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LydiaDianne
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I'm rewatching Cardcaptor Sakura right now and in episode #4, when Sakura opens the window, you see a little ghost thing hanging in front of it. I've seen those before in some other animes. What are they? What is their purpose?
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Zalis116
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 Posts: 6900 Location: Kazune City |
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Don't quote me on this, but I think it's some sort of charm, either for good weather or a "protect this house" sort of thing.
EDIT: As fighterholic says, it may be specifically related to rain...the scene in CCS #4 ocurrs after a rain, and in Bottle Fairy episode 3, the fairies are sort of "cosplaying" as those ghosts while it's raining. (very cute  )
Edited again for yet another sighting--in To Heart 2, episode 7, teruteru bouzu appear as charms to ward off rain, with translation notes and everything to prove it. Last edited by Zalis116 on Mon Feb 27, 2006 1:40 am; edited 2 times in total |
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fighterholic
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Oh! I know what you're talking about! Aren't those things mostly in scenes when it's raining?
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Tenchi
 Posts: 4537 Location: Ottawa... now I'm an ex-Anglo Montrealer. |
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As any Urusei Yatsura fan would know (at least if you've seen the classic episode with the rain-cursed girl), those things are called "teruterubozu" and they're "sun charms" kids make and hang in the hope of scaring rain away.
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LydiaDianne
Posts: 5634 Location: Southern California |
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Ah Ha! Thank you very much everyone!
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Randall Miyashiro
 Posts: 2451 Location: A block away from Golden Gate Park |
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I remember singing with my granmother on raining days a children song about teru teru bozu. It's been so many years I can't remember the words, but I can hum the tune with no problem. It's strange how ones memory works. It's strangely comforting to know kids still make them.
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sacchan
Posts: 277 Location: Okinawa, Japan |
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Teruteru bozu teru bozu~ a~shita tenki ni shiteokure~ Go to this site for the full lyrics (in Japanese). It's kind of a scary song, to tell you the truth. A rough translation will be something like: Teruteru bozu teru bozu, let it be sunny tomorrow If the sky is fine like a dream I saw one day I'll give you a golden bell Teruteru bozu teru bozu, let it be sunny tomorrow If you make my wish come true You can drink all the sweet sake you want Teruteru bozu teru bozu, let it be sunny tomorrow But if it's still cloudy and dropping tears I'll cut your head off |
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