TF.takaratomy.co updated yesterday with a Legends series comic, most likely to accompany Takara’s LG-18 Starscream “Super Mode” (Armada Thundercracker) figure. Unfortunately we do not have a translation of the comic so we are left with just the comic images to go by.
You can see the comic after the jump, enjoy!
Lord Dcast
Anyone know where I can find translations of most of these?
AlexaStar
I adore these comics. I honestly never expected to see my ship in official material ever again. <3
Kirby0189
Not yet, but there is a summary. Even still, I find this comic really heartwarming.
Jalaguy
Not a translation, but TFWiki has a summary:
Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 18 – Transformers Wiki
Murasame
Any translation for this?
Lucas35
More:
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Having come to her senses again, Windblade tells Starscream about the Legends Universe's creation at the hands of the Zamojin, further explaining that it's an experiment in "spirit energy" that lets the Zamojin absorb the spirit energy of its residents to grow stronger. This energy is generated by desire, and Armada Megatron's recent unquenchable thirst for Transformers toys is threatening to make the Zamojin strong enough to take back control of Windblade. As she despairs to Starscream that she doesn't want to become her old self and destroy the world she's grown to love, the two are approached by the glowing form of Swindle.Swindle tells them that he's a Mini-Con native to the Legends Universe, where his people live disguised as toys, and wants to help them protect his world. Starscream recognizes the Mini-Con as a toy he'd brought with him—Megatron had earlier given it to him as a reward for a job well done, an occasion that had felt strangely familiar to him. Swindle then lends Starscream the power of the Mini-Cons, powering him up into a new form. He valiantly sets out to put stop to Megatron's aspirations, but not without promising Windblade that if she does fall under Zamojin control, he's ready to give up his life to stop her. Meanwhile, in another world, Alexis is at the beach with her friends…
Underlord
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New images? At least they are in colour.
WishfulThinking
I wanna go and get a younger makeover, too, Arcee.
Autovolt 127
Oh Arcee.
SMOG
Ummm….
So sexy-bathing-suit teenybopper Slipstream getting a cuteness 'upgrade', and Arcee obsessing about looking old? Not sexist at all. And we haven't even gotten to the maid-cafe segment yet!
Weren't we also just talking about American TF comics here as well, a couple of pages ago? I think that comics are sexist in both countries, if we want to generalize. However, the market is a bit different. Comics made explicitly for women make up a considerably larger part of the mainstream in Japan… though of course just because they're for women, doesn't necessarily inoculate them from being sexist.
I think the mainstream American comics scene is gradually starting to improve and become more inclusive in that regard… or at least they're making a show of trying. I have no idea if there's a corresponding movement happening in manga.
Well, I decided to be charitable, and figured I should give you a chance.
Or as they say, I gave you plenty of rope… apparently. It didn't take you long to hang yourself.
zmog
Toolala
Don't worry buddy, I stopped taking you seriously a long time ago
Rakzo
Cool, thanks!
This was cute just as expected. Sakamoto didn't go fetishi here.
Maybe comics from 10 years ago. Sexist comics would have a really hard time these days with social media going paranoid over everything.
SouthtownKid
If you want to see some A1 primo sexism, try reading some American comics sometime.
Kirby0189
Thanks for the translations! I knew it would be funnier when I knew what they were saying!
RazorclawX
Surprise surprise, it has nothing to do with being sexist.
kary
You're most welcome! ^_^
kaijuguy19
Thanks for the translations. I wonder if Legends Arcee is aware that the version of her in Animated's much older then her? Also poor Screamer facing the wrath of the Decepticon femmes. He better pray he doesn't run into Airachnid next.
kary
I've been casually watching this thread with some amusement. So I figured, I would get my son to assist me with translating comic 33. Enjoy and don't forget to keep watching our blogspot for other stuff
SMOG
*applause*
It's sad that people who demand 'sources' and 'proof' for stuff like this, are usually just covering for their own desire to avoid stepping out of their comfy assumptions and learn themselves a bit.
See, the "long unnecessary complaints" were actually very short. But then some people disagreed with those complaints, and a conversation happened (using the term loosely). It went kind of like this:
– "ugh… kind of sexist. Do not like."
– "It's NOT sexist! Shut up, stupid SJWs. Stop trying to ruin everything! Sexism isn't real!"
