Chapter 23...

Chapter 23...

Unread postby viridian » March 3rd, 2015, 3:14 pm

...is in progress. The title might be "Training Montage".
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Re: Chapter 23...

Unread postby runsamok » March 4th, 2015, 9:30 pm

Can we get a WOOT WOOT? :ninja:

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Re: Chapter 23...

Unread postby JamestheFox » March 4th, 2015, 9:46 pm

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Re: Chapter 23...

Unread postby viridian » March 6th, 2015, 11:13 pm

It's live now!
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Re: Chapter 23...

Unread postby Zelenal » March 6th, 2015, 11:16 pm

I just read it. I was reading something else when I got the email and I immediately stopped to read this. As I said in my review, this chapter was absolutely amazing and I love it so much.

But again, your use of Japanese needs a lot of work. There are a lot of problems with it all throughout this story (for starters, everyone is way too impolite and you once used "good morning" when the narration said it was midday or later).
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Re: Chapter 23...

Unread postby viridian » March 7th, 2015, 1:25 am

I have gotten so much conflicting advice regarding Japanese that I am pretty much dropping them anymore.

Sensei, sempai, kouhai - I know how those work from the JKA.
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Re: Chapter 23...

Unread postby Zelenal » March 7th, 2015, 1:40 am

A lot of people simply don't know what they're talking about. Allow to help you with the backing of a completely reliable (In my experience and that's not everything I've translated) dictionary.

Kohei is a Japanese word meaning "veteran". Kouhai (and that extra U is important but it can also be spelled as kōhai) is the word that means "underclassman".

Your use of "sensei" is perfectly acceptable (and also extremely appropriate when Naruto addressed Jiraiya with it).

Your use of "ano" is questionable at times. For the record, it's a placeholder noise used to pause for thought. It's equivalent to "Um..." or noises of similar weight in English.

I could go through every single use of Japanese, if you want, but I highly doubt I need to.

Also, technically the word for upperclassman is spelled "senpai" as that matches the hiragana- which is 「せんぱい」- closer but "sempai" is perfectly acceptable.
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Re: Chapter 23...

Unread postby Nitramy » March 7th, 2015, 11:08 am

Great chapter.

Couple things, though: first, have you read the Neji Quest I ran over on Spacebattles? Guy has the same turtle summons here as in my quest, though in mine, the four are Sages, and the Friend to All Children is the boss turtle.

Second, it would be better if you swapped Squirtle's name to Zenigame (it's the Japanese name, y'all), and would be a nice reference if someone searched for it instead of willy-nilly references everywhere.
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Re: Chapter 23...

Unread postby Wraith5 » March 7th, 2015, 2:21 pm

Okay, I read it and posted my review. Now I'm just waiting for the discussion thread to show up... :biggrin:
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Re: Chapter 23...

Unread postby viridian » March 7th, 2015, 3:43 pm

Great chapter.

Couple things, though: first, have you read the Neji Quest I ran over on Spacebattles? Guy has the same turtle summons here as in my quest, though in mine, the four are Sages, and the Friend to All Children is the boss turtle.

Second, it would be better if you swapped Squirtle's name to Zenigame (it's the Japanese name, y'all), and would be a nice reference if someone searched for it instead of willy-nilly references everywhere.
Er, actually I haven't. I'm sort of hit or miss on SB... some of the fanfic threads are good, but the community is a bit fractious at times. (I've seen some crazy flame wars over there in the past.) I tend to just visit links I am sent or see on Skype chat.

Gamera was always on the plan as the Turtle Boss. Blame my childhood watching monster movies every Saturday afternoon...

And I don't really know Pokémon that well... I figure more people will get the English versions.
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Re: Chapter 23...

Unread postby viridian » March 7th, 2015, 3:45 pm

Okay, I read it and posted my review. Now I'm just waiting for the discussion thread to show up... :biggrin:
Hmmm... do we really need two threads?
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Re: Chapter 23...

Unread postby Zelenal » March 7th, 2015, 4:02 pm

While we're on the subject, is the Old One from something? I could have sworn I've seen him from somewhere in my childhood but I can't remember.

Also, inb4 The Four are the Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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Re: Chapter 23...

Unread postby Tempest Kitsune » March 7th, 2015, 6:27 pm

Clothahump is from the "Spellsinger" series, and is a wizard, thus him referring to techniques as "spells". He's supposed to be the most powerful wizard on the planet in his home series as well.
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Re: Chapter 23...

Unread postby Zelenal » March 7th, 2015, 6:58 pm

Oh. I must have been thinking of something else, then.
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Re: Chapter 23...

Unread postby Greatlimmick » March 14th, 2015, 6:51 pm

Also, inb4 The Four are the Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Does that mean Jiraiya can summon Attila, Genghis, Napoleon, and Rasputin?
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Re: Chapter 23...

Unread postby Wraith5 » March 14th, 2015, 8:23 pm

Well, I had a few thoughts while re-reading the fic:
  • Back in Chapter 6 (Journey to the Borderlands), after Naruto makes the tree explode, Shino comments about how it would be great if he could avoid injuring himself in the process. Is Naruto eventually going to have shadow clones go suicide bomber with exploding trees?
  • Was the "an alcoholic couldn't become Hokage" line in Chapter 10 (Complex Confrontations) an intentional reference to Tsunade? (If it was, either I'm not as attentive as I think I am or that was pretty well hidden!)
  • Is there going to be another encounter between Naruto and Gaara before then next exam? I mean, Naruto and Jiraiya are in Wind Country, and I just remembered (about 20 minutes after posting my review) that includes Suna (*derp*).
  • In Chapter 12 (Stress Testing), is there going to be a reference to a mission #2579-a? I mean, since Kurenai's team was on -b, I'm guessing there's another mission related to it. Or am I just reading too much into it?
(I'll try to post other things if I spot anything else.)

