The Umineko Thread

[Saruta]

This is a thread about "umineko", known as mercats or seacats in English (depending on the fansubber). I guess we'll be seeing more of them, so we could as well discuss their behaviour, suggested lineage (Protocatture? Genetic engineering?) and other things here, not just in episode threads.

Oh. And pictures. And memes. And anything else umineko/seacat/sealcat/mercat. And wanting A MERCAT NEOW.

Human(oid) Delta characters have a thread. Mercats also have a thread now. Macrossworld, never speciesist!

(first image is a gif, not sure how to make it show the moving part better)

Edited April 22, 2016 by Saruta

[EXO]

The one bridge bunny keeps a mercat in her vest and even has mercats hair endings....

[kajnrig]

I still think the proper translation is catfish. Because yes, the pun is worth it.

[d3v]

I still think the proper translation is catfish. Because yes, the pun is worth it.

umi (海) = sea

neko (ネコ) = cat

So seacat would be a more accurate translation.

[Mazinger]

I think mercat is a better translation, though possibly less literal.

[d3v]

I said it before, and I'll say it again, the girls dorm mercat (Querule?) looks like something out of a Keita Takahashi wet dream.

EDIT: Needs to me stated, "umineko" is actually the Japanese word for seagull, or specifically the Black-tailed Gull which has a cat-like call.

Edited April 22, 2016 by d3v

[Mr March]

I'd be more interested in the types of dishes one could serve using Mercat meat. They do look delicious, especially with some fava beans and a nice chianti

[kajnrig]

umi (海) = sea

neko (ネコ) = cat

So seacat would be a more accurate translation.

Yes but that pun tho.

[Seto Kaiba]

I'd be more interested in the types of dishes one could serve using Mercat meat. They do look delicious, especially with some fava beans and a nice chianti

... Ragu Nyan-Nyan is a Chinese restaurant, man. Cooking the cat is kind of the low-hanging fruit of humor, isn't it?

[Mr March]

... Ragu Nyan-Nyan is a Chinese restaurant, man. Cooking the cat is kind of the low-hanging fruit of humor, isn't it?

It's a Silence of the Lambs joke, dude. Don't be that guy.

Edited April 22, 2016 by Mr March

[Valkyrie Driver]

It's a Silence of the Lambs joke, dude. Don't be that guy.

It was also a Chinese restaurant joke, even if unintentional. Which I actually found chuckle worthy, +1 for multi-tiered humor.

[Mr March]

It's a joke about catfish that quotes Silence of the Lambs. Let's leave it as is so it doesn't produce an allergic reaction

[d3v]

I'd be more interested in the types of dishes one could serve using Mercat meat. They do look delicious, especially with some fava beans and a nice chianti

If you've ever had steamed buns (sio pao) or dumplings (sio mai) from a shady chinese restoraunt, you've probably already tasted cat.

[Gerli]

Also they sad Uminekos are poisonous and you have to be a Zentradi certificated Chef with 30 years of training to serve one.

(I read that on the Internet)

[Major Focker]

If you've ever had steamed buns (sio pao) or dumplings (sio mai) from a shady chinese restoraunt, you've probably already tasted cat.

i remember that went "viral"/"trending" in the 80's. personally, i never came across concrete info that would suggest it was anything more than an urban legend.

i do recall a local Chinese take-out that had flyers stating: "Our Siopao are not MEOW" (literal translation)

i do personally know, that there are places around the world that serve cat meat, rat too.

[d3v]

i remember that went "viral"/"trending" in the 80's. personally, i never came across concrete info that would suggest it was anything more than an urban legend.

i do recall a local Chinese take-out that had flyers stating: "Our Siopao are not MEOW" (literal translation)

i do personally know, that there are places around the world that serve cat meat, rat too.

Sio pao? Sio meow!

[Saruta]

I wonder if Ragnans post lolmercats online. And if there are "draw Walkure as mercats" contests.

