Capcom starts OSS comic strip; groaner already ensues
November 5, 2009 by Heat Man
Filed under Mega Man News
As another small, special promotion, Capcom of Japan’s Rockman EXE Operate Shooting Star homepage will release eight yonkoma (4-panel) comic strips through November and December. The first is out now, which as you can see above I’ve mediocrely translated. I’m not much of a typeset guy, or very funny, as this one in particular required a little improvisation, so bear with me on these. This is definitely LBD’s taste in humor though.
Now for the Japanese nerditry corner. As you can tell, this comic’s humor is derived from wordplay. Net Battle, written in Japanese, is “netto batoru” (ネットバトル). However, we find out in this last frame that is is actually a “nettou” (熱湯) battle, which means boiling water. In Japanese it seems there’s little else to pun “netto” with. But what’s funnier than some wordplay and scalding your friend horribly with boiling hot water? Though in fairness, I guess Mega and Proto aren’t friends yet in this game.
Aside from “ket battle,” the only other thing I could come up with was “wet battle,” but that lacks the implication of hotness. Also it just sounds… disturbing somehow.
The next comic comes out on the 12th, OSS’s release date. I can’t wait.
Am I the only one who looked at that comic and though ‘Battle Network: Powered Up’? XD
*snicker* yeah I totally agree with that. Gotta love chibis, and the more serious the character normally is the cuter their chibis are (such as Chaud and Proto Man).
This was… Completely random.
…But I kinda half expected something like this, since I’ve known for a long while that they like to just take the characters and run with them. XD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkNCMC6l_lk
That’s terrible. I love it!
Terrible joke? Yes. Huggable Chibis? BIG Yes.
Can I have one mommy? I’ll feed it every day.
hey as much i love this pics/comics but if you go to the jpsite of this game you will see an ad and it has the official box art!
awww, protoman look really cute in the 4th panel
Mega Man looks so cute as a chibi! XD (Hugs Mega Man)=^_^=
I’m almost embarrassed to admit it but… This is my kind of humor!
This is funny?
Heheh. Well, they sure are creative overseas…