwork, the plot
and the characters ^^
> Is the page of the talk of Watsuki sensei also
> translated?
Yes, all the character profiles and the free talks
were translated. I guess the same happened in other
translations, like in French and in American English.
> Translation is more difficult for that page than
> story.
For those who are not acquainted to Japanese history
and Shinsengumi, it surely is. But the translator
handled the job ^^ Plenty of footnotes on the
Shinsengumi.
And in the first few volumes, there was even some
extra material explaining things like Japanese
history, basic Japanese swordsmanship (kendo) jargon
and all, including a short essay on the "Miburo"
manga, starring Serizawa Kamo (no, not me, of course
^^;;;) who was the model for Jin-eh.
> I think that people who are not interested in
> Japanese history and
> Shinsengumi do not understand the talk of the model
> of the character
> at all.
Perhaps, but on the other hand, I guess many people
also developed an interest in Japanese history and in
Shinsengumi thanks to those talks.
> I have heard rumor that there is a fan of very deep
> Shinsengumi,
> about France.
> (Since I cannot read French, I cannot confirm it.)
Perhaps it's Tama-san ^.^ (just kidding!). But I'm
sure there are many Shinsengumi enthusiasts in France.
There are some hardcore Shinsengumi fans here as well.
Just as a curiosity, the winning "cosplay" of one
anime con in 2001 was about the Shinsengumi killing
Battousai ^^;;; I really got surprised when I saw one
person fighting with a spear and another one coughing
up blood during the masquerade ^^;;;;
> For me, RK is only one of the eccentric Shonen
> Manga.
> However, it is very wonderful because this Manga is
> introducing
> Shinsengumi to many countries.
I agree ^^ That's very good, especially because the
only other "source" of information on the Shinsengumi
here was... the "Gohatto" movie... ^^;;;
> She had said that "Ikkyusan" was popular.
Yamabushi: "onushi wa doko ni mairareru"
("Where are you going to?")
Ikkyusan: "kaze ni makasete mairu"
("I go where the wind blows")
Yamabushi: "kaze no nai toki wa"
("And if there is no wind?")
Ikkyusan (playing his shakuhachi): "jibun de fuite
mairu" ^^
("I will blow the wind that will take me")
I remember I took years to understand what it meant
^^;;;
> By the way, has the talk of "Azumi" movie already
> come out here?
> With this work, Odagiri Joe is playing the crazy
> swordsman.
> Since there was much action using a wire, to those
> who like a
> legitimate sword-play film, it was disreputable, but
> it was
> comparatively interesting.
And they will produce the sequel ^^;;; Obviously, as
it is based on a manga, I didn't expect a jidaigeki or
anyting similar ^^;;; Odagiri Joe reminded me of a
character that appears in the first volumes of Burai,
though. And they could have replaced Aya Ueto for a
cute doll and it would have acted better than her
^^;;; Let us hope that her acting skills will improve
for the sequel...
Have you watched "Jigoku no Koshien"? Odagiri Joe
appears in that work too, as Yakyu Jubee, if I'm not
mistaken ^^
Serizawa Kamo
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