Parodies, references, translation errors, untranslated content explanations for Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai? Tensai-tachi no Ren`ai Zunousen / Kaguya-sama: Love Is War 2 episode 1. Translations are from Aniplex(?)/Funimation.
Timestamps are approximate
The title
The second season anime title literally means “Kaguya-sama wants to cause (someone) to confess? Geniuses’ Romance battle of brains”. The first season did not have a question mark, implying, in the second season, there are doubts about Shinomiya Kaguya wanting to make Shirogane Miyuki confess?
Episode 1
Parodies/references
2:44Hayasaka AI’s phone and its contents is a parody of the one of the Apple iPhones.
2:48The music and the burning fuse is a parody of the opening sequence of the original Mission Impossible TV series.
9:15Ishigami Yuu parodies Thomas the Tank Engine from The Railway Series. Shirogane Miyuki is possibly a parody of Donald or Douglas from The Railway Series?
13:00The background wallpaper is a parody of Sofmap wallpaper
13:07The university building in the background is Tokyo University.
18:12Fujiwara is doing air cat’s cradle
Translation-related
0:27The sign board where the head is supposed to be was translated as “THE GENIUES’ WAR OF HEARTS AND MINDS”. It is more accurately “The geniuse’s romance battle of brains”.
5:24
roomaji: shiretto shita no namae de yonderu
subtitle: he had to throw that in
correct meaning: (he’s) casually calling (her) by (her) given name
6:32
roomaji: sono shinsei na okonai
subtitle: they wouldn’t have gone that far
correct meaning: that sacred deed
8:34 Shinomiya Kaguya said the first part of the word “sex” (sekkusu) but stopped at “sekku” without pronouncing the last “ku“. There was nothing in the subtitles.
8:37The specific hand-holding referred to as “koibito tsunagi” shown was translated simply as “holding hands”. However, “koibito tsunagi” (literally, “lovers connection”) is specifically the way of holding hands shown where the fingers are interlocked, indicative of lovers.
22:24The untranslated details of the fortunetelling can be inferred to roughly mean:
“Each other’s prides get in the way…
possibility of things not going well and meeting demise…
If (each) could just discard that pride…
22:37
roomaji: tsutawaru hazu mo naku
subtitle: he couldn’t explain that to her, either
correct meaning: wouldn’t get conveyed to (her)
22:39
roomaji: tsutawaranai mon da na
subtitle: i can’t tell her that
correct meaning: it is something that doesn’t get conveyed. eh? (he is trying to tell her indirectly, but it isn’t getting through, rather than him not wanting to tell her)
23:35The translation of the sign omitted the detail about Kaguya being in a “good mood”.
23:41The bottom text was not translated. It meant:
“bad luck・symbol of sacrifice
be careful of verbal slips”
Hayasaka AI’s phone and its contents is a parody of the one of the Apple iPhones.
The music and the burning fuse is a parody of the opening sequence of the original Mission Impossible TV series.
Ishigami Yuu parodies Thomas the Tank Engine from The Railway Series. Shirogane Miyuki is possibly a parody of Donald or Douglas from The Railway Series?
The background wallpaper is a parody of Sofmap wallpaper
The university building in the background is Tokyo University.
Fujiwara is doing air cat’s cradle
The sign board where the head is supposed to be was translated as “THE GENIUES’ WAR OF HEARTS AND MINDS”. It is more accurately “The geniuse’s romance battle of brains”.
The specific hand-holding referred to as “koibito tsunagi” shown was translated simply as “holding hands”. However, “koibito tsunagi” (literally, “lovers connection”) is specifically the way of holding hands shown where the fingers are interlocked, indicative of lovers.
The untranslated details of the fortunetelling can be inferred to roughly mean:
The translation of the sign omitted the detail about Kaguya being in a “good mood”.
The bottom text was not translated. It meant:
