For those of you who can't take a joke

[http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/]

Apparently it's getting around that Kubo has responded to Orihime haters by saying he's going to draw her more the more hate tweets he gets.

Well, he did say that, but context is king. Do you really believe Sensei is that spiteful? Some people have taken his tweet as a sign (I'm not kidding) that if people criticize Orihime then Kubo will make IchiOri, RenRuki, and IshiNemu canon (wtf). Anyway, for those who were curious, Kubo did respond with his usual sense of humor about Orihime to one reader (who didn't hate on her overtly--but yes, from what I've seen at least one spammer has been consistently sending Kubo Orihime hate spam) and when readers said that they were going to bombard him with hate tweets about their own favorite characters so that he will draw these OTHER characters more, Kubo went along with the joke.

Geez fandom, get a grip.

Translations of tweets by mezzo_marinaio 


あれ？まだ気付いてねえの？俺ひねくれてるから、こういうリプあると織姫の出番増えるんだぜー(笑)。 RT @iririitai: @tite_kubo 井上のお笑いアピールしすぎ。つーか最近井上しゃしゃりすぎ

Iririitai: “Inoue’s comical attitude is so appealing. That said, recently Inoue does butt in a little too much, eh…”
Kubo: “Ah? You still haven’t noticed? Since I’m feeling uncooperative, if there are such replies I will increase Orihime’s appearances!” (laugh)

大丈夫だよ(笑)。うちの読者はみんな賢いから。 RT @soutendo: @tite_kubo せんせー！そんな事聞いたら、大好きなキャラをわざと詰る人続出かもしれませんよΣ（・Д・；）私は好きすぎて無理ですが！！

Soutendo: “Sensei! After saying such things, you’ll have a flood of people who will rebuke their own favourite characters purposefully! Though it would be impossible for me, I love them too much…!”
Kubo: “It’s alright. (laugh) My readers are all wise.”

ザエルアポロはもう出ねーぞ。 RT @hebiten: @tite_kubo ザエルアポロまじしゃしゃりすぎ!(*´ω`*)ワクワク

Hebiten: “Szayel Apollo really does butt in a little too much!” (thrilled)
Kubo: “Szayel Apollo won’t appear anymore.”

おいおい！大好きなの知ってんだぜ！！ RT @ayanatsubaki: おっ、織姫なんか大嫌いなんだからねっ！w RT @tite_kubo: あれ？まだ気付いてねえの？俺ひねくれてるから、こういうリプあると織姫の出番増えるんだぜー(笑)。 RT @iririitai

Kubo: “Ah? You still haven’t noticed? Since I’m feeling uncooperative, if there are such replies I will increase Orihime’s appearances!” (laugh)
Ayanatsubaki: “Well, it’s because I really hate characters like Orihime…!”
Kubo: “Oi, oi! I know you love her!” :

In the last tweet, it was an Orihime fan saying she hated Orihime in an attempt to get Kubo to draw more Orihime! I do believe myself that Sensei was straight up about Szayel not appearing anymore, though, and that makes me sad. :(

eta: from  stray_mikeneko in a comment below, Kubo-sensei also tweeted this in the context of the convo:
ザエルアポロもう出ねーぞってのはちょっと冗談がきつかったかなぁ。ザエルアポロファ

ンの人、真に受けてたらごめんよー。 9:55 AM Dec 10th

“When I said that Szayelaporro wouldn’t appear anymore, maybe the joke was a little harsh. Szayelaporro fans, I’m sorry if you took it seriously.” :-P

OH THANK YOU SENSEI!

*cries the tears of a fool*

So maybe those people who think Sensei is REALLY going to draw Orihime the more hate tweets he gets should be crying the bitter tears of fools too, ne? XD XD

Comments

[hinodeh.livejournal.com]

Thanks for this Debbie! And as usual, thanks to Mezzo for taking the time to translate this!

BTW, to what part of the tweet was Kubo referring to when he said "Ah? You still haven't noticed?"
Is there something I'm missing?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/]

I believe he's referring to the MANGA? Orihime's current panel time?

