Pokémon Mansion journals: Difference between revisions

The entries can go side-by-side. I think some of the "differences" are just questions of interpretation, though
(The entries can go side-by-side. I think some of the "differences" are just questions of interpretation, though)
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===Journal entries===
===Journal entries===
====July 5====
====July 5====
;Japanese
{|
! English || Japanese
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{{sign|FRLGspeech|header}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|Diary: July 5}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|Guyana, South America}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|A new POKéMON was discovered deep}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|in the jungle.}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|footer}}
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{{sign|FRLGspeech|header}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|header}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|にっき 7がつ5か}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|にっき 7がつ5か}}
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{{sign|FRLGspeech|しんしゅの ポケモンを はっけん}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|しんしゅの ポケモンを はっけん}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|footer}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|footer}}
|}


;English
====July 10====
{|
! English || Japanese
|-
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{{sign|FRLGspeech|header}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|header}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|Diary: July 5}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|Diary: July 10}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|Guyana, South America}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|We christened the newly discovered}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|POKéMON, MEW.}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|A new POKéMON was discovered deep}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|in the jungle.}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|footer}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|footer}}
 
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====July 10====
;Japanese
{{sign|FRLGspeech|header}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|header}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|にっき 7がつ10か}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|にっき 7がつ10か}}
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{{sign|FRLGspeech|わたしは ミュウと なづけた}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|わたしは ミュウと なづけた}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|footer}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|footer}}
|}


;English
====February 6====
{|
! English || Japanese
|-
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{{sign|FRLGspeech|header}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|header}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|Diary: July 10}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|Diary: Feb. 6}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|We christened the newly discovered}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|MEW gave birth.}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|POKéMON, MEW.}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|We named the newborn MEWTWO.}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|footer}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|footer}}
 
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'''Differences:''' The Japanese text is in the first person singular (わたし ''I'', not わたしたち ''We'').
 
====February 6====
;Japanese
{{sign|FRLGspeech|header}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|header}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|にっき 2がつ6か}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|にっき 2がつ6か}}
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{{sign|FRLGspeech|ミュウツーと よぶことに⋯}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|ミュウツーと よぶことに⋯}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|footer}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|footer}}
|}


;English
====September 1====
{|
! English || Japanese
|-
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{{sign|FRLGspeech|header}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|header}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|Diary: Feb. 6}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|Diary: Sept. 1}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|MEW gave birth.}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|MEWTWO is far too powerful.}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|We named the newborn MEWTWO.}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|We have failed to curb its vicious}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|tendencies…}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|footer}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|footer}}
 
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'''Differences:''' The Japanese text is impersonal.
 
====September 1====
;Japanese
{{sign|FRLGspeech|header}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|header}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|にっき 9がつ1にち}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|にっき 9がつ1にち}}
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{{sign|FRLGspeech|わたしの てには おえない!}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|わたしの てには おえない!}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|footer}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|footer}}
|}


;English
The Japanese text for this entry reveals the author to be somewhat more emotional.
{{sign|FRLGspeech|header}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|Diary: Sept. 1}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|MEWTWO is far too powerful.}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|We have failed to curb its vicious}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|tendencies…}}
{{sign|FRLGspeech|footer}}
 
The Japanese text reveals the author in a tense situation when compared to the English text, which instead refers to a team being depicted in hopelessness.


;Translation of the Japanese text
;Translation of the Japanese text
<blockquote>Diary: September 1<br>The Pokémon Mewtwo is far too powerful.<br><br>It's no use...<br>I am unable to control it!</blockquote>
<blockquote><ab>Diary: September 1
The Pokémon Mewtwo is far too powerful.
 
It's no use...
I cannot control it!</ab></blockquote>


===Relation to Faraway Island===
===Relation to Faraway Island===
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The journal was referenced again in ''[[PO04|File 4 - Charizard]]'', where Red recalled finding out about the creation of Mewtwo from it. After telling [[Professor Oak]] about the journal, Red learned that the journal was probably the notes of "Doctor Fuji", a former Pokémon expert whose research was dismissed soon after he had found {{p|Mew|a new species of Pokémon}} and tried to artificially create a new, powerful Pokémon. Professor Oak also realized that "Dr. Fuji" was likely the same person as Mr. Fuji.
The journal was referenced again in ''[[PO04|File 4 - Charizard]]'', where Red recalled finding out about the creation of Mewtwo from it. After telling [[Professor Oak]] about the journal, Red learned that the journal was probably the notes of "Doctor Fuji", a former Pokémon expert whose research was dismissed soon after he had found {{p|Mew|a new species of Pokémon}} and tried to artificially create a new, powerful Pokémon. Professor Oak also realized that "Dr. Fuji" was likely the same person as Mr. Fuji.
==Trivia==
*Although the English journal entries in the games use "we", the Japanese journal entries only ever use a first person singular pronoun (わたし ''I'').
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[[Category:Pokémon world]]
[[Category:Pokémon world]]