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Boku no Kanojo ga Majimesugiru Sho-bitch na Ken
I mean I'm not sure that the subversion of the "homosexuals are sexual predators" trope I wanted was "but perhaps only because so is basically everyone else in the show." Which is something that, for some reason, the wider western anime community generally just seems to find "hilarious," but in a rare turn of events, the general consensus on MAL actually makes my choice of giving this series a 3 seem almost generous.
Not that the issue seems to be the rampant, casual sexual assault in the series. No no, they're still totally fine with that. The main objection seems to be that this is like SYD's formula of constant sexual jokes, just executed quite poorly. Which, yes, but ignoring what makes this show gross is disappointing if not unexpected. Anyway, guess now I wait to see if someone subs the OVA because please help what am I doing. All below was written prior to airing. *** The difference between how that term is used in English versus how it is used in Japanese will apparently never stop leading to misunderstandings. What's weird is the amount of people who refuse to accept the correct meaning of that term once the difference is explained to them. Why they insist on denying that reality so strongly is beyond me. *** "My Girlfriend Is ShoBitch" ...that's not actually the official English title, right? I mean it wouldn't be the first official English title that didn't actually make sense, but that doesn't actually make it any better. *** Yup, complete failure to understand what this show's title means is already rampant. Maybe when the show airs and people see the actual implication, followed by various Internet users chiming in to point out how Japan uses that word, western anime fans as a general group will become more aware that it's a "false friend." It would sure finally end a lot of confusion for many and erroneous complaints of "mistranslation" when people do correctly translate the word. And even more hopefully, will get people to stop leaving it incorrectly in subs as "bitch." Because even translators get fooled by this false friend. It seems many could use the reminder that loanwords aren't always identical in meaning. |
3 | TV | 10 | That word is a false friend, by the way., "SYD but worse" is a disappointing outcome, "My Girlfriend is a Faithful Virgin Slut", FA2017 |
TV: 1, OVA: 0, Movies: 0, Spcl.: 0, Eps: 0, Days: 230.21, Mean Score: 3.0, Score Dev.: -3.21 |