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chicogrande



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 2:32 am Reply with quote
Hello everyone, I am wondering about the character of Kanako Ohno of the Genshiken manga and her obsession with older, balding men with glasses. In contrast with the other girl character, Chika Ugiue's bishonen Yaoi obsession, is there a particular name for Ohno-san's fetish? Are the older men characters also Yaoi or is it called something else?
I'm thinking that since they are middle-aged men, that it can't fall under the accepted Yaoi content.

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dormcat
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 6:04 am Reply with quote
chicogrande wrote:
In contrast with the other girl character, Chika Ugiue's bishonen Yaoi obsession, is there a particular name for Ohno-san's fetish? Are the older men characters also Yaoi or is it called something else?

"Aniki" (兄貴) is the term for athletic, muscular, muy macho guys from early 20s to as old as one keeps his body fit. "Oyaji" (おやじ) can be used to any middle-to-old aged man, but usually with some degrees of acquaintance. While terms like "anikicon" and "oyajicon" do exist, they are very rarely used (unlike "lolicon" or "shotacon", which are quite common). I don't know if there's a term for bald fetishes, though.
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Arakis



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 10:47 am Reply with quote
"Hagecon," perhaps?

I don't know if this term exists, but it seems like it easily could.
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The Seventh Son



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 7:20 pm Reply with quote
i have no idea, but both the anime and manga are hilarious. but kuchi REALLY pisses me off. but if you compare what ohno likes to what the other guys like (loli and such) she's extremely normal. which is why she's practically best friends with saki.
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Viga_of_stars



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 7:25 pm Reply with quote
i think ohno obsession is very unique and she's the first heard of it so how about calling it...

OHNOCON!
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smoochy



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:18 pm Reply with quote
I wonder, what is,"con," such as lolicon?
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HitokiriShadow



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:58 pm Reply with quote
It's short for "complex". I don't remember why "con" is used instead of "com".
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Viga_of_stars



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 4:54 pm Reply with quote
HitokiriShadow wrote:
It's short for "complex". I don't remember why "con" is used instead of "com".


probably because when people say it it sounds like "con" i think "con also sounds better.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 5:28 pm Reply with quote
Viga_of_stars wrote:
HitokiriShadow wrote:
It's short for "complex". I don't remember why "con" is used instead of "com".

probably because when people say it it sounds like "con" i think "con also sounds better.

The Japanese transliteration for "complex" is "コンプレクス", or "conpurekusu" in romaji. The difference between "-m" and "-n" are not as evident. Meanwhile, the term "lolita complex" is too long to transliterate (ロリータ・コンプレクス), so in order to make it short the term "lolicon(m)" (ロリコン) was coined.
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HitokiriShadow



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 1:37 am Reply with quote
I knew that "m" and "n" where similar in Japanese, but I thought that there must be more to it since there would surely be written differences even if they are verabally similar.
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