Translation Party: [HorribleSubs vs. m.3.3.w vs. Vivid] D-Frag! (Episode 01)

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D-Frag! – Episode 01

Comparisons: 10 or 20

Participants:

HorribleSubs

m.3.3.w

Vivid

Codes:

{\i1} indicates the start of italics

{\i0} indicates the close of italics

 

 

 

Essential 1.

We’re introduced to the Kazama Crew by way of… some random student introducing them to his friend.

Audio: [mp3t track="http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/DFrag01.mp3" play="Start audio" stop="Pause this shit" volslider="y"]

D-Frag Essential 01

HorribleSubs :: For starters, that fatso is Little Foot Yokoshima!
>A striped shirt when he’s overweight? He’s insanely confident!
Then there’s Long Mountain Nagayama!
>That’s just his name in English!
Finally, you’ve got their leader… er… Huh? Who was he…?
>>I’m Kenji Kazama!
>>Didn’t you just call us Kazama’s Party?!

m33w :: For starters, that fatty is Little Foot Yokoshima!
>A striped shirt when he’s overweight? That guy is insanely confident!
Then, there’s Long Mountain Nagayama!
>That’s just his name in English!
Finally, you’ve got their leader!
Huh? Who was he…?
>>I’m Kazama Kenji! Didn’t you just call us {\i1}The Kazama Party{\i0}?!

Vivid :: First up, the fat one over there is “Little Foot” Yokoshima!
>He wears a striped polo even though he’s overweight?
>How confident is this guy?!
And that’s “Long Mountain” Nagayama!
>That’s just his name in English!
And last but not least, the leader…
Uh…
Huh? Er…
>>Kazama Kenji!
>>Didn’t you just call us the Kazama Family?!

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Essential 2.

Yokoshima suggests a dastardly plan.

Audio: [mp3t track="http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/DFrag02.mp3" play="Start audio" stop="Pause this shit" volslider="y"]

D-Frag Essential 02

HorribleSubs :: But dang, don’t the culture clubs have heaps of fun stuff? Like manga and games!
>Yeah!
If Kazama’s Party is gonna rule the school,
why don’t we “borrow” some of their goods?
>>You’re just as evil as your face lets on…

m33w :: Man, don’t the cultural clubs have heaps of fun stuff? Like manga and games!
>Yeah!
If the Kazama Party is gonna rule the school,
why don’t we “borrow” some of their stuff?
>>You’re just as evil as your face lets on…

Vivid :: Besides, the culture clubs should have plenty of fun stuff lying around, right?
Like manga or games.
>Yeah…
Why don’t we have them {\i1}lend{\i0} all of that to the Kazama Family, the soon-to-be rulers of this school?
>>For someone with such a baby face, you sure are one evil bastard.

to get a solid-state sub track instead :: N/A. They all suck.

 

 

Essential 3.

Kenji helps put out the fire that the girls had previously pretended didn’t exist.

Audio: [mp3t track="http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/DFrag03.mp3" play="Start audio" stop="Pause this shit" volslider="y"]

D-Frag Essential 03

HorribleSubs :: Geh! What was I thinking? It isn’t like me to put so much effort into something!
>I’m amazed you put out that illusionary fire.
You just said, “fire,” didn’t you?!

m33w :: What was I thinking? It’s not like me to put so much effort into something!
>I’m amazed you put out an illusory fire.
You just said, “fire” didn’t you?!

Vivid :: What have I done?
Trying so hard is totally unlike me.
>I’m amazed you dealt with that illusionary fire.
You just admitted it was a fire!

to get a solid-state sub track instead :: N/A. They all suck.

 

 

Essential 4.

Ignore the typeset when coming to your decision. The group I chose to take screenshots from hardsubbed their typesetting.

Audio: [mp3t track="http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/DFrag04.mp3" play="Start audio" stop="Pause this shit" volslider="y"]

D-Frag Essential 04

HorribleSubs :: No! I never thought her ultimate flame-based {\i1}Moe Moe{\i0} Attack wouldn’t work!
>Hang in there! Your injuries may not be that deep!
>>I’ve dampened her spirits. Maybe she really is a fire type.

m33w :: No! I didn’t think her ultimate fire based Moe Moe Attack would have no effect!
>Hang in there! Your injuries may not be that deep!
>>Seems that I’ve dampened her spirits. Maybe she really is a fire-type?

