What Japan thinks of MLP124 (with Timestamps)

Oh my god this new tumblr update is making it REALLY hard to write a longer post. Firefox keeps crashing on me too… guess I’ll have to change my MO for later updates. But anyways, hello new followers! We’ll now resume with our regular schedule and take a look at what Japan thought about MLP:FiM 124 – Owl’s well that ends well , fansubbed by Maplesyrup on niconico douga!

… Although Maplesyrup has already deleted the video, as it seems they were not content with the quality of their work. Judging by the comments, the video quality also drops all of a sudden close to the end, with compression artifacts all over the place. Oh well!

Comment by the uploader, Maplesyrup:

“By the end of october I will delete this episode. Thank you for spending your time on this shabby translation.”

tags: Anime, foreign anime, My_Little_Pony, mai ritoru poni, cartoons, Spike episode, MLP with Japanese subtitles masterlink, sockpuppet strategy, Next up: Party of One, Guro Warning, MLP with Japanese subtitles planned for deletion masterlink

[General reminder: I am keeping the Japanese “w” (acronym for warau = laugh), which is the equivalent of our “lol”. See explanations at the bottom of the page for words marked with asterisks]

[The episode begins with Twilight and Spike preparing for the meteorite shower at night]

00:00:01 This isn’t just fervent, this is serious.

00:00:02 No way, yet another translator?! Thank you very much!!

00:00:03 thx 4 upload

00:00:04 Thanks!

00:00:04 Finally some fuel after such a long tiiiime, and you’re saying this is a new translator!?

00:00:06 Thank you for the translation!

00:00:07 Thank you for the translation!

00:00:08 Woohoo

00:00:09 The subtitles are so easy to read!!

00:00:10 The subtitles are really easy to read



00:00:12 So you’re packing bananas for snacks?

00:00:12 thx 4 trns!

00:00:14 Why are you deleting it? Why

00:00:15 Episode 210 please

00:00:16 A Spike episode, huh?

00:00:17 Oh myyy…

00:00:18 Celestia: “I see, so you like bananas?”

00:00:19 I’ve been waiting for this one!

00:00:21 Thank you for the translation!

00:00:23 Bananas wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

00:00:23 All episodes

00:00:27 This is a new translator?!

00:00:27 In my ears, Spike’s voice resembles Mika Ishibashi’s voice super much, if they ever make a Japanese version I think she would be a suitable candidate

00:00:31 “Check!”

00:00:32 @Mika Ishibashi: Is that Masao-kun’s VA?

00:00:33 Spike is so cute Spike



00:00:33 He sure loves his punch

00:00:34 I think Motoko Kumai would be better for Spike



00:00:43 looksdelish

00:00:43 You dare to make such a happy face!

00:00:43 Please complete the season w

00:00:44 wwwww

00:00:47 This looks delicious~

[Twilight: “Once again you’ve read my mind, Spike. And that is why you are my number one assistant.”]

00:00:55 Well, even if you call him the Number One, you don’t have a second assistant to begin with

[Spike: “I’m sorry. I didn’t hear you.”

Twilight: “That is why you are my number one assistant.

Spike: "Missed that! Huh…?”

Twilight: “I said…”]

00:00:58 So cute…

00:01:00 So annoying!



00:01:02 I can’t get enough of this ass

[Twilight: “I wanna bring the ‘Astronomical Astronomer’s Almanac to All Things Astronomy’.”]

00:01:10 Say that again?

00:01:13 So long! ww

00:01:14 Y'know, with that content it’d be around 42inch thick with 42 chapters, or at least it’ll have something to do with the number “42” w

00:01:15 What in the what? w

00:01:17 That font w



00:01:29 Oh no, Spike’s sneeze is dangerous w

00:01:30 Burnt w

00:01:31 wwwwwwwwww

00:01:31 wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

00:01:32 Oh my, oh my ww

00:01:33 Uh-oh

00:01:34 Woops

00:01:35 Now you did it w

00:01:36 He did it w

00:01:39 www

00:01:43 Uh-oh

00:01:43 Oh no, this is…

00:01:44 Oh…

00:01:44 She’ll find out sooner or later, so just apologize! www

00:01:44 Uwaaah

00:01:44 This is bad

[♪ Opening]

00:01:46 Mai lilu poni~

00:01:48 What’re you doing!

