Eccentric Individual Meru | メル | @merumeruchann | Love Lab Japan

[Meemoo]

Meru (MeruMeruChann)

Meru is a JP>EN localizer who mainly works with VNs, mostly those from the 18+ variety. she owns Love Lab, a localization company that works with the same type of content.

Notable works
-ISLAND (Karen's route)
-Rewrite+ (moon route)
-Nekopara: Catboys Paradise

Spoiler: full list of works

Meru's Portfolio

Meru's Portfolio

merumeru.carrd.co

archive: https://archive.ph/12ZH4

she's notoriously known for unashamingly inserting political statements in the works she engages as well as putting out very poor translation work. the former can be seen in the way she handled "oral Lessons with Chii-chan"

tweet | Archive

another of her works is Last Cloudia, a "AAA mobile JRPG" that she claims "had perfect English Localization" despite criticism at the poor quality of the localization. issues ranged from spelling errors, to a character being given the wrong gender in the English release.

more examples include her nonsensical thread about opposing censorship = opposing capitalism somehow?

thread | archive
this is a blog post she made that basically calls her entire consumer base entitled for silly reasons including even the desire for 18+ content being included which she calls "annoying"

archive

when confronted about her works being censored and some lines being unnecessarily altered, she made a tweet telling people to learn Japanese if they want the uncensored experience

another example presented without comment

Have more examples to share of Meru? please post them below.

have examples of another localizer engaging in bad faith? please head to their dedicated thread, or put them up on the shitty localizers list

 

[NretsewThePerv]

I got one for you. just found this after I looked for stuff she responded to me on

(archive) (tweet)

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1521063977324892160

there was also my own interaction I had with her I think I already posted in this list thread. id have to find it now but it should be in there

it was when I responded to the tweet about how we all need to be anti-capitalists.

also, think you should add her most resent cope blog post talking about the seven seas stuff posted here https://varishangout.com/index.php?threads/the-shitty-localizers-list.553/post-10950

 

[NretsewThePerv]

another one. full credit to Migi for originally finding a cap of it. i just used Twitter advanced search to track it down and archive it

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1210564537981657088

(archive)

 

[VidMasterEon]

also, think you should add her most resent cope blog post talking about the seven seas stuff posted here https://varishangout.com/index.php?threads/the-shitty-localizers-list.553/post-10950

On Translation Errors & Criticism | Revue

archived 13 Jun 2022 01:21:33 UTC

archive.ph

Im going to drop it here so that people dont have to jump all over the forum

 

[PatioRama]

another one. full credit to Migi for originally finding a cap of it. i just used Twitter advanced search to track it down and archive it

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1210564537981657088

(archive)

The screed about 'muh hecking sexist cliches' gets me. Who are you to dictate what JP consumers want/desire? Is it a case of "they don't know what they REALLY want"? Is it "cultural imperialism" as it were? I wouldn't put it past them for the 2nd of those two options.

 

[VidMasterEon]

Meru decided to toss herself onto the koisuru dumpsterfire

"Why are you being so toxic? We only vandalized someones book so badly it needed a reprint and then lied to your faces"

Good.
Is.
Not.
Nice.

>honest mistake in good faith
You are either woefully incompetent or a malicious deceitful vandal
Both make you unfit for the job and should result in excommunication

 

[Migi]

Meru,
"And I'll keep being loud about this shit, because I'm not going to be bullied into being quiet"

Blocks anybody that disagrees with her and labels it as bullying.

 

[immahnoob]

Meru decided to toss herself onto the koisuru dumpsterfire
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"Why are you being so toxic? We only vandalized someones book so badly it needed a reprint and then lied to your faces"

Good.
Is.
Not.
Nice.

View attachment 10637
>honest mistake in good faith
You are either woefully incompetent or a malicious deceitful vandal
Both make you unfit for the job and should result in excommunication

Don't just take pictures, fucking archive these.

 

[NretsewThePerv]

>honest mistake in good faith

absolute fucken bullshit. we have one of the editors on fucken record admitting that shit was changed deliberately, this was not some fucken "misunderstanding", they tried to change the whole meaning and context of the work and thought they would get away with it

if the author made the story a BL with a crossdresser it's a fucken BL with a crossdresser. it was never about troons and to make it about troons was flat out fucken wrong. if they wanted a story about fucken troons maybe they should go out and publish some of the works that are in fact about fucken troons

also, I love how she is trying to make it all about "le internet harassment", people were fucken mad cuz they flat out tried to piss on people and say it's raining. this is not about fucken ideology or politics it's about holding these fuckers to account as they keep showcasing they cant be fucken trusted to just translate the fucken work into English without censoring or twisting shit. people are fucken sick of this bullshit and if you want people to stop being mean to you and your fuck buddies about it maybe DO SOMETHING about the issues people have raver then be a cunt about it and try to deflect from it

but yea "seven seas fucked up. Meru most affected"

 

[Hellhammer]

Don't just take pictures, fucking archive these.

Here you go:
Tweet || Archive
Tweet || Archive

 

[Hellhammer]

So why bother taking the job then?
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[Meemoo]

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So why bother taking the job then?
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I bet she's gonna start inserting "memes" and political statements to stave off her boredom

I hate these people

 

[NretsewThePerv]

I bet she's gonna start inserting "memes" and political statements to stave off her boredom

"OH! OH! ONII CHAAAAAN PLZ SEAZE MY MEANS OF PRODUCTION HAA AHHHHHHH IM IM CUMSOOOOUMEING ONII CHAAAAAAAN"

 

[Narmy]

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So why bother taking the job then?
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To be fair, some eroge have sex scenes that go on for way too long.

 

[Migi]

To be fair, some eroge have sex scenes that go on for way too long.

That's all the better to annoy this stuck up translator.

 

[OrmelloHowling]

To be fair, some eroge have sex scenes that go on for way too long.

Imagine getting paid to translate "Slurp slupr, uwu, umaa, oh, ah, wrong hole dummy, yes, IKUUUUU".

 

[Meemoo]

To be fair, some eroge have sex scenes that go on for way too long.

bottom of the barrel work fitting for a bottom of the barrel "translator"

 

[OrmelloHowling]

bottom of the line work fitting for a bottom of the line "translator"

To some how still mess it up, to try to mess with 'fragile male ego'.

 

[Hellhammer]

Meru thought is a good idea on Twitter to post her ego in regards to critics criticizing her work.

Tweet || Archive

 

[Meemoo]

Meru thought is a good idea on Twitter to post her ego in regards to critics criticizing her work.
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literal self-admission that accurate translations aren't her goal

holy autismo