Vivid :: Wha—?!
How could the ultimate flame attack, Burning Love, not have any effect?!
>Pull yourself together.
>Your injuries may not be that severe.
>>She crashed and burned.
>>Maybe she really {\i1}is{\i0} a fire elemental.

to get a solid-state sub track instead :: N/A. They all suck.

 

 

Essential 5.

Kenji realizes which club she was recruiting for when they met in the morning.

Audio: [mp3t track="http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/DFrag05.mp3" play="Start audio" stop="Pause this shit" volslider="y"]

D-Frag Essential 05

HorribleSubs :: You were recruiting for that terrifying club?
>Terrifying…?
At any rate, I’ll forget about that puny fire, so quit harassing me.

m33w :: You were recruiting for that terrifying club?
>Terrifying?
At any rate, I’ll forget about that puny fire, so quit harassing me.

Vivid :: You were headhunting for {\i1}that{\i0} freaky club?
>Freaky…?
Anyway, I won’t tell anyone about the fire,
so stop following me around.

to get a solid-state sub track instead :: N/A. They all suck.

 

 

Essential 6.

Kenji gets a leg massage.

Audio: [mp3t track="http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/DFrag06.mp3" play="Start audio" stop="Pause this shit" volslider="y"]

D-Frag Essential 06

HorribleSubs :: Why are you rubbing your cheek against my feet?
Ew! Do you have a foot fetish?
>I ain’t doin’ that! Now hurry up and get this bag off of me!

m33w :: Why are you rubbing your cheek against my feet?
Do you have a foot fetish?
>I ain’t doin’ that! Now hurry up and get this bag off of me!

Vivid :: Wait, why are you rubbing your cheek up against my leg?
Ew, do you have a leg fetish?
>I did nothing of the sort!
>Get this thing off of me already!

to get a solid-state sub track instead :: N/A. They all suck.

 

 

Essential 7.

Just read the manga. I promise you it’s decent.

Audio: [mp3t track="http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/DFrag07.mp3" play="Start audio" stop="Pause this shit" volslider="y"]

D-Frag Essential 07

HorribleSubs :: Now you’ve heard our self-introductions, Mr. Foot Fetish.
>Wait! You’re trying to establish me as some weird elemental type!

m33w :: Now you’ve heard our self-introductions, Mr. Foot Fetish.
>Wait! You’re trying to establish me as some weird elemental type!

Vivid :: Well, you heard our introductions, Mr. Leg Fetishist.
>Wait!
>Why are you trying to pin some weird-ass element on me?!

to get a solid-state sub track instead :: N/A. They all suck.

 

 

Essential 8.

Kenji, realizing Lightning-sensei is the best girl.

Audio: [mp3t track="http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/DFrag08.mp3" play="Start audio" stop="Pause this shit" volslider="y"]

D-Frag Essential 08

HorribleSubs :: Wait a damn minute!
Eh? What? You’re a teacher?
Are you a teacher?!

m33w :: Wait a damn minute!
Eh? What? You’re a teacher?!
Are you a teacher?!

Vivid :: Hold it right there!
The hell? A teacher?
You’re a goddamn chalk pusher?!

to get a solid-state sub track instead :: N/A. They all suck.

 

 

Essential 9.

Acchan comes in, smacking the shit out of Kenji, and trying to figure out what the Game Creation Club did to make him join.

Audio: [mp3t track="http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/DFrag09.mp3" play="Start audio" stop="Pause this shit" volslider="y"]

D-Frag Essential 09

HorribleSubs :: How strange! I don’t see any blaring physical injuries, which could only mean…
…they must have done something weird under your clothes!

m33w :: How strange! I can’t see any blaring physical injuries, which could only mean…
They must have done something weird where you can’t see!

Vivid :: This is strange. I don’t see any external injuries, but…
Does this mean…
something weird happened underneath his clothes?

to get a solid-state sub track instead :: N/A. They all suck.

 

 

Essential 10.

Acchan, talking about how he knows the student council president: Earth-chan.

Audio: [mp3t track="http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/DFrag10.mp3" play="Start audio" stop="Pause this shit" volslider="y"]

D-Frag Essential 10

HorribleSubs :: That’s right! I lost the election to become president!
I figured I could contribute to my old school somehow, so I became the Vice President.
But whenever there was a problem, the President would stomp on me!
She’d stomp on me when there wasn’t a problem! She walked all over me!
When… When she’s like that… I find her unforgivably addictive!

m33w :: That’s right! I lost the election to become president!
I figured I could contribute to my old school somehow, so I became the Vice President.
Whenever there was a problem, the President would stomp on me!
She’d stomp on me even when there wasn’t a problem! She just walked all over me!
When… When she’s like that,
I find her unforgivably addictive!