The second time the phrase "Ah? You still haven't noticed" is repeated is because it's in an RT (retweeted part of a message in twitter to give context to one's own tweet)

[hinodeh.livejournal.com]

Maybe. It just doesn't seem to fit well considering that the fan says that Orihime butts in too much and then KT responds with "You didn't notice?". What is there to notice about it?

[sleepwalkerrrr.livejournal.com]

Some people have taken his tweet as a sign (I'm not kidding) that if people criticize Orihime then Kubo will make IchiOri, RenRuki, and IshiNemu canon (wtf)

LOL.

Well, there are always idiots who take even the most obvious jokes and twist them to support their shipping agenda. Though I agree that this one goes to another level of retardation and desperation. That said most of the shippers are certainly not like that luckily.

I wonder if anyone is going to tweet him why are people saying such things again ? Are Japanese even as disappointed about her in the recent chapters as western fandom is ?

[mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com]

In the last tweet, it was an Orihime fan saying she hated Orihime in an attempt to get Kubo to draw more Orihime!

OOOOOOH, that clears up the context of that last part! XD

Remember how I said I wasn't sure about the subject there? Well, if Ayanatsubaki is an Orihime fan, then I'd translate those last two tweets like this:

"Oooh, it's because I really hate characters like Orihime...!"
"Oi, oi! I know that you love her!" (laugh)

[mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I have no idea either. XD

Unless he was behaving 'uncooperatively' in the tweets before this one too, and this person didn't notice his mood?

Either way, 気付く = to notice; to recognize; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize.

*shrugs*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/]

The Japanese fandom hasn't even SEEN the chapter we have--you know, the one that people here have complained about.

[(Anonymous)]

He means "You still haven't noticed that when I get complaints about Orihime I increase the number of her appearances?"

[hinodeh.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Maybe he really wanted to imply "You haven't noticed I'm in a bad mood already/don't want to hear Orihime hate".

That would make sense.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/]

Yes, that's what I thought. I thought I explained myself above, lol.

[(Anonymous)]

Hatters gonna hate...for the Kubo love? *iz confuzzeld*

I don't know whether to be extremely amused or embarrassed by this whole ordeal. Oh Fandom, you so silly.

[deathlike.livejournal.com]

... People still haven't learned anything.

[hinodeh.livejournal.com]

That one is also plausible! Thanks Anon!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/]

Fixed. I didn't even notice when I copied it. Yes, he meant to say "I know that you love her!"

[deathlike.livejournal.com]

More Orihime the Merrier...

[mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com]

Also makes sense! :D

[hinodeh.livejournal.com]

Ah, I was being thick up there. I didn't understand it in that way. My bad.

[sleepwalkerrrr.livejournal.com]

I see. I hope they don't ignite themselves over that one too.

[mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com]

Someone could ask him where El Chado is for a change. *grumbles*

[sleepwalkerrrr.livejournal.com]

I think El Chado is foreshadowed pretty much already in conversations, so Kubo might have something for his first-time-in-17-months appear.

[(Anonymous)]

It's more of "Kubo is going to do whatever the fuck he wants thing". He's racks off the money, he has the liberty.

He likes Orihime as a characters, that's pretty obvious. So he'll draw her, period. He also says that he likes to give panel time to unpopular characters like Mayuri or Tousen but that's really besides the point, Orihime's actually pretty famous in moonland.

Gotta say that the sheer drama that the "shipping" community has been spewing over such trivial bullshit mannerisms that are all-in-all overshadowed by the tension of the plot and new developments of the Psyren villains is nothing short of amazing. (Read pathetic)

Stay classy, shipping fans.

[mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com]

That's my hope too.

...but I swear he's putting in those brief mentions of him doing 'night jobs' just to taunt his fans with tantalizing images. XDDD

[stray-mikeneko.livejournal.com]

ザエルアポロもう出ねーぞってのはちょっと冗談がきつかったかなぁ。ザエルアポロファンの人、真に受けてたらごめんよー。 9:55 AM Dec 10th

“When I said that Szayelaporro wouldn’t appear anymore, maybe the joke was a little harsh. Szayelaporro fans, I’m sorry if you took it seriously.” :-P

[deathlike.livejournal.com]

Bad Joke... 8DDDDDD

[http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/]

Oh dear gracious, thank you Sensei. I missed that one. *chokes sob*