Boku Ha Tomodachi Ga Sukunai


How was everyone else's summer? Mine, being in Toronto, was altogether far too hot, which in retrospect was a good thing I suppose, since I got a lot of N1 studying done. But fall's started, which means delicious fall anime, and fotc has been ragging on me all summer to do this so blah blah less words moar anime MAZUI PRESENTS:

Episode 00 torrent and DDL



Comments (133)

JukeyQuick question. why did you choose "ha" over "wa"?
macxxx0071ST!

I had a feeling this show would catch your eye... THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS AND THE REST OF THE SHOW YOU WILL SUB TO COME!
shinThanks, guys! Welcome back :)
UlrezajFigures it's the first question. We chose "ha" because in almost every romanization that's how it's written, and also because the japanese short form for the title is "Haganai".
Kempo> Ha

Please fix this.
JJSo this is the OVA?
random> mazui picking up bokutomo

Excellent.
AoMazui isn't wrong in their romanization; it comes down to a preference thing, but if you look at how the author of the light novels romanizes it, he too uses "ha". But again, it comes down to a preference thing since the hiragana for the pronunciation of both "ha" and "wa" is は.
ZombieThank you for the episode hope you guys had a nice break. It's good that you guys have a nice break because you can now slave over fansubbing for us fans again hohoho.
ErrorFinally an update in mazuisubs.com XD made me happy seeing an update :D
FignutsThe rescue loli's say "Welcome back!"
thewizardninja@JJ
It's more like a preview for the anime. All I remember is that it's the same as the pilot chapter for the manga. Not sure if it was in the LNs or not.
erejnionPlease keep the "ha", every time I see "wa" used, I cringe. Also, since you picked up this show, I guess I will watch it after all.

@Ao
you are getting this wrong... not that the hiragana for the pronunciation of "wa" is は, just in this case は is read like "wa".
erejnionah, and
> Bit depth: 8 bits
I would prefer it if you don't do this, since my external died.
The Great MoofBeen a pretty lousy summer, Mazui-san! Alls I had to watch this summer was Fairy Tail, Idolm@ster and re-runs of non-filler Shippuden! Glad to have you back, Mazui-san! ;____;
MetalsnakezeroWelcome back and see if you can do another anime this fall.
The Great Moof@Metalsnakezero - Like the Persona 4 anime, or this final season of Shakugan no Shana I've been dying to see since forevers ago?
FindyYESS Good thing mazui pick this show i believe mazui quality subs never disappointing
TysonblastShmae fotc was too busy to do anything with pwq this summer. It can't be helped.

What's the plan(s) for the fall season, guys?
Tysonblast"shmae"
Oh wow, look at that.

Shame.
KcHappyWelcome back Mazui! It was a long and lonely summer without you!
limabeanHuh, didn't know it was Haganai for short. Yay, now I can use the proper short name. Haganai is awesome and so are you guys :D

@erejnion
Ao isn't wrong and neither are you.
MekWelcome back Mazui! Thx for the early dose of Sena-chan :D
AzureHakuaHaganai.

Ha is correct. Quit complaining.
TorontianUlrezaj, are you still in Toronto?
How about we go out for a couple of drinks someday.

So glad Mazui is back.
ACrazyOldMan^ Torontonians unite!
Anon Ymous> ha
> Implying Hepburn Romanization isn't horribly ambiguous.

Almost as bad as を being o and へ being e when used as a particle.. Worse still is using letters with those lines/accents/whatever you want to call them. Why use anything that doesn't exist on a 101/109-key keyboard? That's my opinion, take it or leave it.

In the end, though; it is Mazui's choice, regardless of who disagrees.
Jumendez-samaLolwut, Denpa got a sequel? And here I was thinking anime was getting too much plot and well developed characters lately, thank you whoever wrote this Light Novel for bringing the blinding lights of stupidity back to anime.
Geese1Glad to see you guys back after your time off and thanks for the release!
Indexcast where? :P
namhoheCan I use your english version for my vietnamese version, I will keep your credits, thank you
anonymousYEA! Thanks~
tanteidoes this mean you guys are doing this over future diary, because that would make me sad
8thSinI'm in Toronto too lol

Weather here sucks major balls.
ForeWelcome Back

Mazui Presents
TooriHope you guys do Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon as well, since your group usually does light novel adaptations.
MonHunLoli harem show..not sure if want.
Loli's forging friendship through Monster Hunter? Must watch!
deadman80Sena has a rack that would put most Playboy bunnies to shame, so exactly in what way could you call her a loli? >_>

Welcome back Mazui, we missed you :3
randomQuestion: are you going to do 10-bit this season? Seems like a lot of groups are starting to switch.
KohiiSo this anime is right up Mazui's alley. Thank you so much.
shanican. not. be. worse. than. edmonton.

ha. is. approved.
leo@uhwoh God, it's Index.
TAN Thanks God you are back !
aIs this 10 bit?
UstnapI just use BTS for the shortname, so it took a while to realize why 'ha' was used. `-`

Either way, don't care, thanks for the subs.
1Logicyea! new update from Mazui. now i'm just waiting for news from UTW.

and greetings from another Torontonian!
blueah..yes. Mazui is back from the de...I mean from Summer vacation.
Jumendez-sama@everyone asking: This is 8-Bit.

