Manga volume 5, question on dialogue

woman22980 · Post by **woman22980** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 12:59 am

Hey all, I just got my hands on volume 5 of the FMP manga (there is much rejoicing!) however I don't understand what's meant by the last scene. The last chapter, last page of the manga story, Kaname asks Sosuke "Do you get the feeling that we missed out on something?" as they look on at their friends enjoying a barbecue, and Sosuke answers with "You're imagining things." So.... umm.... ??? Does it subtlety mean that they didn't miss anything with their friends because they had a special experience of their own? The panels don't really seem to read that way to me, but I'm open to suggestions, corrections, or other interpretations.

BTW, Sosuke in camo gear.... SEXY!!!

KiLlEr · Post by **KiLlEr** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 1:16 pm

I haven't the faintest idea what they may be refering to. But it can also be a translation fopah.

Or it can be that they got attacked twice, ended up in a cave during a rain storm, and upon arriving, they see their friends bbq'ing and having a great time not even noticing that the two of them were missing.

Dannan · Post by **Dannan** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 11:08 pm

maybe it's not missed out on something, but missed something. that would make more sense to Sousuke's response

woman22980 · Post by **woman22980** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 2:48 am

It didn't occur to me that it might be a translation error.... but both of your ideas make sense in the context. So Kaname says "... we missed something?" and they're both disgusted that their friends didn't even notice their absence, thus Sosuke's sarcastic reply of "you're imagining things."

Do translation errors like this (that alter the meaning of an event in the manga) happen that often? I can understand that they might not translate literally whatever's said, so much various cultural stuff just isn't going to mean anything to a US audience and should be altered, but this... I guess the person editing already understood what was going on, and so it wouldn't occur to them that it might not make sense to others.

Thank you Dannan and Killer, what you said really helps make the scene make sense.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 6:13 am

Don't take translations literally, some things can really be translated fully from japanese to english...

Chief Petty Officer Klerk · Wed Jul 07, 2004 7:34 am

only #5??? I have #7 in my hands! (pitty I have no idea what there saying!)

woman22980 · Post by **woman22980** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 10:58 am

Klerk wrote:only #5??? I have #7 in my hands! (pitty I have no idea what there saying!)

No scans???

Speaking of which, ADV hasn't announced an English release date for #6 or #7 yet, have they? It doesn't say so on their website, but then their website isn't exactly the most up-to-date thing I've seen either.... and I don't usually get NewType (although I like it) because it's just so expensive. $10 for a magazine, when that will buy me a new manga novel of any series I read...

Dannan · Post by **Dannan** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 12:31 am

woman22980 wrote: Do translation errors like this (that alter the meaning of an event in the manga) happen that often?

Thank you Dannan and Killer, what you said really helps make the scene make sense.

you are definitely welcome, and yes, it happens all the time, even in another high quality manga titled Love Hina... I mean Full Metal Panic!

tiptoe39 · Post by **tiptoe39** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 12:10 pm

If anyone can post the japanese (kana or roomaji) i'll have a look and see what the subtleties of the language are ;)

Circle · Post by **Circle** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 12:02 am

I went to the bookstore today and saw Vol5. Currently short on cash so I just read it there

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I'm guessing what Kaname meant at the end is just that Sousuke and her missed out on some fun their friends were having, not that they were missed... eh.

I liked the story of Tessa's little trip too. So the town's been flooded since 5 years ago, but what really happened? Was she really at that town? Was is 5 years ago that she was there instead? Or did she just imagine that for 2 days straight? It's like an Outer Limits/Twilight Zone episode.

I'm glad I finally checked out vol5, now I know where the scene of Tessa in the field of Sunflowers come from.

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 7:41 am

Circle wrote:It's like an Outer Limits/Twilight Zone episode.

That'd be my theory on it myself. There's a fair bit of ghost tales
revolving around a person entering a ghost town and living a life
there for a bit before returning to the real world...

Circle wrote:I'm glad I finally checked out vol5, now I know where the scene of Tessa in the field of Sunflowers come from.

Yup!

NICE SCENE, btw!!!

Regards

Arx-7 Arbalest · Post by **Arx-7 Arbalest** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 1:26 pm

too bad they had it in the op song but not the anime... at least show us an episode on tessa's past....