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John Thacker
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 Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2018 7:16 pm
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The joke is that "Hikari" is the name of the semi-limited stop trains on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen (familiar to foreigners as the fastest one you can ride with a JR Rail Pass), with Nozomi and Kodama being the name of the limited express and local trains, respectively. With the coincidence with both having a "Hikari," inventing the sisters was bound to happen.
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Beltane70
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Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2018 12:28 am
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You beat me to the punch, John Thacker! I remember figuring that out a couple of years ago and was disappointed that it took me about twenty years to do so.
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Shiflan
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Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2018 8:59 am
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| John Thacker wrote: | | inventing the sisters was bound to happen. |
Correct me if I am mistaken, but I'm fairly sure that Hikari's sisters were named in the original Eva TV. They didn't appear onscreen of course, but I seem to remember their names being mentioned, probably around episode 17 or 18. I'm sure the reference/joke you mentioned is correct, my point is simply that it was made in the days of the original eva TV rather than being a new thing for Shinkalion. Either that or the 'ol memory is starting to slip...
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Gamlin
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Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2018 4:59 am
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Anno must be drunk when he announced this collab with Takara Tomy. This is gonna be funny and interesting.
You can (not) survive the trains until 3.0+1.0
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ValkyrieZeroZeroOne
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 5:01 am
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| Shiflan wrote: |
| John Thacker wrote: | | inventing the sisters was bound to happen. |
Correct me if I am mistaken, but I'm fairly sure that Hikari's sisters were named in the original Eva TV. They didn't appear onscreen of course, but I seem to remember their names being mentioned, probably around episode 17 or 18. I'm sure the reference/joke you mentioned is correct, my point is simply that it was made in the days of the original eva TV rather than being a new thing for Shinkalion. Either that or the 'ol memory is starting to slip... |
You're correct, her sisters' names are mentioned by Hikari in a conversation with Touji somewhere in the middle of the series.
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John Thacker
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Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2018 5:32 pm
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| ValkyrieZeroZeroOne wrote: |
| Shiflan wrote: |
| John Thacker wrote: | | inventing the sisters was bound to happen. |
Correct me if I am mistaken, but I'm fairly sure that Hikari's sisters were named in the original Eva TV. They didn't appear onscreen of course, but I seem to remember their names being mentioned, probably around episode 17 or 18. I'm sure the reference/joke you mentioned is correct, my point is simply that it was made in the days of the original eva TV rather than being a new thing for Shinkalion. Either that or the 'ol memory is starting to slip... |
You're correct, her sisters' names are mentioned by Hikari in a conversation with Touji somewhere in the middle of the series. |
I stand corrected, then, I had forgotten that! It is certainly a reference to the Tokaido shinkansen train names, though.
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