00:01:48 Flag*

00:01:51 Aaaaaah



00:01:51 Ahh, ahh, ahh, ahhh…

00:01:55 The longer you stall it, the harder it becomes to apologize

00:01:56 Nipples~ [“… friendship could be” => “chi ku bi”]

00:02:02 I spontaneously sneezed as well!

00:02:03 wwww

00:02:07 But these two [Twi & Spike] look like they’d immediately make up if they ever got into a fight w

00:02:15 Lilo



00:02:27 Double Bonbon

00:02:34 I wonder how much longer My Little Pony is gonna continue w

00:02:34 How is he balancing the punch bowl?

00:02:40 inorite

00:02:43 wwwww

00:02:43 Even though this is a world in which the sun and the moon are raised manually, they’re getting pretty scientific in here

00:02:45 Oh the books are public property

00:02:49 Uwaaaah



00:02:49 Guro warning

00:02:50 Gorey wwww

00:02:50 These compression artifacts are scary www

00:02:52 Fuck I laffed

00:02:52 He’ll get busted…..! w

00:02:53 Uwaah w

00:02:55 Her face w

00:02:57 Oh that’s what the warning tag was referring to? w

[Rainbow: “Wow, Twilight! You’re lucky to have such a rad assistant. I wish I had someone to do whatever I told them.”

Scootaloo: “Ooh! Ooh! Me! Me! Me! I’ll do whatever you want, Rainbow Dash!”]

00:03:07 So you made her an Ore-type* w

00:03:09 Isn’t Scootaloo a bokukko*?

00:03:09 I also think it’d fit better

00:03:10 She has an Ikue Ootani-ish voice

00:03:11 Hm?

00:03:11 Ore-user to the core

00:03:13 www

00:03:14 Rainbow’s first person pronoun really just depends on who did the translation after all…

00:03:16 @first person pronoun: But it’s still either Ore or Boku, eh? w It definitely would feel off if she used something like Watashi



00:03:17 I can see her taking it home with her instead of throwing it away

00:03:18 Scootaloo is so cute!

00:03:19 Errand boy w

00:03:19 Errand boy www

00:03:20 No doubt she’ll lick it all over instead of throwing it away (＾ω＾) At least that’s what I

00:03:22 My little brother ww

00:03:25 Sure is an errand boy

00:03:26 How cute

00:03:27 Spike is so cute ww

00:03:29 There’s lotsa kids around again today



00:03:30 *squeeze squeeze squeeze squeeze*

00:03:30 His skull is denting in too much ww

00:03:34 Owwwwch w

00:03:35 Please don’t crush him any further! [Bianca’s meme phrase from Pokemon BW when Team Plasma was bullying a Munna]



00:03:42 Doesn’t suit him at all

00:03:43 That’s Conan’s bowtie, right? w [“Detective Conan” aka “Case Closed”]

00:03:44 He’s probably gonna eat it w

00:03:47 Sometimes, only sometimes, do I doubt Rarity’s sense for accessories.

00:03:48 Gon get stolen

00:03:48 He’ll end up eating it ww

00:03:48 He’s getting super cocky! www

00:03:51 ww

00:03:51 wwww

00:03:53 This kinda greed will explode in episode 210

00:03:53 Woah what a gaudy but also tasty looking bow tie

00:03:58 www

00:04:02 On closer inspection, there’s two Bonbons

00:04:03 It’s true! That’s her in the lower left? ww

00:04:04 ?????????????????????





00:04:06 Wow…… boring

00:04:10 ↑ Think about it, if you were watching it together with those girls it wouldn’t be so boring after all, eh? www

00:04:10 Muuufffiiiiin

00:04:12 … so what? I just wanna look at these girls!

00:04:16 Now tell some meteor shower stories! w

00:04:17 Woaaah

00:04:17 I’m always so jealous of Spike



00:04:23 It’s nearly done! Give your power to Meteor! [FF4 reference]

00:04:24 ↑Very well!

00:04:25 ↑ I laffed w

00:04:25 Wait what- ww You guys! ww

00:04:26 ↑ Very well!

