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Man I thought I was totally on to something when I started looking at this Tanaka picture I thought that bottom purple/pink was a bloodstain on his shirt, but looking back at older updates it's always been there  Still wondering what the hell it is though, it doesn't look like part of his scarf, just a motif I guess?
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Freaksaus posted:Man I thought I was totally on to something when I started looking at this Tanaka picture It's part of his T-shirt design. (A cross, I believe.) It's clearer in some of the other sprites.
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Mar 12, 2013 17:08
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Vyxzuw posted:Deserve to die because he's perverted? No. Deserves to die because he's trying to be Hanamura but doesn't pop a huge nosebleed whenever he says something disgusting. Hanamura is hilarious.
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Mar 12, 2013 17:34
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MechanicalTomPetty posted:I noticed Kamishiro's name included the japanese word for "god" (Kami) and this being the series with a character named Corpse Warblade I decided to try and translate it. According to Google Translate his name is "Likelihood Godcastle" which is awesome and stupid and totally what I'm going to call him from now on. 神代優兎 being his actual name, I can't think of a fitting translation for the shiro part in his surname. "God Substitution" or "God Price" sound bad. However, the first name Elegant Rabbit is easier. edit: Can we not start that discussion again. You people with your death fantasies are creeping me out.
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Mar 12, 2013 17:36
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MechanicalTomPetty posted:I noticed Kamishiro's name included the japanese word for "god" (Kami) and this being the series with a character named Corpse Warblade I decided to try and translate it. According to Google Translate his name is "Likelihood Godcastle" which is awesome and stupid and totally what I'm going to call him from now on. tiistai posted:神代優兎 being his actual name, I can't think of a fitting translation for the shiro part in his surname. "God Substitution" or "God Price" sound bad.
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Mar 12, 2013 20:12
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SingerOfW posted:It's written differently, but "Kamishiro" can also be translated as "Paper white". Since he's as memorable as a blank sheet of paper, I'm not sure whether it's intentional or not. Seeing as Dangan Ronpa is from Japan, it probably is, with their love of meaningful names in fiction and all.
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Mar 12, 2013 20:17
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Nice of the book to slip this one by the goalie:orenronen posted:“To tell you the truth, I’ve only heard rumors about the incident in question, and I’m still investigating whether it really happened or not. Right now, it’s at the same level as the school’s seven supernatural mysteries... Except that someone actually decided to name it ‘The Worst, Largest Incident in Hope’s Peak Academy’s History’.” The gently caress's going on with this joint?
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Mar 12, 2013 20:33
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C. Everett Koop posted:Nice of the book to slip this one by the goalie: It's a anime/manga thing(or maybe it's a real japan thing, I don't know), every school or small town must have 7 mysteries or rumours in then. So unless it gets mentioned more often I guess it's just a reference to that cliché. Some people might know this plot-point from Kingdom Hearts 2 and Twilight Town seven wonders(I think that's what's called). IceBorg fucked around with this message at 20:46 on Mar 12, 2013 |
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Mar 12, 2013 20:43
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C. Everett Koop posted:The gently caress's going on with this joint? Schools having "supernatural mysteries" or other such urban legends about them is not an entirely uncommon thing in Japan, I believe. In short, it's a joke. edit: slowpoke.jpg
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Edit: This is the second I have done this, dammit, quote and edit aren't the same thing.
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Mar 12, 2013 20:44
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It might just be an anime high school cliché. I remember a similar thing in Air Gear, of all things. (don't read Air Gear, it's loving awful).
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Mar 12, 2013 20:45
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E: Posting from a phone is inadvisable. You get beaten and the posting screws up
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Mar 12, 2013 20:45
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C. Everett Koop posted:The gently caress's going on with this joint? Mysteries in general come in groups of seven, and in Japan it's very popular for high schools to have a set of seven urban legends passed around among students. The prototypical ones are things like a disappearing classroom, the sound of a piano playing at night when no one is in the music room, or the voice of a girl crying in the toilet when there's no one there. There's a ton of popular culture, ranging from horror flicks to video games, revolving around this.
