Catchphrase?

[packages]

Does that annoying "BELIEVE IT!!" catchphrase only exist in the English translations? I typically can only stomach any anime in Japanese, (the difference in dialect and inflection bothers me) and through knowing basic Japanese and of course having subtitles, I have come to the conclusion that I have only heard a few instances of phrases even close to it.

Was "BELIEVE IT!" a formulated catchphrase to appeal to Americans and their comfort in consistency? In my opinion, it's goddamn annoying.

[AmyRiddle]

Naruto has a habit of saying "dattebayo" after like 99% of stuff he says in the original japanese manga & anime.
"Believe it" is what the translation made out of it but its not like you can actually translate a speaking habit to another language.
It also doesnt seem to be uncommon to have some kind habit to add stuff at the end of sentences in japan. I came across this a few times outside of manga/anime too, like gaming.

Personaly i find "believe it" kind of funny and "dattebayo" never annoyed me but i suppose many people get easily annoyed by it.

[benelori]

Believe it is the translation they chose for the sufix Naruto uses, which is -ttebayo. Which has no meaning, it is just a character perk, nothing more, and in the manga it is said at some point(won't say where, because I feel that I might spoil you), that this happens when Naruto is under stress, or is excited about something, so basically not normal emotional situations.

In this context I kinda find that believe it translation to be a bit stupid...

[DementedKirby]

It's sort of how fratboy tools in the US end all of their sentences or phrases with -bro!

[Suzaku]

"Believe it!" is how they chose to translate Naruto's "dattebayo!" and "-ttebayo!", which have no real translations, but basically serve to emphasize whatever he's saying. If he uses those phrases, he really means whatever he's saying, and he wants you to believe him. Hence the translation. Another reason they chose that specific translation was to match the syllables better when synching the dub up with the Japanese lipsynch.


When I do translations, I personally translate "dattebayo" and "-ttebayo" as "totally".

IE: "I'm totally gonna become Hokage!" or "That jutsu is totally awesome!" or whatever.