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hey
 
 
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xD
 
 
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O hi yo/
 
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would have been better
@Tyhja how is going
 
it is fine
how about you
 
o.o
 
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Q: Kare to Hitokui no Nichijou english

transparencyI am looking for the novel "Kare to Hitokui no Nichijou" in english, I can't seem to find it in anything aside from viatnamese, if anyone could explain the plot, tell me the names of the characters, and give me a brief description of each main character, I would be over joyed.

 
7:43 AM
@Darjeeling woops
 
8:13 AM
Yo/
 
8:33 AM
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Q: Help identifying mecha anime.

Urzatron21I think it was one of the late night sci fi animes that aired in the UK. It was set in a world where fighter planes were built but they were overshadowed by futuristic mecha which were found buried and dug up; i believe they fell through a temporal rift or multiple timelines became intertwined or...

 
8:45 AM
hamham
@MichaelMcQuade fail ~_~
 
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Q: I'm looking for a gundam-esque anime

Cameron CzerkiewiczIn this anime, there are a bunch of people aboard a ship that I believe is constantly moving at lightspeed during the show. I don't think it stops at all. I'm not sure if they're all women, but a fair bit seem to be, including the 3 or 4 main protagonists. I believe the main protagonist is a tall...

 
 
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@Quill i was right, Bravery Second came in today. shit it's big, bigger than even my Final Fantasy Type-0 Collectors Edition or Tales of Xillia Collectors edition.....and that one came with a full figure along with the books and soundtrack
 
@Hakase I saw that in Japan. It's so weird
They're so fast
@Memor-X yeah, the box is massive
 
if anybody asks and ID like "anime like Gundam but not Gundam", send them to recommendations to Gundam and tell them to list everything that does not match their memory
aside from being a deduction method, it makes/helps the OP find it on their own
 
@Quill and given this is for a 3DS game with a Mini Figure. makes me think the art book is like the Studio Ghibli ones which came with the Anniversary Editions of Kiki's Delivery Service, Howl's Magic Castle and The Wind Rises, like full on production bibles which can kill a person
 
10:33 AM
@Taisho what
 
original
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Q: This is Jorge, Be like Jorge

PartoThis is Jorge, Jorge offers bounties on other people's questions, Jorge doesn't worry too much about reputation, Jorge is smart, Be like Jorge. Anyway, the thing is, let's learn to offer bounties for other questions even if belonging to other users. That's the whole point of this, eh, 'questio...

I don't mean to encourage everybody to give away any spare rep to random users because I don't think that would really matter
just an interesting situation on another site
 
@LoganM when JList Emails come out with japanese culture facts like how the Magical Girl Genre was started because of Bewitched in the US or reason for the low birthrates in japan, would it be a waste of my time to research to see if any of this is true?
 
@Hakase I think it is interesting but it shouldn't be random :)
 
I just don't see any worthy answers enough to want to bounty them myself, so that's my personal experience
 
10:43 AM
@Memor-X that sounds like an interesting (maybe even movies & tv) question
 
@Quill what, the Magical Girl thing?
 
I'm more interested in the reason for low birth rates
 
@Hakase one moment
 
too many good anime and not enough real good girls/guys?
 
What are the reasons Japan's population is falling?

I could literally list 50 reasons that contribute to the population drop, but it mostly has to do with high education, a lack of meaningful inflows through immigration, and certain social phenomena unique to Japan. All countries experience falling birthrates when they industrialize and embrace education -- the Philippines went from 7.5 babies to 3 born per female over the past 40 years for example. So it's largely a normal thing, just most pronounced here.
@Hakase ^ that was what was in the email i got today
 
10:45 AM
reading
can't just lump russia's average birth rate to any stats, it's too big to be meaningful without localized values
 
what i find strange is why embracing education lowers birthrates. is it because the stupider people are the more fertile they are for baby making?
 
ok this sounds like a bullshitty fake newsy article aimed to surprise and excite rather than educate and give real data
come on 11 children what is this a time when 70% of babies died before becoming one year old?
stupider people generally just have unprotected sex more often because they don't know better
that shouldn't lead to 11 children tho
 
@Hakase yeh but you learn about sex in school or are these people getting naked for no reason and going "oh i have a thing between my legs while you have a hole, lets see what happens then my things goes into it"
....wait, i think i just described 50% of hentai
 
you'd be surprised
 
@Hakase because girls have an overrealistic expectation of romance and guys end up having no chance. This kinda thing applies to western society, but it's doubly relevant in a society where romance is more formal
 
10:52 AM
@Quill having overrealistic expectations is what's called stupid and uneducated in my world
everybody needs to get real and google up sex and relationships on wikipedia at least
 
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@ToshinouKyouko ^
 
@Hakase naivety isn't an exclusive crux of the foolish
 
Mornin'
 
Morning
 
Mornin'
 
11:21 AM
I went on a spree playing Hero and Daughter over the weekend, lol
It was extremely addictive
I piled up 30 hours in only 3 days
 
sounds like a good review
30/3
 
Gao
 
@Tyhja You can get the free version from vgperson
The game is originally free, but since it won the Niconico Game Indie award, it got commercialized
 
rum raisin :)
 
11:37 AM
lol
 
12:04 PM
@Quill you started playing Bravery Second?
 