Edited April 23, 2016 by Saruta

[JB0]

I still think the proper translation is catfish. Because yes, the pun is worth it.

This man speaks the truth, Scarfish is the best character, and this is my favorite thread right now.

[Nekko Basara]

I must insist on the term "catfish," because putting "cat" in second place to anything is unacceptable.

As any cat will tell you, it's all about me...ow.

[NBasara]

I'm waiting to see the Basara umineko that comes out of the water with Basara glasses. Just like Nekko Basara's profile pic.

[Windrider]

What's odd is that umineko in Japanese actually means seagull. And there are seagulls on Ragna.

[EXO]

Don't we see seagulls all the time on Ragna? The birds that "float" in the wind? They have a bit of tail on them on this planet.

[Raptor One]

Catfish is already a different animal though

[Nekko Basara]

Catfish is already a different animal though

If you want to be Earth-ist about it, sure. But maybe the Ragnans would disagree about which is the "real" catfish.

[JB0]

Catfish is already a different animal though

Well, umineko means a different animal in modern japanese, too. One we english-speakers would call a seagull.

It seems that there is actually a pun intended with the creatures in Delta and a real terrestrial creature. But calling them "seagulls" would make no sense, because in english seagulls have no connection to cats. Such a pity that this pun involving aquatic life named after felines could never work in english because we just don't have that kind of linguistic assemblage...

[Jefuemon]

Experten's next kit?

[RedWolf]

If Basara comes to Ragna he'd think of seagulls instead of Seacats thus being corrected by a local like when he said Whales swim at the sea much the confusion of Elma that states Whales are at space.

Speaking of cats Zola has marsupial cats. Zentradi tend to bond with big cats compared to miclones that is. Veffidas had a black panther as a companion when she was still a martial artist on some frontier planet. Hydra are treated like domestic cats by giant Zentradi.

The Protoculture ruin planet of New Asia has a Sphinx in M3's intro but we never saw the face if it is man or a cat.

[UN Spacy]

ETA to plushies?

[d3v]

Usually, with a compound word like "catfish", the second word tends to be the one that's being modified by the first. So "catfish" means "a cat-like fish".

As for "mercat", which is a portmanteau (of mermaid and cat), it makes sense because they do look like mermaid versions of cats - cat upper bodies with piscine lower bodies.

[d3v]

Usually, with a compound word like "catfish", the second word tends to be the one that's being modified by the first. So "catfish" means "a cat-like fish".

As for "mercat", which is a portmanteau (of mermaid and cat), it makes sense because they do look like mermaid versions of cats - cat upper bodies with piscine lower bodies.

[Nekko Basara]

Speaking of cats Zola has marsupial cats. Zentradi tend to bond with big cats compared to miclones that is. Veffidas had a black panther as a companion when she was still a martial artist on some frontier planet. Hydra are treated like domestic cats by giant Zentradi.

The Protoculture ruin planet of New Asia has a Sphinx in M3's intro but we never saw the face if it is man or a cat.

Nice collection of cats!

I'm pretty sure the Hydra is a pokemon, though. I found this list of cat pokemon and it isn't included, so I think it must be more of a dog-type. Silly Zentraedi!

[tout-puissant]

Having been enslaved by Neko Atsume for much of the past year, I've started naming these mercats. The one that shows up at Ragnyannyan is Tubbs, obviously.

Mark

[JB0]

Usually, with a compound word like "catfish", the second word tends to be the one that's being modified by the first. So "catfish" means "a cat-like fish".

As for "mercat", which is a portmanteau (of mermaid and cat), it makes sense because they do look like mermaid versions of cats - cat upper bodies with piscine lower bodies.

They look more like cat/seal hybrids to me. Mermaids have scales.

[anime52k8]

They look more like cat/seal hybrids to me. Mermaids have scales.

which basically means they're seals with ears.

[Einherjar]

Needs more lasers.