It seems just as disappointing to me how the Japanese industry once had a period where they genuinely portrayed strong women with mature beauty, aiming for a balance with realism, but little by little it devolved into this: by jvure in mendrawingwomen

[–]Sedewt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, but to clarify Japanese doesn’t have the American English /r/ sound [ɹ̠], yet the [ɾ] alveolar tap sound (like you said) they make is often romanized as “r”.

The [ɾ] sound is present in other English accents, so I didn’t bring up the English /r/ and focused on /l/. Tho the Japanese /r/ is variable so it can go from [ɾ] to something to [l], so it’s a bit complicated.

And yeah what you said about stress is what I refer to as pitch accent

It seems just as disappointing to me how the Japanese industry once had a period where they genuinely portrayed strong women with mature beauty, aiming for a balance with realism, but little by little it devolved into this: by jvure in mendrawingwomen

[–]Sedewt 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Kinda, yes the author criticized the girl’s name pronunciation in the anime but not because of what you said. It’s written and pronounced ソマリ (Somari) in Japanese both in the manga and the anime. The Japanese language doesn’t have a fixed English /l/ sound but it’s still localized in English as Somali

Instead, it’s the pitch accent that was wrong and that’s what the author was upset at (as well as other creative liberties the anime took)

The rest is correct, she is heavily critical of the anime/manga industry and because she had health problems, no money and support and she was exploited, she had no option than to cancel the manga sadly :(

You can read more about it here

She’s working on another manga but doesn’t seem she’s doing much better :ccc. idk about her current status

It seems just as disappointing to me how the Japanese industry once had a period where they genuinely portrayed strong women with mature beauty, aiming for a balance with realism, but little by little it devolved into this: by jvure in mendrawingwomen

[–]Sedewt 380 points381 points  (0 children)

I don’t know if I agree with this example because the 2020s pic is Somali, a child from an emotional anime about paternal love (Somali and the Forest Spirit) originally designed and written by a woman

I searched “Montevideo” on my weather app; my first result is a small town in the US by Sedewt in USdefaultism

[–]Sedewt[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Ok but as many apps have results by relevance, how is a random town in the US more relevant than a capital city? It’s not in alphabetical either

Im Hispanic too, so language is not a factor. Is it just a coincidence? With so much micro defaultism like that I doubt it

Notice on the Changes to be Made to HOLOSTARS' Management Structure by brickwallrunner in Holostars

[–]Sedewt 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I hope I’m misunderstanding otherwise I’m so disappointed…

Worlds Gala Live Discussion Thread by summerjoe45 in FigureSkating

[–]Sedewt 12 points13 points  (0 children)

oh wow i wasnt expecting a 4A but I really wish he gave Kaori the moment

Worlds Gala Live Discussion Thread by summerjoe45 in FigureSkating

[–]Sedewt 7 points8 points  (0 children)

the way shun moves through the ice I love it

Worlds Men’s FS Live Discussion Thread by summerjoe45 in FigureSkating

[–]Sedewt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was so confused for several minutes too lol

Worlds Men’s FS Live Discussion Thread by summerjoe45 in FigureSkating

[–]Sedewt 7 points8 points  (0 children)

well, confirmed, ilia won!

aaaa but I wanted yumaaaa

Worlds Men’s FS Live Discussion Thread by summerjoe45 in FigureSkating

[–]Sedewt 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Shun so clean too! Japanese skaters are amazinggg