A message from Casual Fans

[maddoggninetyone]

Can we stop with the Japanese Abbreviations and shit. Some of us casual fans who want to be in discussions don't follow the official use of words. Like FnF (You mean fucking Revival of F) or RoSaT (Hyperbolic Time Chamber).

Trust me more people would get engaged in conversations if some of you would tone down the weeabo shit.

 

[Papasmurf]

You can't blame people for not using dub names. Furthermore, many of the direct translations are used in Viz Media's translation of the manga which has relatively fewer Americanizations (including "Room of Spirit and Time" being left intact).

 

[maddoggninetyone]

I can blame people, that's what I'm doing here. Everyone and their mom knows what Revival of F or Resurrection of F is, but when you say, Fukkatsu no "F". That's being a fucking weeabo.

 

[FutureProtagonist]

Using proper romanizations isn't weeaboo shit.

Kanzenshuu-ites shaming anyone who doesn't is, but this thread is doing that exact same thing.

 

[Yoshi]

It's not as bad as other stuff I've seen.

During the time Battle Of Gods came out, there were plenty of elitists calling out people for calling Beerus as Bills.

Not to mention there are even people who call Krillin as Kuririn, Bulma as Buruma, etc.

That stuff is over the top. We're just used to abbreviating stuff like ROSAT and FNF, that's all. Wouldn't look too much into it if I were you.

 

[maddoggninetyone]

Maybe you and your circle of friends that existed in the community are cool with this, but there's been a lot of people who brought up similar complaints, and quite frankly I'm getting tired of this weeaboo crap.

 

[Papasmurf]

I would say people take it overboard when they state their opinion that the North American dubs bastardized DBZ to a point of no return and that arguing against it is denial of an absolute fact. But I don't really see what's so bad about people calling BT "Sparking!" or not using "Tien" and "Majuub" after growing accustomed to their original names. The Freeza movie is widely known as FnF due to the original title being known far longer than its English dub, but we don't have everyone saying "The 100 billion power warriors" or some shit for M6. And as FutureProtagonist says, you're kind of doing the same thing anyway.

 

[Pyro]

I use mostly Viz terms, including Room of Spirit and Time. I don't see why "casual" fans would really have a problem with it. It's not like we're telling them they can't use "Hyperbolic Time Chamber" or the like. We aren't that nit-picky like Kanzenshuu.

 

[Dagon]

RoSaT, aka "Room of Spirit and Time" is a better name than "Hyperbolic Time Chamber." If they had simply called it "Time Chamber" that would be ok, but "Hyberpolic" has nothing to do with time, space, or dimensions.

That being said, I will get on people's case for using romanized Japanese names like Torankusu, Bejita, Furiza/Freezer, Burori, and Birisu. Half the names in Dragon Ball are puns on English words, they should be pronounced closer to their English pun. You don't wear "toranks", nor do you eat "bejitables", and "burorcori" is not better with cheese.

 

[FutureProtagonist]

I don't particularly like "FnF" either, but I know what it means, so I don't have a problem with anyone using it. Who cares?

 

[Papasmurf]

I don't even really know why this complaint is being thrown at people on the middle ground. There are the romajifags that constantly call Goku "Gokuu" or even "Gokuh" and then there's people that merely don't spell Vegetto Vegito. I've rarely encountered people complaining about "Detective Conan" and "Kinnikuman" not being referred to by their dub names, let alone this.

 

[Southern Gothic]

Members should be free to use whatever terms they like. People enjoyed DB in many ways, through various formats. Different translations and words are just a part of it.

As long as the term exists in some form of Dragon Ball medium, I find it perfectly acceptable. From Hyperbolic Timechamber all the way to Bloomers and Kururin. It's all fair game in my eyes.

 

[Emmeth]

Get with the program and fucking adapt. It's not that hard.

 

[Fantastische Hure]

I don't even really know why this complaint is being thrown at people on the middle ground. There are the romajifags that constantly call Goku "Gokuu" or even "Gokuh" and then there's people that merely don't spell Vegetto Vegito. I've rarely encountered people complaining about "Detective Conan" and "Kinnikuman" not being referred to by their dub names, let alone this.

I say Detective Conan (Detektiv Conan), because that's how I first knew it.

 

[Satsuki]

Don't be a child, people can do whatever they want.

 

[Zippy]

"Did you hear bout the new DBz movie fakkatsu no f" (doesn't take a genius to tell we're talking about revival of f)
"So when Goku and gohan went in the ROSAT" ( again doesn't take a genius to tell we're talking about the hyperbolic time chamber)
It's not like we're going to use some next level puzzling sentence that only super major mlg 9/10 froozen 3 confirmed DBz fans use you'll probably understand.
And if u don't, Google it.

 

[Let's Go Fearless!]

I don't see the problem here. 70% of debaters use 'Rosat' instead TimeChamber or whatever. He truth is everyone used Viz or Herms when it comes on debate which they'll use the word regularly.

 

[Six Trails]

I just use all Viz names pretty much, besides Vegerot.

 

[Southern Gothic]

I've only been on the forums for about six months now, and I picked up everything rather quickly. Watching the subs helps, but this isn't exactly like learning a new language or something.

I use a weird Esperanto version of the lingo. I spell Freeza without the i, I say RoSaT, but I also say stuff like Krillin and not Kururin. That's because I can't pronounce Kururin lol.

We have to remember that DBZ forums get fans from all over the world. Some fan from Signapore or a place without a major market for anime might have access to different material than us. So if they want to say Bills, I say let them.

Personally, if I am unsure, I always ask. That's a good thing. It just strikes up more conversation.

 

[Super Saiyan Overlord1007]

I don't see a problem with using the original Japanese names when discussion DBZ. I use both but it should be obvious what someone is talking about in the context it's used.

Goku isn't stronger than Gohan because he killed Hirudegarn. He just used Ryu-Ken which has a huge amplifier to Goku's power.

Krillin only physically assaulted Cell in the manga and never used Kienzan on him like he did in the anime.

I go back and forth between Instant Transmission and Shunkan Ido.


I say ROSAT instead of Hyperbolic Time Chamber because that's a mouthful. However when I say ROSAT I don't say "Room of Spirit and Time" but rather "Room of Space and Time" because that sounds cooler to me.

I say Byrrus instead of Beerus or Bills, Vegetto instead of Vegito, I used to say Boo instead of Buu. It really shouldn't matter as long as someone gets the gist of the context it's used in.