Shortpacked! by David Willis

Discussion (23) ¬

1. 
   Rusty

   October 22, 2010 at 10:29 pm | # | Reply

   That should only have one i in kawaii. Otherwise you’re calling the Snorlax cute, and we all know that deep down Snorlax’s are really scary.

   • 
     SamClemensRIGL

     December 14, 2010 at 10:14 am | # | Reply

     And anyway, “scary” is “kowai” not “kawai”.
   • 
     Shadow12000

     January 14, 2011 at 3:36 am | # | Reply

     It depends on the translator, most that I’ve seen actually try to make pronunciation more clear per syllable/character, so I’ve seen “Kawaii” (and Kowaii (scary)) more often than kawai. Same thing goes with the various ways you see Sayonara spelled (Saiyounara I’ve actually seen on a learning site). Plus, it’s romanji, there’s no official spelling to anything, it’s just using English characters instead of Japanese.

     • 
       BD

       January 19, 2011 at 8:38 pm | # | Reply

       Romaji is a one-to-one representation of Japanese – there are official spellings (if that’s the right word), but our keyboards have some trouble putting those lines over vowels to symbolize long vowels.

       …And Saiyounara sounds like a place name, or maybe a station. (Saiyou-Nara Station? Heh.)
     • 
       The Sound Defense

       January 23, 2011 at 3:27 am | # | Reply

       No it does not depend on the translator, where on Earth did you pick up your Japanese? There are different ways of representing specific syllables but the syllables themselves will never EVER change the way you imply.
     • 
       Dusk

       May 13, 2011 at 10:20 pm | # | Reply

       No, it does have to be Kawaii, each set of letters has a sound, you can split it up like this:

       Ka-Wai-I pronounced approximately as Ka-Why-EE, without the second i you’re left with Kawai, Ka-Why.
     • 
       Valdrax

       April 7, 2013 at 4:06 pm | # | Reply

       There is no romanization system under which “kowaii” is correct for “scary.” It’s just “kowai.” …Unless you were talking about “kowameshi,” a celebratory dish of red beans and rice that is sometimes read “kowaii.”

       TL;DR. Long v. short vowels matter.
   • 
     Steven

     July 18, 2011 at 3:02 am | # | Reply

     I am on the internet, and I am arguing about Japanese!
2. 
   Ian

   November 7, 2010 at 11:50 pm | # | Reply

   He’s not speaking proper Japanese, just “learn and sprinkle over your sentences like Bacon Bits” Japanese.
3. 
   Jabberwocky

   November 10, 2010 at 1:12 pm | # | Reply

   Cute Snorlax idiot!
4. 
   George

   November 24, 2010 at 1:01 am | # | Reply

   Where is Faz getting these charts?
5. 
   Herp

   January 16, 2011 at 1:01 am | # | Reply

   Why does Ethan look like Chappy Chappy from Irritability in Rick’s mind?
6. 
   BD

   January 19, 2011 at 8:41 pm | # | Reply

   ‘Baka kawaii’ turns ‘baka’ into an adjective, so it’s more like ‘baka-kawaii’. It’d probably translate as ‘damned cute’, or some positive(?) synonym for ‘idiot’.
7. 
   The Sound Defense

   January 23, 2011 at 3:28 am | # | Reply

   The Japanese text is pure nonsense that doesn’t work in any respect. It’s the equivalent of showing a Chinese guy saying “bing bong ching chong”.

   • 
     Hippy Jesus

     April 24, 2011 at 7:45 am | # | Reply

     We dutch have “wang snee wang pang” Which is just cheek crevice cheek bang or you know… a fart.

     • 
       Ragnal

       January 5, 2013 at 12:13 pm | # | Reply

       That’s the weirdest fart noise a butt could make then.

       I must go to the Deutschland and study this.
8. 
   yairm210

   August 22, 2011 at 9:43 am | # | Reply

   *Gasp*! Rick didn’t add a ‘-chan’ at the end of his sentence!
   For here it’s a slippery slope of decent into dishonor and un-ninjaism.
9. 
   Master of U

   January 6, 2012 at 1:28 pm | # | Reply

   I have 0 knowledge of real Japanese but I have the impression that what Rick means is”stupid cute Snorlax” which would be a reference to “stupid sexy Flanders”
10. 
    Dragoonchris

    January 12, 2012 at 8:10 pm | # | Reply

    LOL, Ninja Rick’s mind.
11. 
    Steven

    April 5, 2012 at 10:40 pm | # | Reply

    “Idiot cute Snorlax”?
12. 
    Wack'd

    May 11, 2012 at 12:49 am | # | Reply

    It just occurred to me that Mike’s statement could be interpreted as “if you watch it it’s pretty obvious she’s not a lesbian.”

    • 
      Wack'd

      May 11, 2012 at 12:50 am | # | Reply

      Giving Ethan a hint, basically, but nothing too blatant, so that way Ethan can be pissed off for a while longer before Robin gets screwed.
13. 
    Beastlybro7

    February 20, 2013 at 11:08 am | # | Reply

    Everybody should have Rick vision