00:04:27 wwwww

00:04:31 Pinkie is sooo cute ww

00:04:32 Wow, the atmosphere from this scene is almost too wholesome, it’s basically G3

00:04:45 What

00:04:47 www

00:04:49 Pinkie



00:04:49 Excellent how they made the glass fog from his breath

00:04:50 Cuuuuuuuute

00:04:50 This realism of fogging up from his breath is cute w

00:04:51 It’s sleepy-sleepy time

00:04:51 Well, he IS still a baby after all

00:04:53 Cute w

00:04:53 Cute ww

00:04:57 www

00:04:59 ooooh

00:04:59 Cute w

00:05:00 ?



00:05:08 A Twi x Spi oneshota book is gonna come out*

00:05:11 lolololol

00:05:11 He has an awful snore for a child

[Twilight: “The Study of Comets. Comets are small, irregularly shaped bodies that are made of non-volatile grains and frozen gasses.”]

00:05:17 [comment corrects the translation of the word “grains” which made it sound like cereal grains]

00:05:18 I have a bad feeling about what’s gonna happen later on since they’re treating Spike so well right now w

00:05:20 It would be a doozy if they were made of cereals! www

00:05:26 Cereal grains w

00:05:27 ?

00:05:27 At least one Twi x Spi porn flash exists already, you know

00:05:29 Sorry but I laughed at the cereal comet

00:05:31 It doesn’t sound too unlikely that there’d be comets made of oatmeal or moons made of cheese in the world of MLP w I’m sure at least Discord would love it

00:05:33 Nothing would be too weird in the world of MLP

00:05:33 It’s because he’s a dragon, y'know

00:05:36 I wonder if it’ll rain grains…*

00:05:36 ?

00:05:36 I laughed because I wasn’t prepared for a Taniyama reference popping up all of a sudden wwwwwww

00:05:36 Cereals www

00:05:38 The rain is pouring…

00:05:39 Wow somebody got that Hiroko Taniyama reference w I’m so glad w



00:05:45 What’s that

00:05:56 It’s an owl

00:05:56 Reminded me of Luigi’s Mansion



00:05:59 This part is cute

00:06:02 Cute ww

[An owl has unexpectedly returned all documents that were blown out of the window]

00:06:02 This could never happen wwww

00:06:02 Just go and get them yourself! wwwwww

00:06:04 Don’t call it his “job”! w

00:06:05 Twilight is sooo cute

00:06:20 Cute

00:06:22 Cute

00:06:23 It’s female?

00:06:27 Cute

00:06:31 I got that when I looked it up on wikipedia

[Twilight: “Now, where was I? Oh, yes. ’…fragile and diverse with a surrounding cloud of material called a coma’…”]

00:06:31 Coma?

[Spike: “Waah! I overslept! I know it’s already ten, but I’m scaly-tailed and bright-eyed and ready to work twice as fast. Oh please, don’t be upset, Twilight. And what do you want for breakfast? Oatmeal? How about a sunflower smoothie? Grass pancakes?”]

00:06:51 What’s a sunflower smoothie supposed to be?

00:07:06 With this, Rainbow is the only one without a pet

[Spike: “Wha… Wh… What do we need a junior assistant for? I’m not tired. I do fine on my own.”]

00:07:12 Oh, it’s Spike’s jealousy episode

00:07:15 Something like this must be quite the shock

00:07:20 No matter if man or woman, anybody would get at least a little jealous from something like this

00:07:23 It’s almost like telling him that he’s not capable enough…

00:07:26 Well, he did sleep on the job



00:07:34 SCARYYYYYYYY

00:07:35 wwww

00:07:38 Horror w

00:07:41 Who?

00:07:47 I wonder if he’s jealous w

00:07:51 Hoo

00:07:54 Hoo?

00:07:57 Hoo >> who >> [which person]?

00:08:02 Who

00:08:02 I’m the New Leader!! [Meme phrase referring to Starscream from Transormers who always tries to ursurp Megatron’s position]

00:08:04 *shock* wwww

00:08:05 But it can’t speak, can it www

00:08:08 who

00:08:08 ww

00:08:09 what

00:08:09 *shock* w

00:08:16 ww

00:08:16 I seee

00:08:18 Cute

00:08:19 ww

00:08:23 who

00:08:31 Spike you’re so cute

[Spike: “That bird is out for my job. He wants to be number one.”]

