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| not sure why they didn't have the Americans speak good English really didn't make any sense to me. the sterotypes of us too was a bit irritating but they were too funny in so many other ways that it was so worth watching :) |
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| This episode was almost as good as the yaoi episode, therefore really funny. It started a bit too slow and it seemed to pick up the melancholy from the last episode, but finally, the pure comedy's back! =3 Both Angela and Sue were really funny and it was enjoyable to see how the English of every character sounded. Some did very well. =3 |
| Anime + Engrish = Annoying! I can't believe they aren't ashamed of themselves for talking like that, well, maybe they are. |
sniW said: Bwahahaha, oh man. This episode was funny in so many ways. Is this how foreigners are typically portrayed in anime? something like that lol, well americans anyway xD funny episode, and i wonder since i havent read the manga, but does the other girl represent your average american anime person? y'know..the kind that knows a few phrases in japanese but doesnt actually speak the language? |
| I love how repulsive the Yanks are. Yay for racism :-P Oh and the Engrish had me, and the people I was watching it with, laughing like an idiot. I have heard actually that the Japanese hate American anime fans, but like British ones. Hooray, what good luck. |
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melancholy said: Lelangir said: I must be a dumbass but why did they not get native english speakers to do the parts of Angela and Suzie? I think it would have been a lot better to see all the Japanese characters struggle with Engrish rather than the so-called "english speakers" themselves. amerian people do not exist in japan jk but it would have been hard to find 3 people who can fluently in both english and japanese as well as ACT. because there are some people who can speak both, but are terriable and i mean TERRIABLE voice actors. angela and suzy speak better engrish than most engrish attempters. great episode. i couldn't understand a word ohno was saying when she started speaking engrish there are (a few anyway) decent English actors who do the dubs, should grab a couple of them to play American parts instead of having native speakers use Engrish but it was still an awesome episode, no one should be able to argue with THAT :) |
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| OMFG I've never heard so much Engrish in one episode XDDDD Madarame won this episode :D Sue was annoying ._.' |
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| Absolutely Hilarious Episode :D |
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| Best episode so far :) |
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| Was a funny episode...though I definitely wouldn't act like that if I went to Japan |
| How.. totally random. |
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| ENGRISH! I didn't think it was THAT bad at all. Saki was great. |
2DeehJun 29, 2010 12:34 AM
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| The amount of Engrish was great. Sue was perfect with those sudden out bursts too. <3 |
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| Wow, that Suzie character was incredibly annoying. That's how I imagine most 14 year old girls that love anime would act. |
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| The English..! Anyway, really good ep. It made me LOL a lot. Madarame was hilarious as hell when alone with the short-haired blond. I really like Sue. |
| Wow, good thing I'm not american, I think the shame would be doubled. |
sniW said: In all the anime i have seen, YES!Is this how foreigners are typically portrayed in anime? Madamare was extremely funny in this episode. If only he picked up on what was happening to him... |
| LOL this was good and there's totally hope for SasuxOgi! Those two foreigners are totally random :3 and yay for engrish :P |
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| Dat Engrish! New characters are decent, same with the episode. Next episode is an onsen and ComiFes put together? |
| Haha loved this ep! ^^ |
| First time I've seen an Anime where in the Japanese dub the English people are dubbed with a proper English accent and not an Engrish accent... Nice episode, them 2 new chars are quite funny :p |
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Sue needs more screen time tbh: ku ku ku ku ku ku Dat Engrish this episode. |
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Slydder said: Wow, good thing I'm not american, I think the shame would be doubled. dusFlaesPhan said: sniW said: In all the anime i have seen, YES!Is this how foreigners are typically portrayed in anime? Madamare was extremely funny in this episode. If only he picked up on what was happening to him... Yep. That's nothing though - this is a bit more "culturally sensitive" by all standards. You should have seen Marmalade Boy which was done in 1994 I think, I myself was amazed at how we are being perceived elsewhere, the stereotype runs deep - materialist, insensitive, licentious and condescending. It has to be said though, this doesn't apply just to Americans per se but to Westerners in general, particularly white since they rarely depict any other 'westernised' races except in the