I’m a big fan of some of the series I myself translate, and when I started using Twitter seriously in early 2018, I figured I might as well share my observations on the weekly chapters in the form of elaborate tweet threads, which aren’t at all a dumb, inconvenient way of sharing information that requires me to parse my long-winded thoughts into ridiculous bite-size chunks.
This page is an up-to-date archive of those threads (currently for My Hero Academia and Dr. Stone), for easy access. Sometimes there’s an overarching theme, sometimes it’s about translation elements, sometimes it’s just observations and ramblings. Parenthetical indicates the topic.
Note: there will be no more trivia threads. What you see here is it.
My Hero Academia:
Volume 1 Trivia
Volume 2 Trivia
Volume 3 Trivia
Volume 4 Trivia
Chapter 166 (Bakugo’s Humility)
Chapter 167 (Aoyama’s name)
Chapter 168 (Still Waters Run Deep)
Chapter 169 (School festival ideas)
Chapter 171 (various)
Chapter 171 Bonus (Destro’s army)
Chapter 172 (various)
Chapter 173 (various)
Chapter 174 (various, focus on Gentle + La Brava)
Chapter 175 (various)
Chapter 176 (various)
Chapter 177 (various)
Chapter 178 (La Brava’s age)
Chapter 179 (Gentle’s past)
Chapter 180 (various)
Chapter 181 (various)
Chapter 182 (festival antics)
Chapter 183 (festival antics continued)
Chapter 184 (billboard chart)
Chapter 185 (rankings + Nomu theory)
Vigilantes Chapter 31 (Fat Gum + Osaka)
Chapter 186 (Destro + Hawks)
Chapter 187 (everything Todoroki)
Chapter 188 (everything Nomu)
Chapter 189 (more Dabi)
Chapter 190 (various)
Chapter 191 (more more Dabi)
Chapter 192 (slurrrp)
Chapter 193 (avatars)
Chapter 194 (class B)
Chapter 195 (match 1, part 1)
Chapter 196 (match 1, part 2)
Chapter 197 (match 1, part 3)
Chapter 198 (match 2, part 1)
Chapter 199 (match 2, part 2)
Chapter 200 (match 2, part 3)
Chapter 201 (match 2, part 4)
Chapter 202 (match 2->3 intermission)
Chapter 203 (match 3, part 1)
Chapter 204 (match 3, part 2)
Chapter 205 (match 3, part 3)
Chapter 206 (match 3, part 4)
Chapter 207 (match 4, part 1)
Chapter 208 (match 4, part 2)
Chapter 209 (match 5, part 1)
Chapter 210 (match 5, part 2)
Chapter 211 (match 5, part 3)
Chapter 212 (match 5, part 4)
Chapter 213 (match 5, part 5)
Chapter 214 (match 5, part 6)
Chapter 215 (match 5, part 7)
Chapter 216 (post-battle)
Chapter 217 (that night, next day)
Chapter 218 (liberation army)
Chapter 219 (Slidin’ Go)
Chapter 220 (villains1)
Chapter 221 (villains2)
Chapter 223 (villains3)
Chapter 224 (villains4)
Chapter 225 (villains5)
Chapter 226 (villains6)
Chapter 227 (villains7)
Chapter 228 (villains8)
Chapter 229 (villains9)
Chapter 230 (villains10)
Chapter 231 (villains11)
Chapter 232 (villains12)
Chapter 233 (villains13)
Chapter 234 (villains14)
Chapter 235 (villains15)
Chapter 236 (villains16)
Chapter 237 (villains17)
Chapter 238 (villains18)
Chapter 239 (villains19)
Chapter 240 (villains20)
Chapter 241 (interviews)
Chapter 242 (xmas)
Chapter 243 (transition)
Chapter 244 (wizard and glass)
Chapter 245 (code)
Chapter 246 (work study 2 electric boogaloo)
Chapter 247 (work study 2 electric boogaloo 2)
Chapter 248 (work study 2 electric boogaloo 3)
Chapter 249 (slurrrp 2)
Chapter 250 (ending)
Chapter 251 (ending ending)
Chapter 252 (more ending ending)
Chapter 253 (misty twist)
Chapter 254 (misty twist 2)
Chapter 255 (misty twist 3)
Chapter 256 (hasta la vista)
Chapter 257 (float)
Chapter 258 (ramp up)
Chapter 259 (doctor trouble)
Chapter 260 (the Mirko show)
Chapter 261 (the Mirko show 2)
Chapter 262 (the Mirko show 3)
Chapter 263 (the Denki show)
Chapter 264 (guy who booed Bakugo)
Chapter 265 (Dabi appears)
Chapter 266 (happy)
Chapter 267 (birds and rabbit)
Chapter 268 (scramble)
Chapter 269 (hankie)
Chapter 270 (AFO spirit)
Chapter 271 (birds)
Chapter 272 (doom)
Chapter 273 (more doom)
Chapter 274 (doom 3)
Chapter 275 (Bakugo dies)
Chapter 276 (Bakugo didn’t die)
Chapter 277 (Fourth Kind)
Chapter 278 (Lady and Wood)
Chapter 279 (kids are all right)
Chapter 280 (red rioter)
Chapter 281 (dragon hand)
Chapter 282 (foot fall)
Chapter 283 (kids alive)
Chapter 284 (#4)
Chapter 285 (DEAD)
Chapter 286 (dissociative personality disorder)
Chapter 287 (inner world)
Chapter 288 (girl time)
Chapter 289 (little misses)
Chapter 290 (the Dabi show)
Chapter 291 (the Dabi show 2)
Chapter 292 (BJ)
Chapter 293 (might)
