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Note that "bake*" in Japanese also means "monster/ghost". I am not sure if intended or not, but can def see this being a magnific pun in the language, since tha
by franciscop 4y ago
Note that "bake*" in Japanese also means "monster/ghost". I am not sure if intended or not, but can def see this being a magnific pun in the language, since that alt translation would be "character monster".
* Note: not sure if this is actually an official alt meaning in Japanese, an intended pun, or none of the above, just my notes thinking this could be a magnific pun. It uses a different kanji so would only be possible if this was regularly written in katakana or only spoken of.
- rippercushions 4y agoIt's the same word: 化け(る) bake(ru) means "change, transform, alter, corrupt". So a monster is ''o-bake'', "something which has been changed [into a monster]". That said, no, most Japanese would not associate ''mojibake'' with "character monsters", it's just "altered characters".
- franciscop 4y agoAh nice, thanks for the clarification! Does that "altered" have the connotation of "corrupt" here? Or it could be altered in any generic way?
- bitwize 4y agoBakemono means something more like "changeling", e.g., a tanuki who is assuming human form. The bake in mojibake has more to do with this concept of changing than with ghosts or monsters.