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NEWS: Strike Witches 'Pants Ja Nai Neck Pillow' to Be Offered


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DPX



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:16 pm Reply with quote
1st!

And I find this really, really funny.
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Asrialys



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:18 pm Reply with quote
Wear this the wrong way...
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emilydastrange



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:22 pm Reply with quote
Kinda really creepy for someone to sleep in a little girl's butt/crotch. I think wearing it the right way is creepier than the wrong way since that was how it was designed Shocked
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Josh7289



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:24 pm Reply with quote
I read the headline... I followed the link to the article... I saw the image, and said "Yep."

Yep, that's just about the kind of product I'd expect to come from a show aimed at moe lolicon loving emotionally stunted lonely nerds.
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Emerje



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:25 pm Reply with quote
Somehow after reading the headline I new exactly what this would be...

I wonder how popular these will be on flights back from Japan after they're released. Laughing

Josh7289 wrote:
Yep, that's just about the kind of product I'd expect to come from a show aimed at moe lolicon loving emotionally stunted lonely nerds.


I predict a riot...

Emerje
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Weazul-chan



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:31 pm Reply with quote
.... and I am so not surprised. a part of me is dying inside, but I'm not surprised. I'm only wondering if they're going to come up with an Evangelion take on this idea next.
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EvilEmperor



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:47 pm Reply with quote
After that DS bloomer pouch for the coming DS game, this is not as surprising, at least people won't carry a pillow everywhere...
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:52 pm Reply with quote
Wow, and I thought I was going to have a hard time deciding what to buy people this Christmas. Twisted Evil
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zanarkand princess



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:52 pm Reply with quote
Not surprising at all. A lolicon crotch pillow. Nice to know they're still being creative I guess.
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Zin5ki



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:52 pm Reply with quote
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The pillow's name is a reference to a catchphrase ("Pants ja nai kara hazukashiku nai mon") about how the female characters' outfits in the Strike Witches anime are not underpants, despite the similar appearance.

This brings up a perplexing categorical issue. If they are not underpants of any sort, ought we still regard them as undergarments, viz, to be worn against bare skin? If so, the similarity in appearance would lead one to posit that the outfits are very much akin to underpants, in a manner which renders any distinction between the two to be meritless.
The best way to address such an issue would be to demonstrate that there exists another layer between the outfit and the skin, which would clear things up quite succinctly.
The ontology of pants is an important topic, you see.
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Sailor S





PostPosted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:58 pm Reply with quote
But even if they are designed to be worn against the bare skin, if they're also not designed to have clothes over them then they cannot be called undergarments.

I approve of such pillows. Doubt I'll get around to buying one, but I approve of it anyways.
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Asrialys



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 3:16 pm Reply with quote
Zin5ki wrote:
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The pillow's name is a reference to a catchphrase ("Pants ja nai kara hazukashiku nai mon") about how the female characters' outfits in the Strike Witches anime are not underpants, despite the similar appearance.

This brings up a perplexing categorical issue. If they are not underpants of any sort, ought we still regard them as undergarments, viz, to be worn against bare skin? If so, the similarity in appearance would lead one to posit that the outfits are very much akin to underpants, in a manner which renders any distinction between the two to be meritless.
The best way to address such an issue would be to demonstrate that there exists another layer between the outfit and the skin, which would clear things up quite succinctly.
The ontology of pants is an important topic, you see.

It's their "normal" clothes. None of the females in the show actually wear much else below the waist (except Eila and Sanya).

Besides, throughout the whole show, they were called zubon (pants). Not pantsu.

Heck, in one particularly amusing episode, one character almost shared hers with another character when that other character lost hers...
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kakitamike



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 3:25 pm Reply with quote
Back in the day of more singles release, I would imagine funimation would be putting the pillowcase in a vol 1 artbox.
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Ashen Phoenix



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 3:32 pm Reply with quote
emilydastrange wrote:
Kinda really creepy for someone to sleep in a little girl's butt/crotch. I think wearing it the right way is creepier than the wrong way since that was how it was designed Shocked

Agreed. I know these can also be used as neck supporters when driving, but the squick factor remains all the same. Anime smallmouth + sweatdrop

And yet, somehow, it's hilarious in a you-feel-bad-afterward-for-laughing sorta way. Oh, Japan, what will you do next?
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PhoenixHeart



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 3:41 pm Reply with quote
Ohh... last weekend I could have used this, there's a potentially practical use:
So I was visiting an open-air with a friend and his cute little ex-girlfriend - I offered her to get onto my shoulders for a while to get a good view.
I did that for a few songs and she was happy - but the next day I had some strange bruises on my shoulder x_X

Next time it'll go down like this ->
Me: "You can hop on again if you want, I got a special pillow for this purpose.."
She: "WTF IS THIS!???"

Ah, the glory of seeing that expression ^__^ ::smiles::

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