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The only thing that can defeat power is more power. That is the one constant in this universe. However, there is no point in power if it consumes itself. I will enlist the help of an old friend against our common foe; I will use one pawn to eliminate the other, and emerge with the spoils for myself…
- Albert Wesker of the Resident Evil Series. I have also playing him as my point character in Marvel vs. Capcom 3.
Do you think there is some truth to what he says about power in general?
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Our generation must continue to tell of the horrors of atomic bombs and war.
- Keiji Nakazawa on hoping to continue his legendary manga series, Barefoot Gen, in a new video and/or film. He was hospitalized for 3 months and had lung cancer treatment. This month’s Manga Movable Feast will focus on Barefoot Gen. Nuclear weapons are truly an abomination.
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TV: The Ooedo Healthy youth ordnance revision bill has been approved….
Shinpachi: Oh wow, they finally passed it, huh? I wonder if we’ll be okay…
Kagura: I have heard everyone becoming noisy over this, but I do not know it well.
Shinpachi: Well, it’s a regulation that targets anime and manga that could possibly be harmful to youth. But with its broad scope that’s open to anyone’s interpretation, people are afraid that their basic freedoms of expression will be snatched away.
Kagura: Our jokes are like that. We too will be targeted, yes?
Shinpachi: Hmm, well considering how ambiguous this law is, I think we have plenty to be afraid of. How can we be certain of what’s a bad influence on children? Moreover, what exactly IS a healthy child? I think it’s a stretch to say that a youth who thinks of erotic things every so often during a normal day is unhealthy…
Kagura: Then you think of erotic things every so often, yes?
Shinpachi: ……….
Kagura: You are disgusting! I will report you to the police!
Gintoki: Shut the hell up, both of you. Does this look like a chatroom to you? If you want to talk, go do it somewhere out of my sight.
Shinpachi: It’s not like that, Gin-san. We’re just worried. Aren’t you?
Gintoki: And why should I be scared? The only thing being regulated is ‘that’. You know, stuff with penis penetration.
Shinpachi: That happens in this manga on a regular basis!!
Gintoki: Think about it, penetrating a sliding door is okay, right? So then anything is fair game.
And do you know who we have to thank? That’s right, our fine statesmen. Anyway, quit bothering me, you two. There’s no real reason for you to keep talking about this.Kagura: If Gin-chan says so, we should be fine, yes?
Shinpachi: Yeah, I guess there’s no point in worrying about what we can’t change.
- From Gintama Chapter 337. Out of all the Shonen Jump titles, Gintama is probably the one title hugely targeted by the law. But, it’s still pretty much better than most manga out there.
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君が明日蛇となり
人を喰らい始めるとして
人を喰らったその口で
ボクを愛すと吠えたとしても
僕は果たして今日と同じに
君を愛すと言えるだろうかYou’re going to turn into a snake tomorrow
Although you say you are going to start eating others
Even now, that mouth of yours which has devoured people
Still claims that it loves me
Can I remain like today
and still say I love you?
BLEACH Volume 47 (End of the Chrysalis Age) Poem. With regards to this entry and the last new chapter, I guess that means GinxRangiku is canon, huh?
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Shinpachi: Wh—-what do you want?!
{Punisher No 2: T-Shirt Tatsu.}
{An assassin who specializes in the deadly art of T-shirts. With ungodly speed, he is able to switch a medium to a small. He tortures his prey with the fate of eternally wearing a shirt that is too tight. He is prideful of popular shirts, and often expresses great pride towards those who take the creation of T-shirts seriously.}
Hattori: A T-SHIRT ASSASSIN?! ARE YOU SERIOUS?! WHO THE HELL NEEDS AN ASSASSIN LIKE THAT?! MORE LIKE, ISN’T HE JUST AN OLD DUDE WEARING A SHIRT TWO SIZES TOO SMALL?!
Shinpachi: Hey! Don’t touch me!!
(Sfx- Gabaaa *sssh*)
(Sfx- Bata bata *taptap*)
Shinpachi: Ngh!!
