I do love that when you get the riddle correct, she changes the answer just so she has an excuse to fight you. It's just such a little turd move, it's great.
I get that the joke here doesn't really work in English, but the implication of her final line, and the Twitter replies confirm this, is that you're "supposed" to think the answer is something crass like "a penis" and she's mocking you over it. Obviously this doesn't really work if you swap the order of the riddle.
I get that the joke here doesn't really work in English, but the implication of her final line, and the Twitter replies confirm this, is that you're "supposed" to think the answer is something crass like "a penis" and she's mocking you over it. Obviously this doesn't really work if you swap the order of the riddle.
It can kinda work with 'breasts' or 'a vagina' being the alternative, but the very fact there's a few more answers does point out how the joke's diluted a bit by the reversal. And the comment on the first page also shows how much easier it is to dilute.
but the implication of her final line, and the Twitter replies confirm this, is that you're "supposed" to think the answer is something crass like "a penis" and she's mocking you over it. Obviously this doesn't really work if you swap the order of the riddle.
I know. I tried thinking of an alternative that'd both save the penis joke and make sense in english, but I couldn't. If anyone can come up with something though, they're more than welcome to change the translation.
You COULD also just translate it to "The answer was: the characters for to and ko" and explain what she means in a TL note. I just didn't because I thought it'd be boring as hell.
I know. I tried thinking of an alternative that'd both save the penis joke and make sense in english, but I couldn't. If anyone can come up with something though, they're more than welcome to change the translation.
How about something like this: Q: What do lads have that lasses don't? A: The "D"!
The answer was: the letters "wo"! There's no "wo" in "men"!!The question in the parent post is actually "What do men possess that women don't" instead of the other way around, and here, Nareko roughly says "The answer was toko" (because "man" = "otoko" while "woman" = "onna"). For the sake of this translation, I've decided to switch the question around.Whaaaaat were you expecting~?!
