Hi All!
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Originally Posted by Vexx
Shinto shrines are almost all pretty practical about maintaining theirselves. Sometimes the town/village provides a stipend but often its the holidays and festivals that provide needed income to maintain the grounds and compensate the priests and miko.
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That's really quite admirable, though I thought miko were spiritually volunteers. But it'd be nice to see if L*S influenced their ranks! Wonder if shrines are tax-exempt in Japan too.
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Originally Posted by Vexx
Their homesite may have been in the family for a long time (though most Japanese rebuild/remodel homes to suit current needs).
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Now that's fascinating! A legacy homestead (though I suppose the original's likely burned down during the war, uh?). Well, be interesting how the Hiiragi house would pass down, especially since there're no male heirs (BTW where'd all the brothers in this show go??), but I suspect eventually it'll be Tsukasa's nest because I can't see her hitched too long (even if she does) after the others have flown.
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Originally Posted by Vexx
There's enough inference to assume Dad makes a fair bit of change blessing new construction and all the other activities that require Shinto blessing.
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"Fair bit" LOL! Well, he sure does better than the tray passers down our block! I can imagine his biz card; "I also bless playgrounds, sidewalks, latrines, and birthday cakes on emergencies." Boy, I oughta get into that racket!
or is that too harsh? I wonder how a blessing's charged, but wouldn't God/Gods frown on someone skimming their messages? This is interesting stuff to delve into later!
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Originally Posted by Amray
But, they do go on the same train home...
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Hope you all don't mind a little Indiana Jones-style nit-picking! (like do you know you can spot a light bulb in a street lamp in "Gone With The Wind" plain as day??) If not just ignore me and jump down!
Okay, bro' mentions an ep around the first three or so when the quad is entering the train station after school discussing falling asleep on other passengers (always showing Kona headed home alone and even almost missing her spot and a seat!) and the "upper class" joke about Miyuki heading cityward and the others out to bumpkinland and Konata waves to the twins and Miyuki and sulks off downstairs for her train home. In the "Tsukasa cell phone" eps, school-bound Konata's always meeting the twins outside the train station to get on the school bus. Ditto the ep when fireworks-bound Kona and Yutuka in kimonos meet the twins in another train station instead of joining up together at her home station. I don't know how big Saitama is, but does it swallow several train stations? (is it true that if you line-connect all the prime L*S sites on a map that you end up with a pentagram??)
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Originally Posted by Vexx
You must be joking... and if you've watched VAs - even if they don't fully resemble their characters physically, they do a pretty good impression of their personality and facial expressions.
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I'm duly humbled. I mean, I wasn't expecting Bela Lugosi, but wasn't sure just how deep into their characters they were. I understand to the Simpsons VA's it's "just a $$$ job". I wonder if they ever voiced for street L*S puppet shows for change too.
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Originally Posted by Vexx
As a rule they are quite passionate about their work (the alternative careers being waitress, office-lady, etc).
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The glass ceiling's live 'n knee-high in Japan, uh? Awful.
Lunch's getting cold!..!
Dee
Miyuki's Spaced-Out Secret txt Miyuki's Spaced-Out Secret pdf
And soon something different and quasi-educational (but fun!): "The Girls From E.D.O."
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