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出る釘は主役を演じる
When my brother was home for Spring Break this year and playing Ogre Battle 64, I realized that it was yet another Japanese video game where the hero deserts the evil empire and joins the resistance. I thought that this seemed odd, considering how traditional and conformist Japanese society is (although it's starting to change). I guess that's a ( Read more... ) -
お待ちどう様
Well, here's a brief digest on the developments since my last kansō post:
※When looking up tags, I found comments that suggest that Ichigo mashimaro and Joshikōsei get better later. I might reconsider those, but . . .
※Ms. mizuno_youko was kind enough to introduce me to a yuri blog. I can see why this is her main source-Just from a couple of hours' perusal, ( Read more... ) -
オレはよくばりだからな
Well, today I had yet more impulse buys (no thanks to the fact that both Christians and employers teamed up to give me some big paydays recently). The first one was of course the D&D Basic Game, which, like the Adventure Game before it, I bought just for the miniatures and dice. I got several minis I didn't want (including duplicates), but some of ( Read more... ) -
Step Right Up
As mentioned before, I've collected my past posts that have had allusions in their subtitles. This will undoubtedly take many moons, and I'm not giving you the answers unless you try each of them first, so if you actually care, you may want to add this to your Memories.
Modified Sayings/Adages/Vocab Words/Et Cetera:
Deus ex Apparatus
Gynomorphism
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Strange Bedfellows
Well, today I got up at 08:00, and after a few hours, it actually occurred to me that I could be watching some of all those videos that are piling up on Mother's hard drive. So I did. Since Ms. dream_bender had mentioned it the other day, I decided to watch the HagaRen movie first. Unfortunately, it turned out that it was just a video someone had taken with a ( Read more... ) -
見習い錬金術師
One of the goodies lokodraucarn got for me on his last delivery was the HagaRen OVA (on which, for some reason, I can't find any information). Unfortunately, I only was able to find a fansubbed version, but that meant that I ended up watching it with Loko (who doesn't understand "that crazy moon-language," as he always says). The video is just a showcase for ( Read more... ) -
錬金術の鉄人（鋼人？）
Well, when I watched Hagane no Renkinjutsushi (subtitled FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST, which is an interesting translation), I assumed the ending was just one of those that the animators tacked on to deal with the fact that the comics hadn't ended yet, like they did in HELLSING*. But then I saw this (spoiler if you haven't seen the whole series, but it didn ( Read more... ) -
More Musings on Japanese Animation
- For some reason, it didn’t occur to me until the other day that it’s called "menos" because good souls are called "pluses," right? Of course, that doesn’t explain why it’s in Spanish. . . . Incidentally, "Hueco Mundo" means "Hollow World"makes sense.
- Apparently people named "Chizuru" are yuri-prone in a similar way to people named "Shizuru" and " ( Read more... )
