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Notes on (Translation) Notes: “STOP! You’re going the wrong way!”

Here are some of my favorite sensory memories of reading manga in the early aughts: The sound of smooth jazz over the Borders intercom. The taste of Jelly Belly jellybeans. The numbing stiffness after using a step stool as a chair for three hours. That bold text at the end of a volume screaming at…

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Notes on (Translation) Notes: 4-Koma, Pop Team Epic, and the Death of Context

I still don’t know who John Frieda is.

Notes on (Translation) Notes: Comedy, Josei Manga, and Genre

While it is possible to rewrite punny punchlines into something vaguely comical to English-language readers, I’m a sucker for linguistic context.

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