background. The female 'foreigners' in Marmalade boys were all eye candy sugarbabes, blondes, blue eyes, eccentric and hyper-loose while the boys roll in 4x4 and are condescending, aggresive and insensitive. I'm doing Bsc Sociology at Uni myself, and I can see how from the point of view of such an extreme collectivist culture such as Japan they would perceive people from such an extreme individualistic culture such as America as being insensitive and condescending very much as we attach so many stereotypes to other religio-ethnic subgroups in the West that needs not be mentioned here. Male assertiveness, which is valued in Anglo-american society, can easily break the social consensus and be interpreted as 'aggressiveness' while contrarywise, Japanese male sensitivity and mannerisms would be interpreted as effeminate and snobbish respectively by a Western audience. As for female lasciviousness, we can't really blame them, not only we're not a collectivist culture but let's face it we're no longer a marriage society either! Again the harmony is broken, the wellbeing of the self-centric individual is given precedence over that of the collective - truly these days it is not an exaggeration to say that the line between escort-model-prostitute-mistress-girlfriend has become awfully blurry. However it has to be said, and I notice this even in Marmalade Boy, the attitude towards Westerners isn't one of negative, but one of awe and admiration - they seem to perceive Westerners as being awfully sophisticated, exotic and "advanced", despite Japan being arguably more advanced technology wise! |
meneopeMar 31, 2013 3:52 PM
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| Suzy is so cute! And it was so funny when she suddenly shouted, "Welcome home, Master".. And Madarame! Haha. Very funny episode. Very observant of Angela then to notice of Madarame's affection for Saki. |
meneope said: ... Yep. That's nothing though - this is a bit more "culturally sensitive" by all standards. You should have seen Marmalade Boy which was done in 1994 I think, I myself was amazed at how we are being perceived elsewhere, the stereotype runs deep - materialist, insensitive, licentious and condescending. It has to be said though, this doesn't apply just to Americans per se but to Westerners in general, particularly white since they rarely depict any other 'westernised' races except in the background. The female 'foreigners' in Marmalade boys were all eye candy sugarbabes, blondes, blue eyes, eccentric and hyper-loose while the boys roll in 4x4 and are condescending, aggresive and insensitive.... Although in Marmalade Boy there was a good reason to portray the Americans in such light, first as a contrast to the two Japanese main characters, Miki and Yuu, who had a serious problem in not being forthright enough about sharing their feelings, and second because one threat to their relationship was the aggressive pursuit by Jinny and Michael. (To be fair there was an even bigger impediment to the relationship, but people will need to watch that classic series themselves to find out.) "Materialist, insensitive, licentious and condescending...," no, that couldn't possibly be a view of Americans held in other countries could it? (Irony warning light flashing brightly here.) I'm a Canadian, and though our national characteristic is that we are normally self-effacing and overly polite, in secret many of us would share that opinion of Americans even if we're too polite to say it. What rankles most is that much of the world can't tell the difference between us and our neighbours to the South. (Until we apologize...then they know we're Canadian.) |
rodacJul 7, 2013 1:57 AM
Please don't feed the trolls! In my next life I want to collide at the corner with the cute transfer student carrying a piece of toast in her mouth...rodac |
| So much English. I can't stand it. Great episode, best in a while. Those two better get together |
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| finally the new character show up XD and there are two of them XD americans! XD lol XD and girl called sue is really cute.. and that "khu-khu-khu" from keroro thingly LOL |
| Glorious engrish episode :) And Sue and Angela, finally! They even did this anime-only scene with Madarame and Angela that was lately made into manga by Kio Shimoku. Taylor_Tertius said: I was slightly disappointed with Ohna's English β since she spent a lot of time in the States I thought her English would be better β well at least better than Saki's. What I found hilarious was the subbers even subbed the English parts of the episodes! Half-way through the episode, I was thinking, "Wait a tick, why are they subbing the English parts in English?" XD Yeah, Angela english was the best and Saki was good too but... Ohno's wasn't... and I was kinda glad they incuded subtitles for those parts, sometimes I understood nothing :D |
Mich666Oct 11, 2013 4:44 PM
| God the engrish... At least there was more of Madarame's hilarious reactions. |
| As a non-manga viewer that came out of nowhere. Honestly though Angela ( Kaida, Yuki , the original Hunter x Hunter Kurapica) has the best Engrish I have heard. Sure the accent leaves much to be desired, but her control and pronunciation were quite strong. Saki's Engrish was standard-fare, but Ohno's was quite poor to say the least, which is a bit embarrassing since supposedly she was studying in America for a while. |