– "*sigh*… um, it kind of is, and here's why… let me explain… "
There's really not that much to say about this comic, but the discussions that have been raised around it are real ones, and sometimes you have to set a few things straight…
Never!
okay, okay… I have work to do, and this is distracting me.
Yeah… I mean, some things ARE harmful, and maybe as a culture we shouldn't encourage them. But this is hardly on that level.
Banning things doesn't really change a lot. The goal should be to change the attitudes that lead to these things.
I think that's sort of a deliberate abstraction, however. The term 'sexism' relates to a whole set of issues that actually -aren't- abstract. I think that trying to neutralize the term doesn't help… it only makes the discussion more vague.
Mind you, I'm pretty surprised that "there is sexism in the world, and that's a bad thing" could ever be seen as a controversial statement. Wow.
I feel like I've already answered this question…
Small things (especially in the media) contribute to attitudes… changing them for the better, or reinforcing negatives.
You can see small things like this as small things that make up part of a rather large and overwhelming whole… a miasma of sexist 'noise' that a lot of women live most of their life breathing.
Or you can read it as -symptomatic-… in the sense that casual "harmless" sexism kind of shows how deeply ingrained serious sexism is in your culture.
Okay, I hate to pull out the variation on Godwin's Law or whatever, but if you were living in Germany in the 1930s, and were surrounded by "funny cartoons about Jews" in the newspapers that consistently portrayed you in a negative light, or treated you as a stereotype that could only behave one way… your feelings might start hurting.
And then every time you said "hey, I think we've seen just about enough of that already!" someone told you "Shut up you. What do you know? It's just a joke. There's nothing wrong with this!"… I think you'd get pretty sick of that, and start to hate the fact that this is what you're seeing repeated again and again… as attitudes and assumptions just get worse and worse.
It's not even what's near and dear… it's about what actually contributes to a growing climate of HARM.
So yeah… be aware. Say something when you think something is wrong. Challenge easy excuses. You don't have to attack and accuse… but you can address the problem, and get people to think a little more about it the next time.
As above… the easy reasoning is 'don't normalize or trivialize really fucking awful stuff'.
Also, comedy has ideologies behind it like anything else. It always transmits messages. You can use humour to draw attention to (let's say) sexism and unfair gender standards, by mocking them, or exaggerrating them to make people more aware. OR you can use humour in ways that -doesnt'- do that, and instead -hides- those problems or normalizes those attitudes/values.
Humour is a great… but don't kid yourself. It's also a powerful form of cultural communication. It transmits values, it tells us what's funny, what's okay, what attitudes are acceptable. It's all culture man, and it does affect us.
Because reading is hard? C'mon, man… these are ideas.. knowledge… discourse… maybe you won't change anyone, but it's not because it's in "text" or on the internet, or whatever. It's because some people don't want to listen or change or even hear different ideas.
Well, there IS something 'wrong' with this comic, I would say. So yeah. So why are YOU so defensive? Are you Takara-Tomy? Are you the writer of the comic? Did anybody right out of the gate call you a misogynist?
haha! Give me a break, dude!
It's 'problematic' because there are problems with it. Words have meaning, and 'problematic' isn't even a STRONG word.
A history book with errors in it is 'problematic'. A plan to achieve something, that leaves a bunch of people out of the solution is 'problematic'. A plan to buy bread that doesn't leave you with enough money to buy peanut butter is 'problematic'.
You have no idea what an SJW even is. It's just some word you heard online that (apparently) magically invalidates anyone you have a disagreement with. A social justice warrior is a fanatic, an unflinching demogogue, who doesn't think, who doesn't weigh consequences against ideologies, and doesn't take prisoners… if I was an SJW, you would already be doxxed or something. Or whatever. I have no idea what the kids are doing these days.
Someone who is merely concerned about 'social justice' or can recognize casual sexism is a problem, isn't an SJW. It's just being conscious, aware, and generally decent.
Nobody's ignoring it… but we also have sexism right here, in our backyard, in our daily lives. Why should I ignore that? It's very easy to correct. It's almost literally the *least* I could do.
Not sure how you can expect to crusade against sexism in other countries, and not even be able to recognize its pervasive roots in your own value system… that's kind of a weird logic. You can't address day-to-day racism/sexism/etc, unless you drop everything in your life to sign up and go to war against rape-squads in Third World Country X? Not logical.
Nope. Just showing a -bare minimum- of consientiousness and responsibility.
Okay, we're done here. I can't take you seriously anymore. You're too far gone.
zmog