Gina Szanboti

Or they were making the dub more like what was being conveyed in the original Japanese, which was a lot gayer than Crunchy's subs let on. If you're really interested, read this (super long, but worth it). Also, I've read both sides of the Dragon Maid argument and it seems like a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation. Both the sub and the dub line could be read as homophobic or non-homophobic, depending on the viewer's own biases and how they view the context (not just KDM context, but historical context of how such lines have been used in countless other anime). It's one of those arguments that left me shaking my head, almost feeling sympathy for the "OMG, PC run amok!" idiots. The whole thing was so benign it just struck me as manufactured outrage. I'd still like to see the ad that sparked all this though. I thought things on the internet were supposed to be eternal.

I assume that means you just hit me 5 times. When I first asked, I had about 15 posts, 15 likes, and 150 karma, which, if I understand it correctly, means that more people (10 to 1 more) were giving me karma than likes for each post. That's kinda bizarre, based on other people's ratios of posts:likes:karma. So it's still baffling to me. Weird. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I'm not sure. So 6 people karmaed every post I made so far? oO I find this hard to believe. Most people can't be bothered even liking a post, let alone both liking and karma-ing, which sounds like what it would take to achieve those numbers. Even less likely that 150 different people karmaed me. I figured someone must've just been mashing away on the karma button for the hell of it, which sounds more reasonable to me.

Dunno. I'm not the sort to pry into your private life. What kinky or illegal things you get involved with are none of my business. But I'm here to listen if you need to unburden. :-X As for me, I'm still trying to find out if you can karma the same person more than once, or if karmas can be taken away. So far, it appears that at least one of those is a no, but which one, or if it's both, I can't suss out from the ambiguous clues I've been given.

I don't think he's dead yet. Hard to tell just from that little bit, but the lack of Miyokichi tells me he can't go yet, since I still think the Inari brothel rakugo implies that they all have to move on together. I do believe the Sukeroku that met him is the "real" one, and not the Shinigami one. But I think he's going to send him back, probably because of the unfinished business about the night of the deaths. Maybe Miyokichi needs that to be known, before she can move on. >.> The other thing that makes me think he's not permanently dead is the end of the OP, where the candle flame flickers to life rather than going out as it does in the previous episodes.

Is that no to both questions? ::brandishes dental instruments threateningly::

That's why I asked if one person could [karma] the same person multiple times or only once. Since [karma] is a generalized sentiment compared to liking a post, it seems like once per user should be the limit. Can you unkarma someone you karma-ed? ::protectively grabs all her karmas before someone takes them away::

So, am I getting like 10 karmas per post or something? oO Are there even 150 unique users here? Can you karma someone more than once? I don't understand. Also, what are those little tan cubes over the icon, like Misaka has 5 of them? I had 1 for awhile, but then it went away.

Unfortunately? Don't you want to know the full story? oO Btw, Ishida also voices Gaara in Naruto. : ) And a fuckton of other characters. (spoilered so the links don't overwhelm the page) The audio on this one sucks, but it has a lot more roles and more of his earlier work. Neither of those have Yakumo though, nor Cho Hakkai from Saiyuki, which for me is his signature role, since it's probably the first thing I heard him in. After that, whenever I'd watch something, I'd be all, "Hey, that's Hakkai!" (and yea! he's coming back for that role in the new Saiyuki) Kinda like Blum and Bebop.

Why do you think we're not going to get it? The whole series has revolved around that moment. There's no way they'll leave it dark.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bees-learn-soccer-from-their-buddies/ This is both amazing and hilarious.

What's left? Finding out what happened before Matsuda and Konatsu showed up is the biggest thing. Konatsu finding out the truth and the fallout of that. There's lots left to do! I was afraid he was burning down the house during his Shinigami, and then he actually does it. OO Especially with all the "goodbye for good" noises he was making up to that point. Although the fan might've been a subconscious plea for Yotaro to come stop him. I loved the scene in the bath! Yakumo and Shin are just too adorable together. <3 Also Shin's "gotta take my book bag everywhere now" bit. I have to wonder if they let Yotaro in with his yakuza tats because of Yakumo or because he's respected in his own right now. Or if they just didn't care in that time and neighborhood. Man, it just creeps me right the fuck out whenever Sukeroku shows up in the OP with his shinigami eyes. Yikes. Oh, and yes, Katsura has been in Gintama since episode 5. He's the guy with the long hair that hangs out with Elizabeth the white duck/penguin/whatever thing with the signs. He's always trying to overthrow the government. People call him Zura, and he always responds with "Zura ja nai, Katsura da!" no matter what else is going on.

I'm guessing it's a flashback too. I hope. Too bad the cops couldn't wait a little longer to come bustin' in. I'm thinking that the merchant's story is supposed to be instructive or in contrast to (not sure which yet) the lies Yakumo told Konatsu. In the story, the lie made their lives better, and the truth yielded forgiveness. Not sure if that's also the case for Konatsu. Did it make her life better? Instead of coping with it, she ended up hating her surrogate father and becoming bitter. Will the truth now allow her to forgive him? Even in Yakumo's version, he took the blame for everyone's misery, if not the deaths. The other interesting tie-in is the story about the Inari brothel, where the three characters were bound so that they had to leave together. Miyokichi and Sukeroku can't move on until Yakumo is ready to go, and he can't go until they're at peace (see Sukeroku barring his path to the gate before sending him back), which I think will only happen when the whole story comes out. Neat Catch-22... I really felt bad for Yakumo though - over and over and over he kept getting hit with finding out what everyone has been doing behind his back. That totally sucks. And the scene on the bridge was just devastating. And omg is Akira Ishida giving the performances of his life week after week. This show... ::sigh:: On a lighter note, if you're also watching Gintama, a couple of weeks ago they did a gag with several of the main characters (including Ishida's Katsura) repeatedy spitting on another one. There was just something ineffably sublime about going directly from Ishida's exquisite performance in Rakugo to his gleeful impersonation of a snarky llama in Gintama. And the week after that in Classicaloid, hearing him as Pad-kun cussing up a storm at a bird that just shit on him. The man is definitely showing his range this season!

I knew it. Buu, you're right, the images of Miyo on the record were different this time. Did you also catch that Sukeroku's eyes were red when he opens Kiku's kimono to show his skeleton the week before last? It was really weird looking. I'm looking forward to finding out the rest of the story about that night, like what precipitated the whole thing.

The first volume sold over 50K its first week, 65.5K by the 3rd. To put that in perspective, the combined editions of One Piece Gold only sold 2K more copies during the same time period. On top of that, there's all the merchandising ¥ rolling in. Not only will there be a second season at the very least (probably some movies and live action too), there will be a slew of imitators. Some of those will not be terrible. And some of them will. Heh, did you see how quickly Hallmark moved to do a hetero rip-off with live-action Love on Ice? I watched like 4 minutes of it and had to bail. Even their body double skaters were terrible.

I'm excited. I'm still betting that the story Kiku told wasn't entirely truthful.

What makes you think lesbians don't like yaoi? ??? Anyway, here's some vids I think you'll enjoy. Especially the last one (btw, the French skater was the announcer in episode 12). Enjoy! ;D How do you make it just show the hyperlink and text and not the youtube frame? I put in hyperlinks and it replaced everything.