Vivid :: That’s right. I lost in the presidential elections.
But I still wanted to contribute to my school, so I took up the post of vice president,
only for the president to walk all over me whenever anything went wrong.
Or even when nothing went wrong!
She dug her heels right into me!
I…
I find that president…
irresistibly unforgivable!

to get a solid-state sub track instead :: N/A. They all suck.

 

 

 

Decision Point:

  1. Put it on my tongue. (You got it, Acchan. Click the spoiler and keep going.)
  2. I’ve made my choice already. (Well look who’s so sure of themselves. Fine, head down to the results.)

 

Spoiler:

Expanded 1.

The girls come to grips with the truth.

Audio: [mp3t track="http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/DFragE01.mp3" play="Start audio" stop="Pause this shit" volslider="y"]

D-Frag Extended 01

HorribleSubs :: And above all else, I’ve managed to wriggle us out of this one until today, but…
>We don’t meet the minimum required number of members…
>>Aw, and here this club was so easy and carefree.
>>>When’s the recruitment deadline?
Today.

m33w :: Above all else, I’ve managed to evade this one problem until today…
>We don’t meet the minimum number of members to be a club.
>>Aw, and this club is so easy and carefree…
>>>When is the recruitment deadline?
Today.

Vivid :: And above all, while we somehow managed to sweep it under the rug until now…
>…we don’t have the minimum number of members.
>>And here I liked how relaxing and comfortable this place was.
>>>When’s our deadline for recruiting members?
Today.

to get a solid-state sub track instead :: N/A. They all suck.

 

 

Expanded 2.

Kenji questions the girls on their powers.

Audio: [mp3t track="http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/DFragE02.mp3" play="Start audio" stop="Pause this shit" volslider="y"]

D-Frag Extended 02

HorribleSubs :: You’re a fire type?! What’s this about types?
>They are the elements that everyone presides over.
There’s no such thing in real life!

m33w :: You’re a fire-type?! What’s this about types?
>They are the elements that everyone presides over.
There’s no such thing in real life!

Vivid :: Fire-elemental?
>The hell do you mean, “elemental”?
>An elemental affinity exists within each and every one of us.
That shit doesn’t exist in real life!

to get a solid-state sub track instead :: N/A. They all suck.

 

 

Expanded 3.

Earth-chan, with a groundbreaking attack.

Audio: [mp3t track="http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/DFragE03.mp3" play="Start audio" stop="Pause this shit" volslider="y"]

D-Frag Extended 03

HorribleSubs :: Earth Punch!
>Earth?! How the hell was anything about that fist “earth type”?!
>It was neutral!
>>He said it was neutral! He’s catching on pretty quickly, isn’t he?
>>>Sure is. Not anyone could say that off the bat.

m33w :: Earth Punch!
>Earth?! How the hell was anything about your fist an “earth-type”?!
>That was completely normal!
>>He said it was normal! He’s catching on pretty quick, isn’t he?
>>>Sure is. Not just anyone could say that off the bat.

Vivid :: Earth Punch!
>Earth?!
>How the hell is your bare fist “earth”?
>That was non-elemental, if anything!
>>Non-elemental, he says.
>>He catches on quick!
>>>Yeah, not many people would say that on the spur of the moment.

to get a solid-state sub track instead :: N/A. They all suck.

 

 

Expanded 4.

Kenji makes a break for it.

Audio: [mp3t track="http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/DFragE04.mp3" play="Start audio" stop="Pause this shit" volslider="y"]

D-Frag Extended 04

HorribleSubs :: Hey, are you going to abandon your friends to save your own hide?
>You haven’t left me with any other choice!
>And why do I have to plead my case to the enemy?!

m33w :: Hey, are you really going to abandon your friends and just save yourself?
>You left me with no other choice!
>Why would I plead my case to an enemy?!

Vivid :: What’s this? You’re abandoning your friends to save your own skin?
>I had no other choice!
>Wait, why am I trying to justify myself to the enemy?!

to get a solid-state sub track instead :: N/A. They all suck.

 

 

Expanded 5.

Kenji hatches a plan.

