August 13, 2009

how things are going

I watched the fifth episode of Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahou but it left me so confused that I didn't feel like I could really write anything coherent about it. I'm waiting for the next episode in hopes that it makes things more clear.

I've been rewatching the second half of Tenchi Muyo GXP, beginning with the episode where Neige appears. To me Neige is the most fascinating character in the series, but not because I'm lolicon. She's complex and multi-faceted.

But I've written about her before, so writing about her again would be redundant. I don't like repeating myself; it's kind of like cheating. (And it's even worse if I do it without realizing it.)

So I haven't really had much to talk about today. And thus the lame "why I have nothing to post about" post.

Sorry about this.

UPDATE: There's something that shows up as a sight-gag in TMGXP over and over that seems as if it's like the dropping washbasin, something that the audience should know and recognize and laugh at -- but which this gaijin doesn't know about.

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They almost look like baked goods. They're long and hollow and at various points they get stuck through walls and used for voyeurism. In the first picture it's Ryoko and Amane doing it, but usually it's NB.

What in hell are those things? And why is it that Nabeshin thinks they're funny?

Posted by: Steven Den Beste in General Anime at 07:10 PM | Comments (8) | Add Comment
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1 Ah well, its good to post anyway.  I mean folks expect me to be somewhat erratic, but you're fairly prolific.  I was beginning to think about dropping you a line to see if your brother was doing ok.

Oh, anime.  Yeah, well, I found ep 6 to be kind of messy. They LOVE short-term point of view retrospectives even when they aren't doing full on time loops.  However


Posted by: ubu at August 13, 2009 08:06 PM (JAzGA)

2 My brother's fine. He's back to work again, in fact.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at August 13, 2009 08:12 PM (+rSRq)

3 Those things are kamaboko, a shaped rubbery fish paste thingie that usually shows up in oden
As for the gag, I have no idea.

Posted by: Toren at August 14, 2009 12:59 AM (UilZX)

4

I just had someone mail this to me:

These are Chikuwa.

You can buy them at Uwajimaya. If you like surimi, they're not too awful.

Part of the gag is that you're [playing with your FOOD!]**

**(Apply a typical Mom's 'stop-that' voice to the phrase in brackets.)

These are perfectly obnoxious food items for schools because they're NOT a 'weapon' per se, and you can eat the evidence after using them as a pea- or omeboshi pit shooter. Or you can try to bite holes in it and make a flute. (This never works, but kids try it as food-play.)

And you can imagine kids use them as make-pretend telescopes and binoculars (Bite in half, apply over both eyes.)

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at August 14, 2009 12:14 PM (+rSRq)

5 Chikuwa are made of the same processed food stuff as kamaboko.  So I was close.  I blame it on being up late.

Posted by: Toren at August 14, 2009 03:06 PM (dYQ1U)

6 I like how Wikipedia refers to it as a "food-like product".

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at August 14, 2009 05:38 PM (+rSRq)

7 They got that right.  However, it does have an amusing rubbery texture, and cats love it.  Which means something, I guess.

Posted by: Toren at August 15, 2009 12:35 AM (dYQ1U)

8 Since it's made of fish, I can see why cats would like the stuff.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at August 15, 2009 07:34 AM (+rSRq)

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