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catboygirljoker · 3 days

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some observations from going down a rabbit hole of japanese language xigbar yesterday

(apologies for the youtube watermarks. i got this clip from this video.)

[Video ID: a fifteen-second clip from a cutscene from kingdom hearts 3D: dream drop distance, with japanese audio and english-language visuals. it's the scene where xigbar tells sora that he's not going to wake up. end ID.]

keep in mind that this clip is just the japanese audio being played over the visuals from the english language release. the subtitles aren't a direct or literal translation of the words being spoken; they correspond to the localized dialogue that the english voice actors wouldve been given

hōchū ōtsuka (xigbar's japanese va) and james patrick stewart (his english va) give, to my ears, pretty similar vocal performances. this is the case for pretty much all of the characters ive seen so far in my xigbar-centric explorations (roxas's vas sound nearly IDENTICAL). the notable exception being xemnas, whose japanese va straight up sounds like he's trying to talk without moving his mouth

in the english dub cutscenes, the character animations often feel...floaty? disconnected? like, because they're not synced up to what the characters are saying and how, their gestures frequently seem random and unmotivated. in retrospect it's obvious that this issue wouldnt be present in the original language because that's the dialogue they would've been animated around in the first place!

now that im actually watching the character animation with the dialogue it was actually done for, i appreciate it a lot more. its so expressive. smiles.

at the end of xigbar's speech here you may notice him saying the phrase "tte hanashi." this is his japanese catchphrase! it means something along the lines of "so they say", "or so I've heard", et cetera. i love "as if" im a big fan of "as if" but i also love the idea of xigbar consistently undermining the information he gives and emphasizing how often he eavesdrops and spies on people.

he says "tte hanashi" very very often. multiple times in most of his scenes that ive seen so far. way more often than the english dub says "as if"

he doesn't say it normal like im pretty sure that's not how you say it in normal speech. like sometimes he does say it normal, but he always draws it out at least a little and often really draws it out, emphasizing it with some kind of gesture, like he does in the clip

seriously if there's a moment in the games where xigbar says something while doing a cunty little gesture he is probably saying "tte hanashi" in the japanese version

this is my new vocal stim. i can't stop saying it

#&BTW im absolutely going to make a supercut of every time he says tte hanashi in the games...once i....actually play 3 #&also i know vastly more about japanese than the average person and vastly less than someone who speaks it fluently #im sure there are cultural/character signifiers in the way he speaks that im missing. pensive emoji.#&if you know for sure that any of my information here is wrong pleas let me know thank u. smile!#kh #kingdom hearts #xigbar #blakeposts

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rosie-kairi · 2 days

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I wonder how many times Luxu's had to fake his own death. Like, he did it in Dark Road AND KH3, surely those are not outliers.

#Rosie rambles #kingdom hearts #kingdom hearts union x #kingdom hearts dark road #khdr #khux #kh luxu #luxu #kh bragi #bragi #kh xigbar #xigbar

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corfidbizna · 3 days

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KHIII Chapter 34 (Eng): https://www.mediafire.com/file/chzljkfluz4zcey/KH3_Ch34.zip/file Chapter List

Sora's missed a few memos.

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yanortaboi · 3 months

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#demyx #xigbar #kingdom hearts #manga #edit #right to left #unsorted

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sonyshock · 4 months

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Customer: You don't need to draw the stupidly complicated Kingdom Hearts weapons, I just want a cool picture of this mood of a man (<-true) Me: *immediately overridden by the need to draw the arrowguns due to, I dunno, pride or something* Commission for Binkie the clown <3! Social media + Commissions + PAPERCUT

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#artists on tumblr #fanart #fan art #fan work #art commission #request #xigbar #kingdom hearts #Rendered #illustration #colored art #finished illustration #illustracion #finished #art #humanoid

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firestorm09890 · 10 months

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this question from the BBS Ultimania is so fucking funny in hindsight

I dunno, did something happen in Xigbar’s past? Did it??

#kingdom hearts #xigbar #me post

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moonlightkitkat · 4 months

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The foretellers

#kingdom hearts #kingdom hearts 4 #foretellers #Ava KH #Invi #Aced #Ira #Luxu #Xigbar #organization xiii #Ava #KH #kh union x #kh union cross

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dominicsorel · 28 days

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Xigbar's nicknames for Roxas are actually puns in Japanese.

Tiger is pronounced as "Tora". Tora, Sora.

Kiddo is pronounced as "Key-to". Key, Keyblade. Key, X.

And Roxas does not like being called either.

#kingdom hearts #kh xigbar #kh roxas #xigbar #roxas #didi speaks #text #kh meta #i guess

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roman-and-azathoth · 1 year

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Thinking about that one time Sora legit said "cry about it" in response to Xigbar trying to use intimidation tactics

Motherfucker rolled a Nat 1 trying to scare a teenager holding a comically large key

#kingdom hearts #sora #xigbar #cry about it

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paigedillustrates · 27 days

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You all seemed to like the other KH character sketch sheet I did, so here’s another, featuring some of my favorite Organization members 😊💕

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monkiinart · 9 months

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i miss them

#kingdom hearts #xaldin #luxord #xigbar #these bitches ruled my brain when i was a young weeb #they look like a boy band here

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catboygirljoker · 3 days

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hey. yeah. come to think of it. xigbar would be pretty good at recon, wouldn't he? spying on people, gathering information...observing from a distance......not interfering with anything because, well, it's not his role to interfere.........instructed not to act but simply to watch and to wait......he would be very, very proficient at that, wouldn't he.............?

#hi its being normal about luxu hours #yall ever think about the trauma of being forced to watch countless child soldiers kill each other over petty conflicts toward unknown ends #cuz i sure dont !! hahahahahahhahaa #(<-complete mistruth. im gonna fucking thrup)#kh #xigbar #luxu #blakeposts

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haunted-xander · 1 month

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