Audio: [mp3t track="http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/DFragE05.mp3" play="Start audio" stop="Pause this shit" volslider="y"]

D-Frag Extended 05

HorribleSubs :: Sweet! They’re letting me leave the clubroom.
Now to race to the teacher’s room.
If I steal the Club Enrollment Form from the delivery girl and play dumb,
I win!

m33w :: Yes! They’re letting me leave the clubroom.
Now to race to the teacher’s office.
If I steal the club enrollment form from the delivery girl and play dumb,
It’s my win!

Vivid :: All right!
That gets me out of this clubroom.
Now all I need to do is beat them to the staff room,
steal the form from whoever takes it there, and then pretend it never existed!
Then I win!

to get a solid-state sub track instead :: N/A. They all suck.

 

 

Expanded 6.

Okay, guess I gotta explain the joke on this one. Moe, in addition to its general meaning of “attractively cute”, can also mean “burning”. That’s why she plays cute — because it’s playing off the double understanding of “moe”, making it technically also a fire attack. Hilarious, I know.

For the scene, in between Kenji’s rejection and the next line, she acts all defeated, but then springs back to life. So that’s where the second part comes in.

Audio: [mp3t track="http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/DFragE06.mp3" play="Start audio" stop="Pause this shit" volslider="y"]

D-Frag Extended 06

HorribleSubs :: Um, if you hand over that Club Enrollment Form now,
well, I’d be willing to put in a good word for you…
>I’ll pass. I’m not into that whole {\i1}moe{\i0} thing.
I survived your verbal onslaught!
>She flippin’ survived!

m33w :: Um, if you hand over that club enrollment form now,
well, I’d be willing to put in a good word for you.
>I’ll pass. I’m not into the whole moe thing.
I survived your verbal onslaught!
>She seriously survived!

Vivid :: Um, if you hand over that form right now,
I, uh, don’t mind putting in a good word for you with the others…
>No thanks.
>I’m not into that cutesy stuff.
Your words will not defeat me!
>Holy shit, she survived!

to get a solid-state sub track instead :: N/A. They all suck.

 

 

Expanded 7.

Fire-chan also has the Darkness element.

Audio: [mp3t track="http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/DFragE07.mp3" play="Start audio" stop="Pause this shit" volslider="y"]

D-Frag Extended 07

HorribleSubs :: Shit! She switched to darkness again. Drop your weird obsession already!

m33w :: Shit! She switched to darkness again?! Drop your weird obsession already!

Vivid :: Oh crap!
Not the darkness again.
Quit it with your odd fixations!

to get a solid-state sub track instead :: N/A. They all suck.

 

 

Expanded 8.

I assume this is a reference to oni, but I don’t know for sure since my knowledge of Japanese culture is limited to what they put in their pornography.

Audio: [mp3t track="http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/DFragE08.mp3" play="Start audio" stop="Pause this shit" volslider="y"]

D-Frag Extended 08

HorribleSubs :: They’ve seriously forgotten the whole thing!
>That aside, check out my do! I have no idea when it started doing this.
>>It’s stinking awesome!
>Ain’t it? I’d have the look nailed if I just had a spiked bat, wouldn’t I?

m33w :: They’ve seriously forgotten the whole thing!
>That aside, check out my do! I have no idea when it started doing this.
>>It’s freakin’ awesome!
>Ain’t it? I’d have the look nailed if I just had a spiked bat, wouldn’t I?

Vivid :: They seriously {\i1}did{\i0} forget everything!
>Anyway, check out my hairdo!
>I don’t even remember getting it!
>>That’s super rad!
>I know, right?
>Now I just need a spiked bat, and it’ll be perfect!

to get a solid-state sub track instead :: N/A. They all suck.

 

 

Expanded 9.

Acchan, keeping it real.

Audio: [mp3t track="http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/DFragE09.mp3" play="Start audio" stop="Pause this shit" volslider="y"]

D-Frag Extended 09

HorribleSubs :: Wait, this school had that many delinquent groups here besides us?
>You guys are just the tip of the iceberg, you hicks fresh from the country!

m33w :: Wait, this school had that many delinquent groups here besides us?
>You guys are just the tip of the iceberg, you hicks fresh from the country!

Vivid :: There were that many delinquent groups besides us here?
>You guys are but the tip of the iceberg,
>you damn country bumpkins!

to get a solid-state sub track instead :: N/A. They all suck.

 

 

Expanded 10.

Acchan, proving himself to be the best boy.

