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Original English:
Original Japanese:
今日の配信は完璧でした！俺は”踏んでくだステップオンミー！”とコメントすると、推しのはあちゃまが「キモい！」と反応してくれて
ChatGPT output:
Claude knocks it out of the park as far as I'm concerned.
Even 4o:
Thought #1: Incredible machine translation from Claude. 4o interpolates a little that's not in the actual text ("sexy kind of heaven") and does an iffy literal translation for "peaceful moment"; "blissful moment" is a better fit.
Thought #2: Ban LLMs. They will allow comments like this to be translated to English.
ルイズ！ルイズ！ルイズ！ルイズぅぅうううわぁああああああああああああああああああああああん！！！ あぁああああ…ああ…あっあっー！あぁああああああ！！！ルイズルイズルイズぅううぁわぁああああ！！！ あぁクンカクンカ！クンカクンカ！スーハースーハー！スーハースーハー！いい匂いだなぁ…くんくん んはぁっ！ルイズ・フランソワーズたんの桃色ブロンドの髪をクンカクンカしたいお！クンカクンカ！あぁあ！！ 間違えた！モフモフしたいお！モフモフ！モフモフ！髪髪モフモフ！カリカリモフモフ…きゅんきゅんきゅい！！ 小説10巻のルイズたんかわいかったよぅ！！あぁぁああ…あああ…あっあぁああああ！！ふぁぁあああんんっ！！ アニメ2期決まって良かったねルイズたん！あぁあああああ！かわいい！ルイズたん！かわいい！あっああぁああ！ コミック1巻も発売されて嬉し…いやぁああああああ！！！にゃああああああああん！！ぎゃああああああああ！！ ぐあああああああああああ！！！コミックなんて現実じゃない！！！！あ…小説もアニメもよく考えたら… ル イ ズ ち ゃ ん は 現実 じ ゃ な い？にゃあああああああああああああん！！うぁああああああああああ！！ そんなぁああああああ！！いやぁぁぁあああああああああ！！はぁああああああん！！ハルケギニアぁああああ！！ この！ちきしょー！やめてやる！！現実なんかやめ…て…え！？見…てる？表紙絵のルイズちゃんが僕を見てる？ 表紙絵のルイズちゃんが僕を見てるぞ！ルイズちゃんが僕を見てるぞ！挿絵のルイズちゃんが僕を見てるぞ！！ アニメのルイズちゃんが僕に話しかけてるぞ！！！よかった…世の中まだまだ捨てたモンじゃないんだねっ！ いやっほぉおおおおおおお！！！僕にはルイズちゃんがいる！！やったよケティ！！ひとりでできるもん！！！ あ、コミックのルイズちゃああああああああああああああん！！いやぁあああああああああああああああ！！！！ あっあんああっああんあアン様ぁあ！！セ、セイバー！！シャナぁああああああ！！！ヴィルヘルミナぁあああ！！ ううっうぅうう！！俺の想いよルイズへ届け！！ハルケギニアのルイズへ届け！俺は実はサイト萌えなんだっ！！
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あい らいく ゆー。
かむ おーばー とぅ まい はうす えんど ふぁっく まい しすたー！
Shouldn't that be あんど
but I am sensing a whooshing sound going past my ears here.
In a surprising concession to real English phonology, no.
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