[ SECRET POST #157 ]

[grayout.livejournal.com]

⌈ Secret Post #157 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Early for no reason, really.

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 76 secrets from Secret Submission Post #023.
Secrets Not Posted: 0 broken links, 0 not!secrets, 0 not!fandom.
Next Secret Post: Tomorrow, Tuesday, June 11th, 2007.
Current Secret Submission Post: Here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

#13 & #14

[hellohallyu.livejournal.com]

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[hellohallyu.livejournal.com]

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[militarypenguin.livejournal.com]

Haven't really kept track, but it's a real breath of fresh air to find no "I ship them" secrets in here.

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[meganubunny.livejournal.com]

I thought these ones were more interesting myself.

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[a-white-rain.livejournal.com]

Bishoujo scares me as well, mostly because it is so unproportionate and unrealistic. LOLOLOLOLLLLOLOLOLOLOL X3 EYE WIDTH
A lot of times that's stylistic.

Haven't you heard? Japan lost its originality in animation long ago D=
So has every other genre on the face of earth! There are certain trends in Japanese art, just like in American art, an every art ever.

Don't get me wrong, I'd like for more variety in character designs, but there are some things that are cultural that one should accept. It's no more scary than lots of cartoon characters only having four fingers.

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[grayout.livejournal.com]

FOUR FINGERS USED TO BE SCARY IN JAPAN, THE YAKUZA CUT OFF FINGERS OR SOMETHING ):

/random trivia

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[a-white-rain.livejournal.com]

DO TELL MORE PLZ.

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[grayout.livejournal.com]

SEE BELOW

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[a-white-rain.livejournal.com]

kay

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[militarypenguin.livejournal.com]

It's basically what he said. If you were a yakuza member and you disobeyed your boss in some way, you'd have to go through this ritual of cutting off your thumb and then give it your boss. To have a cartoon character with four fingers would make the kids think he got his finger cut off by the yakuza, which would be, well, too scary for them. (meaning yes MICKEY MOUSE IS THE BEAST THAT HIDES UNDER THEIR BED)

It makes me hungry just thinking about it.

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[a-white-rain.livejournal.com]

AHAHA. Now that makes sense.

People bitching for too big of eyes baffle me.

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[grayout.livejournal.com]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakuza#Rituals

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[militarypenguin.livejournal.com]

THEY HAD TO EDIT BOB THE BUILDER SO HE WOULD HAVE FIVE FINGERS BECAUSE OF THAT

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[grayout.livejournal.com]

YES PRECISELY

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[hellohallyu.livejournal.com]

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[a-white-rain.livejournal.com]

Nothing original or new at all since the 90s? You're not looking hard enough then.

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[hellohallyu.livejournal.com]

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[a-white-rain.livejournal.com]

I don't like genre-renewing stuff. They tend to suck on the characterization! However, Princess Tutu strikes a nice balance between the two, even if I'm not big on the series.

I enjoys series like Avatar and Berserk more because they have a story to tell and use the genre in which they're told on to their advantage.

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[hellohallyu.livejournal.com]

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[a-white-rain.livejournal.com]

No, it's just a matter of personal taste. Princess Tutu is a much watch if that's your thing.

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[a-white-rain.livejournal.com]

Oh - don't read Princess Tutu. WATCH it. The manga misses the point.

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[ew-younerd.livejournal.com]

GAI AND CHAD = ♥ *_* mmm

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[samuraiter.livejournal.com]

Haven't you heard? Japan lost its originality in animation long ago

1980s anime for the win, yo. I think it was at its best back then.