Audio: [mp3t track="http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/DFragE10.mp3" play="Start audio" stop="Pause this shit" volslider="y"]

D-Frag Extended 10

HorribleSubs :: Dude, that’s goin’ way beyond “ecstasy” if it hits you!
>No! If I pull back now, I’ll be returning to my days of submission!
>So today I’m going to change myself, right here, right now!
>And I’m going to save you, Kenji!

m33w :: That going to go way beyond “pleasure” if it hits you!
>No! If I pull back now, I’ll be returning to my days of submission!
>So today I’m going to change myself, right here, right now!
>And I’m going to save you, Kenji!

Vivid :: If that thing hits you, you won’t have a brain left to feel pleasure with!
>That’s not it!
>If I run away now,
>I’ll just be returning to the days I spent in servitude!
>So I’m going to throw away my past self, right here and now!
>And I’m going to save you, Kenji!

to get a solid-state sub track instead :: N/A. They all suck.

 

 

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Spoiler:

Essential 1.

We’re introduced to the Kazama Crew by way of… some random student introducing them to his friend.

Audio: [mp3t track=”http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/DFrag01.mp3″ play=”Start audio” stop=”Pause this shit” volslider=”y”]

D-Frag Essential 01

HorribleSubs :: For starters, that fatso is Little Foot Yokoshima!
>A striped shirt when he’s overweight? He’s insanely confident!
Then there’s Long Mountain Nagayama!
>That’s just his name in English!
Finally, you’ve got their leader… er… Huh? Who was he…?
>>I’m Kenji Kazama!
>>Didn’t you just call us Kazama’s Party?!

m33w :: For starters, that fatty is Little Foot Yokoshima!
>A striped shirt when he’s overweight? That guy is insanely confident!
Then, there’s Long Mountain Nagayama!
>That’s just his name in English!
Finally, you’ve got their leader!
Huh? Who was he…?
>>I’m Kazama Kenji! Didn’t you just call us {\i1}The Kazama Party{\i0}?!

Vivid :: First up, the fat one over there is “Little Foot” Yokoshima!
>He wears a striped polo even though he’s overweight?
>How confident is this guy?!
And that’s “Long Mountain” Nagayama!
>That’s just his name in English!
And last but not least, the leader…
Uh…
Huh? Er…
>>Kazama Kenji!
>>Didn’t you just call us the Kazama Family?!

to get a solid-state sub track instead :: N/A. They all suck.

Essential 2.

Yokoshima suggests a dastardly plan.

Audio: [mp3t track=”http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/DFrag02.mp3″ play=”Start audio” stop=”Pause this shit” volslider=”y”]

D-Frag Essential 02

HorribleSubs :: But dang, don’t the culture clubs have heaps of fun stuff? Like manga and games!
>Yeah!
If Kazama’s Party is gonna rule the school,
why don’t we “borrow” some of their goods?
>>You’re just as evil as your face lets on…

m33w :: Man, don’t the cultural clubs have heaps of fun stuff? Like manga and games!
>Yeah!
If the Kazama Party is gonna rule the school,
why don’t we “borrow” some of their stuff?
>>You’re just as evil as your face lets on…

Vivid :: Besides, the culture clubs should have plenty of fun stuff lying around, right?
Like manga or games.
>Yeah…
Why don’t we have them {\i1}lend{\i0} all of that to the Kazama Family, the soon-to-be rulers of this school?
>>For someone with such a baby face, you sure are one evil bastard.

to get a solid-state sub track instead :: N/A. They all suck.

Essential 3.

Kenji helps put out the fire that the girls had previously pretended didn’t exist.

Audio: [mp3t track=”http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/DFrag03.mp3″ play=”Start audio” stop=”Pause this shit” volslider=”y”]

D-Frag Essential 03

HorribleSubs :: Geh! What was I thinking? It isn’t like me to put so much effort into something!
>I’m amazed you put out that illusionary fire.
You just said, “fire,” didn’t you?!

m33w :: What was I thinking? It’s not like me to put so much effort into something!
>I’m amazed you put out an illusory fire.
You just said, “fire” didn’t you?!

Vivid :: What have I done?
Trying so hard is totally unlike me.
>I’m amazed you dealt with that illusionary fire.
You just admitted it was a fire!

to get a solid-state sub track instead :: N/A. They all suck.

Essential 4.

Ignore the typeset when coming to your decision. The group I chose to take screenshots from hardsubbed their typesetting.