But Uru-sama, please tell me this isn't your only project.
nobodyActually, about the "ha" , Mazui is kinda smart and clever. It's that I like about Mazui. Great chose words. And obviously it's same as in official website.
KaburakiSweet, fall season looks promising.
~Hope you all had a good one this summer~
suna19japanese particles are weird
BPGoodness gracious me! Mazui is back... that's SWEET!!
Alice-tanThanks for doing this, Mazui! And I'm happy to see you guys are back in action. I'm looking forward to future releases once again!
JrrMasterthanks for your work.
Christ, Jesus H.UTW-Mazui for Shana 3?
UTW-Mazui for Shana 3.
FujiWooohoo! Mazui is back in action!! :D Missed you guys, Looking forward to all the goodies you will be releaseing!

"Cough" Shana 3 "Cough"

Cosmic MindYay, Mazui is back! *joy*
vhince4005banzai mazui!!!!
i hope SHana III will be your project..
BizounoursWas having lunch while watching this.
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Bad idea :/
leonardawesome you finally picked up a project again, been excited about this one too
_Anime_Yes Mazui is back!!!!! Been too long! Hope for some nice anime this season!
Mindblown.MAZUI IS BACK.
OMG.
YES.
YES!
blueBesides Boku wa Tomadachi, what are other animes will you guys sub next?
StubbsiBoyYou did Denpa Onna so I checked this site for the OVA to this on a whim. Thank christ I was right.

Oh, by the way, I appear to be one of the only one who DOESN"T give a shit about the fucking name.
abcYes, it's back, please sub tomodachi and shana 3 this seaseon
mascthemoney10bit?
ineedtopeeWB Mazui! May you have a wonderful subbing season :D
FarfieIndeed, welcome back Mazui! Lot's of stuff has gone on since you were gone: mainly, 10bit. I hope you guys will be implementing the new tech. A word on this if you will?
Fignuts"10bit?"

I sincerely hope not.
Robot""10bit?"

I sincerely hope not."

I sincerely hope your joking.
SatoReally, thanks for subbing this!!
fignutsNo, I'm not joking. 10bit is still buggy, it's not mature technology yet.
nope.avi@fignuts

Yes, it is. CoreAVC can decode it stable. FFDshow can decode it stable. madVR can decode it stable. LAV can decode it stable. Actual 10bit encoding (not decoding) has been stable forever, it's only just now that the decoders are being released.

BUT MY TV/PHONE/NETBOOK/TOASTER CAN'T DECODE IT!?!? Boo fucking hoo. If it we listened to people like you, we'd still be using XviD for everything.
tnhWould you mind setting the MIME type to application/x-bittorrent on your server. It's been annoying me for a while that FF insists on saving the file instead of starting the torrent.
muxmeisterthanks

BTW can you please fix your RSS feed, it's been stuck on your Comiket post for long time now
soul@nope.avi
Nope.exe coreAVC can't decode it.
sucram03@soul - Yes it can, but thru software decoding only.
@nope.avi - Agree, but he wasn't whining about 10bit. There's no boohoo'ing involved.
blueJust hope this anime won't be dropped by you guys just because someone else is subbing it like what you did in S;G
ranmachuaWill there be an Xvid/avi version?
ShadowAwesome! Welcome back. I've been excited to see what you guys would be picking for fall.

Thanks for the release! ^^
nyui wasn't thinking about watching this but now i might
ActarRegarding the romanization of particles, it doesn't really bother me which way it goes. Be it how it's spelt 'ha, wo, he' or how its pronounced 'wa, o, e'. But if you'd ask me, I'd rather go with the latter as those who don't know the Japanese language can at least pronounce the title correctly.
alex@nope.avi
> 10 bit encoding stable forever
actually a chroma bug was found recently that still hasn't been patched. so no, it isn't bug-free yet. stable, maybe, but stable with bugs.

in regards to the whole 8/10 debate, I don't care. just fixing some misinformation.
argiliumthanks for this.. btw, are you going to re-release OreImo True End 12-15? i haven't watched them because i'm waiting for an HD copy with your subs..
D_PInb4 Mazui dropping this and entering another hiatus due to Funi/Sentai picking this up.

