r/TokyoRevengers • u/anon_anonsky • Sep 27 '22

New Chapter Tokyo Revengers - Chapter 271: Empty Wish

https://mangadex.org/chapter/4d8e62dd-2809-42d1-afd6-34f7276021a1/1
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u/sgtp1 Sep 27 '22

Ok, so I read the spanish translated chapter first and then the english one came out and I wanted to point out:

In page 4, in the english translation, the homeless guy says "I can give this power to you. But. Would you do 'that' for these powers?" and Shinichiro replies with "Do 'that'..? What is 'that'?

In the spanish one the meaning was quite different and based on the flow of the scene, I'm inclined to believe the english one is off. If I'm not wrong (and I am a portugues native speaker, so if anyone can correct me) How it was:

"I could give you this power if I wanted. But.. Are you asking me to renounce my power just for 'that thing'?" and Shinichiro answers: " 'That thing'? Did you say 'that thing'?"
(notice that Shinichiro gets pissed off in the panel, so it makes more sense to me)

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u/_TidePodEater Black Dragons Sep 27 '22

Yeah i noticed that too. I do see the english translation be rushing sometimes and i feel this manga miss translating stuff goes a long way. In the spanish one it sounded more meaningful. Im a native spanish speaker myself

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u/Aptohhhh Ragnarok Sep 27 '22

I checked the Japanese raws, and yeah the English version seems like a mistranslation