Danmaku subtitling
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| Traditional Chinese | 彈幕 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 弹幕 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "bullet curtain" | ||||||||||
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| Kanji | 弾幕 | ||||||||||
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Danmaku or danmu (figuratively translated as "barrage") is a subtitle system in online video platforms that originates from Japan and popularised in mainland China. Such system allows user to post moving comments onto a playing video that are synchronized to the video timeline. The comments are typically presented as "shooting" across the screen, resembling a barrage.