Chapter 294 (oh no)
Chapter 295 (danger)
Chapter 296 (and they all lived happily ever after)
Chapter 297 (prison military industrial complex)
Chapter 298 (more happy endings)
Chapter 299 (sad backstory)
Chapter 300 (bad to worse)
Chapter 301: (Smokey Says)
Chapter 302: (Smokey Says 2)
Bonus:
“The U.A. Mole is Hagakure” Theory
Anime ep46: Road to Kamino
Bonus (Izuku/Deku Midoriya’s name)
Idaten: Origin
30-Day Challenge
The Dabi (spoilers: read up through ch290 first)
The Dabi Part 2 (spoilers: read up through ch291 first)
Dr. Stone
Volume 1 (ch1-7)
Chapter 16 (pulley science)
Chapter 17 (Ishigami Village villager names)
Chapter 24 (muri-gee)
Chapter 42 (astronaut foreshadowing)
Chapter 43 (Soyuz, Baikonur, astronautery)
Chapter 44 (Hachijo Kojima)
Chapter 44 Bonus (Lillian’s tragic past)
Chapter 45 (various)
Chapter 46 (Before-time names)
Chapter 47 (village geography)
Chapter 48 (katana crafting + various)
Chapter 49 (various)
Chapter 50 (phones + various)
Chapter 51 (cotton candy + various)
Chapter 52 (various)
Chapter 53 (batteries + various)
Chapter 54 (vacuum tubes + tungsten)
Chapter 55 (siphon + various)
Chapter 56 (Senku’s birthday + various)
Chapter 57 (metals + various)
Chapter 58 (too much science)
Chapter 59 (various)
Chapter 60 (various)
Chapter 61 (various)
Chapter 62 (various)
Chapter 63 (black light)
Chapter 64 (Tsukasa people)
Chapter 65 (various)
Chapter 66 (Nikki)
Chapter 67 (various)
Chapter 68 (car)
Chapter 69 (car 2)
Chapter 70 (don’t boil bleach)
Chapter 71 (Yo)
Chapter 72 (botany)
Chapter 73 (various)
Chapter 74 (various)
Chapter 75 (20 seconds)
Chapter 76 (various)
Chapter 77 (dynamite plane)
Chapter 78 (more Nobel)
Chapter 79 (various)
Chapter 80+81 (various)
Chapter 82 (stun gun)
Chapter 83 (cold sleep + mushrooms)
Chapter 84 (boat)
Chapter 85 (captain)
Chapter 86 (money)
Chapter 87 (flight + fashion)
Chapter 88 (balloon)
Chapter 89 (cloud)
Chapter 90 (map)
Chapter 91 (wheat)
Chapter 92 (chef)
Chapter 93 (various)
Chapter 94 (truffles and oil)
Chapter 95 (GPS)
Chapter 96 (radar)
Chapter 97 (mine)
Chapter 98 (Ryusui)
Chapter 99 (pics)
Chapter 100 (set sail)
Chapter 101 (soyuz)
Chapter 102 (ship)
Chapter 103 (island)
Chapter 104 (island2)
Chapter 105 (island3)
Chapter 106 (island4)
Chapter 107 (island5)
Chapter 108 (island6)
Chapter 109 (poop)
Chapter 110 (beauty)
Chapter 111 (earpiece)
Chapter 112 (motor)
Chapter 113 (code)
Chapter 114 (silent bomb)
Chapter 115 (platinum)
Chapter 116 (nitric acid)
Chapter 117 (dive)
Chapter 118 (morse code)
Chapter 119 (poop hole)
Chapter 120 (seacret)
Chapter 121 (sacrifice)
Chapter 122 (puzzle pieces)
Chapter 123 (the gen show)
Chapter 124 (gun)
Chapter 125 (battle plan)
Chapter 126 (action)
Chapter 127 (abort mission)
Chapter 128 (chaos)
Chapter 129 (last resort)
Chapter 130 (decision)
Chapter 131 (bang)
Chapter 132 (spear)
Chapter 133 (doom)
Chapter 134 (showdown)
Chapter 135 (least-squares method)
Chapter 136+137 (chess match)
Chapter 138 (end of part 3)
Chapter 139 (moon)
Chapter 140 (departure)
Chapter 141 (cracks)
Chapter 142 (globe)
Chapter 143 (phonograph)
Chapter 144 (poker)
Chapter 145 (drinks)
Chapter 146 (drinks2)
Chapter 147 (sunstone)
Chapter 148 (burger)
Chapter 149 (this is America)
Chapter 150 (pilot)
Chapter 151 (xeno)
Chapter 152 (xeno 2)
Chapter 153+154 (luna)
Chapter 155 (ice cream)
Chapter 156 (flashback)
Chapter 157 (flashback2)
Chapter 158 (aristotle)
Chapter 159 (sniper)
Chapter 160 (polybius square)
Chapter 161 (triangulation)
Chapter 162 (drill to pierce the earth)
Chapter 163 (aircraft carrier)
Chapter 164 (dogfight)
Chapter 165 (jinking)
Chapter 166 (knight)
Chapter 167 (tunnel)
Chapter 168 (purge)
Chapter 169 (peace)
Chapter 170 (big drums)
Chapter 171 (math)
Chapter 172 (geographer)
Chapter 173 (spinnaker)
Chapter 174 (anal)
Chapter 175 (rubber)
Chapter 176 (fury road)
Chapter 177 (fax)
Chapter 178 (weights and heights)
Chapter 179 (ropeway)
Chapter 180 (rainforest)
Chapter 181 (Tomorrow Never Dies)
Chapter 182 (diamonds are not forever)
Chapter 183 (more diamonds)
Chapter 184+185 (Dr. Suika)
Bonus:
Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku:
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3+4
Chapter 5+6
Chapter 7+8
Chapter 9+10
Bonus:
Noah’s Notes JUMPSTART:
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
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