babe?

im curious too

In the jp version he's just calling his name sachio さちお and not babe...

I wonder why it’s translated to Babe. It kinda changes the tone and the readers’ perception imo

I think it's probably because in Japan, calling someone by their first name shows a lot of familiarity. So like close friends, family and lovers amongst others. So Ukano probably means it in the terms of calling Sachio dearly.

On the other hand, I feel like the reason why Sachio says Ukano in the translation shows how he wouldn't outright call him babe and such, i think

In the manga Ukano called just Sachio all way through... I think the translator was try ing to westernized it for changing it to babe... Coz whenever the translator use endearment babe Ukano was either sweet or apeace smth... Idk

oh that’s kinda weird. like it was basically added for no reason? lmao

It’s my problem with official English translation, they kinda make them westernized and remove honorifics, it just doesn’t make sense and couldn’t capture the nuance and what intimacy is like in Japanese culture.