meneope said: Slydder said: Wow, good thing I'm not american, I think the shame would be doubled. dusFlaesPhan said: In all the anime i have seen, YES! Madamare was extremely funny in this episode. If only he picked up on what was happening to him... Yep. That's nothing though - this is a bit more "culturally sensitive" by all standards. You should have seen Marmalade Boy which was done in 1994 I think, I myself was amazed at how we are being perceived elsewhere, the stereotype runs deep - materialist, insensitive, licentious and condescending. It has to be said though, this doesn't apply just to Americans per se but to Westerners in general, particularly white since they rarely depict any other 'westernised' races except in the background. The female 'foreigners' in Marmalade boys were all eye candy sugarbabes, blondes, blue eyes, eccentric and hyper-loose while the boys roll in 4x4 and are condescending, aggresive and insensitive. I'm doing Bsc Sociology at Uni myself, and I can see how from the point of view of such an extreme collectivist culture such as Japan they would perceive people from such an extreme individualistic culture such as America as being insensitive and condescending very much as we attach so many stereotypes to other religio-ethnic subgroups in the West that needs not be mentioned here. Male assertiveness, which is valued in Anglo-american society, can easily break the social consensus and be interpreted as 'aggressiveness' while contrarywise, Japanese male sensitivity and mannerisms would be interpreted as effeminate and snobbish respectively by a Western audience. As for female lasciviousness, we can't really blame them, not only we're not a collectivist culture but let's face it we're no longer a marriage society either! Again the harmony is broken, the wellbeing of the self-centric individual is given precedence over that of the collective - truly these days it is not an exaggeration to say that the line between escort-model-prostitute-mistress-girlfriend has become awfully blurry. However it has to be said, and I notice this even in Marmalade Boy, the attitude towards Westerners isn't one of negative, but one of awe and admiration - they seem to perceive Westerners as being awfully sophisticated, exotic and "advanced", despite Japan being arguably more advanced technology wise! I guess it's all dependant on perspective. I was born in Brazil, and to the average brazilian, for instance, the steriotypical american is viewed as a little cold, but approacheable (unlike germans or japanese, for instance), stupid, but hard workers and very sensitive about their personal space. It's actually a shock for me to see americans depicted as easy going and somewhat loose and lascive persons, it's completely oposite from our perception of you. |
| So much Engrish! I didn't know Ohno can't speak English that well. Madarame made this episode. Also the new girl is pretty neat. Very good episode. |
| Episode that continues in a more than good daily events of Genshiken, starting from the question of Sasayan and Ogi, to finish with new characters, so I could not ask for more today. Luckily Kuchi if not seen much, LOL! Drawings and good animations, narration sympathetic and serious at the right times; it is a pleasure to follow this second season. Sin is already ending, I wanted more episodes. |
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| I've been watching in Japanese this whole time, but I switched to the English dub mid way for this episode. Luckily the dub was done well, because holy crap that Engrish was painful. |
| Those fucking names. If Susie was a fat male weeb it would probably be more understandable. To us, at least. |
| Poor Madarame, Angela is teasing him too much. Susie and those random phrases is very funny. |
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| "Baka" I mean Angela's pronunciation is not Engrish at all It's actually English xD Pretty sure Sue isn't American.. There's no small American like her :P Nobita, nice joke! xD Awww.. almost Madarame.. You always found your spring, there'll be next time, I hope :( |
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| My god, this episode is competing with the fujo fantasy one as the most excruciating to watch. The writing has never been that great but when it shits the bed it seems to really shit the bed. |
| That was funny, although it could have been a bit better if the VA for Angela was a native English speaker. I feel like Saki had better English pronunciation than her lol. |
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| lmao, Sue is just shouting out shit she's heard from anime? Relatable, but kinda not XD |
| How old is Sue? I feel like they shouldn't be giving this small child doujin. Either way, looks like Ohno lucked out in her plan to setup Sasahara and Ogiue. Perhaps progress will be made yet. Is Angela not wearing a bra because they think American's don't wear them? Weird. How many times can we say sensible? |
 "...Is your mother worried? Would you like us to assign someone to worry your mother?" |
| This american loli tsundere is the perfect representation of an typicall autistic weird otaku kid in the school saying often onii-chan, hentai, sugoii, subarashii and yamete kudasai in the school without knowing the meaning |
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