Audio: [mp3t track=”http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/DFrag04.mp3″ play=”Start audio” stop=”Pause this shit” volslider=”y”]

D-Frag Essential 04

HorribleSubs :: No! I never thought her ultimate flame-based {\i1}Moe Moe{\i0} Attack wouldn’t work!
>Hang in there! Your injuries may not be that deep!
>>I’ve dampened her spirits. Maybe she really is a fire type.

m33w :: No! I didn’t think her ultimate fire based Moe Moe Attack would have no effect!
>Hang in there! Your injuries may not be that deep!
>>Seems that I’ve dampened her spirits. Maybe she really is a fire-type?

Vivid :: Wha—?!
How could the ultimate flame attack, Burning Love, not have any effect?!
>Pull yourself together.
>Your injuries may not be that severe.
>>She crashed and burned.
>>Maybe she really {\i1}is{\i0} a fire elemental.

to get a solid-state sub track instead :: N/A. They all suck.

Essential 5.

Kenji realizes which club she was recruiting for when they met in the morning.

Audio: [mp3t track=”http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/DFrag05.mp3″ play=”Start audio” stop=”Pause this shit” volslider=”y”]

D-Frag Essential 05

HorribleSubs :: You were recruiting for that terrifying club?
>Terrifying…?
At any rate, I’ll forget about that puny fire, so quit harassing me.

m33w :: You were recruiting for that terrifying club?
>Terrifying?
At any rate, I’ll forget about that puny fire, so quit harassing me.

Vivid :: You were headhunting for {\i1}that{\i0} freaky club?
>Freaky…?
Anyway, I won’t tell anyone about the fire,
so stop following me around.

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Essential 6.

Kenji gets a leg massage.

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D-Frag Essential 06

HorribleSubs :: Why are you rubbing your cheek against my feet?
Ew! Do you have a foot fetish?
>I ain’t doin’ that! Now hurry up and get this bag off of me!

m33w :: Why are you rubbing your cheek against my feet?
Do you have a foot fetish?
>I ain’t doin’ that! Now hurry up and get this bag off of me!

Vivid :: Wait, why are you rubbing your cheek up against my leg?
Ew, do you have a leg fetish?
>I did nothing of the sort!
>Get this thing off of me already!

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Essential 7.

Just read the manga. I promise you it’s decent.

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D-Frag Essential 07

HorribleSubs :: Now you’ve heard our self-introductions, Mr. Foot Fetish.
>Wait! You’re trying to establish me as some weird elemental type!

m33w :: Now you’ve heard our self-introductions, Mr. Foot Fetish.
>Wait! You’re trying to establish me as some weird elemental type!

Vivid :: Well, you heard our introductions, Mr. Leg Fetishist.
>Wait!
>Why are you trying to pin some weird-ass element on me?!

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Essential 8.

Kenji, realizing Lightning-sensei is the best girl.

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D-Frag Essential 08

HorribleSubs :: Wait a damn minute!
Eh? What? You’re a teacher?
Are you a teacher?!

m33w :: Wait a damn minute!
Eh? What? You’re a teacher?!
Are you a teacher?!

Vivid :: Hold it right there!
The hell? A teacher?
You’re a goddamn chalk pusher?!

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Essential 9.

Acchan comes in, smacking the shit out of Kenji, and trying to figure out what the Game Creation Club did to make him join.

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D-Frag Essential 09

HorribleSubs :: How strange! I don’t see any blaring physical injuries, which could only mean…
…they must have done something weird under your clothes!

m33w :: How strange! I can’t see any blaring physical injuries, which could only mean…
They must have done something weird where you can’t see!

Vivid :: This is strange. I don’t see any external injuries, but…
Does this mean…
something weird happened underneath his clothes?

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Essential 10.

Acchan, talking about how he knows the student council president: Earth-chan.

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D-Frag Essential 10

HorribleSubs :: That’s right! I lost the election to become president!
I figured I could contribute to my old school somehow, so I became the Vice President.
But whenever there was a problem, the President would stomp on me!
She’d stomp on me when there wasn’t a problem! She walked all over me!
When… When she’s like that… I find her unforgivably addictive!

m33w :: That’s right! I lost the election to become president!
I figured I could contribute to my old school somehow, so I became the Vice President.
Whenever there was a problem, the President would stomp on me!
She’d stomp on me even when there wasn’t a problem! She just walked all over me!
When… When she’s like that,
I find her unforgivably addictive!

Vivid :: That’s right. I lost in the presidential elections.
But I still wanted to contribute to my school, so I took up the post of vice president,
only for the president to walk all over me whenever anything went wrong.
Or even when nothing went wrong!
She dug her heels right into me!
I…
I find that president…
irresistibly unforgivable!

