Talk:Ichigo/@comment-34707796-20180215195134/@comment-34758489-20180220094233

Bzzt. She said "Hetakuso.." written in japanese with ヘタクソ. I can hear her clearly. Hetakuso means extremly clumsy. I refer it as bad, lame, or awful.

Now onto the context.

Remember, this "awful" in english doesn't always used to address someone as a bad person, it can also be used to remark someone that is bad in doing something.

But in this case, I would roughly translate this "Hetakuso" as just "Lame..." or "Awful..." Since it's not clear who is it that she addresses as "Hetakuso".

Although by watching the last sequence of the episode, I would assume that she just blamed herself for her incompetency to make Hiro excited just as 02 can. and the fact that she just forced herself on Hiro is backing our assumption that she's disappointed in herself so much that she cried.

So you can safely translate it to "I was awful".

But I can still agree with the sub that translate it to "you were awful" since people can address themselves as "you" when they're brooding or doing some self-searching.

And so in this context "You were awful" is spot on rather than "I was awful" Since "You were awful" sound more like self depreciating, while "I was awful" is more of self accepting.

as to why do I think she was self depreciating at the time?

Think like this, we know Ichigo wants to be together with Hiro. the Event on Episode 2 that occurs just shows that she's unable to pair herself with Hiro properly. of course she hate herself for it, and of course she wanted that to change or rather she's hoping that she's the only partner for Hiro. and so she depreciate herself that's unable to become Hiro's partner by cursing herself with the word "You were awful".