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Had me thinking this was about Henry IV of Lancaster at first, and I was confused for a second because I was fairly certain that Henry predated the protestant reformation.

I was about to come in here and say the same thing. The great helm is iconic, but the frogmouth is just both cool and practical.

There was an episode of the American children’s TV series Adventure Time in which the characters watch some Swedish archival footage, but they had to put “ÄNDEN FILM” at the end of it because they didn’t want to display “SLUT” to the primarily English speaking audience.

Context always helps, I’d say.

In English, you can say “dirty person” and “dirty child”, but then “dirty boy” and “dirty girl” have sexual connotation behind them. No change in any word function, just how it’s paired.

Lockheed is the company that fucked up by using US customary, for any curious.

No one should touch anything Oracle with a 5000ft pole, to be honest. Sorry you had to find out that way, OP.

Reminds me of a certain literary genre.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_and_crying

Yeah it looks like this particular translation edited the manga to be read left to right instead of right to left, presumably to be more legible to English readers who may not have been used to the conventions of manga at the time this was published.

The context of what is being shown happens a bit on the pages prior. Chief Aramaki, the old guy, had sent our squad of heroes into a dangerous mission that they weren’t fully briefed on, which led them to assume that they were being seen as expendable. After the mission turned out to be a success despite the odds, the character Batou decided to get a bit of revenge by planting explosives in Aramaki’s car, right before Aramaki reveals to the rest of the group that the mission was a test that they passed with flying colors.

When he leaves, his car explodes, and the Major assumes he must have been caught in it. So she panics, only for Aramaki to turn out perfectly fine as he comically scoots away on a motorcycle, which catches her off guard, so she gets angry at him again. I’m assuming the significance of him nonchalantly having the motorcycle while his car is on fire is meant to show that he anticipated his team’s reaction to his initial deception and already had a contingency plan prepared for his car being blown up, always being one step ahead.

It’s been a long time since I’ve read it, but it’s definitely goofier. The main story elements made their way into the later film/tv adaptations, so it’s not all jokes and slapstick, but those elements are present in the manga while they’re absent from most of its adaptations (until now)

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