
durendal
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I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. Because frankly, I'm not really good with nouns pronouns and all that english rules. One technique you might employ is that the japanese grammar is the complete opposite of english grammar. So the phrase "I like this bike" can be formed in japanese as "this bike I like". Hmm.... now that you mentioned this, Yoda (Star Wars) does seems to speak in Japanese grammar. So you may want to practice speaking Yoda to be familiar with Japanese grammar. And if you are serious in learning Japanese without formal lessons, read lots of raw manga with a Japanese-English dictionary on hand. This has worked wonders for me. I swear I learned Japanese through playing games before I actually had formal lessons.
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perhaps you were aiming for this:
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Another one from the all girl group Girls Generation: And a full unobstructed demonstration of the dance performed above. She's cute by the way: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmQGZ0uyuLs
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbKlqo3CUaA
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Wow! Is fear itself finished? I'm actually itching for it to finish before I read it. And Wow! Again? Nice! Too bad about bucky though....
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by the way, the first Hunter X Hunter tv series had a total of 62 episodes, the next OAV, Genei Ryodan arc is considered as episode 63-70. The following OAV, Greed Island as episode 71-78, and the last OAV, G.I. Final as episode 79-92. One drawback here is that you have to watch these in succession. With the new remake, everything was reset back to zero.
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Hunter X Hunter was aired previously covering up to the Greed Island arc which consists of a TV series and multiple OAV's. I would have been happy if they had continued the story in the last OAV instead of remaking the whole series. A lot of people are actually complaining why a remake was done. Hunter X Hunter was a unique show that after the TV series, they made OAV that continue the story. At least in Hunter X Hunter, there were no fillers, as far as I know. Once an arc was finished, they would stop airing the show, and once a new arc was completed, they would release this as an OAV. Although I haven't seen the whole episode of the new series, I'm quite saddened that they removed a integral character at the start of the series. The character Kaito was an important character that would be relevant at the end of Greed Island arc and the Chimera arc. Looks like they are trying to fast track the story in the remake.
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Did I ever mention Hunter X Hunter? I mean, they do have some similarities with Naruto. Like the protagonists father leaving the child to their own devices, going through tough trials to prove himself worthy of his legacy and most important of all, the camaraderie. I remember this just know because I have recently seen the first episode of the revamped anime which started airing last October 2. Not to mention that the serialized weekly manga chapter seems to have normalized.
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sex taped I know, it's shallow, but hey, I find it funny. sorry.
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Or possibly that with your increased awareness of the language, and constant nitpick of the translations, you began to stopped caring? There was a time I was infuriated with the mis-translations, but now I only laugh at them. Anyway, it was unfortunate the Nodame Cantabile was not up to your taste. I particularly find the pervert Stresemann and how he introduced himself as Milch Holstein (Milk Cow) to be very funny, and how his professional career is so opposite of his real character. Especially how he selected a band of misfits for his special orchestra. Will start to watch Agito soon as I have already acquired up to episode 43.
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Ah yes! That's exactly what I meant. Remember I was asking for that function when we were talking about skipping the spoilers? I'll check it out. Traditional wiki has them, so I'm not sure if those codes will also apply to wikimedia. Crap! I took a peek at wiki, and it's sooo complex. It has templates within templates within templates.
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Say what? Uh.... can you explain that a little, I'm a little confused. Do you mean a command that can hide certain parts of the article to condense the page? We are talking about the wiki right? If that's what your talking about, I would also like to know if we can do that. As I plan to use that on the main page so I don't have to think about what needs to be said about any updated pages. However, we could do a separate episode list to contain the ratings, but we also need to put the summary and detailed information for each episode. Unless someone is stupid kind enough to do it, it's a task which I am unable to undertake at my current capacity.
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Alright, here are the ratings for fourze, and basically, this is everything: # Subtitle Broadcast date Ratings 01 Blue・Spring・Change・Body 2011/09/04 6.3% 02 Deep・Space・Very・Good 2011/09/11 7.2% 03 Woman・Ruler・Selection・Process 2011/09/18 5.5% 04 Transform・Illusion・Secret・Maneuver 2011/09/25 6.7% 05 Friend・ship・two・sides 2011/10/02 7.7% 06 Electric・Shock・only・way 2011/10/09 5.8% 07 Lord・King・the・rascal 2011/10/16 Do note that I took great liberties with the translation as the subtitles are 4 separate kanji that are viewed as independent but can form words or phrases. And the only way to preserve the essence is if I ignore the traditional direct translation. For reference on the ratings, I've already posted the average ratings of each rider series in the KR series page. For easy reference, click here. That's basically how the information is presented. Rather raw if you asked me. Which is why I considered to integrate it into the episode list of the respective KR pages. Because aside from the ratings itself, all the other information is already listed in the episode list. I'm also not comfortable having too many pages for a single title. Of course multiple pages are unavoidable, but in this case, I don't think it's practical to have a separate page for each of the ratings. edit: crap, the tables didn't show, had to re-edit them.