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Decision Point:

Put it on my tongue. (You got it, Acchan. Click the spoiler and keep going.)
I’ve made my choice already. (Well look who’s so sure of themselves. Fine, head down to the results.)

Expanded 1.

The girls come to grips with the truth.

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D-Frag Extended 01

HorribleSubs :: And above all else, I’ve managed to wriggle us out of this one until today, but…
>We don’t meet the minimum required number of members…
>>Aw, and here this club was so easy and carefree.
>>>When’s the recruitment deadline?
Today.

m33w :: Above all else, I’ve managed to evade this one problem until today…
>We don’t meet the minimum number of members to be a club.
>>Aw, and this club is so easy and carefree…
>>>When is the recruitment deadline?
Today.

Vivid :: And above all, while we somehow managed to sweep it under the rug until now…
>…we don’t have the minimum number of members.
>>And here I liked how relaxing and comfortable this place was.
>>>When’s our deadline for recruiting members?
Today.

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Expanded 2.

Kenji questions the girls on their powers.

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D-Frag Extended 02

HorribleSubs :: You’re a fire type?! What’s this about types?
>They are the elements that everyone presides over.
There’s no such thing in real life!

m33w :: You’re a fire-type?! What’s this about types?
>They are the elements that everyone presides over.
There’s no such thing in real life!

Vivid :: Fire-elemental?
>The hell do you mean, “elemental”?
>An elemental affinity exists within each and every one of us.
That shit doesn’t exist in real life!

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Expanded 3.

Earth-chan, with a groundbreaking attack.

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D-Frag Extended 03

HorribleSubs :: Earth Punch!
>Earth?! How the hell was anything about that fist “earth type”?!
>It was neutral!
>>He said it was neutral! He’s catching on pretty quickly, isn’t he?
>>>Sure is. Not anyone could say that off the bat.

m33w :: Earth Punch!
>Earth?! How the hell was anything about your fist an “earth-type”?!
>That was completely normal!
>>He said it was normal! He’s catching on pretty quick, isn’t he?
>>>Sure is. Not just anyone could say that off the bat.

Vivid :: Earth Punch!
>Earth?!
>How the hell is your bare fist “earth”?
>That was non-elemental, if anything!
>>Non-elemental, he says.
>>He catches on quick!
>>>Yeah, not many people would say that on the spur of the moment.

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Expanded 4.

Kenji makes a break for it.

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D-Frag Extended 04

HorribleSubs :: Hey, are you going to abandon your friends to save your own hide?
>You haven’t left me with any other choice!
>And why do I have to plead my case to the enemy?!

m33w :: Hey, are you really going to abandon your friends and just save yourself?
>You left me with no other choice!
>Why would I plead my case to an enemy?!

Vivid :: What’s this? You’re abandoning your friends to save your own skin?
>I had no other choice!
>Wait, why am I trying to justify myself to the enemy?!

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Expanded 5.

Kenji hatches a plan.

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D-Frag Extended 05

HorribleSubs :: Sweet! They’re letting me leave the clubroom.
Now to race to the teacher’s room.
If I steal the Club Enrollment Form from the delivery girl and play dumb,
I win!

m33w :: Yes! They’re letting me leave the clubroom.
Now to race to the teacher’s office.
If I steal the club enrollment form from the delivery girl and play dumb,
It’s my win!

Vivid :: All right!
That gets me out of this clubroom.
Now all I need to do is beat them to the staff room,
steal the form from whoever takes it there, and then pretend it never existed!
Then I win!

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Expanded 6.

Okay, guess I gotta explain the joke on this one. Moe, in addition to its general meaning of “attractively cute”, can also mean “burning”. That’s why she plays cute — because it’s playing off the double understanding of “moe”, making it technically also a fire attack. Hilarious, I know.

For the scene, in between Kenji’s rejection and the next line, she acts all defeated, but then springs back to life. So that’s where the second part comes in.

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D-Frag Extended 06

HorribleSubs :: Um, if you hand over that Club Enrollment Form now,
well, I’d be willing to put in a good word for you…
>I’ll pass. I’m not into that whole {\i1}moe{\i0} thing.
I survived your verbal onslaught!
>She flippin’ survived!

m33w :: Um, if you hand over that club enrollment form now,
well, I’d be willing to put in a good word for you.
>I’ll pass. I’m not into the whole moe thing.
I survived your verbal onslaught!
>She seriously survived!

