{"id":2750,"date":"2019-03-24T18:21:46","date_gmt":"2019-03-24T17:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/truefork.org\/wp\/?p=2750"},"modified":"2022-12-26T17:47:11","modified_gmt":"2022-12-26T16:47:11","slug":"deciphering-youjo-senki-part-1-text","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truefork.org\/wp\/deciphering-youjo-senki-part-1-text\/","title":{"rendered":"Deciphering Youjo Senki – part 1: text"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I love the attention to detail that went into this 12 episode series, where they invented a full alphabet with capitals and minuscules, in calligraphic, print and cursive form and complete with numbers. Most animation is content with some squiggly lines to represent text, but here all the text that briefly flashes on screen seems to actually mean something relevant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So I had some fun deciphering the onscreen text (sometimes limited by legibility due to resolution). Most of the text is in English or a mix of English and German, and a small bit of French. The mix of English and German is used indiscriminately for both the Empire and the Republic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes the text is mirrored and\/or upside down, and often with typos, but I saw only one instance of complete gibberish. There are some instances of what appear to be in-jokes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ZORUCA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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the Empire’s capital is Bern for some reason<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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HAUSHALTSWARE
SPIEL HERSTELLUNG CARLOZEN KONZERN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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the Americans can’t spell for shit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I almost left out the French:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another extra, Bientot’s readout:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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identification code 04 04 18 666 

  observed data<\/strong> 
  operation frequency: 1523654
  output pattern: awwacc
  waveform amplitude: 56.00<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
.\u2026and a bunch of numbers <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then there was the writing on this silly piece of merchandise:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Addendum: the Movie<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Some more texts, from the 2019 movie:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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THEY DO NOT BELIEVE IN TEARS
Praise the historical feat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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There are some characters here that don’t seem part of the alphabet we’ve seen so far<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tiegenhof is obviously K\u00f6nigsberg\/Kaliningrad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The document that Loria drools on has nothing to do with the meeting he’s in, but seems to be composed of snippets copied from https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-hccc-worldhistory2\/chapter\/the-allied-powers\/<\/a> sections “The Rise of Stalin” and “Purges and Executions”. The text is not only upside down but also mirrored in the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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 This random document next to the Mauser seems to refer to events in episode 3 of the series. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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 Loria’s second document makes a lot more sense. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sorry but this is too dark and fuzzy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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JOKER<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
What’s “new” in the movie: a couple of capital J in the “Fraktur” type font, and a lowercase j – which so far was only seen in the manga. Unfortunately the j is small and blurry, as was the manga one.<\/p>\n\n\n
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Jean & Cath…<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
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Addendum: Operation Desert Pasta OVA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Nothing really new aside from “\u00e9” and another blurry “j”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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another document randomly referencing episode 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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in retrospect it’s probably supposed to be 8 CORPS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Addendum from the Youjo Senki Movie Manners Eizou:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
This gives us a better view of “x” and some punctuation, and also shows that numbers are the height of uppercase letters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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