You may be wondering why I felt the need to post the dictionary entry for the word "governor." Personally, I'm wondering why I had to look this word up at all. In a particular dungeon of Wild ARMs 2, several of the enemies had a move called "Governor Off" that boosted their stats, much to my confusion. I could only imagine it being something similar to a dance off, only with governors: "Well, I as the governor of Maine cut property taxes in half!" "I as the governor of Virginia raised the minimum wage!" It just didn't make any sense. After seeing this for the twentieth time, my frustration finally overrode my laziness and I got up to look up this definition. I'm guessing they were aiming for 4a: By removing the governor on their physical potential, they can increase their stats, similar to Rock Lee opening his Spirit Gates. However these were not machines, which the dictionary states needs a governor, they were organic enemies. Even then, who the fuck uses the word "governor" like that? I teach English for a fucking living and I've never heard of this. When you were translating this, did you think, "Man, no one is going to understand this at all. Let's even put an 'off' at the end to make it more confusing than ever. There, that's a job well done."
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