Vivid :: Um, if you hand over that form right now,
I, uh, don’t mind putting in a good word for you with the others…
>No thanks.
>I’m not into that cutesy stuff.
Your words will not defeat me!
>Holy shit, she survived!

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Expanded 7.

Fire-chan also has the Darkness element.

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D-Frag Extended 07

HorribleSubs :: Shit! She switched to darkness again. Drop your weird obsession already!

m33w :: Shit! She switched to darkness again?! Drop your weird obsession already!

Vivid :: Oh crap!
Not the darkness again.
Quit it with your odd fixations!

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Expanded 8.

I assume this is a reference to oni, but I don’t know for sure since my knowledge of Japanese culture is limited to what they put in their pornography.

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D-Frag Extended 08

HorribleSubs :: They’ve seriously forgotten the whole thing!
>That aside, check out my do! I have no idea when it started doing this.
>>It’s stinking awesome!
>Ain’t it? I’d have the look nailed if I just had a spiked bat, wouldn’t I?

m33w :: They’ve seriously forgotten the whole thing!
>That aside, check out my do! I have no idea when it started doing this.
>>It’s freakin’ awesome!
>Ain’t it? I’d have the look nailed if I just had a spiked bat, wouldn’t I?

Vivid :: They seriously {\i1}did{\i0} forget everything!
>Anyway, check out my hairdo!
>I don’t even remember getting it!
>>That’s super rad!
>I know, right?
>Now I just need a spiked bat, and it’ll be perfect!

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Expanded 9.

Acchan, keeping it real.

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D-Frag Extended 09

HorribleSubs :: Wait, this school had that many delinquent groups here besides us?
>You guys are just the tip of the iceberg, you hicks fresh from the country!

m33w :: Wait, this school had that many delinquent groups here besides us?
>You guys are just the tip of the iceberg, you hicks fresh from the country!

Vivid :: There were that many delinquent groups besides us here?
>You guys are but the tip of the iceberg,
>you damn country bumpkins!

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Expanded 10.

Acchan, proving himself to be the best boy.

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D-Frag Extended 10

HorribleSubs :: Dude, that’s goin’ way beyond “ecstasy” if it hits you!
>No! If I pull back now, I’ll be returning to my days of submission!
>So today I’m going to change myself, right here, right now!
>And I’m going to save you, Kenji!

m33w :: That going to go way beyond “pleasure” if it hits you!
>No! If I pull back now, I’ll be returning to my days of submission!
>So today I’m going to change myself, right here, right now!
>And I’m going to save you, Kenji!

Vivid :: If that thing hits you, you won’t have a brain left to feel pleasure with!
>That’s not it!
>If I run away now,
>I’ll just be returning to the days I spent in servitude!
>So I’m going to throw away my past self, right here and now!
>And I’m going to save you, Kenji!

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12 thoughts on “Translation Party: [HorribleSubs vs. m.3.3.w vs. Vivid] D-Frag! (Episode 01)”

  1. Overall scores…
    HorribleSubs: 4 times
    m33w: 4 times
    Vivid: 3 times
    N/A: 3 times

    Pretty mixed. m.3.3.w’s was a lazy edit, but I felt Vivid tried way too hard on some of the lines.

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  2. Overall scores…
    HorribleSubs: 8 times
    m33w: 7 times
    Vivid: 5 times
    Looks like your best bet is HorribleSubs
    m33w and HS hardly had any differences and both were overall good enough so… couldn’t go wrong with either I guess.

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  3. I couldn’t get past “Kazama Party” for a gang, and I checked and sure enough the one group that didn’t use “party” used “fire elemental” on an obvious pokemon reference.

    I’m just glad I wasn’t going to watch this show anyway.

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  4. Overall scores…
    HorribleSubs: 3 times
    m33w: 4 times
    Vivid: 5 times
    Looks like your best bet is Vivid

    Chalk pusher, huh? That’s a new one.

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    • >Chalk pusher
      Not the first time I’ve seen that turn of phrase. I *think* it was in the official release of AzuDaioh way back when. Could be wrong though.

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    • But dang, this school is locc’d out. Even teach is a meth (chalk) dealer.

      Essentials…
      HorribleSubs: 1 time; m33w: 2 times; Vivid: 3 times;
      Raw Meat: 5 times
      Looks like your best bet risks Listeria. Woo hoo!

      with Extended…
      HorribleSubs: 1 time
      m33w: 2 times
      Vivid: 11 times
      Raw Meat: 7 times
      Looks like your best bet is Vivid. Whew! I can watch the show and avoid meningoencephalitis.

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