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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

Personally, I think TV-Nihon's "prodigious" is the most prodigious way to translate that phrase. It's a word seldom used in casual speech, which makes Yuri sound more like a man of his age.

The thing I'm such a stickler about is that even though he's just saying saikou in the normal sense of "the best", the whole joke is that Saikou means "the brightest", so I'd kind of prefer a translation that reflects both meanings, which is pretty easily possible. You generally wouldn't describe a bright light as "splendid", which makes it a bit less obvious than my choice, but the root of the word still directly means "shining", so it's really a pretty smart choice in my book. I never really used Flame Subs for Saber, so I was pleasantly surprised to see that screencap.

Not having any traumatic memories of lousy dark age superhero comics though, I do agree that "prodigious" works solidly as a catchphrase for a character like Yuri, but like, saikou *is* a word used in casual speech, so it's a much looser translation.