I'm willing to bet that CR wouldn't be able to pick this up due to this being a TBS/Media Factory show.
StubbsiBoy@Blue: They didn't stop because somebody else was subbing it, they stopped because the CrunchyRoll sub was actually good in this case. Fansubs are meant to provide a better alternative, not completely take over the official one.

@Everybody Else: Hi10p is great but not widely supported yet. I'd say they should either do both 8bit and 10bit or just stick with 8bit.
Anifani dont get the beef with the encodes. to me, if it plays and is good quality im happy. (File size no issue - ever)
K-Lite codec pack with MPC - didn't need to update it and it played Hi10... if its a Matroska it will play :/
HadesPlease keep 8-bit:)
njamunkyquestion: WHAT did i just watch? it was like a whole season crammed into 11 minutes? it was a double song music video? it started out really nice, then the weird bowl thing looked like an alien ship or power unit, then theyre eating what looks like grey and gooey eggs from a hot pot? then its ok again? THEN THE TWO GIRLS ARE RIVALS AND SAYING BAD THINGS TO EACHOTHER?! WTF DID I JUST WATCH?!
;__; you make njamunky cry
njamunkyquestion: WHAT did i just watch? it was like a whole season crammed into 11 minutes? it was a double song music video? it started out really nice, then the weird bowl thing looked like an alien ship or power unit, then theyre eating what looks like grey and gooey eggs from a hot pot? then its ok again? THEN THE TWO GIRLS ARE RIVALS AND SAYING BAD THINGS TO EACHOTHER?! WTF DID I JUST WATCH?!
;__; you make njamunky cry
Spinarakk@njamunky

You just watched a bloody OVA of the series, try reading the title of the episode (episode 00).

Only people who have read the manga will know that this is pretty much chapter 0 of the manga animated, with some extra scenes and the opening song.
FollowerAnother reason why I stalk this site.
Great choice for the fall season
TakataAlthough it won't affect the chance of me watching this anime, I'm in favour of "wa" in the title. Summary:

"Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai"
> >"wa" denotes the correct pronounciation
> >http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=boku+wa+tomodachi+ga+sukunai&word2=boku+ha+tomodachi+ga+sukunai suggests this is the more common transliteration.

...Not that I'm oblivious to arguments for using "ha" in the title:

"Boku ha Tomodachi ga Sukunai"
> >Official website (http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/haganai/) spells the title with "ha".
> >"Haganai" an abbreviation of the title is spelled with "Ha".


Also.... While "は” used as a particle becomes "wa", ”はがない” becomes "haganai". Maybe one could argue that "haganai" starts with "ha" only because は is being used in a non-particle word. O.o
HadesTotally forgot. Thank you! Nice.
NuserameIts alive! Glad to see you lot back again, and to see you pick up one of the more promising series of the season.
GazuliGodYou guys subing the new anime i want to watch the most, Perfect.
Immense FaggotDoes the "until the day we must part ways" sound ominous to anyone else?
Looks pretty good so far. Just hope they keep the feel of the light novels for the rest of it.
Thanks, Mazui.
JulioMazui picking up one of my picks for this fall=greatness
I hope this show is worth it.
YuiThe word Senpai is capitalized.
SamdidliamboI'm willing to try it, but what makes people so excited about this series?
Samdidliambobtw - fall preview video on niconico:
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/1316114705
Sheplesbianism.
StrikezcoalAwesome! Glad to see you guys back up and running. Really appreciate your work! Thanks guys!
eterniamazui revived! huzzah!
Asawhere are the nico vids that were promised to us?
GhostalkerNice to see this group alive and kicking. Nice choice for the Fall season :}
AliceMazuii,...
can you convert the angel beats

[Mazui]_Angel_Beats_-_Special_[C59C34F5]
to avi..

mazuii,,..what converter u usually use to convert mkv to avi?
ansI don't really care about the choice of romanization. It makes sense if the short title はがない is pronounced haganai and not waganai (idk). But I don't think you can say that particle は is written ha in most romanizations. It's wa in Hepburn (old and new(used for academic work)), kunrei (the Japanese gov't system no one really uses), all major English textbooks (genki, nakama, yookoso (and every other one I've seen))... The only one I can think of that uses ha is nihonshiki. Unless I'm missing something...
TennoujiLOL, about the ha/wa issue, I don't see it as problem, and either is correct. because it's not the romanji which people read, it's the kana. ha/wa on a japanese tongue is no different, assuming that is a sentence particle.

And IMO you should not trouble yourselves over trivial matters when you're not japanese yourselves. It's not going anywhere no matter the discussion.
TennoujiPS: About what I've said about japanese tongue, maybe it's something which only people who speak japanese will understand.
TheGreatMoof@Alice

"what converter u usually use to convert mkv to avi?"

