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alicemacher ([personal profile] alicemacher) wrote in [community profile] scans_daily2020-03-16 07:54 pm

Evangelion's Asuka on learning Japanese





So I was thinking recently of posting from the main Neon Genesis Evangelion manga (the one that began as a promotion for the anime and, while covering basically the same story, ended up taking it in rather different directions). But in troubling times like these, I feel we could all use less angst (even well-written and drawn angst) and more lightheartedness. To that end: a one-page bonus chapter from the parody manga Tony Takezaki's Neon Genesis Evangelion (tr. Carl Gustav Horn, Dark Horse, 2015). Read right to left.






For those unfamiliar with the Evangelion franchise: Asuka has badly mangled the names she's written. They should be: Ryoji Kaji, Shinji Ikari, Rei Ayanami, Misato Katsuragi, Ritsuko Akagi. It's fitting I suppose that she came closest to accuracy with the name of her crush.
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[personal profile] kamino_neko 2020-03-17 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
*giggles madly at Risky Akagi*
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[personal profile] lego_joker 2020-03-17 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
Is this parody manga where the panel of Asuka going "You think you can just SAY things to me?!" comes from?

[personal profile] shadur 2020-03-17 09:02 am (UTC)(link)
Yogi Kaji is at least smarter than the average bear?
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[personal profile] malitia 2020-03-17 02:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not sure the person whose first language genders and conjugates even the freaking "THE" equivalent has a right to call other languages complicated.
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[personal profile] thanekos 2020-03-17 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
" Misohonee " is an achievement - it's the written equivalent of Homer Simpson burning cereal.
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[personal profile] lieut_kettch 2020-03-19 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
It's not the language, but the writing system. Japanese uses three different systems at the same time depending on the context, often within the same sentence.
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[personal profile] malitia 2020-03-19 12:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I know. I learned some of both. I'm pointing out that "complicated" is relative. Sure... German might only use one alphabet, but has one of the most "structured madness" grammars known to man* (and a penchant for compound words a mile long).


* I'm saying this despite MY main language having 2 separate verb conjugations (depends on the sentence having a direct object or not), and vowel harmony.