[GoldenXtreme]

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

I'm wondering if anyone has actually been confused by this, but I can't help but notice the subs seem to be struggling to understand the story of Zeztz at least as much as I am?

The translation of this line in particular this week strikes me as odd:



It comes off as a really basic, TV-Nihon kinda error I'd think Shout was well above, where they ignored the actual particles in the sentence and have it as if the line were 現実の世界「を」復元する instead of the actual に that goes in there. My understanding of this plot thread is that the thing NOX wants to restore is himself, *to* the real world, which is supported by all the surrounding talk of him being another being that only exists in dreams like Nem.

Throughout episode 9, too, a lot of the dialogue regarding NOX's interest in the Recovery Capsem is translated in very vague ways, seemingly so as not to accidentally make any premature assumptions. Like the very last lines of the episode, which at least get the "to" part correct.




But then I go back and check to make this post, and realize that when this same dialogue is used again in the opening of 10, it's now written like this:




So now it actually commits to the one specific thing. Which is just like... now I'm not sure if these translations are a result of what Shout doesn't know, or if it's because of what they do know, that I might not yet. Even though I don't find the grammar or the context all that ambiguous, it feels a little tough to say these are outright mistakes at the moment, because almost all of NOX's dialogue so far is so cryptic I can't definitively say this stuff isn't secretly correct in broader terms, even if I can be pretty sure the indiviudal lines are being handled pretty loosely.

I will admit that even from episode 1 the translations seemed more awkward than what I am used to from Shout, so I actually am inclined to say some of this stuff like "restoring the real world" is a mistake. It might just be the unfortunate price we have to pay for getting a simulcast translation, since they are working on a tighter deadline and possibly without knowledge of how the complete plot plays out as you mentioned. It think it's about on par with a quality fansub release, but the issues do stand out since Shout has become known for their excellent KR subs for completed series. I hope they end up going back and giving them a good editing pass before the inevitable Blu-ray release down the line.