gayserbeam Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 (edited) I think Kirokan meant "you shouldn't prioritize either". And you shouldn't--usually the official localisation team is communicating with the devs to know exactly what they intended to get across with each name. Sometimes their choices are weird and don't seem to represent that and it's hard to say why that is exactly (internal factors, not bothering to check back on this name, personal choice, honest mistakes, etc.), but stuff like art books or internal files 100% are not done to be representations of that. Full stop. They are for style and ease of use respectably. Your first sentence should essentially read "because the names there would be decided by designers based on what looks good next to the artwork and for the page layout". You are correct on the text dump romanizations. You're right that neither is absolutely official, but there is certainly more thought put into the romanji than aesthetic value. All of the characters that have, real, Western names have their names correctly spelled, double vowel sounds for Japanese names have been consistently removed even when they would fit well with the layout, Gray's name takes into consideration his backstory, and the inconsistent use of L and R or I and Y when the choice would create no difference in pronounciation for the Japanese implies a deliberate interest in both sound and appearence of the word.They might not be the "offical" Romanji, if there even are any, but there was much more thought involved here than the graphic design. That being said, localization teams, for better or for worse, will reinterpret the names and the characters and these have no bearing on that. Edited October 2, 2015 by gayserbeam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstralWave Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 Suzuka, Hana Ichika and Hayasereku are definitely my favorite! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 JEEZ. Nyx's artwork looks so cheap it's not funny! What the heck happened to Ophelia's eye and hand!? Berka looks like a hobbit! Aside from those, some are decent ones, some really good ones (like Zero's, Kanna's, Tsukuyomi's, Lucina's, Marth's, and Saizou's) and ones that are rather 'meh'. Kozaki clearly is the better artist (aside from his two left feet accident, ehehehehe). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor Odinson Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 Ryouma's pretty face will forever by my favorite line from this entire game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frelia Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 (edited) Okay Marx's comic is my favorite one so far. It's so ridiculous I love it and it was hard for me to stop laughing. Besides that while some of the artwork is really good some of them are a big meh for me. Elise, Belka, Charlotte, and Ophelia look odd to me. The artwork by Misato Kamada, Hana Ichika, Suzuka, and Uka Nagao are my favorites. Edited October 3, 2015 by Frelia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landmaster Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Hayasereku's are my favorite~ He made Sakura, Rinka, Orochi, and Flora look so cute~ And Fuuga and Shiononome looked very cool!~ I also forgot to mention that Gunter looked hella badass in his art~ Lovin it~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyanko Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 I just love Marx, Ryouma, and Gunter's arts. They look great. Marx's creaky brow and Ryouma's laugh training comics were great as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidellCrimea Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 That Marx comic made me chuckled. Ryoma has the banters, it seems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NekoKnight Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 (edited) The artwork is really hit and miss. I know it's a lot of work to be done but they could really use some quality control. Some of them (especially Pieri's) look great but a lot of others have bizarre proportions. Some people spell シュ as "shu" and others as "syu" because it is the combination of "shi" and "yu". The proper spelling is usually "shu" though as Romanji are supposed to be phonetic and that is the proper pronunciation.He was called Asyura in the game files, though, so people went with that. Speaking as a teacher in Japan, most students seem to be taught to romanize words with the literal transcription of Japanese characters (such as シュ = 'syu') but I don't really care for it. It makes sense from a linguistic point of view but in practice you get all sorts of oddities like Tsubaki being written as Tubaki, which doesn't say much for the correct pronunciation. For アシュラ, I think either Ashura or Asura is fine (although I'm only okay with the latter because I've seen and heard it elsewhere to know the pronunciation). I think ultimately, it comes down to the individual for what system they use, however. It's a real mess. Edited October 3, 2015 by NekoKnight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nocturnal YL Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Absolutely loving Hinoka's comics. But yeah, I hope they can actually publish official artwork. Maybe make something like Knight of Iris again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpellHexerOrochi Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Absolutely loving Hinoka's comics. But yeah, I hope they can actually publish official artwork. Maybe make something like Knight of Iris again? that's a 100% possibility probably within this year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Thank you for these translations! They're very nice. Hinoka's comics made me smile, and the fact that Sakura makes dolls of her elder siblings is adorable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frelia Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 (edited) Hinoka's comics was great. It very easily became another favorite for me. Unfortunately Camilla's comics irked the heck out of me. Can she have one moment where she doesn't constantly think about Kamui? Edited October 5, 2015 by Frelia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunwoo Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Camilla, why Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The DanMan Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 (edited) ...I actually found myself sympathizing with Severa there. Can Camilla ever have a moment that's not almost entirely (a) fanservice or (b) her thinking about Kamui? Edited October 5, 2015 by The DanMan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gomez_Addams Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Can we please put a moratorium on the "strong female character is bad at cooking" cliche? It's getting a little annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryo Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Well, Charlotte is somewhat a good cook basing on the restaurant data and some of her support conversations. Most of the females also have "edible" cooking. The ones that are worst are: Hinoka, Setsuna, Rinka, Yuugiri, Felicia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frelia Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 (edited) Can we please put a moratorium on the "strong female character is bad at cooking" cliche? It's getting a little annoying. Yeah I agree. That cliche gets on my nerves too. I don't expect everyone to be good at cooking, but that cliche is annoying nonetheless. Edited October 5, 2015 by Frelia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor Odinson Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Honestly Rinka's cooking isn't even supposed to be bad if we look at convos just restaurant data likes to fuck with her like the entire gameplay is against Rinka's character canon or something Camilla coulda been so good, why did the writers do this to her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frelia Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 (edited) Honestly Rinka's cooking isn't even supposed to be bad if we look at convos just restaurant data likes to fuck with her like the entire gameplay is against Rinka's character canon or something Camilla coulda been so good, why did the writers do this to her At this point I am going to go ahead and say that the game and writers really seem to dislike Rinka. They don't even bother to add any info about the Flame Tribe in the story and on the world map. Rinka can't get a break in this game. With Camilla it seems like someone in the writing team really wanted to write a female character with a really bad trope in mind so they picked Camilla. The way she is written is so gross. Poor Camilla and Rinka. Edited October 5, 2015 by Frelia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor Odinson Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Yeah like where the fuck is Flame Tribe even Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gomez_Addams Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Yeah like where the fuck is Flame Tribe even It's "in the mountains"... somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frelia Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Yeah like where the fuck is Flame Tribe even It could be in the mountains somewhere. Who knows where they really live because FE14's worldbuilding is terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gomez_Addams Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 It could be in the mountains somewhere. Who knows where they really live because FE14's worldbuilding is terrible. Better than Elibe and Magvel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunwoo Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Poor Rinka and Camilla, the game just doesn't want to give them a break. But yeah, Camilla is someone that I wanted to like but I can't because her actual characterization is overshadowed by fanservice or Kamui. She's boring. On the guys' end, I think the game hates Tsubaki and Hinata. In stats, at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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