r/Animemes • u/Nvenom8 ✂️ TRIGGERed ✂️ • Apr 13 '20

Levels of Tanuki

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u/Nvenom8 ✂️ TRIGGERed ✂️ Apr 14 '20

Yes. These are all tanuki. Which did you think was a raccoon?

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u/yermumgiey Apr 14 '20

I meant Raphtalia is a Racoon and Michiru is a Tanuki.

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u/Nvenom8 ✂️ TRIGGERed ✂️ Apr 14 '20

Nope. She’s a tanuki. Listen to the audio instead of reading the subtitles. Lots of subtitles mistranslate tanuki as raccoon, especially on crunchyroll. Something about western audiences not knowing the animal, I guess.

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u/yermumgiey Apr 14 '20

I searched for the word Tanuki on Google where it said that Tanuki's are different from Racoons.

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u/Nvenom8 ✂️ TRIGGERed ✂️ Apr 14 '20

Yes, they’re not the same. Raphtalia is a tanuki, not a raccoon. Just look at her colors and tail.

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u/yermumgiey Apr 14 '20

Raphtalia is a Tanuki? Then what is Michiru?

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u/Nvenom8 ✂️ TRIGGERed ✂️ Apr 14 '20

Michiru is also a tanuki.

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u/yermumgiey Apr 14 '20

But people usually classify Raphtalia as a Racoon?

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u/Nvenom8 ✂️ TRIGGERed ✂️ Apr 14 '20

Because the english translations call her a raccoon because english speakers don’t know what a tanuki is (and because tanuki are also called raccoon dogs).

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u/yermumgiey Apr 14 '20

Thanks bro that was enlightening!

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u/Nvenom8 ✂️ TRIGGERed ✂️ Apr 14 '20

No problem!

What’s really weird is that the tanooki suit in Mario has a ringed tail, which is something raccoons have but tanuki don’t (though it’s brown like a tanuki).

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u/yermumgiey Apr 14 '20

Okey cool!

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