Kumamoto-themed Phone Charms

[bakamegami_sama]

Go easy on me, even with nearly two years of experience with it, translating dialect is hard.

Also if you can't see the whole pictures there should be a scroll bar at the bottom of the entry.



I managed to get all but one...



I guess I didn't manage to get a good picture of the front packaging words (these little dudes were pretty hard to take a picture of because of how they sit) but it says:

あぎゃん！そぎゃん！こぎゃん！どぎゃん！
バッテン銃をひっさげて、すごい奴らが現れた
彼らに与えられた使命は
熊本弁を日本中に広げること

Over thataway! And thataway! Thisaway! WHATAWAY!
Carrying the Batten Gun, some awesome guys appear
Their given mission
is to spread Kumamoto dialect throughout Japan


熊本戦隊Xクマモトベンジャー
Kumamoto Sentai Batten Kumamoto Benja!

Asosan Blue! (Mt. Aso Blue)
Personality: Bratty
Offensive Ability: ****
Accent Strength: ***
Weapon: Magma Beam Light Ray

Karashi Renkon Gold (Spicy Mustard-slathered Lotus Root Gold)
Personality: Stubborn
Offensive Ability: *****
Accent Strength: ****
Weapon: Batten Gun

Basashi Red (Raw Horse Meat Red)
Personality: Funny
Offensive Ability: ****
Accent Strength: *****
Weapon: Carrot (Hand Grenade)

Kumamoto Ramen White
Personality: Eccentric
Offensive Ability: ****
Accent Strength: ****
Weapon: Disposable Wooden Chopsticks

Sadly there weren't any packages with Asosan Blue, but 3 out of 4 isn't bad.

And now the yankees!


From left to right, we have Kumamoto Castle Yankee, Watermelon Yankee, and Dekopon Yankee. I first saw this type of charm in Iwate actually and loved how cute they are with their little weird hair shapes, so I was stoked to find some Kumamoto ones. I mean, WATERMELON POMPADOUR, how cool can you get?

Written on the package (if you can call it that when they're this small) is a little self intro from each (in Kumamoto dialect), starting with "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU LOOKING AT!" and ending with "YOROSHIKU!!" in a weird kanji combination that is yankee ateji (assigned characters). Separately it means something like "EVENING DEW DEATH AND SUFFERING" which uh.

Yankees are so cute you guys I can't even.

Kumamoto Castle Yankee:
This is the return of the best warrior in Japan
EDIT: Reading this again a few years later, I realize this actually says "The best warrior-deflecting-stone-walls (mushagaeshi) in Japan"

Watermelon Yankee:
In this way, even I'm sweet

Dekopon Yankee:
This bump is the proof of deliciousness

Goodness I love toys~ And Kumamoto~