Jorge A Pratt wrote:

*TASUKETE!!*

This is not a gripe _against_ the use of Japanese in fics, but rather an 
argument _for_ the use of English: running this scene in my mind, I feel 
that --for an audience whose first or second language is English-- the 
"Tasukete" removes the reader one step from the intended meaning. A 
translated "Help"/"Help me" would feel much more visceral, more urgent, and 
it would draw the reader in more strongly.

Jorge is absolutely right. Actually, in my case, he's more than right.

See, I know no japanese at all. Right up until I read Jorge's comments, 
I thought Hikaru was calling some name I had forgotten from MKR. The 
emotion came through fine, as it is derived from the context, but I got 
absolutely the wrong meaning and would have been wondering later in the 
fic when this Tasukete person was going to show up.

William

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