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Haikara Walker Translations: Inkopolis Fashion Movement

My latest translations from pages 78 - 81 of the Japanese-only Splatoon artbook, HaikaraWalker. Have you ever wondered where the freshest Inklings hung out before Inkopolis Plaza? Whether or not you’ve asked yourself that, I’m here to tell you that they hung out in a place called the Inkopolis Backstreets (or at least that’s my best translation of the name), which is now the tutorial area of Splatoon 2. The article also talks about the emergence of various fashions and brands of Inkopolis, especially the history of the brand Firefin. It’s a lil long, but read my translation of it all below if it strikes your fancy.

(artbook scans by @milkiemilkshake)

comparing octo expansion to the look at the environment in this new expansion: we're moving from sanitization of sea life to bleaching... hmm..

-and the deep sea metro vs the elevator glimpses we get here, moving down vs moving up?

-with all the bleaching this might not be the case, but we are seeing smaller fish that could be more common in a sunlit zone compared to a deep sea midnight zone- maybe we'll get a look at other sea life?