Bakemono no Ko or Bakemono to Ko?

Dec 23, 2016 8:09 PM

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This has been in my head every since I watched the movie. Why is the english translation "The Monster and the child" and not "The monster's child"? Reason being that most of the time the japanese "の/no" is a possessive pronoun or otherwise projects an ownership kind of intent.

Seems the same thing with Shingeki no Kyojin, though if I remember correctly they debunked that at reddit or stackexchange.

Any thoughts? Interested to hear some speculations as well.

Feb 23, 2017 4:52 AM

Alebc

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Most of the times, the companies in charge of the traduction dont traduce the words in a exactly way. Its true that "no" its a possesive pronoun, and it have that meaning in the original movie, just that the companies decided to change it (for some reason). xD

Jan 21, 2019 7:15 AM

MrLegitimacy

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I would chalk it up to localization deciding "The Boy and the Beast" sounded more friendly than "The Beast's Boy."

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