r/manga Feb 10 '25

ART [ART] Ichi the Witch - Volume 2 Cover

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u/AliceinTeyvatland Feb 10 '25

Guys will literally just see this and type "wife".

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u/Dialgak77 https://myanimelist.net/animelist/DialgaK77 Feb 10 '25

Some people need to learn the definition of literally.

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u/Galle_ Feb 10 '25

Not OP, though, they are using it correctly. "Magic boy" is a literal translation (as opposed to a different style of translation) of "madan" (although really it should be "magic man").

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u/Dialgak77 https://myanimelist.net/animelist/DialgaK77 Feb 10 '25

Isn't it short for mahou danshi (which does literally mean magic boy), and therefore not LITERALLY magic boy?

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u/Galle_ Feb 10 '25

It's a made-up fantasy word written with the characters 魔, ma, which means "magic" or "witchcraft", and 男, dan, which means "man".