00:08:37 What a cute jealousy

00:08:37 Am I the only one who thinks Spike is cute?

00:08:38 But I can understand his feelings

00:08:39 Sooo cuuute

00:08:40 Hoo

00:08:47 I think Spike is cute too

00:08:49 Spike’s cute

00:08:49 Well he’s a child after all w

00:08:50 On Twilight’s back…

00:08:56 Getting jealous



00:08:56 She’s got quite a lot of kitschy things! Thanks for the translation

00:08:57 That’s cold…

00:08:59 wwwwwwww

00:09:01 Jealous Spike is so cute w

00:09:05 The owl suits Twilight pretty well

00:09:08 Rarity, so terrible ww

00:09:11 This is doing some major damage to him

00:09:13 Yeah

00:09:14 So he’s jealous

00:09:14 Isn’t that the exact same bow? ww

00:09:15 Of course that’s what it is www

00:09:15 Ain’t that the same? w

00:09:16 This is painful… w

00:09:16 Rarity-san, you can’t do that w

00:09:20 It’s because he used to be an only child up till now

00:09:33 Dooon’t! wwww

[Twilight. “Replace him? Hah! That’s crazy! Spike knows he can’t be replaced.”

Spike: “They’re trying to replace me!”]

00:09:34 wwww

00:09:35 wwww

00:09:35 wwwwwwwwww

00:09:35 Not even thinking of him wwww

00:09:36 She doesn’t understand him at allll w

00:09:37 notatallww

00:09:37 She should definitely be able to hear this w

00:09:37 Twilight: “Hm? Did you just say something?”

00:09:37 She didn’t understand him www

00:09:37 She doesn’t get him w

00:09:38 wwwwwwwwwww

00:09:38 She doesn’t get hiiim www

00:09:39 wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

00:09:39 She doesn’t understand him w

00:09:40 wwww

00:09:41 wwwwwwwwwwwwww

00:09:42 wwwww

00:09:43 wwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[Twilight asks Spike to get a book, but Owlowiscious gets it first]

00:09:59 This owl is so smart it pisses you off w

00:09:59 Omnipotence www

00:10:05 Hnnnggg…

00:10:15 Owls are the symbol of knowledge after all

00:10:22 Twi-san, please understand his feelings www



[Twilight’s last writing quill breaks, so Spike looks everywhere for a spare one.]

00:10:35 Isn’t that the store where Pinkie works, is that really okay to use here?

00:10:36 !?

00:10:37 !?

00:10:38 Why? ww



00:10:38 Taking a shower www

00:10:39 wwwww

[Spike: “But the store is called Quills and Sofas. You only sell two things!”

Store owner: “Sorry, Junior. All outta quills until Monday.”]

00:10:54 That store is way too specialized w

00:10:56 What kind of store is this w

00:10:58 Too specialized ww

00:10:59 What kind a shop is this w

00:11:00 Why is there such a specialized store ww

00:11:00 A store specialized on quills and sofas ww

00:11:04 I think it would’ve been faster to just pluck one from Owlowiscious…

[Pinkie: “I swore I had one here somewhere. Ah, here it is! A quince!”

Spike: “Not a quince. A quill!”

Pinkie Pie: “Right. A quail? A quilt! A quesadilla? Aha! A quiche!”]

00:11:06 You’re really saving us here, making the jokes easy to understand ^^

00:11:10 She likes puns a little too much www

00:11:12 Such a waste of time ww

00:11:12 Don’t just throw away food! w

00:11:16 Pinkie makes so many jokes about Mexican cuisine w Like chimichangas and so on

00:11:18 Aren’t quiches from French cuisine though?

00:11:20 I think she’s doing this on purpose… …

00:11:20 Don’t just toss food around ww

00:11:22 Not a single guess was correct w

00:11:23 That’s so many puns ww



00:11:27 Does he intend to pick one out of its wings? w

00:11:28 Why did it look so delicious though?

00:11:30 You wanna make some yourself? w

00:11:32 This part must be on AJ’s farm, is he allowed to do that?

00:11:36 If you tease the animals too much Fluttershy will DEAL with you!!

00:11:37 Quiche seems to be an egg-based dish. It’s pretty tasty

00:11:37 A chicken won’t do! w

00:11:38 If you tease the chickens too much, something like in Zelda will happen!

