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[Spoilers] How to Fight/Viral Hit - Episode 1 Discussion

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so I added two titles, because originally manhwa was named How to Fight

omggg I love it already <3
japanese studio Okuruto Noboru (Tomodachi Game anime) did good job animating it, but you can see it's in a little bit older style and I like it. can't wait for another episode (oh btw. I didn't read manhwa, but I will in the future)
oh, I'm wondering about PTJ's decision about animating his manhwa by japanese studio (Lookism was animating by Studio Mir - korean studio)
what's your thoughts?

tonie 2y
I got just one problem with it.

Here's Hamaken (ハマケン) or how subs want you to read it Pakgo (whatever it means).

This according to subs is Snapper, but gets called Kaneko if I heard right.

Here's Kouta Shimura, the character calling him calls him Shimura-kun but for some reason subs write Hobin.
But the cherry on the top has to be

Asamiya Kaho, or how subs write Bomi Choi.

They can be consistent with naming Rumi as Rumi and writing Rumi in the subtitles, so why the differences before?
It completely messes up with my understanding of the show since I try to match what they say with what's written and think the subs are off sync or something.

I understand it's adaptation of a webtoon and origins from South Korea, but calling people different names in the subs? Subtitles are captions displayed at the bottom of a cinema or television screen that translate or transcribe the dialogue or narrative. I know they've been straying far from that definition by not mentioning the kun, chan, sama etc. forms. Or when one character calls another "Onii-sama" instead of copying that or going for "Elder brother" they use their name but this is a new level of low and what shouldn't be done in a subtitles.

The author of subtitles gets a 0/10.

(Honestly, I think I'll disable the subs...)
- abandonedaccount 2y
  you could also wait for the english dub coming (likely) in less than 2 weeks
  in solo leveling the dub used the proper korean names unlike the cr subtitles from what i've heard
  tonie 2y
  I prefer Japanese dubbing since English isn't my first language either ┐⁠(⁠´⁠ー⁠｀⁠)⁠┌
  abandonedaccount 2y
  that’s fair, neither is it mine but everyone’s free to have their own preferences! just felt like putting this idea up for your consideration, hopefully those subtitles get better.
- Natison 2y
  ah yeah, subtitles were bad. like, why change names??????? I was confused af
- NoIdeaForAName 2y
  A kind of similar thing happened to Solo Leveling. It boils down to Korea and Japan political/historical beef so the anime (animated by japanese studio) gets japanese-adapted names in their dub, but the english subs stay consistent with the original korean names. The only thing I don't understand are Snapper (maybe just a nickname) and Rumi's names, but that's probably just a translation issue.
  tonie 2y
  No, I don't mean that stuff. Since I didn't read source material I don't really care about it, unless somebody else does. But they could at least try to keep the subs consistent with the dubs.
  Like: Dubs say "Asamiya Kaho" then the subs should say "Asamiya Kaho" and that's it. Subs should stick to what they're subbing, not something else.
  NoIdeaForAName 2y
  At the end of the day it's down to prefence. I personally prefer that the subs use the korean names. Maybe depending on where you're watching it the subs might differ and use the jap names.
- TeviSan 2y
  The main reason for the difference in Dub Voice and Subtitles is due to the language barrier between Japan and Korea. They have some similar characters that have varying meanings which cause the names to change. A better example would be Yori (Jap) 25th Baam (Korean) from Tower of God's anime from 2020. The names just have different translations due to the language barrier is all.
  tonie 2y
  What I mean to have a problem is that, if the dubs were Korean and they used Korean names in both dubs and subs I'd be alright with it.
  But since they use Japanese dubs, Japanese names in dubs and Korean names in subs instead of Japanese ones I get confused while I hear one name and see the other.
  I'm listening and reading at the same time, trying to match what I hear with what I read and it's too confusing for me. If it was just a matter of different spelling that'd be close enough I guess, but it's entirely different thing.
  I don't have a problem with them changing names, but why won't they keep it consistent with everything else?
cateatinggrapes 2y

I'm wondering about PTJ's decision about animating his manhwa by japanese studio

i actually don't mind it as much as i thought i would. i would assume that theyre keeping it mostly faithful in terms of locations/culture and such.

Here's Kouta Shimura, the character calling him calls him Shimura-kun but for some reason subs write Hobin.

I don't understand Japanese so I didn't even notice that they were calling them different names to their actual ones, official subtitles will say Hobin Yu etc so it IS weird that the va don't say that...i believe for solo levelling they completely changed their names, so if they were doing the same they could've said that?
Every site i've seen this he's been called Hobin so I have no clue what's going on there.

as for my thoughts about this episode (as someone who read the manwha), i think it was pretty damn good, still crazy to me that im hearing them speak after 3-4 years of keeping up with this. i like the fact that we see the viewers chat on the screen, definitely will be important for the story
i'd say the animation is a little off in some areas, but i never expected it to be 1:1 since the manwha is drawn in semi realism. (definitely worth reading btw)

Do we know how many episodes this will be?
it's been a minute since ive read it from the beginning so im not sure on when certain things happen lol but from the trailer alone it looks like we wont be seeing mangi or wangguk & gyeoul BUT I do see wangguk in the character list w/ his va so maybe so?
Younghoon 2y
"Women's Frontline rocks!"

This episode was hilariously horrible, but I guess that's a given considering how much I didn't like Lookism's pilot. This isn't even close to "so bad it's good" territory, man.
- GalenDragonay 2y
  What do you mean? Girls' Frontline is indeed an existing gacha game, and one that was/is relatively popular in Korea, and the reference has been lifted straight from the manhwa as well... or if you just meant the scene in general, I think it was funny, but to each their own of course.
  Younghoon 2y
  That reference was the only thing I liked out of this whole episode, I'm sorry for wording it in a way that seem to convey otherwise.
  GalenDragonay 2y
  Ah, I see, I'm sorry for misunderstanding too. ^^"
Apollo1801 2y
well, i liked it for now, i think it got potential so im gonna watch till the end to see where it goes. Im here to see fights, the humor aint my style (and thats actually hard, i laugh easily) but if the story, fight animations and whatever more is good, im staying
Cilqnx 2y
I haven't watched it yet, but if I had one complaint it's definitely the bomi frame of her smiling, I genuinely thought it was fanart or something shit doesn't even look like her anymore.
regalai 2y
is it even worth watching?
- Natison 2y
  sure ^_^
  regalai 2y
  ill probably wait till it finishes
fuwn 2y
I don't even mind the animation since this episode was so stupidly hilarious. If anything, it works in favour of the immaturity of it all.
ToddHarry258 2y
it have the gonzo vibes
LemonBoi13 2y
I'm curious how they'll cover Baek Song Joon's story & how Japan in general is potrayed in the manhwa. Otherwise I'm hyped that Sugita Tomokazu is voicing the chicken man !!!