三ツ星カラーズ — Week 1 Discussion (ABBC)

[Micki]

@SherriInJapan

のは - I know the は makes this a topic sentence, so everything before this is being presented for comment. Something like, “As for protecting peace’s peace…” But why the の here before the は?

This の is a “nominalizer”. That means it is turning the whole phrase that comes before it into a noun. It’s an important concept in Japanese grammar. I’ll let Tofugu explain.

@SherriInJapan

カラーズ - And then this is Colors, but I don’t understand what this is doing here. I think it’s just an exclamation.

Colors is the name of the group the girls have formed.

@ChristopherFritz

Three elementary school girls, Yui, Sacchan, and Kotoha, have formed a group called Colors. Their mission is to protect the peace of their neighborhood.