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Holy cow:talk about a huge difference Here's nutbladder's version Homura:This isn't what we agreed upon. I told you not to lay a finger on Sayaka Miki. Kyoko:You're too damn lax!Plus, it doesn't matter. She's after me too. Homura:Then I'll take you on.I won't hold back. Kyoko:Fine, as soon as I'm done eating. Homura:Very well Sayaka:Hey, I'm right here, you know! Anyone have Yesy's version?
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I mean just think about it: If Homura wanted to assassinate Sayaka quietly, why would she need Kyoko's blessing? No, she wants Kyoko's promise to stay AWAY from Sayaka. Quote:
Homura: "This is not what we agreed on. You're not to lay a finger on Sayaka. " Kyoko: "You're too lax. Plus, it doesn't matter! She's after me, too!" Homura: "I'll take her on, then. Don't get involved" (sidenote: Nutbladder was wrong here, too) Quote:
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2011-02-11, 20:20 | Link #104 | |
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gg screwed up massively there. In the gg version I watched, it made it seem like Homura was saying to Kyoko "I'll fight Sayaka so you don't have to". The nutbladder's version makes it seem like Homura was saying to Kyoko "Since you want to fight, I'll fight you, so Sayaka doesn't have to". The target of Homura's wrath changes completely based on which sub you go by... I guess I'll be avoiding gg subs for this anime, lol.
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2011-02-11, 20:23 | Link #106 | |
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Homura does not threaten Kyoko. The one she's taking on is Sayaka, but not with any killing intent or anything, but rather "instead of Kyoko". She's planning to knock Sayaka out, where Kyoko is clearly trying to kill her. |
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2011-02-11, 20:23 | Link #107 |
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This is the correct one, but if you think it's inconsistent with Homura's actions, it means you didn't pay enough attention.
Homura handed the city to Kyoko because Sayaka is weak and needs to be kept alive so Madoka won't feel tempted to contract. Kyoko said Sayaka might still try to mess with her so Homura promised to deal with her personally (so Kyoko doesn't kill her). Besides, Homura needs Sayaka out of commission just for a few weeks or so, so she can't intervene in the Whatever Night. If Sayaka gets cough in that Hellish Night or whatever Madoka might end up contracting. And killing Sayaka would result in the same problem, so that's stupid. Homura is Homura. She can deal with Sayaka easily and put her out of the way for some time without damaging her too much. Of course, Madoka ended up screwing up her whole plan by accident. Although, the good side is that they all learned something new about Kyubey.
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2011-02-11, 20:28 | Link #108 | |
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Do you have the full Yesy translation?Because in this scenario Sayaka saying "I'm right here you know" and Kyoko saying "wait until I'm done eating" doesn't make sense to me so I'm wondering what yesy has them saying
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2011-02-11, 20:34 | Link #110 | |
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However, it's understandable that Sayaka would think... 1) I'm about to go into a fight to the death with Kyoko. 2) Homura is saying that she'll take Kyoko's place in that fight with me. 3) Ergo, Homura wants to be the one to kill me. Keep in mind that Sayaka has had very few clear-cut, good run-ins with Homura. This is mainly due to bad circumstances, of course (such as Sayaka not being aware that Homura had been kept at bay by Mami's ropes). Anyway, thanks for the sub info.
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2011-02-11, 20:36 | Link #112 | |
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Homura: This isn't what we discussed. I thought I told you to keep your hands off of Miki Sayaka. Kyoko: Your method wouldn't get the message across! She's not backing down either way! Homura: I'll take her on then. Don't get involved. Kyoko: Then I'll wait until I'm done eating this. *pointing at pocky* Homura: That's plenty of time. Sayaka: I won't be that easy! In other words, Homura insists that they had the deal that Kyoko was to stay out of Sayaka's fur, which she didn't. She uses this leverage to call first dibs on Sayaka (to punch her lights out without real harm, like before). Kyoko relents but says she'll give her precedence merely for a pocky's length, to which Homura replies that she'll end the fight within those few seconds easily. And Sayaka is naturally pissed off about this line and yells that she'll last longer than that. Makes all sense now, hm? |
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2011-02-14, 14:57 | Link #116 |
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Now I'm not trying to stir up any trouble but I really want to get this of my chest...
I feel Sayaka is getting off way to easy around here. She's not waiting until she has all the facts or trying to see where the other party is coming from. For Example: Kyouko is killing people for her own benefit. I will fight her, and kill her if necessary. Homura let Mami die. She has to go too. All the other magical girls must be the same as them. None of them are good like me. She's not even considering that she might be wrong. She doesn't know Homura was tied up. She hasn't considered that Kyouko's attitude is actually justified, given the realities of their situation. People were calling Madoka stupid for that admittedly dumb mistake on the bridge, However Sayaka who thinks she has all the answers and is willing to kill based on a very shallow understanding of the situation get a free pass? Not saying I don't like her but she's just well she seems to be getting some bias treatment in my eyes.