00:11:43 wwwwww

00:11:44 AJ’s gonna get mad w

00:11:45 Chicken > Dragon

00:11:45 He’s losing www



00:11:47 Fighting on his own w



00:11:57 That won’t be of any use! w

00:11:58 Aren’t you a little too dirty!? w

00:12:02 Is that why it was in the bath earlier…?

00:12:02 Must be it~ w



00:12:06 It burned ww

00:12:07 Woah w

00:12:08 Was Spike always able to use psychic abilities?

00:12:09 Maybe that’s the influence from having spent so much time together with Twilight?

00:12:13 It would be so nice if they took out those green things out of Spike

00:12:15 Twilight’s face…

00:12:21 wwww

[Spike falls asleep in the middle of an angry rant]

00:12:27 Baby’s lil bedtime ww

00:12:27 Whatever if it’s Spike or Twi, has anyone really the ability to control fire?



00:12:35 Oh snaaaaaaap!

00:12:36 !?

00:12:36 WHAT IS THIS?

00:12:36 Uwaaaaaaah!!

00:12:39 Oh…

00:12:40 So he gets sleepy as soon as it turns night?

00:12:41 Gyaaaaaaaaaah!

00:12:41 What a bad timing!

00:12:42 Uh-ooooh

00:12:44 Now it’s getting worse and worse!

00:12:45 Aaah w

00:12:46 Uwaaah



00:12:50 Spike is way too cute here!

00:12:50 Just forgive him…!

00:13:00 Uh-oh

00:13:00 Crap… this bad timing is gonna leave him with a big trauma…

[Spike: (to Owlowiscious) “You set me up!”]

00:13:07 No he didn’t! www

00:13:12 www

00:13:13 Isn’t it your fault either way? w

00:13:24 Spike just doesn’t get owls

00:13:24 Is this gonna be an “it was all just a dream” punchline…?



00:13:31 Where’d he get that from w

00:13:32 It would be nice if I could get the assurance that if I was a cute dragon shota like Spike I’d be just as popular

00:13:33 ?!

00:13:35 ?!

00:13:35 Spike sure loves mustaches w

00:13:36 Loves him some mustaches www

[Spike sneaks into Rarity’s house after she leaves with Opal to go to Fluttershy’s teaparty.]

00:13:42 So Rarity and Flutter are getting along quite well?

00:13:44 Yeah, they’re both graceful ladies after all, aren’t they? So maybe because all the others are a little too hotblooded…

00:13:50 Home intruder w

00:13:50 There’s no lock, eh? w

00:13:59 He’s a dragon after all

00:14:02 wwww

00:14:02 wwwwww

00:14:04 wwwww

[Spike: (stealing Opal’s toy mouse) “So lifelike. And when Twilight discovers it shredded up on her floor, she’ll think mouse-eating Owlowiscious is to blame.”]

00:14:06 No she won’t!

00:14:10 Woah, how cute is that w

00:14:11 He doesn’t use “oira”?*

00:14:11 No way no way wwww

00:14:13 Just like Star Scream w

00:14:14 Villain

00:14:15 Nope, nope w

00:14:16 If anything, she’ll wonder who might have brought it w

00:14:17 Owlowiscious = an owl = Nightbird? [another transformer]

00:14:18 Just like a villain w

00:14:21 Should you really be doing this? Commiting a theft on your beloved Rarity…

00:14:22 Shut the door after opening it!

00:14:26 His explanation is such a big failure flag…

[Spike continues to prepare a fake crime scene around the fake dead mouse.]

00:14:29 If he goes all the way through with this, even Rarity will get mad at him! w

00:14:30 Why is he fussing so much over being the number 1 w

00:14:31 Is second place really all that bad?

00:14:31 Ndon’t!

00:14:33 Stop it already! If Rarity saw what you’re doing, she’d start resenting you too! w

00:14:39 So second place is no good?

00:14:40 Eeeeh ww

00:14:41 The BGM is so extravagant www

00:14:41 wwwwwwwww

00:14:42 Oh no, that’s not necessary here w

00:14:43 Aw man, I can’t watch this anymore

00:14:43 Uwaaaah wwww

00:14:44 wwwwww

00:14:44 Woah

00:14:44 Does he want to make it look like he broke a toy or like he killed a mouse? ww

00:14:46 Yo Spike, bro, you’re leaving sticky footprints

00:14:46 That’s Twilight’s pillow wwww

00:14:46 Randomly awesome music w

00:14:46 Spike-san! This is a children’s program!

