What is the closest translation of the chant Yuki must say to herself to stop turning in to a wolf when she goes to school?
I have read several versions: "And then there were three presents, and the octopuses," "Wolf go away and leave me three presents," and something to do with a "piggy promise."
I'm sure it must be something untranslatable, but I'm just interested to know what the closest English translation might be.
In the English dub version, she's saying a chant: "I'm going to be a little girl, all the way home." It's just a sing-song phrase to help remind her to not turn into a wolf, no mater what. It doesn't have any magical qualities. The English subtitles have it as "piggy promise, promise kept."
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In the German version the sub says "3 octopuses, 3 presents". That seems to be close to the actual Japanese words. I tried to listen to the voice track and repeated the words to a translation app that lets you say the words instead of typing them. She definitely says <some word> three <another word> three.
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