Fansub Review: [Hatsuyuki] Haiyore! Nyaruko-san (Episode 04)

B-Tier, Fansub Review — By Dark_Sage on June 2, 2012 11:41 pm

I’m on a reviewing roll today.

Release format: MKV (413 MB, 8-bit), AVI (175 MB)

Japanesiness: Honorifics.

English style: American English.

Group website: http://hatsuyuki-fansubs.com/

Encoding details: http://pastebin.com/6Mr7Qqyd

8thsin’s translation critique: N/A

Ji-hi’s screenshot comparisons: N/A

Note: OP/ED were hardsubbed.

 

Table of Contents

Visual Quality

Script Quality

Timing

Results

Visual Quality

Karaoke.

Opening. I liked it. The Japanese on the upper left got nommed away (really, the best way I can describe it) and when another person started singing, they switched to a different k-timing style. All in all it was quite suitable for the anime.

Ending. It’s fine, though I’m not sure purple was the best choice.

 

Typesetting.

They only did half the prominent signs. :/

 

Other.

Sponsor screens are a complete waste of time in fansubs. I wish groups would stop using them.

Script Quality

Karaoke.

I didn’t see any problems with the OP/ED script.

 

Main Script.

“Hahaha. I’m laughing because I bet this joke’s hilarious. I may not understand, but LOL!”

Hatsuyuki, please don’t encourage trash like that. Translate your fucking jokes so people can actually understand them.

Because she has cute eyes, she’s harmless. {Fine}

Because she has cute eyes, she has been protecting Mahiro. {Nonsensical}

So let’s turn this into something that’s understandable.

“Yes. You can tell from my cute eyes that I’m harmless too.”

“In fact, I’ve actually been protecting Mahiro-san.”

“Understood. It’s finally time for all-out war.”

“The job might be titled ‘Deity Hunter'”

The original line is akin to saying “The job might be called a ‘lawyer'”, which is all kinds of gibberish.

With great subs comes great responsbility.

What the fuck?

These jokes don’t make any fucking sense. Dammit, Hatsuyuki.  :(

 

Timing Review

Incoming. When “Timing Critique” is added as a category, you’ll know this part is done.

Results.

Watchability: Watchable.

Timing Grade:

Visual grade: B

Script grade: B-

Overall grade (timing results not factored in): B-

Go with Commie for this show. A comedy series should be funny, but Hatsuyuki doesn’t appear to understand that.

Tags: Fansub Review, Haiyore! Nyaruko-san, Hatsuyuki, Spring 2012