Starting with this issue, the Japanese Scans online are of a "special edition" print version. I've also found covers of 9 & 12 online.
I swear there used to be one for 13 online but I can't find it. Only 16
I don't actually know what's "SPECIAL" about these editions beyond the covers using 2D Art instead if 3D art. I kinda prefer the 3D. As did the Spanish licensors
Skipping 2 Chapters, ENCOUNTER 112!! (for anyone who forgot, TokyoPop called Chapters "encounters" in Sgt. Frog).
On Page 76/72, (US/JP, Publishers number differently for some reason) The phrase of a "SS-Rank Jump" is Changed to Super Mario. Since S as a rating is from the Japanese School grading system, which would be unfamiliar to the average american unless they were intesne GAMER (tm) who plays HARDCORE SHIT like King of Fighters or Sonic Rush!!
kinda weird seeing a mario reference since Yoshizaki usually sticks to SEGA, Nintendo, & PlayStation but as of 2008, Natsumi's been shown to own both a Nintendo GameCube and a Super Famicom and am early Chapter referenced Pikmin. So not a bad change really
BUT WE'RE NOT DONE WITH THIS CHAPTER YET!! A couple pages later at page 83 (US), Fuyuki's report is missing the Keroro Gunso logo seen in Japanese. Why didn't they replace it? TP literally has a Sgt. Frog Logo. They kept the other Keroro stickers, just not the logo
The crop is also so severe that it doesn't even look like a book within a book anymore. Now...
ENCOUNTER 114
The penalized page's final panel with Garuru talking about Giroro & Natsumi has all the text in the wrong spots in English. Thanks TP. YA FUCKED UP!!
OG JP
TokyoPop's Fuckup
My Correction (tinted red for clarity)
I feel like the final art of Natsumi is reused... but I can't find it. Maybe I'm confusing it?
Very Next Chapter, The VERY START of Encounter 15!!! This one is actually more about the localization decisions of Volume 1 affecting us now!
Natsumi calls Keroro Stupid Frog as usual, bit this time he gets SUPER defensive and upset about it instead of just comedically taking it. What!? There is a reason for this though. The usual word for Stupid that Natsumi refers to Keroro as is "Boke" (ボケ) meaning stupid or clueless. Typically used in Lighthearted Manzai Comedy as most of us probably know. However THIS TIME, She refers to him as "Kudaranai" (くだらない).
While this still means STUPID as TP translated it as, it also means Worthless, Trivial, or Insignificant. Far harsher than simply clueless. Hence him taking it as a personal attack and getting VENGANCE
Finally, Encounter 116. The Final one of the Volume
Fuyuki's writing a document on The Prophecies of Nostradamus (very important to this chapter) BUT instead of translating all the text on screen, TokyoPop removed the text and simply translated like the title. Formatted like a PowerPoint instead of a Word Document.
End
BUT WAIT!!!
TOKYOPOP PRESS IS BACK!!!
We're back on track baby!! The Next Volume's gonna start with a Chapter about ANOTHER NEW KERONIAN!!! A FEMALE!!! Will Pupupu-Chan be abandoned like Sumomo was back in Volume 3? Find out next time in VOLUME 15 OF SERGEANT KERORO!!!!
Haha hi guys I swear on all of your lives I’m still working on the x verity thing but ough.. flower man…
Quick Flowery Drabble(?)
Are they called drabbles… I call it whatever I want…. 🤫 also I don’t know what I’m doing here I just had an idea and had to put pen to paper
I think that despite all of Flowery’s confidence and bravado, even he can’t resist his partner’s praise. Can you really blame him if he melts just a little every time? It just sounds so sweet coming from you!
There’s nothing you can say he hasn’t said about himself, but hearing it from you really just makes him happy. Like, yeah, if you think he’s cool then he really is cool! You’re just reaffirming what he thinks of himself and he loves that.
Praise from other people doesn’t really do it for him the way yours does. His theory is that it’s because while you admire him, you don’t idolize him like others do. The fact that you treat him like a person and can still find things to praise him about makes him giddy.
If you can manage to give him multiple compliments in quick succession, that’s when you get a real treat. He’s very hard to catch off guard but if you really lay it on thick even he can’t stop himself from blushing!
Don’t think you can get away with this though. He is returning all those compliments tenfold whether you like it or not. In fact, he’s so determined to make you feel just as loved that he’ll pick apart every bit of you, both inside and out, just to make these compliments really stick.
A LITTLE NSFW UNDER THE CUT SORGY
Flowery won’t initiate things himself but he is really easy to work up when you’re praising him. You don’t even really have to say it in a suggestive way, just saying something really genuine and kind can make him all fidgety.
If you praise Flowery while he’s topping, he just goes “Yeah?” while speeding up a little, continuing to do whatever you praised him about. He’s more than happy to do anything so long as it makes you feel good.
If you praise him while he’s a sub, he gets a little more flustered than he normally would. Flowery doesn’t typically get to be in a position where he’s more vulnerable, so if you tell him how he’s doing so good for you he may just cum. Whoops! Just give him a second and he’s gonna be ready to make it up to you!
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