Tsurune: Irodori no Issha Episode 1: Kuma’s Feelings
So kyoto animation is posting limited time audio dramas after every episode, and luckily for me, there’s subs in Japanese! I’ll be tagging all the dramas under tsurune: irodori no Issha
Seiya is being a funky little guy in this one
Tsurune translation masterpost here
Translation Notes:
1. Seiya is parodying the speech patterns of the cat protagonist in Natsume Soseki’s I am a Cat. The cat there speaks in a very self-important and grandiose way, like a nobleman
2. A pun. The phrase here is 医者の不養生 which literally means “a doctor’s neglect of health” and is an idiom that means “not practicing what you preach”
Translating this chapter gave me flashbacks…everyone get your kyudo glossary out, you’re going to need it (I should really figure out a better balance for what to keep in Japanese and what to keep in English)
Also, please pray that I get book 3 by the end of this year
Glossary here
Full list of translations here
Translation Notes
1. Binzuru-san is the “Japanese embodiment of Pindola Bharadvaja. Pindola is an Arhat, one of the spiritually accomplished followers of the original Buddha, who asked them to remain in the world for eternity to propagate the Dharma, or Buddhist law.” Billiken-san is a charm doll made by an American teacher. Apparently there’s a statue of one in Japan where people rub its soles for good luck
2. Seiya refers to the Japanese saying “ 右に出る者はない “ which means “being second to none” and refers to the custom of the rightmost seat being the seat of honor
3. I don’t actually know what this word “下座心” or gezashin means. I guessed that it had something to do with being humble since 下座 means “lower seat” or “getting down from your seat to prostrate yourself”
4. These are changed references to real Japanese snacks. “Tocchan Ika” is “Yocchan Ika,” (a type of squid snack) “Baby Moon ramen” is “Baby Star ramen,” and “umainbo” is “umaibo”
5. This took forever to look up but I think it’s a reference to a kyudo song/chant? Basically it means “practice as if you’re in a tournament and act like you’re practicing when you’re in a tournament”
tsurune season 2 is happening!! official title is tsurune - tsunagari no issha - director takuya yamamura returns as its series dir and it is scheduled for january 2023 release! jun fukuyama also joins the seiyuu ensemble as nikaidou eisuke! #tsurune nation, we move!
Never really meant to make one of these for Tsurune but I have translated too much of its content not to do it. Sorry for taking long with it! As always, the novel has been fully translated to English by @thefinalcinderella and can be found here. Please support the creator if you can by purchasing the books here and here.
i know i can’t read japanese texts but for collecting purposes, i bought tsurune light novel volumes 1 and 2 (purchased this around 2020) and is now waiting for my volume 3 to arrive. 🥰 also, the illustrations by chinatsu morimoto are god-sent!
Damn I can’t believe Book 3 is actually going to be a thing…
I hope they don’t pull that “theater bonus short story booklet” thing like they did for violet evergarden
Also translating this prologue reminded me how much I hate researching obscure kyudo and shinto stuff aaaaah even koukyuu no karasu wasn’t this bad and I’m pretty sure the author made some stuff up for that one
Glossary here
Full list of translations here
Translation Notes
1. A kanmuri is a cap worn by Shinto clergy
2. A sakaki is a species of evergreen sacred to Shinto
3. Ok this was hard to look up but by 7-5-3, it means wrapping 7 pieces of rattan together around a bow, and then wrapping 5 pieces, and then wrapping 3. By the way, apparently you need permission to use this bow
4. Hamayumi refers to a bow that can repel evil
5. A ridgepole-raising ceremony is performed after the framework of the house is finished. A priest comes to do the ceremony and a symbolic depiction of a drawn bow is aimed in the evil direction to drive off evil
6. To be specific, men and women who were born in a year with the same Zodiac sign as the current year
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