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Zalis116
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abunai
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Actually, cutting sausages (they're usually fish sausages, by the way) into octopus, tulip, or crab form isn't that hard, at all. In a kitchen, I think it would take me five minutes to teach you how to do it, it's that easy. Chrysanthemum-carved carrot or daikon -- now, that's hard...
The point of the scenes where one character fails miserably to make these items isn't to highlight the difficulty of making them -- but rather to underscore a basic lack of femininity in the person who fails to accomplish even such a simple task. The bentou, or Japanese lunchbox, is an artform of its own, with complex styles and plenty of variations. A central theme is that the items in the lunch are often presented in some form of ornate fashion. However, the "cute" forms (sausage octopus, figures shaped in the rice, vegetables carved with happy faces, etc.) are a feature of children's bentou. In anime, when you see an adult receive a bentou with such features, it's invariably an amusing and slightly embarrassing scene. - abunai |
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murph76
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Forgive me if this is an ignorant question, but are bentoos meant to be eaten warmed up or at room temperature?
Several different animes show bentoos being cooked in the morning, boxed up and wrapped in a cloth, and later being unwrapped and eaten as is. I would think the food stays fresh, but wouldn't it get cold and less desirable? Thanks!! |
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abunai
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There's nothing wrong with ignorance. It can be cured for the price of a question. Bentou are not meant to be eaten warmed up, no. Room temperature is the norm.
Well, that's a matter of taste. The dishes in a bentou are not ones that require being warmed. Tamagoyaki, Japanese-style omelette roll, is one example. The little octopus wieners mentioned earlier in this thread are another. To Westerners, the idea of eating rice cold is probably strange, but it's the staple ingredient of nearly every bentou. The list goes on. As a Dane, I find this closely equivalent with the Danish way of making lunchboxes, composed of smørrebrød (open sandwiches) with various kinds of pålæg (toppings and spreads) on bread (usually rye bread). Unless it's horribly hot, such a lunchbox will keep fairly well for several hours (long enough to last until lunchtime). Most Danish schools have refrigerators for pupils' lunchboxes, though. - abunai |
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Deltakiral
 Posts: 3338 Location: Glendora, CA (Avatar Hei from Darker than BLACK) |
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I got a strange question about hair color in anime.
I know that there are defintely anime that are radical and lots of the characters have extremely bizarre and weird hair colors. And so I don't mind when there crazy blue and red hair colors because normally it fits with the art style of the show. But for the anime that are more serious and most of the characters have your more standard colors, what with that off color purple that always show up? I assume it's suppose to be like a black color, but it's always weird to me when everyone else in the show has either blonde, brown, red, or normal black and then there is someone with a dark color purple. Is there anything behind this or am I thinking way to much about it. Till next time, Delta Kiral |
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Tony K.
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Question.
Why do the Japanese display English names in all caps, just to make it look cool or important? A lot of times I see names like MONSTER, NARUTO, BONNIE PINK, or HYDE just begging to stick out from every other piece of English, hiragana, or kanji text when I surf around the 'net or watch anime with Japanese credits. Is there an explanation for this? |
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selenta
Subscriber Posts: 1774 Location: Seattle, WA |
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I'd imagine that at least part of it is because Japanese doesn't have 'capital' letters. They probably try to keep it all in one case so it's easier to read. Most of the time when they use an english word, they translate it to katakana of course, but they also know the rules to the English language as well. They know you're supposed to capitalize the first letter in a sentence, they know you capitalize names; thus you capitalize important things, so if you capitalize the whole word it's gotta be REALLY important.
Then again, I could just be overthinking things, and they just do it because it's more consistent size-wise on the banners and billboards they want to post around town. |
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Shiroi Hane
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Another possibility is that, to distinguish the two syllabaries (katakana and hiragana) when romanizing, katakana (which is commonly used for foreign words, loan words or for emphasis) is often transcribed in capital letters.
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Dargonxtc
 Posts: 4463 Location: Nc5xd7+ スターダストの海洋 |
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How is hentai sold in Japan? I mean here it is sold in porn stores, or in the back of music/dvd stores. I guess I am interested in, if I am a typical Japanese male, what should I expect if I want to get the latest hentai? Atmosphere?
Also, are Japans censure laws still active today? I.e. do they still mosaic everything? I find this odd since they have shrines to penises that are uncensured and accurate. I would provide links for the shrine, but I think that might be inappropriate. |
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abunai
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I don't, so here's a link to the Hounen Matsuri, at Tagata Jinja in Komaki. - abunai |
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Dargonxtc
Posts: 4463 Location: Nc5xd7+ スターダストの海洋 |
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Ok then, this is where I got this from. English is not the authors native language. Not work safe. Not porn either, just a Japanese english blog. I would still like any info on original questions. |
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undeadben
 Posts: 1212 Location: West Texas |
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I thought this was interesting so I searched it and found this:
From the AV entry here. If porn is that accessible and they sell H-Manga at anywhere from bookstores to convenient stores, I would imagine Hentai anime would be just as easy to find, probably even in general cd/video places. |
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Dargonxtc
Posts: 4463 Location: Nc5xd7+ スターダストの海洋 |
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ok so it is still illegal.
"with about 1000 companies producing more than 30 new titles, both legal and illegal" but a lot of them don't follow the rules. Must not be inforced very much. Also to put something like this in a vending machine, would reduce all shame at the point of purchase. |
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Deltakiral
Posts: 3338 Location: Glendora, CA (Avatar Hei from Darker than BLACK) |
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Is there some sort of tradition with Japanese funeral about pouring sake or some or beverage on the tombstone/headstone. I remember seeing this in Samurai X where Shinta (Kenshin) is buring his friends...and more recently in the third.
I know in many European culture if you family/close friend was killed in an unnatural way that people would spill a little blood as an oath. Is this similar to Japanese or completely different? Till next time, Delta Kiral |
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Vortextk
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Do phrases like "You're 100 years too early to challenge me" mean anything? I mean, besides the obvious meaning, did it originate somewhere? Just a Japanese thing?
I remember playing Super Mario RPG like 10 years ago and one of the villains is playing an almost hide and seek game with you trying to find him. Everytime you catch him he gives you a line something like that until you finally fight him. Most recently I've seen it in GTO, but I've also seen it in atleast another handful of anime. |
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