Like, how do you fucking romanize it like that? The "jo" sound implies "ji" and "yo" combined, but it's not like the syllable is pronounced "jiyo." On top of that, it's a long "o." Granted, the "o" could be romanized with or without the "u" behind it. But yeah. It annoyed the hell outta my gf too; was pretty funny watching a native JP speaker bitch about romanizing just to give up and literally say "well it's not a real language anyway, so fuck it."
I never started the second season so I might as well dust off the BD's I have for S&W and join.
Yeah, the first two kanji in her last name are literally "battlefield" or 戦場 "(せんじょう)." Why make it "jyo" instead of "jyō?" Oh, right, because figuring out how to type that "ō" when coding subs is tough. Drop the "y," add the "u." I could needlessly bitch about this all day. I know it's dumb to get hung up over, but "Senjyogahara" just looks fucking stupid and I hate it.
I own the BDs so it's not that big of a deal for me. The official subs seemed fine to me. As far as video quality and subs not being total anus, the two you picked are the best.
It's not like someone else can't take the reins and do a simultaneous watch/rewatch, too. Just gotta bear in mind we're scattered across several timezones and have differing amounts of free time so the rewatch schedule can't be too heavy. I'd likely join in with a second rewatch if it were something I wanted to see.
So with this, how do we go out about pushing a discussion, particularly there will be a difference between those new to SnW and those not. Do we put the episode number we wnt to discuss? E.g. SnW S1E3 insert spoiler discussion here. Do we do free watch, or set a discussion point for X episodes a week?
What we always did was separate spoilers and ask that people mark them clearly. Have your spoilers for what's already been rewatched in one paragraph, then have a different spoiler paragraph for anything that hasn't been watched.
We'll generally have a schedule of 3-4 episodes per week, with a watch schedule of, say, Tuesday-Friday and a discussion schedule of Saturday-Monday or something of the sort. We're all over the world and have differing amounts of free time, so a slow, weekly schedule is the way we did the last two and it worked out pretty well. There will be a schedule list of episodes per week as well, usually 3-4 and broken into blocks so as not to interrupt story arcs too much.
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I've defended Hemo before; when he rates something highly, it's usually a pretty damn good show and S&W is no exception.
Zurako's subs use Holo and look to be pretty good from the little bit I watched.
I wasn't super excited about S&W rewatch until I skimmed that episode to check the subs. Holo is literal god-tier amazing. Hard to believe that her and Ryuuko from KLK have the same actress.
It'll be a good rewatch show for the dub watchers too, since the dub is pretty good.
I've never actually rewatched spice and wolf. Partially because I've read the manga and LN. When I have tried rewatching it I just never felt in the mood. Considering rewatching it for this. I'm curious what I'll rate it if I do.
Zurako and Yabai subs both use "Holo." Yabai looks pretty good actually, I think I'm going to use those.
You don't like the Horo?