Oh, I also forgot. Is Misato's teasing about a girlfriend foreshadowing? That might be... interesting... (There's probably a better word to use, I just don't know what it would be.)
And I'm 95% (+/- 5% XD) certain The Four are the TMNT. I mean, all of them have an "L" in their full names. And Japanese doesn't use that sound. (IIRC, it's something like that... don't quote me on this.)
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Re: Chapter 23...

Unread postby Zelenal » March 14th, 2015, 8:37 pm

And I'm 95% (+/- 5% XD) certain The Four are the TMNT. I mean, all of them have an "L" in their full names. And Japanese doesn't use that sound. (IIRC, it's something like that... don't quote me on this.)
You're both right and wrong. Japanese doesn't have the L sound their R sound, when pronounced properly, sounds a tad bit like it (at least, it sounds different enough from the English R that most people pronouncing Naruto's name are likely pronouncing it incorrectly. It's closer to the Spanish R). An English speaker can clearly hear the difference but it's not as large as media tends to make it out to be.

Also, your logic makes no sense. If I read it right, your reasoning is thus:
  • Every member of the TMNT has an L in their name.
  • Japanese doesn't have an L sound.
  • Therefore The Four are going to be the TMNT.
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Re: Chapter 23...

Unread postby Wraith5 » March 14th, 2015, 9:56 pm

Sort of. Also, unless circumstances REALLY force it, Mikey, Raph, Don, and Leo never voluntarily split up. They're also the only matched set of four turtles I know of. (Also, they're the only matched set of four turtles I know that all have an 'L' in each name.) I might be basing my argument on the wrong things (at least partially), but all that just helps convince me that it's they're the TMNT...
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Re: Chapter 23...

Unread postby Zelenal » March 14th, 2015, 10:14 pm

"They all have an L in their names" just isn't a good argument, though. It makes no sense. Clothahump has an L in his name and the only thing mentioned about the names of The Four is that they're occidental (Western) and hard to pronounce. While most of their names would be a bit difficult to pronounce in Japanese (although Donatello would be pretty easy), so too would Clothahump (which gets turned into something like Kurosahanpu).
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Re: Chapter 23...

Unread postby Wraith5 » March 14th, 2015, 10:46 pm

Well, that argument/idea was what initially started to me on the whole "The Four are the TMNT" line. The whole thing that really cemented me on that argument were the parts about how 'they will allow themselves to be separated' and that they're occidental.

I'm probably doing a pretty bad job of trying to explain this... (And not for lack of trying!!! I'm trying to do this while packing to head back to college at the end of spring break... TT.TT)
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Re: Chapter 23...

Unread postby Tempest Kitsune » March 14th, 2015, 11:58 pm

Note specifically how Clothahump said it though. that they all have strange occidental names. As opposed to the non-sense name Clothahump has, or the Japanese names all the other turtles seem to have (with the exception of Squirtle).
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Re: Chapter 23...

Unread postby Zelenal » March 15th, 2015, 12:19 am

I'm not saying that The Four aren't likely to be the TMNT- I'm the first person in this thread to suggest as much after all- it's just that Wraith's initial logic as to why that would be so is nonsensical.

Also, this is truly a wonderful way to introduce myself to the boards. I bet I'm making loads of friends.

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Re: Chapter 23...

Unread postby DIT_grue » March 15th, 2015, 1:08 am

I'm not saying that The Four aren't likely to be the TMNT- I'm the first person in this thread to suggest as much after all- it's just that Wraith's initial logic as to why that would be so is nonsensical.
Ehh... I think I'd need blinkers, maybe even a blindfold, to see it that way. It seems obvious he's taking all the other arguments as given (including the years-old, 'Oh, I bet the TMNT are on/are the communal boss of/etc' speculation) and just picking out the elements of the chapter that felt like confirmation.
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Re: Chapter 23...

Unread postby Zelenal » March 15th, 2015, 1:25 am

Except that nowhere in the chapter does it say that their names all contain Ls. Clothahump just said that their names of occidental and are hard to pronounce. Given how many instances there are in Japanese media of giving names that contain an L to their characters, that does not immediately qualify it (especially since, given the way Japanese works, no name is inherently hard to pronounce so long as they're provided katakana). To give an example, "Alice" is a reasonably common name in Japan where it's spelled "Arisu" (and the pronunciation is very similar).

There are plenty of logical arguments for The Four being the TMNT- I'd be incredibly surprised if they weren't- but "All of their names contain an L" isn't one of them.
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Re: Chapter 23...

Unread postby viridian » March 15th, 2015, 11:39 am

"They all have an L in their names" just isn't a good argument, though. It makes no sense. Clothahump has an L in his name and the only thing mentioned about the names of The Four is that they're occidental (Western) and hard to pronounce. While most of their names would be a bit difficult to pronounce in Japanese (although Donatello would be pretty easy), so too would Clothahump (which gets turned into something like Kurosahanpu).
You'll note in the chapter that Clothahump introduces himself with that name. The other turtles call him "Old One".
“Is that why they call them The Four?” Naruto asked.

“Yes. Well, and they have occidental names that are ridiculous and difficult to pronounce,” Clothahump admitted. He frowned. “I wonder if that’s why they call me… nevermind. Yes, continue working on your energy. I think the current Chief Summoner chose wisely when he selected you as his successor, but it will still require much effort to realize your full potential. In the meantime, I will teach you the beginnings of turtle magic…”


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