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Mar 12, 2013 20:47
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orenronen posted:Mysteries in general come in groups of seven, and in Japan it's very popular for high schools to have a set of seven urban legends passed around among students. The prototypical ones are things like a disappearing classroom, the sound of a piano playing at night when no one is in the music room, or the voice of a girl crying in the toilet when there's no one there. There's a ton of popular culture, ranging from horror flicks to video games, revolving around this.
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Mar 12, 2013 20:50
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It's strange Japanese culture facts like this that interest me. Can somebody start strangejapaneseculturefacts.tumblr.com or @strangejapaneseculturefacts ? (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Mar 12, 2013 20:51
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Suspicious Dish posted:It's strange Japanese culture facts like this that interest me. Can somebody start strangejapaneseculturefacts.tumblr.com or @strangejapaneseculturefacts ? I'd subscribe only if this has the page title cycle through different dumb anime lines. "You are 100 years too early for Japanese culture facts!" or "It can't be helped... Here's some Japanese culture facts!"
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Mar 12, 2013 20:58
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JT Jag posted:So it's kind of like things happening in threes in the West? I kinda think of it as the Seven Wonders of the World, but applied to your high school or hometown. What do you mean by threes?
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Mar 12, 2013 20:58
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Yeah, I remember the whole "seven school mysteries" thing being the basis for Carl Clover's joke ending in the first BlazBlue game. Didn't realize it was a recurring thing in anime/manga though. So that's kind of neat. Also, I really hope Junko shows this spy kid just how wrong he is about his role in all of this. I was worried when he made the "we go together like male and female genitalia" metaphor, and was thoroughly creeped out when he ended the whole thing by offering to help her in exchange for sex.
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Prison Warden posted:I'd subscribe only if this has the page title cycle through different dumb anime lines. "You are 100 years too early for Japanese culture facts!" or "It can't be helped... Here's some Japanese culture facts!" It...It's not like I want to post Japanese culture facts or anything!
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Mar 12, 2013 21:02
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W.T. Fits posted:Yeah, I remember the whole "seven school mysteries" thing being the basis for Carl Clover's joke ending in the first BlazBlue game. Didn't realize it was a recurring thing in anime/manga though. So that's kind of neat. Well, he does seem to be like Hanamura, except not as amusing, so being creeped out is entirely reasonable here. Also, Junko would either kill him or bring him to the side of Despair if/when she finds out, if you ask me.
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Mar 12, 2013 21:03
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saihate posted:I kinda think of it as the Seven Wonders of the World, but applied to your high school or hometown. What do you mean by threes? It's a superstition that minor events happen in threes - so if you get run over, two other people will get run over in a short time period. Weird example to use I guess but it's hard to think of a quintessential example really as it's usually said about mundane events, good or bad.
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Tesseraction posted:It's a superstition that minor events happen in threes - so if you get run over, two other people will get run over in a short time period. Weird example to use I guess but it's hard to think of a quintessential example really as it's usually said about mundane events, good or bad. Celebrity deaths seems to be the most common one I've seen.
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Mar 12, 2013 22:09
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DR0 is slowly grating on me. The editor in me wants to cut half the extraneous dialogue and text, collect it into a dense word ball and then pelt the author(s) with it. The conversations are so circular, the prose is so redundant, if a character has a trait that is the only trait they have and you better believe it's going to come up seven times in one chapter. Was this written before/during/after DR1?
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likecnsnnts posted:DR0 is slowly grating on me. The editor in me wants to cut half the extraneous dialogue and text, collect it into a dense word ball and then pelt the author(s) with it. The conversations are so circular, the prose is so redundant, if a character has a trait that is the only trait they have and you better believe it's going to come up seven times in one chapter. After the first game and before the second.
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likecnsnnts posted:DR0 is slowly grating on me. The editor in me wants to cut half the extraneous dialogue and text, collect it into a dense word ball and then pelt the author(s) with it. The conversations are so circular, the prose is so redundant, if a character has a trait that is the only trait they have and you better believe it's going to come up seven times in one chapter. Welcome to light novels! Enjoy your stay!
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Mar 12, 2013 22:29
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Waffleman_ posted:Welcome to light novels! Enjoy your stay! Yeah, I was going to say this. This is nowhere near the bad end of them, even.
