hello! i'm kanata, 23 years old, they/he pronouns.
this is a side blog dedicated to doing translations! right now i mostly translate for fragaria memories.
as a general disclaimer, i'm mostly self-taught in japanese (i did take a university course, but it was a basic-level course), so my translations might contain errors (and they probably do, let's be honest ^^'). nevertheless, i try my best! if you see any errors at all in my translations, do feel free to point them out to me!
also, as a general rule, i'm only gonna be translating auditory material, like audio dramas, songs, etc. this is because my japanese reading skills are pretty weak (altho i am working on it!).
ask box is always open for chatting or questions~
oh and my main blog is here if you're interested, i write stuff on there sometimes (it's mostly yandere tho, so if that's not your cup of tea then that's fine :D)
fragaria memories radio - knight link #1 translation
hi everyone! for those who may be unaware, a few days ago the first episode of a fragaria radio program called "knight link" was posted. i thought everyone might appreciate a translation of it ^v^
as usual, do let me know if there are any mistakes, and enjoy!
Thank you very much for translating Fragaria Memories, it’s because of you that I can watch it so I’m really thankful <3 I can’t wait to see your Blue Bouquet translation <3 You’re the best, thank you very much <3
hi anon! i'm so happy that you enjoyed my translation!!! it was super fun for me to make, so i'm really glad to see that it's useful for my fellow fragaria fans <3
uwaaah i'm so excited to translate the new blue bouquet episode! i plan to start working on it later today :D it is a good bit longer than red bouquet's episode 1, but i'm hoping to finish translating it in the next few days regardless.
thank you for sending in such a sweet ask! you're also the best, anon <3
I'll be using @kanatajelly-tl's translation of the voice drama. You can find it here!
Everything is under the cut!
So the Strawberry King is missing and then the SEEDS came into Fragaria World. Obviously connected
I mentioned this in a previous post, but the Strawberry King is a real Sanrio Mascot. He looks like this
(Stolen from the wiki) (Tumblr fucking up the quality)
He's the ruler of the Strawberry Kingdom, which, apparently, has 7 other children that dress like him
They're referred to as angels (??), and they debuted in 1975. Interesting how the story is using this guy as a figure and saying "lmao we don't know where he is". Anyways, history lesson over
Kinda interested in how the abilities of the knights are going to play out here. Magic is obviously a factor, but we don't know too much about how they use it. It's a limitation of medium used for the story, though maybe we might see it in the MVs.
Hallritt appears to be the least experienced knight among the cast, although given how he one-shots a SEED despite having never seen one before means he's likely Really Cracked at fighting. He also dodges the ambush of the other knights pretty well.
Merold caught me off guard like, really hard. I actually looked up his introduction because I was like "wait did they say he was Like That?" and yeah, no, he's just Like That.
Actually, he's so funny. Making himself home in Romarriche's place and eating his candy. He does seem like a massive piece of work, especially given what he says to Hallritt in the preview for the 2nd ep
He seems to just sort of have this condescending attitude to others, which his feats only exacerbate. I can see why Kurode was so upset and ran away.
Now I'm going to talk about the topic that caught my attention first, the SEEDs
Apparently, they're main abilities is that they are able to cause things to disappear.
In the Voice Drama, they were making produce and shop items disappear, but the opening narration notes that they do this with people.
Also like how SEED's actually bloom, that's a cool feature
Anyways, I wanted to state my theories about how the story will unfold.
One of the big theories floating around is that this is a Madoka Magica situation, and the story is a time loop. This is based on the music videos that were released prior for each Bouquet. You can find them here, here, and here.
That said, after learning this information about the SEEDs, I don't think there's a time loop at all.
There's absolutely a loop, but I think what's happening is that everyone is forgetting what truly happened in the past as the SEEDs keep making everyone's memories disappear. There's a lot of emphasis on the past, even this Drama mentions it in regards to a legend of the Fragarian Knights of the Red Continents past, but I think that they are just a different flavor of the main cast. It's just that everyone keeps repeating their choices because they're stuck never knowing or learning the mistakes of their past.
Maybe. This might be debunked hard when the 2nd Voice Drama drops. But who knows.
Anyways, those are my thoughts for the Drama. I hope there's more worldbuilding because the fairy tale-esque setting of the series is just appealing to me.
fragaria memories audio drama - red bouquet ep.1 translation
hello! this translation is my public debut as a translator >< i tried my best, so i sincerely hope it's good!
if you happen to see any mistakes while reading it, please feel free to let me know! i'm always eager to learn more about japanese, so constructive criticism is welcome~ :D
