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Re: Random KS Discussion

Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 10:27 pm
by SpunkySix
Ooooooooh... :shock:

Re: Random KS Discussion

Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2014 5:55 pm
by Zarys
Zarys has "second degree", he is immunize to funny jokes about his waifu !
It doesn't affect Zarys... (except maybe make him laugh)


PS : I saw this video many times, but I always find the way he pronounces "Hanako" so cute. :lol:

Re: Random KS Discussion

Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2014 6:51 pm
by Potato
Zarys wrote:
Zarys has "second degree", he is immunize to funny jokes about his waifu !
It doesn't affect Zarys... (except maybe make him laugh)


PS : I saw this video many times, but I always find the way he pronounces "Hanako" so cute. :lol:
...You mean the way everyone pronounces it, because that's how it's pronounced? :lol:

Re: Random KS Discussion

Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2014 7:01 pm
by Zarys
Potato wrote:
Zarys wrote:
Zarys has "second degree", he is immunize to funny jokes about his waifu !
It doesn't affect Zarys... (except maybe make him laugh)


PS : I saw this video many times, but I always find the way he pronounces "Hanako" so cute. :lol:
...You mean the way everyone pronounces it, because that's how it's pronounced? :lol:
Ah ? I suppose that is cuter in English than in my native language. :mrgreen:

Re: Random KS Discussion

Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2014 10:18 am
by Atario
Potato wrote:...You mean the way everyone pronounces it, because that's how it's pronounced? :lol:
It's not that far off, but it's not quite right either. The "a" vowel is too far back, and he's hitting the "ha" way too hard over the "nako".

Re: Random KS Discussion

Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2014 10:25 am
by AaronIsCrunchy
Atario wrote:
Potato wrote:...You mean the way everyone pronounces it, because that's how it's pronounced? :lol:
It's not that far off, but it's not quite right either. The "a" vowel is too far back, and he's hitting the "ha" way too hard over the "nako".
Is Japanese a stressless language? If so, as it's made up of vowel/consonant groupings would it be pronounced as a uniform Hanako with a short 'ko', not a 'koh' sound?

Re: Random KS Discussion

Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2014 10:53 am
by Atario
AaronIsCrunchy wrote:Is Japanese a stressless language? If so, as it's made up of vowel/consonant groupings would it be pronounced as a uniform Hanako with a short 'ko', not a 'koh' sound?
As I understand it, it's not completely stressless, but not the same stress system as English, which is what he's giving it. And yeah, the O he does is also somewhat off, good catch.

https://translate.google.com/#ja/ja/%E8%8F%AF%E5%AD%90 and hit the speaker icon

https://translate.google.com/#ja/ja/%E8 ... 0%E6%B2%A2 (full name)

Re: Random KS Discussion

Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2014 10:59 am
by brythain
It's a bit like French re stresslessness. You indicate stress in other ways.

But that said, here's more grist for the 'Random KS Discussion' mill: LINK: Japan’s ‘Moe’ obsession: the purest form of love, or creepy fetishization of young girls? — from The Japan Times, 26 Jul 2014.

Re: Random KS Discussion

Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2014 12:50 pm
by TK8305
So what is everyone's favorite scene in KS? Mine would be the train rides back and forth on Lilly's route. Watching Hanako beat Hisao's butt in a card game was fun and seeing her and Lilly on the ride back sleeping stole my beating heart. <3

Re: Random KS Discussion

Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2014 1:09 pm
by AaronIsCrunchy
TK8305 wrote:So what is everyone's favorite scene in KS? Mine would be the train rides back and forth on Lilly's route. Watching Hanako beat Hisao's butt in a card game was fun and seeing her and Lilly on the ride back sleeping stole my beating heart. <3
Mine would probably be Shizune's video, actually. I think the whole thing is really well done - that, and laughing Misha is adorable. Failing that, I like the walk round the town in Rin's route.

Re: Random KS Discussion

Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2014 2:20 pm
by SpunkySix
brythain wrote:But that said, here's more grist for the 'Random KS Discussion' mill: LINK: Japan’s ‘Moe’ obsession: the purest form of love, or creepy fetishization of young girls? — from The Japan Times, 26 Jul 2014.
I feel like in a lot of ways he ignored the actual feelings behind the love for a character because of a clear bias. Moe characters aren't just young girls, and not everybody who likes them is a pathetic, undesirable man-child living completely enveloped by a fantasy world, as he seems to think.

As for my favorite scene, that's really hard because I like a lot of them in different ways. If I had to pick just one though, I'd go with the track meet. Seeing Emi run competitively really is something. Her qualities really shine, and Rin nails it when she says it's Emi at her Emiest. I will say that her final H scene is also a major contender, as it's the first time you see her in a happy, real love-making situation, and it's nice.

Re: Random KS Discussion

Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2014 7:37 pm
by Potato
My favorite scene is the one that starts with Hisao meeting up with Iwanako and ends with the end credits. 8)

Or like...That one where Lilly's eating ice cream.

Re: Random KS Discussion

Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2014 9:25 pm
by brythain
I dreamt that Rin grew up to look almost exactly like Scarlett Johansson and Misha ended up looking (and sounding) like Sandra Bullock. It got me wondering about what the casting would look like for all of them in their middle age… :D

Re: Random KS Discussion

Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2014 10:17 pm
by Oscar Wildecat
It seems that Hisao got a job at The Onion. (Or at least his fashion sense is spreading...) Also, there's this article on heart attacks. :?

EDIT: My favorite scene is Rin's final H-scene. "Hisao, you really have to stop worrying. You really have to learn to let go."

Re: Random KS Discussion

Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2014 11:20 pm
by AussieInquisitor
Huh, my favorite non-romanic based scene is, ironic though it may be, Shizune and Lilly's confrontation in "Cold War". It's probably one of the few times where the tensions between the two girls had threatened to REALLY boil over.

And let's face it, having Lilly back Hisao up when he asked Shizune to ease off and take a chill-pill was oddly ... well, you know. It put the fuzzies inside more then one person (in-universe and out) and I kinda found it both strange and amusing that one of the jump-off point(s) for Lilly's arc came out of a verbal/signed tit-for-tat.