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joined Mar 20, 2016

Chapter 41's got one of the most fitting titles in this cuckoo franchise.

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joined Mar 27, 2021

The chapter titles are in fact 100% accurate to the original Japanese chapter titles

This is slightly pedantic, but no, the TL has made some little adjustments. It's usually just to make the Japanese pun (usually with "baka") into an English one. For instance, "Gravitwit" was originally just "Baka Gravity" -- I bet that sounds like something in Japanese that a native speaker would catch, but "Idiot Gravity" does nothing like that for us.

Other times the TL has chosen to match the English title of a work. "Baka Man Star Force", a currently-timely Mega Man Star Force reference, is the one that got me curious -- I just had to know if it was originally "Ryuusei no Bakaman" to match the JP title. (It was.) "Frozedense" is the title that loses the most. Japan likes to give Disney films more descriptive titles; their version of Frozen is "Ana to Yuki no Joou" (Anna and the Snow Queen). So the JP chapter was "Ana to Baka no Joou" -- except there's a SECOND change. Anna's name has gone from アナ (katakana, standard for foreign names) to 穴 (kanji, making it the word "hole" -- like in Nozoki Ana or Ana Satsujin). Presumably that ties in with the second-page line about a "gaping hole in the stage we've set". Good luck trying to do anything comparable with the single word "Frozen"!

Ah, bugger...should've known. Thanks for the heads up.

i mean this is all stuff you'd expect during the localization process, the main conceit of "reference mixed with a joke about idiots" is transfered, as are the things being referenced themselves, the frozen joke is one that as the poster said just cant be rendered the same with the english title

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joined Mar 26, 2021

There they go, our idiots.
A fitting end, all in all.

Knight_natsume_02_profile_resize-min
joined Apr 13, 2018

What stupidly fitting ending.

Maxresdefault-1
joined Mar 24, 2021

Just the right ending for a couple of halfwits, and I wouldn't have it any other way.

Tag%20rock%20snake
joined Aug 16, 2014

And now the sequels done as well. I would have liked at least one kiss but to be fair, romance wasn't really the focus of the series.

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joined Jan 30, 2017

Luigi wins by doing absolutely nothing.

Cs4_cover
joined Jul 13, 2015

Wow, end like nothing
Good to see the Kaichou fighting but is obviously not enought

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joined Feb 13, 2022

And now the sequels done as well. I would have liked at least one kiss but to be fair, romance wasn't really the focus of the series.

Thelma got her kiss. With tongue even.

Also was it even explained what Ayana was trying to tell Hayate back in chapter 7? Was it the thing about Nagi that Hyate was discussing while they were all doing laundry, or was it something else?

last edited at Dec 7, 2025 7:51AM

0328
joined Jun 12, 2015

I have been reading this series since long before it was even on dynasty (OneManga/Mangafox were still a thing back then), this is truly the end of an era. Thanks Gouma-Den for allowing me finish reading this story

Tag%20rock%20snake
joined Aug 16, 2014

So Tatewaki was supposed to be a man and the Presidents fiancee (I'll be honest, I don't even remember who Tatewaki was)

joined Sep 15, 2025

Wow! I was surprised that Hayate had her own special stance this whole time. And now it finally comes to an end. Thanks for translating!

1640463964575
joined Feb 13, 2022

So Tatewaki was supposed to be a man and the Presidents fiancee (I'll be honest, I don't even remember who Tatewaki was)

She's the presidents lackey pretty much, although i don't think her actual position was ever mentioned. I assume that subplot with having a fiance was scrapped during the concept stage and given to Sae instead, as it seems similar, and Tatewaki is even treated with the same level of contempt as Sae's fiance

Cs4_cover
joined Jul 13, 2015

The last chapter were without climax, a simple tornament is not what this girl deserve

Ran4
joined Aug 9, 2020

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for translating and uploading this series. I can finally understand what I've seen on raws for such long time.

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