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INTEREST: North Korea's 'Great Successor' Described as Manga Fan


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vashfanatic



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 7:55 pm Reply with quote
Emerje wrote:
I'm sure the brainwashed masses will soon believe he became fluent in Japanese when he was 3 months old and drew 1500 manga while he was in college.

And if they don't believe it, they will damn well learn to fake that they do. Those labor camps just keep getting bigger...

Honestly, I can't bring myself to make a joke about North Korea just yet, especially since I and several of my family members now live within missile-launch distance of the country. Jong-Un is in all likelihood going to be a puppet of his handlers, so it hardly matters whether he actually likes manga or whether it's a lie they made up to make him sound "cool." Anything to distract people from the fact that he has baby fat in a nation that's starving.

Still... just to not be so gloomy, what manga do we think he might like? I'll start with Fullmetal Alchemist; the ending was really sad, though, because King Bradley was such an inspiration to his people!
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 11:14 pm Reply with quote
He's probably all into hentai, torture, and guro manga! Laughing
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OtakuboyT



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 11:20 pm Reply with quote
so the 'Great Successor' might change his title to 'Martian Successor'?
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vashfanatic



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 11:31 pm Reply with quote
OtakuboyT wrote:
so the 'Great Successor' might change his title to 'Martian Successor'?

Martian, eh? That might explain a lot about the Kim dynasty...
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animefan1238



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 12:05 am Reply with quote
If he is a fan of manga it would be a great irony if he liked shojo manga. Light and fluffy interest for the nutcase. LoL. One question that popped in my head when Il died; does this mean he gets his dad's 20,000+ movie collection? Hahahahaha.
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msgundam2



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 2:35 am Reply with quote
Hopefully this means he wont be hostile to Japan.
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 3:53 am Reply with quote
animefan1238 wrote:
One question that popped in my head when Il died; does this mean he gets his dad's 20,000+ movie collection? Hahahahaha.


When Kim Jong-ill went Kim Jong-dead, I'm sure his son just opened his own Netflix account. Laughing


msgundam2 wrote:
Hopefully this means he wont be hostile to Japan.


Not unless he will want to conquer Japan just to raid its manga collections. Or if he's a fan of all those manga Tokyo Towers getting destroyed. Laughing
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Sunday Silence



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 6:40 am Reply with quote
Sir Amyas Leigh wrote:
so like I know Homefront was a terrible game but... the intro is almost just like this scenario...
Spooky.


Haterater wrote:
That Homefront trailer is eerie to me as well. Too close to home now. Makes me think that groups like the CIA will look at the manga he reads to try to gauge him in some way.


Well, if your going by the final cut of the timeline, Jong-un has a few years to fulfill the events. If your going by the original......Un has a little under a year or so to become a Bishi.
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Surrender Artist



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:19 pm Reply with quote
Somebody let Stu Levy know. We might have found a new business partner to help him revive Tokyopop.
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Sea Lion



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 3:30 pm Reply with quote
Great. Just the kind of person we need to be associated with our fandom. Rolling Eyes
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Sunday Silence



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 5:58 pm Reply with quote
Sea Lion wrote:
Great. Just the kind of person we need to be associated with our fandom. Rolling Eyes


On the scale of worse representation in the fandom, Un would be below Stu Levy and above 4chan users. Stu easily would be at #1 for worse representation of the fandom.
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Shay Guy



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 6:13 pm Reply with quote
Hopefully, he understands that the Straw Hats, not the World Government, are the good guys.
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bravetailor



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 6:18 pm Reply with quote
Anime fans do a good enough job embarrassing themselves without a dictator or idiotic U.S. manga publishing editor doing it for them. You don't need to look far to find examples.
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