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Kamen Rider Die watches Kamen Rider Blade
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07-13-2020, 08:42 PM
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Fish Sandwich
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I'll have loads of other things I want to say besides this, but before I do anything else, especially since this is the first not-Die post in the thread, I need to make an announcement. I'm retiring from translation policing to pursue a career in education. So pull up a seat for the first of what may become many installments of...
Learning
Ondul
the Easy
WEEEEEEI
! (#1)
There's absolutely no getting around the onslaught of memes when talking about Blade, so any aspiring Kamen Rider fan needs to be prepared with the knowledge of how this one particular series became such a source of humor for the fandom at large. Let's get right to the point and familiarize ourselves with the basics.
What the heck is an "Ondul"?
Blade quickly became infamous among Japanese viewers when it was airing, especially early on in the series, for the consistent trouble the actors had delivering their lines clearly. Words being slurred together, mispronounced syllables, and questionable emphasis turned into easy fodder for jokes, and one line in particular from the first episode reigned supreme above all others as the symbol of the entire quirky bit of fandom culture.
Kenzaki's shocked reaction here would be written in Japanese as:
hontou ni uragittan desu ka?!
That is, it WOULD be written that way, if Kenzaki's high-tension delivery didn't leave it sounding to many a Japanese ear like:
ondurururagittandisukaa?!
A textbook example of the show's poorly articulated dialogue, the first bit of the line, "onduru", was taken to be the name of the "language" the characters were speaking, resulting in the creation of オンドゥル語 (
ondurugo
), literally, the Ondul language. There are a few different ways the term could be translated. I think I've seen both Ondulish and Ondulese, but for simplicity's sake, I'm just going to be calling it Ondul.
But how big a meme can this "Ondul" language really be?
HUGE! It can be huge! Darn near every character in Blade gets in on it at some point or another, with fans being more than happy to share the quotes at any opportunity. What started as genuine frustration at difficult to understand dialogue quickly became affectionate ribbing from fans actively looking to mishear things for comedic value. Ondul's influence hangs over the series' reputation to this day, and two characters in particular are its patron saints. Hang around the right circles long enough and you'll come to know them as (0w0) and (0M0). This might be a good time to mention that Blade's Riders all come with their own emoticons too, inspired by the designs of their helmets, naturally. They also get used for super-deformed fan art quite often.
(0w0) is Blade himself, Kazuma Kenzaki, perhaps better known as Kenjaki, prince of the Ondul planet. His excitable nature makes him more liable than anyone else to speak in a rushed, incoherent manner, earning him his royal position. This is to the point he's famous for saying "Heshin!" instead of "henshin". Similarly iconic is his propensity for shouting "WEEEI!!!" during battle. The corrupted "Kenjaki" comes from how Tachibana frequently pronounces his name.
(0M0) is Garren, Sakuya Tachibana. Of course, most people just call him Tachibana-san. He's known in Ondul as Dadiyaanazan, or "Dadi" for short. This is inspired by Kenzaki's pronunciation of his name, which should really tell you what a duo these guys make. Tachibana, for his part, is arguably the real face of Blade-related memes, with an absurdly huge number of fondly remembered moments throughout the series we'll be getting to in due time.
Well gosh, all that sure is a lot to take in. How about we just focus on the premiere for now?
That's a swell idea! Unfortunately, that won't actually help keep things shorter! Blade's first episode isn't even a goldmine of memes so much as a straight up treasure chest full of perfectly cut diamonds. This introductory lecture has gone on plenty long already, so I'll stick to mentioning the three main scenes that generate the majority of memetic lines for the episode.
- The ending, with literally everything out of Kenzaki's mouth being a flagship meme. "Why are you watching?!" (
naze miterun desu?!
->
nazemiterundisu?!
) being right under "Have you really betrayed us?" in terms of popularity, with both gaining a fair bit of traction even in the English-speaking fandom. Springing out of this, the visual of Garren leering from behind a wall is also a cornerstone of Ondul culture, despite not directly involving speech.
- Tachibana's confrontation with Karasuma, with the distorted flashback direction doing little to help make the already screamy dialogue easier to understand. Again, every single line is quite popular, but "Shut up! I've had enough!" (
fuzakeru na! mou ii!
->
fujakeruna!moai!
), and his downright incomprehensible rendition of "If you get in my way, then who knows what'll happen to BOARD!" (
ore no jama wo suru nara tatoe kono bo-do demo!
->
orenojamawosurunarakataippuropoppodero!
) being standouts.
- Kenzaki's conversation with his landlady, entirely for his lines. Again, every single one of them. It's not as iconic as the scene that gives the meme its name, but this one is what really proved Kenzaki the undisputed master of the Ondul language.
That concludes today's lesson. With this knowledge in hand, you should be more than ready to start diving into the wonderful world of Blade memes! Students wishing to do some extra studying are encouraged to go over the below video, which complies every instance of Ondul in the first episode.
https://youtu.be/1JO-hxdagUc
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