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Ryan Gosling ([personal profile] ryanongosling) wrote in [community profile] wankgate2022-02-14 02:55 pm
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Re: GAME PET PEEVES

(Anonymous) 2022-03-03 03:21 pm (UTC)(link)
possibly because they're so interchangeable with "grim reapers" that even Japanese media conflates them sometimes. looking at you, TWEWY.

Re: GAME PET PEEVES

(Anonymous) 2022-03-03 03:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Because... the connotation is the same? Grim reaper can imply things that aren't "mythical harbinger of death" it can also be used for just a hitman type of character. Shinigami isn't a static term either. It can be used for both.

da

(Anonymous) 2022-03-03 03:23 pm (UTC)(link)
iirc death note uses "shinigami" in the dub but they also interchange it with "death god/god of death" to mislead L. it's not easy localizing that word in particular.

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(Anonymous) 2022-03-03 03:29 pm (UTC)(link)
death note's use of the terms plays on cultural expectations for what they all mean because they are different across cultures. these are not just interchangeable terms.
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