Can someone explain "meep" to me?

[Bon Bon]

Does the translation randomly alternate between translating "nipah" as meep or is it like that in the original?

[Ohagi-Chan]

Two completely different sounds that she makes.
Neither have any transliteration, they're simply obscure sounds that she purposely makes to pull the heartstrings of oblivious (and often unfortunate-to-be) fanboys.

[Bon Bon]

Originally posted by Ohagi-Chan:

Two completely different sounds that she makes.
Neither have any transliteration, they're simply obscure sounds that she purposely makes to pull the heartstrings of oblivious (and often unfortunate-to-be) fanboys.

Thank you for explaining.

[Hellstorm901]

Originally posted by Ohagi-Chan:

Two completely different sounds that she makes.
Neither have any transliteration, they're simply obscure sounds that she purposely makes to pull the heartstrings of oblivious (and often unfortunate-to-be) fanboys.

Well that's one way of putting it, Nii

But if you wanna go for crazy fan theories it's possible Rika's Nipah is an allusion to "Henipavirus" aka The "Nipah Virus" a real world virus which shares some similarities to Hinamizawa Syndrome.

[Ohagi-Chan]

Oh, cool.
And spoilery.

[Alice]

She's actually saying "mii", I'm not sure why they would translate it as "meep".

[Ohagi-Chan]

pretty sure she says meep instead of mii when she's surprised.

[delta]

She says "Mii" but they decided to use Meep because Mion has the nickname "Mii" which would be confusing if they kept both in. In Japanese you can write the "Mii" she says and Mion's nickname differently so there wouldn't be any confusion.

[Pent]

Mii means kitten's meow in Japanese. I believe that

SERIES SPOILER FOLLOWS

Hinamizawa syndrome is based on Toxoplasmosis, which is said to cause some mental disorders to infected humans. Also it is said that humans are infected with it from cat feces. I think miis were supposed to be some hints to the mystery.

[Raoul[GER]]

Originally posted by Pent:

Mii means kitten's meow in Japanese. I believe that

SERIES SPOILER FOLLOWS

Hinamizawa syndrome is based on Toxoplasmosis, which is said to cause some mental disorders to infected humans. Also it is said that humans are infected with it from cat feces. I think miis were supposed to be some hints to the mystery.

i thought nya is kittens meow

[fllthdcrb]

Originally posted by RaoulGER:

i thought nya is kittens meow

"nya", "nyan", etc., are all for cats, not kittens specifically. I can't find anything about "mii", but it's possible it's ascribed to kittens, with their high-pitched voices.

[Hellstorm901]

Originally posted by fllthdcrb:

Originally posted by RaoulGER:

i thought nya is kittens meow

"nya", "nyan", etc., are all for cats, not kittens specifically. I can't find anything about "mii", but it's possible it's ascribed to kittens, with their high-pitched voices.

I don't think Mii means anything. It's either just something she's saying to be cute or it's a sound effect she's making (like hmmm) and it justs sounds like Mii to us.

Nipah on the other hand might be a reference to Henipavirus, a virus which shares many similarities to Hinamizawa Syndrome

[fllthdcrb]

Originally posted by Hellstorm901:

Nipah on the other hand might be a reference to Henipavirus, a virus which shares many similarities to Hinamizawa Syndrome

It's an interesting theory that I've seen several times. Personally, I'm skeptical; it seems a bit contrived. Also, looking at the symptoms, I don't see anything that looks that much like Hinamizawa Syndrome, unless I'm missing something. At most, I'd say it's an oblique reference to the latter. But Pent's idea seems a bit more plausible. I think, more likely it's just gitaigo for smiling.