EquestriaBound Girls: Journal Entries

by Lucky Ness

PK Rockin and Nipongo (Japanese)

Author's Note:

Today, I fall into the cliche Fluttershy knows Japanese and make Google Translate my friend (Hey, I can only do so much when it comes to Japanese, like typing Katakana, for instance). English translations are provided in parentheses.
SM64 Color Code (Yes, I have a LOT of these):
Daring Do
8107EC40 DBB7
8107EC42 6B00
8107EC38 DBB7
8107EC3A 6B00
8107EC50 DBB7
8107EC52 6B00
8107EC58 DBB7
8107EC5A 6B00
8107EC80 DBB7
8107EC82 6B00
8107EC88 DBB7
8107EC8A 6B00
8107ECA0 8080
8107ECA2 8000
8107EC98 8080
8107EC9A 8000
8107EC20 6B8E
8107EC22 2300
8107EC28 6B8E
8107EC2A 2300

'Hey Ness. Pinkie Pie wanted us to learn to play a song from your series so she brought a ton of sheet music with her today. We settled upon "Smiles and Tears", the song you sang when we were in Magicant. I remembered there we're lyrics, so Pinkie looked it up, and she eventually found them on a site called WikiBound. I was shocked to find out that the lyrics were originally in Japanese, and then got another surprise when Fluttershy started reading the Japanese lyrics with out any difficulty. I never knew she could read and speak Japanese. I was impressed, as was everyone else, especially Rainbow. She actually wants Fluttershy to do the lyrics when we perform that song.'

'Wait, Fluttershy speaks Japanese?'

'Apparently so.'

'Could you go get her, please? I'd like to talk to her.'

A few moments pass before Fluttershy's handwriting appears in Ness's journal.

'Wh-what is it, N-ness?'

'だから私はあなたが日本語を話す聞きます。' (So I hear you speak Japanese.)

'私は何が、どのようにあなたはそれを知っていますか？' (I do, but how do you know that?)

'Twilight told me about you singing the Japanese lyrics to "Smiles and Tears".'

'She told you about that?'

'Yep. Don't be shy about it. It gives me someone I can talk Japanese to when I visit.'

'How do you now how to speak Japanese?'

'My franchise has only had one physical English release, Fluttershy, so my series was mainly considered a Japanese exclusive until recently.'

'Oh. I forgot about the Mother series's troubles with English localization.'

'Yep. Tell you what. Next time I visit, I'll bring Jeff with me. The kids a genius when it comes to all things electrical. Maybe he could build or set up some recording equipment for the Rainbooms.'

'You'd do that?'

'Yep, I'd do anything for my friends.'

'Really? Because I'm sure Rainbow would your friend for life.'