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Yes, watch Captain America. Captain America may not be one of the original founders of the Avengers, but he is certainly one of the core members of the team, and had great influence over the team. I mean, everyone considers him as the "Living Legend". I guarantee that you will feel awestruck at the first half of the movie, looking at the struggles of a scrawny Steve Rogers and how he overcame his peers to become the first super soldier.
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Perhaps I can point you lovely people to this thread:
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Moving ahead.... How important is the ratings for the show? If you noticed, I added a ratings summary for all the riders in the Kamen Rider Series page (highest, lowest and average). I still have information about ratings for each episode (again, information not found in the english wiki OR the Japanese wiki ). If you think it is necessary, I can either create a ratings page solely for the ratings of each episode, or I can incorporate them into the wiki of each rider page since each rider page has an episode list. I am of the opinion of incorporating it into the episode list. But my question remains, how important is the ratings, and how relevant is it for the readers? If it's not necessary, I guess I'll just skip it.
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Wow, was it that hard? Watching some anime, I thought these were the common phrases that are usually heard when you watch anime. Aw shucks, if I had to explain this, then my gag will be ruined. Anyways.... ã—ã¾ã£ãŸ! = Oh no! リュ゠= Ryuki ㌠= IS/WAS (giving emphasis on Ryuki) 怒ã£ãŸ! = Angry 皆ã€= everyone 逃ã‚!!!! = run!!! (冗談) = kidding Analyzing it further, do pardon me as I used too much colloquial words. perhaps if I rephrased it like so: ã—ã¾ã£ãŸ! リュã‚ãŒæ€’りã¾ã—ãŸ! 皆ã•ã‚“,逃ã’ã—ãªã•ã„!
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Awesome! Typical marvel, doesn't show who the villain is.
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Ah, I had to give up my Nokia C3-00 in lieu of the Blackberry Curve 8520. This was an office phone so I had no choice. But I was forced to get an add-on data+BB plan due to the office requirement of having a blackberry service. Although the office did provide the sim, I opted not to get it as I don't want to change my mobile number and have to message everyone in my contact list that I have changed my mobile number because it is a freaking hassle. *breath* Anyway, I loved the functionality of the Blackberry service, but I hate the phone. It doesn't have 3G so surfing is really, really slow. It's a shame too, since I can't maximize the unlimited data plan that comes with the add-on. Just for comparison, the additional blackberry plan is just $15 or 11 Euro.
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Wow, I'm actually flattered that you'd consider my side project as one of the sites core focus. Aesthetically speaking, I can't comment as I have tastes as bland as a rock. Functionally speaking, I think it's about time the main page get's cleaned up. I think the news feature is a good informative window. I'll try to analyze it later, right now I'm kinda occupied with something to actually think straight.
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Kamen Rider Fourze Series Discussion
durendal replied to Toku Warrior's topic in Japanese Entertainment
I think it's too early to define the story as I think they are currently in the "getting to know you" stage. Besides, with the current trend of merchandise sales of Kamen Rider related items, it has been on an all time high. So even if they screw this series up, I don't think they would mind since they can still "milk" their "cash cow". As for the writer, it's Nakashima Kazuki. Doesn't seem to have any prior experience to Kamen Rider except episode 33 & 34 of KR W. Hopefully the story will pick up once they change writers. It seems to be a standard for all KR series to have a rotation of writers. Good news is that Sanjo Riku seems to be involved as a writer. He was the main writer for W. -
It's not an error actually, but more on a mistake on my part. I wasn't planning on discussing the Kamen Rider page, but accidentally pressed the "discussion button" on the wiki page. It was my intention to discuss Fourze, but instead of pressing the discussion button for Fourze, I accidentally pressed the one for Kamen Rider. Well, given the current situation, my explanation is probably moot now. Anyway, I'm just placing the placeholder in case anyone is interested in putting something useful in the wiki. If not, I'll get there eventually.