If you're on Windows, I'd download the latest build of ffmpeg. It can decode MXKV, so if you wanna convert to AVI you would run ffmpeg thru Command Prompt with this syntax:

C:ffmpegbinffmpeg.exe -i (drag-and-drop the original MKV here) (drag-and-drop the original MKV here, then Backspace and replace the .MKV with .AVI)

That should work.
TheGreatMoofUhh, there were supposed to be backslashes (the one next to the backspace on the number bar) between C:, ffmpeg, bin, and ffmpeg in that syntax. But apparently Safari is just a total shit browser now.

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FujiDont keep us in suspense! Will Mazui be picking up Mirai Nikki?!?! :D Been looking forever to see if any grp will be doing it.. Non i can see atm. Rather have good old mazui subs then shitty CR subs for my fav show of the season~!
Lupine-31Welcome back Mazui, we appreciated the mid-vacation status update and the postcard that you sent.

/sarcasm

We missed you :'(
YattaThanks for picking this up! That little preview is hilarious, can't wait for the first episode.

@Alice

You can use Avidemux, which is easy to use and allows for many options and filters.
For avi, choose Xvid for the video and mp3 for the audio.

http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/

It's avaiable for Linux, Mac and even Windumb.
EdMXThe original author used "ha" as a romanization for the subject particle, but strictly speaking, the modern Hepburn and even revised Hepburn systems endorse using "wa" for the particle in all given instances. You can say it's an error on the part of the original author, but for consistencies sake, I understand why Mazui would go on the safe side and stick with the original transliteration of the title.
jfsIf you're putting "ha" then you must also put "tomodati". Don't mix and match.
Raph95tomodati VS tomodachi =/= ha vs wa

If you idiots didn't notice that in OreImo OP they also used "ha" instead of "wa" everywhere, you suck. They prefer "ha" so what?
Even Zombie had official romanization "Koreha Zombie Desuka" and nobody was whining about it, so stop whining here. It's fucking Haganai not Waganai anyway.
cheezeburgerzyay mazui's back!
rinAww yeah, Mazui subbing a show I was thinking about picking up?

Fuck yeah.
tabinchuuruChipping into the romanization flame war, isn't the whole point of Hepburn romanization (i.e. ha --> wa, ti --> chi) to make it readable to foreigners?
All those "tu"s and "ti"s used to bug me as well, but after living in Japan for some time, I just made my peace with the way things are written.
Oh well, I'm sure the team at Mazui's taken that into consideration.
And I'm certainly not going to bitch about a free sub with a translation well done.
anonymousShouldn't you be translating porn, Ed? *cracks whip*

The proper title is "I Don't Have Many Friends" btw.
EFFyeaMHfuck yea i saw monster hunter in it!
YakI am native speaker of Japanese.
Haganai is correct, but Boku Ha Tomodachi Ga Sukunai is incorrect romanization. It is very strange. Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai is correct.
cuppatea@yahoo.co.jpMmm, cute schoolgirls. Cuppa like!

At the same time, I doubt either of the two girls we've seen in episode 1 would have much trouble making friends - except for the blonde, who's a little b*tchy and self-entitled.

In that sense, it kind of reminds me of Buffy (by which I mean it's a show about unpopular geeks/nerds, but the actors and actresses are too pretty/handsome to really be convincing in those parts.)

That aside, I'm going to stick around for this show.
Avisch> people arguing over ha/wa

JESUS CHRIST PEOPLE. ROMANIZATION IS A MATTER OF PREFERENCE, LET THEM DO WHAT THEY WANT. IF YOU WANT TO ARGUE ABOUT SOMETHING MAKE IT SOMETHING WORTHWHILE LIKE LOCALIZATION SHIT (which, thankfully, Mazui avoids)
anonymous@cuppatea@yahoo.co.jp
The reason why they have trouble making friends is because,with the exception of Kodaka,they have pretty nasty personalities.Yozora can be even more harsh than Sena most of the time,like writing a screenplay where Sena gets raped.Go check baka-tsuki out if you want to know more.
nvp@anonymous
Yozora write such a screenplay?... Isn't it just like Oreimo...
SasuraI love you even more for picking this manga. It's been one of my favourite for some time now, it's so freakingly funny. thanks a lot.
GrimKing71This topic is old but it just reminded me of "Kore Wa Zombie Desu Ka", I was really wondering why the OP said "Ha" and the sub said "Wa", thank you for clearing that up
anon mouseWelcome back! we missed you! Arigato!
TakeruWhat the hell? don't you guy know basic Japanese sentence structure it is definitely pronounced as wa in this case. は is used as a particle so therefore we pronounce as wa. It is typed ha or pronounce ha when it is used as a part of a word.
kcan we get episode 1-3 seeding please? Would be awesome if we can get that up!

Thanks in advance!