00:14:51 !?

00:14:51 wwwwwww



00:14:51 Spike behind youuuu

00:14:52 WWW

00:14:52 Oh.

00:14:52 There wasn’t even a whodunit mystery scene

00:14:53 Life is over*

00:14:53 Busted

00:14:54 wwwwwwwww

00:14:54 Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! w

00:14:54 Uh oh, not good

00:14:54 @whodunit: Y'know Twilight actually does something like that in Season 2 w

00:14:54 She must be thinking he’s gone insane w

00:14:55 wwwwwwwww

00:14:55 wwwwwwwww

00:14:55 wwwwwwwwwwwwww

00:14:56 What are you doing!? www

00:14:57 He’s done for wwwww

00:14:57 That’s funny ww

[Spike: “That poor little field mouse! Torn to pieces! It must have been Owlowiscious! You know, since owls eat, you know, mice.”]

00:15:02 Riiight~

00:15:06 wwwwwwwww

00:15:06 Yes this is definitely what happened w

00:15:07 So cute wwww

00:15:10 Weren’t they [Twi & Owlow] together all this time though?

00:15:11 Embarrassing www

00:15:14 Spike is so cute Spik

00:15:15 Ya, true w

[Twilight: “Spike! I don’t know what upsets me more. That you deliberately tried to set up Owlowiscious or that you actually thought this pathetic attempt would work!”]

00:15:16 Twilight is not really one to talk w

00:15:17 Yeah okay, but she’s not even looking at the crime scene! w

00:15:18 ／(＾o＾)＼ [see TN Corner]

00:15:20 But Twilight’s been using sockpuppet strategies too w [See episode 203]

00:15:27 Poor fella…

00:15:30 SERVES-YOU-RIGHT



00:15:33 That’s so creepy! www

00:15:33 Serves you right wwwwwwwwww

00:15:34 ↓wwwwwww

00:15:34 CREEEEPY

00:15:34 That hurt…

00:15:35 ← Sea of Trees ┗(^o^ )┓ [see TN Corner]

00:15:35 Farewell

00:15:38 Serves you right w

00:15:38 It must be so~ painful to be hated by Twilight when she’s the one who hatched him from an egg

00:15:43 Dragons must also think of the first thing they see as their mother

00:15:45 Well for him it’d be more like his big sister or something



00:15:54 Pi*let also had something like this, so is carrying your belongings on a stick a trope?

00:15:58 Just when you say it

00:16:00 That was fast ww

00:16:02 Aww…

00:16:02 Is it a trope

[Spike finds a nice cave in the forest.]

00:16:03 He has a good instinct w

00:16:07 He can eat gems, so he should be able to eat the rocks around here just as well

00:16:09 Uh oh ww

00:16:10 This must be the cave from episode 7 where the red dragon lived in

00:16:12 I think that was on a much higher mountain though

00:16:18 A bear is living in here, right?

00:16:18 Twi is so much more to Spike than just a mother or a best friend

00:16:21 Really, this must be more of a bear’s home

00:16:22 A Mr. Bear?



00:16:25 !?

00:16:28 This reminds me of the comet again w

00:16:30 wwwwwwwww

00:16:30 Enjoy your meal!

00:16:41 Are those candy??

00:16:43 Western dragons classically love gold, silver and gems. Or, that is to say, they eat them

00:16:47 The gems are already cut

00:16:47 This is food?

00:16:52 The one who is guarding these is gonna get angry when you lay as much as a finger on these…

00:16:55 Is there no guardian around?



00:16:56 Don’t suck on it! ww

00:16:57 Maybe a sweet juice will come out of it?

00:17:00 This led me to believe that gems look delicious w

00:17:07 This ain’t no candy, dragons eat gems



00:17:08 Adult dragon

00:17:09 But it’s not the dragon from episode 7, they’re completely different

00:17:10 !?

00:17:10 It’s a different color! [same term as the one for shiny Pokemon, so possibly a reference]

00:17:11 Yeah that’s true

00:17:11 So another one settled down around here?

