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@ZeonTwoSix on post #2757379 (kongou, haruna, ooyodo, akashi, hiei, and 2 more (kantai collection) drawn by nonco)

2017-06-18T05:55:23-04:00

l0l1n470r said:

Aha, double imi-ning.
Kongou forgot English?

Looks legit...

@OOZ662 on post #2757379 (kongou, haruna, ooyodo, akashi, hiei, and 2 more (kantai collection) drawn by nonco)

2017-06-18T02:08:05-04:00

Huh. Never seen one before. Then again, I'm a teetotaler.

@Paracite on post #2757379 (kongou, haruna, ooyodo, akashi, hiei, and 2 more (kantai collection) drawn by nonco)

2017-06-18T01:05:01-04:00

OOZ662 said:

Am I the only one that doesn't get what the block of wood is for?

The masu? They're little boxes for drinking sake out of.

@OOZ662 on post #2757379 (kongou, haruna, ooyodo, akashi, hiei, and 2 more (kantai collection) drawn by nonco)

2017-06-18T00:52:03-04:00

Am I the only one that doesn't get what the block of wood is for?

@l0l1n470r on post #2757379 (kongou, haruna, ooyodo, akashi, hiei, and 2 more (kantai collection) drawn by nonco)

2017-06-17T03:40:51-04:00

Kumihou said:

The Kongou sisters, the mad, yuri, straight-women.

(There's a paradox in there somewhere.)

Aha, double imi-ning.
Kongou forgot English?

@Kumihou on post #2757379 (kongou, haruna, ooyodo, akashi, hiei, and 2 more (kantai collection) drawn by nonco)

2017-06-16T13:27:37-04:00

The Kongou sisters, the mad, yuri, straight-women.

(There's a paradox in there somewhere.)

@/\/\ao on post #2757379 (kongou, haruna, ooyodo, akashi, hiei, and 2 more (kantai collection) drawn by nonco)

2017-06-16T12:56:01-04:00

ithekro said:

Youtubu?

Its YO!!TUBU.

@Paracite on post #2757379 (kongou, haruna, ooyodo, akashi, hiei, and 2 more (kantai collection) drawn by nonco)

2017-06-16T12:17:28-04:00

Well, don't I feel foolish; considering that puns are based on double-meanings anyway.

Maybe because since there's no direct joke, it just didn't register. (Which is strange, because I got the connection when I translated it...)

Kongou does only go 赤い instead of 赤し as well, but that's probably because 赤し is classical language.

Wordplay in (classical) haiku and the like are usually intended to be clever and allegorical rather than straight-up puns - hence going for 'witty' for 洒落 rather than 'joke' or 'pun'.

@Brightlight on post #2757379 (kongou, haruna, ooyodo, akashi, hiei, and 2 more (kantai collection) drawn by nonco)

2017-06-16T11:41:27-04:00

Paracite said:

There's no puns here, just that Ooyodo has made a half-decent haiku that's linked directly to the situation and people on hand -

I think there are. I (tried to) put the explanation in the translation notes.

@Emerald_Acid on post #2757379 (kongou, haruna, ooyodo, akashi, hiei, and 2 more (kantai collection) drawn by nonco)

2017-06-16T10:42:54-04:00

ithekro said:

Youtubu?

"But Haruna is alright"....I'm pretty sure she's not, but then none of the Kongo-class seems to be alright at this base, with Kongou being the most sane.

Nobody in nonco's base is sane.

@Paracite on post #2757379 (kongou, haruna, ooyodo, akashi, hiei, and 2 more (kantai collection) drawn by nonco)

2017-06-16T10:06:30-04:00

It's a traditional art form, and it's reasonably tricky to actually make it work in Japanese, especially if you're following the correct word use.

There's no puns here, just that Ooyodo has made a half-decent haiku that's linked directly to the situation and people on hand - just as Basho himself did back in the day with poetry parties.

Had to make classical Japanese poetry back in uni... don't think I could manage that these days.

@Allaire on post #2757379 (kongou, haruna, ooyodo, akashi, hiei, and 2 more (kantai collection) drawn by nonco)

2017-06-16T09:54:54-04:00

So uuhh... Yodo created some random haiku full of word-puns? That's basically it?

@Paracite on post #2757379 (kongou, haruna, ooyodo, akashi, hiei, and 2 more (kantai collection) drawn by nonco)

2017-06-16T06:02:43-04:00

Ugh, I hate having to translate haiku... because I can't very well not at least try to keep it in 5-7-5 in English...

@ithekro on post #2757379 (kongou, haruna, ooyodo, akashi, hiei, and 2 more (kantai collection) drawn by nonco)

2017-06-16T04:53:03-04:00

Youtubu?

"But Haruna is alright"....I'm pretty sure she's not, but then none of the Kongo-class seems to be alright at this base, with Kongou being the most sane.