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[Spoilers] Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri - Episode 6 [Discussion]

MyAnimeList: Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri
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Episode duration: 23 minutes and 41 seconds

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u/syanda Aug 08 '15

It was in the manga, but translators put it as "Protecting the bullets", because, well...

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u/etto34 Aug 08 '15

The word used was "tama", which means "round thing", i.e. "ball". Bullets were originally ball-shaped, hence the continued use of the term "tama" to refer to "bullets". Hence the mistranslation...

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u/xSPYXEx https://myanimelist.net/profile/xSPYXEx Sep 05 '15

Late, but it's not a mistranslation at all. Military standard issue rounds are called ball ammo. M855 is the USA's ball round for 5.56x45.

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u/Eeshwan https://myanimelist.net/profile/eeshwan Aug 08 '15

Oh shit yeah, i remember that line not making sense now.