"Any card—so long as it exists—has a power that is needed."

ALL THESE WINDOW SHARDS, RHO! D:

But hey, it’s good to see you around again, haha.  Sure, I’ve been meaning to post up some thoughts about it since I’ve already shared some with skelenator-rainbow, I just haven’t had much time with IRL shenanigans.  I also haven’t seen past episode 1, so I do want to reserve full judgment until I get their 12.

That said, things I’ve noticed, based on just episode 1:

-Awkward wording here and there.  Shining example: “It’s a lucky card. It wants to know where you’re going.” wut

-Calling the examinees “exam”s, like “I’m exam #110!” wut

-Decent subs, for the most part, just literally translated in some spots, liberally translated in others (respective examples: “duel elite”, Professor Chronos’s title at DA as Chief General Director of Practical Application: “I oversee the academy’s practical training”

-Speaking of Chronos, they translate “kyouyuu” as “Instructor” and use “sensei”’s literal translation.  Instructor does work, but I’d have liked to see them use “Professor” for “sensei” given the context.  “Kouchou” gets translated as “Headmaster”, which is also a good one to use.  Maybe I’ll go back and use it for mine… Also, his “-na no ne”, from what I saw, wasn’t really adapted, which could’ve been easy enough to do with some “no?”s or fancier speech here and there.

-The awkward sub timing’s also irked me a bit.  They’ll have an entire line split into 2-3 subtitles, and in cases where it’s 3 or more, the middle part doesn’t last long enough to actually be read.  I’m sure that’s just because of the format it has to be in on their site, but still.

-Manjoume-san became “Manjoume, sir”, which I approve of; I have liked “The Manjoume”/”Use ‘The!’”, but it was a bit more inspired by the dub, and admittedly, “sir” does lend itself to the “Thunder” pun a bit better.  I’ll be using “Sir Manjoume” also, and it does go well with “Miss Asuka” now that I think of it, lol.

-Also, the OP/EN don’t have subs to them atm.  Hopefully, they’ll get back to them and it’s not just laziness.

But yeah, otherwise, the subs are decently translated so far, and I’m looking forward to seeing how they handle a few of the lines I couldn’t figure out when I first went through 13-17.  Like I said, I’ll have a slightly more in-depth post ready after I get further in, lol.

(I’m liking all these random asks haha.)

Personal preference? Hmm… Guess I’d say 5D’s (1-26)/ARC-V>GX/5D’s (rest)>DM>ZeXal.  

Though it should be noticed I don’t dislike any of them, and they all get points for an awesome soundtrack to make things more enjoyable, lol.  

ZeXal’s last by virtue of not having seen it through yet; it could change when I finally watch it.  DM’s there because, while it’s enjoyable, the manga might overtake it once I get past Yugi VS Malik; I’m still waiting on a YGO:Brotherhood to get things properly adapted! 5D’s’ Fortune Cup arc and ARC-V are a bit tied for me, given the awesome writing going on in each (and Yuya pretty much won me over in episode 4).  GX is high up for obvious reasons, haha (though my favorite thing about it is how character-driven it is, and the development Judai and Shou get), and I like it about evenly with the rest of 5D’s; enjoyed the DS arc, and the rest was watchable at least, though I appreciated the quality increase in the Ark Cradle arc, Sherry and Yusei=/=Zone mostly aside.

As for faves, I’d say GX, but like above, ARC-V and 5D’s are up there.

Thanks for the ask!

paradoxicalpersona:

Don’t know if this is a glitch in the system or whatever, but apparently the first five episodes of DM are up on Crunchyroll, subbed and all. I didn’t see any announcements on this, do you know anything?

Definitely a welcome surprise, on top of the GX news! I didn’t see anything on it either; I was at the gym when news broke haha.  Guess they finally broke through those legal issues with Kazama.  I saw some of episode 1 last night, and the subs were decent, still missing a word or two occasionally.  Also, 5000 years should’ve been 3000.