00:17:13 Gyaaah

00:17:14 There’s green, red and golden dragons, but the strongest of them all is always the black dragon, right?

00:17:15 So it was a dragon’s hoard?

00:17:18 Look, if somebody’s storing this many gems it must either be a thief or a dragon, there’s no other options w

00:17:23 At the very least it’s not natural ww

00:17:30 Is collecting gems a trait that all dragons share or something?

00:17:33 Eating the gems is rather peculiar, but in legends they at least always amass treasures

00:17:34 Spike may be a dragon, but I have a feeling that he might be a special species

00:17:40 SO HUUUEG

00:17:44 wwwww

00:17:45 That looks like an awfully huge ration

00:17:47 Wow ww

00:17:51 Cute



00:17:53 A dangerous weapon through and through ww

00:17:55 Run away! www

00:18:09 The BGM sounds kinda like the Godzilla theme w

00:18:10 Won’t the gems burn?

00:18:12 This is getting like episode 210!

00:18:14 He’d damage his own gems by doing something like this…

00:18:14 Godzilla www

00:18:18 Can’t shake the feeling that this BGM sounds like the Godzilla March

00:18:19 I thought so too w

00:18:19 Not a very mature dragon www

[Suddenly Owlowiscious appears and deflects the dragon’s attention so Spike can flee]

00:18:26 STROOONg

00:18:26 Woaah

00:18:28 WOOOOAAAH

00:18:28 What’s with this Harry Potter-like turn of events w

00:18:29 He’s too much of an ikemen* ww

00:18:30 Things are getting hot!

00:18:30 So strooong www

00:18:31 Wow hey he’s strooong w

00:18:32 SO STROOOONG ww

00:18:37 No doubt, he’s the Dragonborn

00:18:38 The owl is so strong w

00:18:39 So cool w

00:18:42 Dragonborn w

00:18:42 Dragonborn w

00:18:42 Can the Dragonborns really defeat dragons like this all on their own? w

00:18:44 So he was a good guy after all?

00:18:52 So nice

00:18:52 Isn’t Spike a little bigger than usual here?

00:18:53 Scaryyy w

00:19:09 Why is it making the sound of train?

00:19:11 Owlow-san has too many abilities

00:19:43 I can’t stop smiling

00:19:44 I cried

00:20:00 Gyaaaah



00:20:04 Oh well, Twilight is kinda like a mother with her child after all

00:20:12 I laughed at the compression artifacts during such a good scene

00:20:17 Such a nice episode~

[Spike: “And Owlowiscious… I know now that you weren’t out to take my job. Forgive me?”]

00:20:21 But he TOOK his job

00:20:22 Owlow-san is too much of an ikemen…!!!

00:20:27 Hoo

[Spike: “How did you guys know where I was?”

Twilight: “It was your ketchup covered feet. Owlowiscious discovered your footprints and we followed them all the way to the cave.”]

00:20:39 The ketchup was so effective www

00:20:40 Catch up !! [sic!]



00:21:03 Did they buy yet another new quill?

00:21:09 Compression artifacts sure are something

00:21:29 wwww

[Spike: “This week I’ve learned that being jealous and telling lies gets you nowhere in friendship. I also learned that there’s plenty of love for every friend to share.”]

00:21:30 You mustn’t think of friendship as a consumable resource

00:21:32 He’s on the same level as Nobita [from Doraemon]

00:21:32 Turn off the lights

00:21:32 With super high image quality for over 20 minutes, I guess it can’t be helped

00:21:36 wwwwwwww

[Twilight: “Oh, Spike.”

Owlowiscious: “Hoo?”

Twilight: “Who? Spike! You kno… Oooooh…”]

00:21:37 Puns even till the very end?

00:21:44 Lame

00:21:45 Yep

00:21:45 What the hell

00:21:46 So Owloi-san was a nice person after all, what a relief

00:21:46 Owlowiscious is shooooooo kyuuuuuuute….!!!!

00:21:46 It’s true that jealousy can hurt a friendship, but to some people it’s a welcome jolt in their hearts!

00:21:47 wwww

00:21:47 wwwwww

00:21:48 Cute ww

00:21:49 Is 204 the Luna episode? I’m looking forward to that one

00:21:49 Owlowiscious is cute

00:21:52 I wonder, is Owlow-san a girl?

