#ryu-kishin

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[hindbodes]

This is me wearing pajamas for half the day:

This me when I finally put real clothing on:

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[fusionfusionist]

Early Yu-gi-oh translation was weird, man.

Take this card for example (one of the first monsters Kaiba used against Yugi). Its japanese name is  ガーゴイル, which is... just someone saying “Gargoyle” in japanese (which ends up like Gaagoiru). So the english name became... a random combination of japanese creatures (Ryu is dragon and a character from Street Fighter, and a Kishin is a buddhist spirit and character from Soul Eater).

A lot of cards follow this pattern - they had an english name in japanese, and a japanese name in english (sometimes made up, sometimes reversed).

[fyeahygocardart]

Ryu-Kishin Clown

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