Gao
12:34 PM
Testing:
 
"Final Question! Answer Correctly for Payout. Last night your mother was have sexual intercourse with... A - Me, B - You, C - Gorge Next Door, D - The Family Pet Dog"
"Incorrect. the Correct Answer is....Q, None of the Above. You are a horrible child. You Mother has been notified of your answer"
got to love Tezcorp machines
Machine: Welcome to the Tezcrop Speak and Search Gardening Equipment Helper. Please say what you are looking for
Old Woman: Birds of Paradise
Machine: you have searched for...........SEXY GARDENING OUTFIT! YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SEXY GARDENING OUTFITS!
^ this is how the robot revolution will start
 
 
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@Memor-X a little bit, I'm finishing off Akiba Strip this week
 
@Memor-X :D nice
 
 
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Q: TV Show / Anime Id (Racing Show) with horse liked creatures

user22399About 15 years ago I used to watch this TV show and I really want to ID it. This show is about humans racing on these robot like horses ( they are not horses, but I dont know how else to describe, they had 4 legs and you ride them ). These "horses" were alive and very powerful. They wpuld be use...

 
I have never seen that
also I bet I can find some images of people reading gigantic newspapers in salons
Have you browsed through anime with mecha tag? What titles don't match your recollections? — Hakase 2 mins ago
 
Gao
3:38 PM
I hate those ids where the asker isn't even sure if they're looking for an anime or a tv show
 
@Gao Well, when you don't remember, you don't really have the coice
 
Gao
i don't hate good anime/manga ids
but other ids i hate
 
 
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A: What does "Elohim, Essaim... Elohim, Essaim I implore you" mean?

SageIt's a chant common in anime and manga (For example, it occurs in Gugure! Kokkuri-san ep12 this season), if recited 3 times can give good luck or summon demons. Its origin comes from The Grand Grimoire, it's "The secret of the Black hen, a secret without which one can not count on the success of ...

 
never heard of it
 
I can't say I have ever heard it either
 
I'm somewhat suspicious about the assertion about "Jesse" ---> "Essaim" here, but I don't think I have the linguistic knowledge to say anything with certainty.
 
8:26 PM
Linking "JE" to "E" doesn't seem too implausible if I take spelling and translation conventions (e.g. the fact that "J" is often "meant" to indicate what in English is a "Y" sound, e.g. "Jehoshaphat" v.s. "Yehoshafat") into account, I think.
 
8:46 PM
The comment on plurality seems less intuitive. I'm not sure if non-English languages generally allow plurals to be assigned to names (e.g. in "the Araragis of this world").
 
these Araragis are outta this world, man! You gotta try em
 
beep boop
 
bap bep
Fuujin Monogatari seems nice
 
At this point though, I might as well admit that whoever thought up the phrase probably wasn't too interested in coming up with something "accurate" or "meaningful", but my wish to see a result that makes some sense is apparently holding me back.
@ton.yeung: reverse Turing test!
Guess I didn't pick out the most obvious (translation) example, but that's probably normal.
 
9:09 PM
ararararararagari
 
Yay. Brave witches confirmed. :)
 
ok what's up with policemen and riding on the back of the bikes
is it against the law in japan or something?
 
9:24 PM
@Hakase: the discussion here seems to suggest so.
 
10:09 PM
freaky
especially how a lot of drivers don't have seatbelts on and doors locked
 
quick question
finally moving into my own place... after so many months.. sigh
@ton.yeung should I get my own modem, equipment? or just get the lent gear TWC provides...
im assuming not the later..
and I hate time warner, but they dont have grande comm, in the area I'm at.. which is the superior ISP around
trying to setup internet now. so just curious if i should go to the nearest computer store and pick up a good modem or just use the one they can provide
 
why do you need a modem in the first place
just plug the cable directly into your pc
oh wait I thought router… is your local internet provider giving you phone line cables?
 
wifi.. and i would need something to convert cable internet to a cat5 cable no?
yeah cable
 
if you have a notebook with a wifi card, you can share internet over wifi to other devices, but the notebook has to be running for that
 
Use whatever modem they provide. If it happens to be a WiFI router built-in, too, awesome, use that too and see if it is stable enough for your needs. If it's just a modem, or a WiFi-less router, get a router and hook it up.
 
10:21 PM
I never had a router given to me so when I needed to share wifi to my netbook, I bought one
 
here in the states, ISPs love to lease out modems... kinda like hidden fees
and additional 6-10 $$$ a month
 
Oh really? Did not know that. TIL.
 
from my experience at least.
 
Can you confirm that though? I mean it's kind of a waste to buy your own modem if you get one for free. We basically "lease" them here as well, we have to give them back when we stop the contract, but we don't pay for it.
 
yeah they do, but sometimes the particular modem they provide you with isn't sufficient enough to reach the speeds you are paying for.
 
10:31 PM
If it's free, it doesn't hurt to try it. If it sucks, it's just a quick run to a store to replace it anyway. OTOH I'm Dutch and apparently we're known to be uhm.. conservative.. about spending money. Take that with a grain of salt :P
 
like I said they lease it to you. 6- 10 USD a month in addition to your normal plan cost
 
just get a 30 usd router and you'll be set for life
would be 3-5 months of "router lease" otherwise
I've heard stories of routers overheating and breaking but I've never had an issue like that
 
haha I have a pretty good idea, I used frequent the nederlands quite a bit
 
Well you'll need to get a modem too if they don't provide that. Still cheaper to flat out buy that too rather than renting it.
 
^
i bought my own modem, cheaper than if they gave it to you
 
11:34 PM
Yo
 

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