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INTEREST: Drama CDs Turn Curry, Steak, Foods into Bishōnen


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noezel7



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 12:46 am Reply with quote
Wow japan. First the dumb personified train lines and now this. I'm sure fangirls will eat this up and I sense bad anime on the way....
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 12:56 am Reply with quote
This is just bad manners! Aren't you taught not to talk with your food? And who would eat food that talks back at you?! Unless you're a baby - choo-choo here comes the food train! Laughing
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Jadress



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 1:44 am Reply with quote
Somewhere...

Some place...

A lonely Japanese girl is having sex with a hamburg steak.
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Sakura-Alchemist



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 2:11 am Reply with quote
oh man... that terrible~ xD only Japan can come up with this. This is too ridiculous, but some of the VA are nice so that's something going for it >A>
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ceriseangel



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 2:31 am Reply with quote
I feel like this series is trying to jump onto the Hetalia bandwagon. By which I mean, turn anything inanimate into a bishonen and people will buy into it.
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Ashen Phoenix



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 4:27 am Reply with quote
Wow. Just... wow.

A plethora of incredibly bad jokes jumped to mind when I finished reading the article. "Don't play with your food!" among the worst. Wink

As a visual person, I'm happy for the art, but every other fiber in me is just shuddering in disgust/pity/shake-headed-ness.
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 5:29 am Reply with quote
ceriseangel wrote:
I feel like this series is trying to jump onto the Hetalia bandwagon. By which I mean, turn anything inanimate into a bishonen and people will buy into it.


And animate too, like cockroaches. Laughing
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rabrek



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 7:38 am Reply with quote
My first thought was of the angsty possibilities of yaoi doujinshi incorporating the "I don't like my food touching" angle. Anguish ensues.

On that note, I'm off to have a tangerine for luck. Happy Year of the Rabbit, all!
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sepherest





PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 7:56 am Reply with quote
Anyone else remember the the ones that were based off of holidays? Anyone?

...Because I feel that this one's going to turn out just like it.
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darcerin



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 9:32 am Reply with quote
Why not? We personified whole countries. Why we can't personify everything else?

And the term "I could eat your right up" should appear in these dramas. Very Happy
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Beryl7



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 11:11 am Reply with quote
....WHY???????????
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thefuturemrsuzumaki



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 7:00 pm Reply with quote
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Yes, because every young teen girl fantasizes about having sexual relations with a bowl of curry. *rolls eyes*
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Rukiia



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 7:54 pm Reply with quote
Hetalia I forgive because the characters/character designs are so gosh darn cute. Plus it was a fun idea to make our countries into people. Anime hyper

This...however....WTF? Shocked

I got three words to say to this: Do. Not. Want!
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poonk



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 8:31 pm Reply with quote
Why is everyone acting like Hetalia is the series that started this whole "inanimate-object-or-concept-as-character" thing? Maybe it was the first series to do it with male characters (and even then I bet someone could find an earlier example) but this is not some horrible new idea that Hetalia hath recently wrought, y'know?

P.S. Not saying that this sounds like a winner, though...
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championferret



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PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 7:11 am Reply with quote
poonk wrote:
Why is everyone acting like Hetalia is the series that started this whole "inanimate-object-or-concept-as-character" thing? Maybe it was the first series to do it with male characters (and even then I bet someone could find an earlier example) but this is not some horrible new idea that Hetalia hath recently wrought, y'know?

P.S. Not saying that this sounds like a winner, though...


Hetalia didn't invent moe anthropomorphization but it definitely put it on the map - particularly for female fans. Since then all kinds of stuff has been popping up trying to cash in on the success, and nothing has ever succeeded.
I wish they'd realize that Hetalia was popular because when you personify countries you actually have events from history as story material and national stereotypes as blueprints for characters.
WTF can you do with food?

Still if it becomes an anime, totally watching it for the lulz.
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