00:21:55 [in english] aroi is a boy! not a girl -his…alright?

00:21:55 Owlow △

00:21:55 Now look at that, in the end there was no bad guy (^o^)

00:21:56 Though he did steal his job when they were looking for books w

00:21:58 Thank you for the subtitles!

00:22:05 Thank you for your work w

00:22:08 Thanks

00:22:08 trns thx

===TN Corner===

Flag: Works as an “in b4 …” equivalent. Originally computer programming - then Dating Sim lingo. Flags determine true/false statements in computer code. In games with dialogue-based decisions (such as dating sims) your answers will trigger flags that will then lead the plot into different paths. Otakus started using the term metaphorically as if an actual flag is being raised when you can already smell that something (bad) is gonna happen.

Ore, Boku, Oira: Male first person pronouns. Ore is a very rough, masculine pronoun that you can use in colloquial situations among your male peers but not in front of superiors. Most shonen manga characters use this level of colloquialism.Boku is the general pronoun for boys, but it also has a regular politeness level so it can be used in front of superiors or in some cases in front of your underlings too. Outside of animes and song lyrics, women don’t use any of them lest they be viewed as dykes. A moe-type girl-character using them would be called a Bokukko/Orekko, respectively. So Japanese fans are torn between making Rainbow Dash an Orekko or a Bokukko. Oira is basically the same as Ore, but it makes the speaker sound a little like a country bumpkin. In most of the Japanese fan-translations Spike is a designated Oira-user.

Oneshota: Short for Onee-san x Shota, also known as Straight Shota (/ss/). An Onee-san is literally an older sister, but it can refer to any woman who is somewhat older than you, OR a young adult. Shotas on the other hand are basically any underage teen or tween boys - the male equivalent of lolis. This certain age-difference fetish is a very common genre in hentai mangas and dojinshis (fanzines that more often than not feature characters in pornographic situations).

Rain grains: The song referenced here is Hiroko Taniyama’s “It’s raining grains” [穀物の雨が降る kokumotsu no ame ga furu] from her 1986 album “Polkadot Time” [水玉時間 mizutama jikan]. I could only find amateur-made cover versions on the internet, but I translated the lyrics:

I saw a lizard with a shining blue back in the middle of town

It’s not going anywhere, it’s just wriggling about

But why is it only a lizard like that?



So you angrily walk on with a shirt that’s like rye

And when you point to the sky, it suddenly starts raining rice ears

All the papier maché buildings crumple up

They’re tumbling tumbling tumbling!



It’s raining grains, the rain is pouring

It makes a rustling sound, going FOO-WA FOO-WA

It’s lifting the spell of an evil witch



No cars are running anymore and all the trains stopped too

The people buried under the weight stopped breathing

The city is tumbling like a broken toy



But through all that you walk freely laughing cheerfully

As you always thought to yourself in that cramped room

If neither I nor them disappear, that’s what’s gonna

happen happen happen!



It’s raining grains, the rain is pouring

Raining on the day at 5pm FOO-WA FOO-WA

It shines it shines, the last city shines



It’s raining grains, the rain is pouring

Raining on the day at 5pm FOO-WA FOO-WA

And I’m sure the Earth stands still one day



Life is over: Originally “Jinsei Owata ＼(^o^)／” [人生オワタ＼(^o^)／] or simply “Owata” [ｵﾜﾀ] is an ASCII art and a meme phrase for pessimistic situations that make you feel suicidal. So suicidal in fact that you’d enthusiastically run to Aokigahara, also known as “Sea of Trees”, Japan’s infamously most popular suicide location at the foot of Mt. Fuji. The fact that the phrase is both orthographically as well as grammatically incorrect [correct: Jinsei ga owatta] and the originally happy emoticon make this phrase an example of gallows humor.

The ASCII art in question:



＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

| ← Sea of Trees|

. ￣￣￣ ||￣￣￣ it's over┗(^o^ )┓三

|| ┏┗ 三

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Ikemen: A handsome cool guy. Ikeru = “can go” + men = (engl.) “man”. In other words, a guy you’d give a go. This term gets often uttered half-jokingly when a character is appearing surprisingly capable and handsome.

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