Recent content by Abunai

The network is not encrypted but my understanding is that all skype correspondences are fully encrypted. Everything I've looked at has said that skype is very safe and the only people seeing anything on it are me and the person I'm chatting with. If this all goes out the window if I'm using my...

I find it a telling point (and somewhat typical of galge in general) that the only girl who might interest me, personally, is not an option, and doesn't get an arc. Ah well, I guess I'm just not the intended audience. - abunai

Not an accent, a dialect. Different concept entirely. Horo speaks an archaic form of Japanese, consistent with her being a fairly ancient supernatural being. Of course, we have to imagine that this is not actual archaic Japanese, but that it corresponds to something similar in the (indubitably)...

Anime that references Okinawa Do that -- it's a fine series, the latest and best work by one of the finest mangakas. I don't think so. I first became aware of IO through scanlations, and I've been buying it direct from Japan (the language is not a problem). Yes, 単行本 (tankoubon) is more or...

Requesting Downloads is NOT Allowed I disagree. In my native Danish, I speak and write with proper use of grammar. I do so in English, too - and in any other language that I use. The people who don't do so, aren't just making the assumption that people will probably understand them...

Oh sure, this is frequent in anime. Foreigners seem to have a larger presence in the stories, nowadays, than they used to. In the old days, non-Japanese were postulated foreigners. Their names were foreign, but their behaviour, speech and cultural mores were completely Japanese. Nowadays, there...

Anime that references Okinawa Do that -- it's a fine series, the latest and best work by one of the finest mangakas. I don't think so. I first became aware of IO through scanlations, and I've been buying it direct from Japan (the language is not a problem). Yes, 単行本 (tankoubon) is more or...

General Anime Questions I don't, so here's a link to the Hounen Matsuri, at Tagata Jinja in Komaki. - abunai

I'm guessing that is - abunai

Topic previously discussed in the following threads: Crushes on anime characterse: Is it possible? (Dec 2008) Crush on an anime boy or girl? (Aug 2005 - May 2006) Don't let that stop the discussion, but read the previous threads first. Maybe somebody said something worth noting? - abunai

Anime that references Okinawa Not an anime, but a manga: IO, by Koio Minato. More or less the entire series takes place on Okinawa, with occasional forays to the home islands and other places (e.g. South America). It's a very nice manga if you like mysteries, diving and scantily-clad women...

Anime that references Okinawa Not an anime, but a manga: IO, by Koio Minato. More or less the entire series takes place on Okinawa, with occasional forays to the home islands and other places (e.g. South America). It's a very nice manga if you like mysteries, diving and scantily-clad women...

Identifying Anime Hmm. Well, that is, in fact, precisely the inference you're supposed to to draw from it. Nadesico is a slightly modified kunrei-shiki way of writing 撫子, the same word which Hepburn transliterates as nadeshiko. 撫子 is a flower, Dianthus superbus, in English called a pink. In...

Topic previously discussed in the following threads: Crushes on anime characterse: Is it possible? (Dec 2008) Crush on an anime boy or girl? (Aug 2005 - May 2006) Don't let that stop the discussion, but read the previous threads first. Maybe somebody said something worth noting? - abunai

General Anime Questions Verb. No. It's a verb, just like imasu, only in highly formal mode. It does lend emphasis, but not in the sense of "very". In normal language, it isn't used excessively, except in expressions of humility or gratitude, such as arigatou gozaimasu ("thank you very much")...