Hattori: What the hell is THIS scenario?! It’s just creepy, isn’t it?! What does a T-shirt even have to do with being an assassin in the first place?
{It’s heavy!! I can’t get his shirt off!}
(Sfx- Fugigigi *gnnnng*)
{Why won’t this shirt come off?! Could this shirt be an L instead of an M?!}
Hattori: I SERIOUSLY doubt that!!
Tatsu: ROOOOAAAH!!!
{I won’t let this T-shirt get the best of me!! There’s no such thing as a shirt that I can’t remove!! The tighter the shirt, the better!}
{If only this Large weren’t here…}
{If it weren’t for this large!!}
{I got it!!}
(Sfx- Birruuuu *riiiip*)
Tatsu: It….WAS A ‘SMALL’ from the start?!
Hattori: NO ONE GIVES A CRAP!!Shinpachi: Er…well Gin-san normally wears a medium….S—Sorry?
Tatsu: No, it is I who should apologize. I shouldn’t have ruined your small shirt like that…
Hattori: WHAT IS THIS?! WHY DOES A SMALL SHIRT EVEN MATTER?! WHY HAS A MEDIUM BROUGHT YOU GUYS TOGETHER!?
Shinpachi: If you want, you can take this. I have plenty of small shirts.
Tatsu: Huh? Are you sure?
Shinpachi: You seem to like little shirts, so go ahead.
Tatsu: I can wear them too?
Shinpachi: As many as you’d like.
Hattori: WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! AREN’T YOU A PUNISHER?! DON’T YOU HAVE A JOB TO DO?! OR DID YOU COME HERE TO BUY SHIRTS?!
Tatsu: Whoa nelly! This shirt really is a small! With this kind of tightness, I can….
(Sfx- Fukaa *fwop*)
Tatsu: It’s a little bigger than I thought…
(Sfx- Guuiii *pull*)
Tatsu: Oh, it’s because this isn’t a ‘medium’ but a ‘large.’ Not like it’s a big deal or anything, I can wear this even if it isn’t a medium.
D—-down I go….
(Sfx- GOoeeeeee *uggggh*)
(Sfx- Doshaaa *crassssh*)
Hattori: WHYYYYYYY?! Why did he die because he had a large T-shirt on?! Someone PLEASE explain to me what just happened here!!
- This gag is from Gintama Chapter 321. I read this chapter in JUMP and I couldn’t stop laughing. How the hell does Hideaki Sorachi come up with this stuff? I should do an entry on the psychology of “gag manga”. Hmmm……
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Games get a lot more negative attention than sports or studying. Lots of people actively try to keep you away from them. If you really like gaming, though, then I think you need to keep going with it, even if it means having to convince your friends or family that it’s worth it. If you keep worrying about what people think, then it’ll feel terrible if you wind up failing at the end, right? But if you take pride in it and go all-out, then even if you fail, you’ll have fun along the way and there’s still something you’ll get from it in the end.
Daigo “The Beast” Umehara, Professional Fighting Game Player (arguably the best fighting game player in all of Japan and maybe the world). The quote is from a recent interview he did with Weekly Famitsu Magazine.
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How long did it take for him to figure that out? This is an issue that has plagued men as long as we can remember. On a lighter note, I smell a catgirl-themed game coming from Nintendo now.
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“There are three rules for being a mangaka if you’re not a genius.
1.) Be conceited. Believe you can do better than anyone else.
2.) Work hard.And the last one…Be lucky.”
- Mashiro Moritaka (Bakuman)
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People are like water flowing in a river. There is only one stream, but all who pass through it are affected differently. Some travel fast, some change their course… Experiencing countless events as they travel down the river of time…
- Margaret, Persona 4
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I haven’t fought for some cheap country, not even once! I don’t give a damn whether the country or the samurai get destroyed! Back then…Right now and back then, the only thing I’ve been fighting to protect…..HASN’T CHANGED ONE BIT!
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