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2008-08-09, 08:25 | Link #206 |
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uuugh, this is just a thought. I am not sure if it has been mentioned yet so I apologize if it has.
When Konata, Kagami and Tsukasa are going to Miyuki's house for the first time, and Konata asks her if she has a big fluffy white dog, then Miyuki answers and says "No, but their is someone with a dog of that description in the neighbourhood next to us" (or something like that anyway), could she be talking about Chiyo-can from Azumanga Daioh or maybe Ana Coppola from Ichigo Mashimaro? The reason I ask is because they are the two most notable anime characters with big, fluffy, white dogs, and I thought it must be a reference from something as t'would be weird to just mention something that that randomly. Just a thought. |
2008-08-09, 12:55 | Link #207 |
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Minami has a big white fluffy dog.
Though the reference is likely Chiyo-chan in some respects. I imagine that is one rich persons stereotype in Japan. Having enough outdoor space to own a large dog, and having it be a fluffy whte one (Great Pyrenees) as they are one of the larger breeds of dog.
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2008-08-09, 16:46 | Link #208 | |
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2008-08-11, 02:13 | Link #210 |
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I also saw the Zabi reference cited, so I took a look, to see if I could duplicate the effect in the subs. Overall, no, not really. There's ONE LINE that's the same, but I'd expect that line in any speech being delivered in militaristic-inspirational style.
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2008-08-11, 06:41 | Link #211 |
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Episode 21.
It is quite a well known fact that when people visited shrines in Japan various Otaku males put up wishes stating "Be Konata's Wife". On episode 21 when they visit one on their trip Konata says "Hmmm, it says "Be Konata's Wife" on this one". I think it is a reference to real life. |
2008-08-12, 09:13 | Link #213 | |
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If I were one of the people that left a note such as that I would be quite greatful, especially considering Konata actually read it. Although mine would say "Tsukasa is my kawaii Wife..for ever and ever and ever..." |
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2008-08-14, 23:49 | Link #219 |
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heh... get used to the "wall of text" type of post... it is very common on this forum as many of the posters are quite verbose.
I find it a bit disconcerting when someone responds to a text I wrote more than a week or two ago. The Tokugawa Shogunate had legitimate concerns about the erosion of control (and culture) the missionaries and their converts represented. Granted the solution was horrifying -- but look at what was going on the rest of Asia and the world. For the standards of the time it was simply brutal and effective. The Spanish Inquisition, persecution and torture of "jews","gypsies","witches" in various parts of the Western World. I'd argue the big mistake the missionaries made in Japan was they didn't convert the powerful first (like they did in most Western civilizations: convert the king and the rest are forced to follow). Converting the peasants first created a threatening situation.
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