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Mar 12, 2013 23:27
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saihate posted:I kinda think of it as the Seven Wonders of the World, but applied to your high school or hometown. What do you mean by threes? Well, I don't know about western culture in general, but a lot of different cultures have things about 3 being a magical/powerful/special number. You pick it up pretty much all the time in children's storybooks, too.
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Monathin posted:Well, I don't know about western culture in general, but a lot of different cultures have things about 3 being a magical/powerful/special number. You pick it up pretty much all the time in children's storybooks, too. Honestly, every single digit number has some level of mystical meaning, often in multiple cultures.
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Ratoslov posted:Well, we know a little more than that.  (I like this chapter. Half of the fun of Dangan Ronpa for me was trying to puzzle out just what the hell happened, and now we're starting to pick up some little hints.)
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Mar 13, 2013 00:25
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Waffleman_ posted:Welcome to light novels! Enjoy your stay! Are there any good or decent light novels or does the medium mostly consist of pulp?
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LateToTheParty posted:Are there any good or decent light novels or does the medium mostly consist of pulp? Mostly pulp. They're sort of the equivalent of a Star Wars or Black Library novel; most are pretty weak, some are well-written, none are classics. I'm less than well-read in them, but I've enjoyed a couple of the Toaru Majutsu no Index novels. They can be a bit cliche, but most of the characters are pretty well-written, and the protagonist is likable.
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LateToTheParty posted:Are there any good or decent light novels or does the medium mostly consist of pulp? I've known of some good anime series based on light novels that aren't complete pulp, like Slayers and Fate/Zero, but I haven't read much of their original sources, so I can't really say as to the quality of writing.
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fool_of_sound posted:Honestly, every single digit number has some level of mystical meaning, often in multiple cultures.
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LateToTheParty posted:Are there any good or decent light novels or does the medium mostly consist of pulp? Light novels are pulp novels, just specifically Japanese and written since the late 70s.
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Well, at least we're FINALLY learning more about that incident. Which looks more and more like a practice run for the Mutual Killing Games. Which I kind of figured already, but it's nice to have some confirmation.
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Waffleman_ posted:I've known of some good anime series based on light novels that aren't complete pulp, like Slayers and Fate/Zero, but I haven't read much of their original sources, so I can't really say as to the quality of writing. I don't think the Fate/Zero novels are badly written, but the translation is appalling. The rest of the handful of decent light novels that exist have bad translations as well.
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sudonim posted:^^^^ Instead of a box Kamishiro hides in a giant melonpan. If SDR2 is a prequel it raises even more questions, especially concerning Togami. He died in this game, so you can't say he slimmed down for DR1 and he certainly wasn't as careful in DR1 as he was in SDR2. Which means an imposter or copycat of sorts, but the question is.... Why? As for Japanese facts, the number 4 is commonly associated with death. Many hospitals tend not to have a 4th floor at all.
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Ratoslov posted:7. Likes to be technically honest. I don't think we've ever caught her in a direct lie. Ineffiable posted:As for Japanese facts, the number 4 is commonly associated with death. Many hospitals tend not to have a 4th floor at all.
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Ineffiable posted:If SDR2 is a prequel it raises even more questions, especially concerning Togami. He died in this game, so you can't say he slimmed down for DR1 and he certainly wasn't as careful in DR1 as he was in SDR2. The Togami family has a bunch of clones around, just to be safe. Or Togami père is George Foreman. While some of the facts might fit with SDR2 being set earlier, I hope it's not, primarily since the sequel was teased by Monobear actually being revived. If we never learn why (or have to wait until DR3 comes out) it'll be disappointing.
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Ineffiable posted:As for Japanese facts, the number 4 is commonly associated with death. Many hospitals tend not to have a 4th floor at all. This is because 4 or 四 can be read as "shi", which is a homophone for 死 (death) I haven't read many light novels, but DR2 reminds me of the first volume of Zaregoto, which is a murder mystery set on an island. And it has the same sort of feel. But Nisio Oshin is kinda known for being wordy, but I found it less stiff and more engaging than other light novels I've attempted to read.
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