Otaclub! The Otaku Club of YCM!

[賢狼ホロ]

Akihabara = best place for nerd/electronic goods in Tokyo

Harajuku = best place for clothes in Tokyo

Okinawa = a island south of Japan, where the Japanese is somewhat blended with Taiwanese

 

I do not see the connexion between the two first and the last one... >_>

 

Hmmm' date=' Holo, does knowing some Mandarin help in my pursuit of learning Japanese?

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The Kanji saves you time (if you learned traditional chinese). Grammatically you earn nothing though. Some words are written with the same kanji and have the same meaning, and some have different meanings.

"電話" means telephone in both language. Pronounced "denwa" in Japanese, my guess is that it is pronounced "diàn huà" in Chinese

"手紙" means "letter" (as in the one you send) in Japanese, but "toilet paper" in Chinese. So look out. :3

 

I'll be taking the language at a school called Osula' date=' which stands for Osaka Something Something Something Something. It's entirelly focused on learning the language, which is awesome~~

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u wil be t3h speeking Osaka-dialect? o.O

nandeyanen~

[DL]

Oh yeah, Osakans have a different dialect, huh?

 

Which is why they made Ayumu Kasuga (Osaka) have a slight Texan accent in the english dub.

 

Although I dun see the conection between Osakan and Texan.

[Negimalevolent]

I thought Osakan was part of Kansai Dialect.. Pehaps I was wrong...

Oh, and rice dumplings are far too sweet for me....

[Shradow]

Oh yeah' date=' Osakans have a different dialect, huh?

 

Which is why they made Ayumu Kasuga (Osaka) have a slight Texan accent in the english dub.

 

Although I dun see the conection between Osakan and Texan.

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Prime example:

(In the show of course, not SSBB, that's just the pic I got.) If you've watched both sub and dub, you know what I'm talking about. (Hoshi no Kaabii - Kirby: Right Back At Ya)

[Otaku-sama]

Actually, the Kansai dialect is to base Japanese as a New York accent is to base English. In the manga, they gave Osaka a New York accent instead as Osaka is similar to New York in relation to the country's capital. I guess they used a Texan accent because voice actors who can imitate a Southern accent are more readily available than to those who imitate a New York accent.

[Spirit of DMG]

...what with the random penguin thingy?

[Kira Magister Magi]

I google OSULA, and looked at the school's page. At the bottom, it said:

 

Osaka Sangyo University' date=' Los Angeles[/quote']

 

So, it stands for:

 

Osaka

Sangyo

University of

Los

Angeles

[Marisa Kirisame-ze]

Holo, no it's not Osaka dialect xD That's just what they felt like calling the school. Psh.

 

I google OSULA' date=' and looked at the school's page. At the bottom, it said:

 

Osaka Sangyo University, Los Angeles

 

So, it stands for:

 

Osaka

Sangyo

University of

Los

Angeles

 

Well, there you have it~

[Kira Magister Magi]

Like my name change everyone? ^^. I trashed the DN persona, but I will still be a fan boy in my heart ^^. And I've never heard of Osaka...

[Marisa Kirisame-ze]

I know of Osaka from Osaka (Ayumu or whatever her real name is...)! xD

But nah, my mom's sister used to visit there a lot. I was taken to Japan at the age of one and supposedly, we were there >____> Gah, at the age of one. Why couldn't my parents have waited so I can enjoy it? D;

 

Also, nice name change, but I'm still calling you Kira Kills cause that's what I do xD

[Otaku-sama]

Osaka's real name is Ayumu Kasuga. Only problem is that Osaka is much easier to remeber.

 

Bringing a kid before the age of 8 somewhere far and expensive is as good as throwing your money into a fire. Apparently I went to Disney Word when I was 4, which I barely remeber. That's okay, because I went again last year. =3

 

Also, my parents agreed to let me go to Japan if I get accepted to the University of Toronto. That leaves me about a year to learn enough Japanese to navigate it for my parents (which I assume are coming. It would be even more awesome if I could go myself).

[Marisa Kirisame-ze]

Nah, she brought me to visit her sister who was living in Japan at the time. My whole family went and we couldn't pass up on the offer since my mom's brother was paying for it out of generousity (he's big in business).

 

Lolat the geography show about Japan that's playing in the background on my TV.

 

I'll be going to Japan with a friend of mine when we're older. We at least dream about it.

[Great Unclean One: VK]

This is when me and my friends will go to Japan.

 

When I get enough money, when he gets enough money from making video games, and when our red neck friend and our Latino friend works up enough money.

 

Reasons for going:

 

Me and my friend: Anime, Manga, games, electronics, hentai, learn about Japanese culture, and chicks. (Dudes and chicks for me :p)

 

Latino and Red Neck friend: Ladies.

[Plaguespreader Zombie]

My dream is to be a mangaka when I'm old enough, so I plan to at least visit Japan in my lifetime~

[Spirit of DMG]

I wanna go to Japan, specifically the Hiroshima Peace Memorial. I wanna see the statue of Sadako they've got

[Kira Magister Magi]

I wanna learn Japanese so I can watch the subs and not read the subs xD. I hate the reading, that's really he only reason I watch dubs lol

[Marisa Kirisame-ze]

I'm taking Japanese with a friend so we can talk privately with each other to most people :3

 

I think it's a good enough reason by itself, since we're really close ^^

[DL]

I can probably write up a good story, but my art can't compare to most mangaka.

 

Oh, I started reading Bakuman.

 

Just what I'd expect from the do that brought us Death Note.

 

 

On another note, I now love Toradora's second opening. ^-^

[Spirit of DMG]

...Toradora? Okay, have fun with that Yaoi-Kun

[DL]

Suzuki's the one that likes Yaoi >.>

[Otaku-sama]

VK also likes yaoi as far as I known.

 

On a completely different note:

 

Favourite character? Most disliked character? Strangest character? Any character of interest?

[Spirit of DMG]

Care to explain the question a little bit further?

[Plaguespreader Zombie]

Suzuki's the one that likes Yaoi >.>

 

*ahem*

 

VK also likes yaoi as far as I known.

 

On a completely different note:

 

Favourite character? Most disliked character? Strangest character? Any character of interest?

 

1. Akira Udou 2. Miria Harvent and Isaac Dian 3. Haruharu Haruko 4. Too many to list.

[Kira Magister Magi]

In any anime, I assume.

 

Favorite: L from DN.

Most disliked (from a point of in-anime): Karin Maaka from Karin

Most disliked (by me): Mello from DN

Strangest: Boogie-kun from Karin, a talking puppet who is a kind of Chuckie in the sense that he is a former murderer in a puppet.

Other: Rem from Karin, Light from DN.

[Skuldur]

How can you hate Mello.

 

He was so awesome.