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I agree. In fact, I think Madoka's attitude is overall more mature than Sayaka's. Madoka is willing to hear all parties, which means she's willing to compromise. Sayaka, on the other hand, is stuck on her own values and deems anything that might oppose them to be bad.
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2011-02-14, 16:06 | Link #118 | |
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Well, based on your response in the other thread, you have a spot for idealism. And in a way, Sayaka is just as idealistic; she wants to protect people of the town. However, she's not quite as idealistic as Madoka, and perhaps a bit more realistic. It should have been pretty clear from their confrontation, that Kyoko has no intention of letting familiars be killed until they become witches. And she deliberately went after Sayaka and provoked her, wanting to kill her.
Under such circumstances, there can't really be any talking out unless Kyoko is willing to relent and let Sayaka kill familiars. Considering what Kyoko wants, I don't see that happened, so a fight is inevitable. Sayaka is a bit hot-headed, letting herself get provoked, but as Madoka even realized, Sayaka isn't wrong. She's doing the right thing, and yet paying the price for it. In a way, though, that reveals true strength of courage and conviction. It's easy to be principled, when you don't have to put those principles to the test. The fact that she's willing to put her life on the line, does speak volumes about her convictions. I said this before, but it feels like a cynical universe to me, and in those conditions, there is rarely a good right answer. There is only option A and option B, both dirty and non-perfect. Quote:
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2011-02-14, 16:24 | Link #119 |
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I don't think that's the point. Whether things change or not, you gotta try, otherwise you already lost from the start. And really, in the end, unless you try, you can't never tell for sure. An attitude like that of Sayaka would always end up in regrets.
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If anything, I think that the opposite is true.
I think that she's taken unfair heat based on very unreasonable expectations. Quote:
Let's say, Dark Wing, that you love a girl with all your heart (perhaps you do in real life, in which case, this analogy should be very easy for you to get). You love her so much that you made a huge sacrifice (say, all of your life savings) to see to it that her arm is healed, so that she could pursue her beloved musical talents anew. Shortly thereafter, a new co-worker shows up at your place of work, and advocates that you should start doing your job the way that he does, which in your view is a far more unethical (if not outright evil) way of doing your job. He also is going to engage in these unethical work practices regardless of what you say to him about it, and threatens you by pointing a gun at your head while he makes a declaration to this effect. He also wants to get you fired from your job since you won't do things his way, and says this in front of your mutual boss. He later sneeringly insults you for choosing to make the sacrifice that you did for the girl that you love, just before you're about to pay her a visit no less. He says that you should have broke all four limbs of your girlfriend's body, as that would ensure that you'd have her forever. Then he offers to do that for you, with the obvious implication being that you're going to have to fight him in a possibly lethal fight if you want to defend your girlfriend. Now, Dark Wing, what is your reaction to this person? Be honest now. Whatever your reaction would be, I have my doubts that Gandhi himself could bring himself to pursuing a diplomatic solution if in Sayaka's position. As for Sayaka's reaction to Homura, I'll get to that in a second. Quote:
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This is what Sayaka has seen of Homura so far: 1. Homura comes into class, acts coldly and strangely, and later makes very ominous and bizarre statements to Madoka. 2. Homura tries to kill a sentient life form, seemingly unprovoked. 3. Even after Homura tried to kill her friend, Mami tries to act diplomatically towards Homura, offering to share a grief seed with Homura as a symbolic gesture of offering the olive branch. Homura literally throws it back in Mami's face. 4. Through all of this, Homura is pretty much ignoring Sayaka, and barely acknowledges that Sayaka even exists. Even at this point, why exactly should Sayaka think that Homura is anything but a very bad seed? Why should Sayaka attempt to be diplomatic with Homura, when Mami attempting exactly that went nowhere? And Sayaka's meetings with Homura only gets worse from here. It's fine for us viewers, having a more omniscient 3rd person perspective, to recognize that there's more to the story than what Sayaka is seeing. But at the same time, if we truly put ourselves in Sayaka's shoes, it should make it obvious that her actions and reactions are perfectly reasonable and understandable given what she has seen and gone through thus far. Reasonable and understandable do not necessarily equal "right", by the way. People can take reasonable and understandable courses of action that nonetheless end up being the wrong path to take. It happens. We're human, and hence we're not perfect. Quote:
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My issue with Madoka's action has nothing to do with Sayaka's soul being in the soul gem (after all, how was Madoka supposed to know that?), but rather that Madoka's action would have left Sayaka absolutely defenseless against two powerful girls that are threatening to get violent with her, and possibly lethally so. Quote:
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Diplomacy is not a free choice. It comes at a cost. For you to make a diplomatic gesture to someone, you need to leave yourself somewhat vulnerable. This is why, like it or not, careful and diligent thought needs to go into whether or not diplomacy is a wise course of action given the circumstances and the principal players involved. Often it is a wise course of action, thankfully. Sometimes, though, it's actually the riskier course of action.
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