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Posted by clouddancer on 05-01-2008 at 02:27:
Tim, I have a feeling 'the kid' is supposed to be Ken.
Are those not Ken's striped swim tunks?
So "undeveloped" Ken is comparing himself to "well defined" Joe.
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Posted by Sosai X on 05-01-2008 at 02:59:
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Ahh, that makes sense (if my translation is right). The kid is emphasizing 'what' (it is written in katakana which is like us writing something in italics - in this case at least) and kono (means 'this', that is close to the speaker). Sa = difference. So basically he is asking what's the difference between Joe and himself... or why does Joe have 'pichipichi' and not him.
'kono sa' could also mean 'ko no sa' which would mean 'child of the difference' but I think if that was the case then child (ko) would be written in its kanji form instead of hiragana.
My level of Japanese is still very basic. It is one thing to understand the words but something else to understand the meaning. Japanese and English are so far apart that sometimes concepts don't translate well between the two languages.
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Posted by katsesama on 05-01-2008 at 03:02:
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Oh, honey, you gotta think like a woman. I think there's an additional meaning here on top of what you guys have already explained. Or maybe I'm just more blunt.
"The difference, what is it?"
That's easy. He's asking what the difference is between the size of the fish and JOE, if you know what (and where) I mean. Rhetorically. That is, there is no difference. And that's a big fish!
I think there's also a backwards crack at Ken, since the kid looks like a little Ken. (Get it? A little Ken?)
We'd better hide this from Amy...
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Posted by Sosai X on 05-01-2008 at 03:26:
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LOL! I thought of the fish symbolism but quickly forgot it as I concentrated on the language instead. But you are right, you have to look at the whole picture and I think the kid is Ken who is expressing his thoughts about his inadequacies (and I don't mean just the size of his danseeki). Basically it is Ken wondering out loud why Joe has more "sex appeal" than he does.
On a technical side of things... men can use 'wa' at the end of a sentence to emphasis one's thoughts (basically it is the same as using 'yo' at the end of the sentence).
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Posted by Sosai X on 05-01-2008 at 03:35:
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This one says, "Kun no kuchibiru no kata ga ama sou da naa!"
Which basically translates to: "I hear that the gentleman's manly lips are sweet (attractive)!!!"
It breaks down like this...
Kun (male/manly)
no (possessive modifier)
kuchibiru (lips)
no (possessive modifier)
kata (gentleman - polite version)
ga (this means the word before it is the subject)
ama (sweet/attractive)
soo desu (I hear it is - at least in this case - it varies depending on the context)
naa (expresses emotion)
Edit: The kanji for kun can also be read as kimi which changes the translation a little bit...
Kimi = you (used by men when talking to close friends, subordinates, or juniors) + no = your
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Posted by Sosai X on 05-01-2008 at 03:41:
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What is it with the Japanese and their tentacle porn?*
* I'm half serious and half kidding.
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Posted by amyltrer on 05-01-2008 at 10:20:
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Seems to me or Joe has a scar on his left knee?
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Posted by amyltrer on 05-01-2008 at 10:25:
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Bwahahaha, Ken even has his red-stripped briefs! He looks so brattish! Maybe he should have been more polite with the Youth Fairy!
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Posted by amyltrer on 05-01-2008 at 10:26:
BTW, I still don't get what's with that fish from Joe's hand! 
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Posted by Toneman on 05-01-2008 at 14:45:
The fish represents his wing dang doodle, amy..... Pay attention in Japaneese class, and you will learn...
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Posted by Sosai X on 05-01-2008 at 16:49:
Knowing the Japanese's insatiable love for seafood, couldn't the fish in Joe's hand be his lunch? Sashimi (sushi) anyone?
P.S. I'm only kidding 
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Posted by kimiko on 05-01-2008 at 17:10:
I picked up on the fish thing too...It's the placement of the fish + it's a very phallic looking one...a "bonefish" perhaps...LMAO!!!
Monty Python pops into my mind here..."ooooo fishy fishy fish..."
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Posted by kimiko on 05-01-2008 at 17:15:
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I just about spit my Oatmeal Crisp all over!
*puts her hands on her hips*
HEY!!!! I am NOT used by men....well at least not as much as I wanna be used...LOL!!!
I used to be a member of the S.C.A.. IIRC I think Maddy is also a member. Kimiko is a japanese name I saw on an album cover that I chose for my japanese character. My friends and I tried to translate it using a japanese/english dictionary...it translated into (depending on where the syllables were divided)...light or silver, virgin or witch...or something like that...
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Posted by Springie on 05-01-2008 at 18:00:
Oh god, I love the fish picture...I think Kimi is right about thinking like a woman...I got the reference right away!! Poor Ken...Joe really does have more sex appeal...
shhhhh...don't tell ken I said that!
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Posted by Springie on 05-01-2008 at 18:02:
Katse...Phantom G's stuff is my favorite!! I wish I could produce those kinds of images...they're so realistic!
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Posted by Transmute Jun on 08-01-2008 at 09:27:
OMG... I'm gone for awhile and I come back to FISH SMUT???? And TENTACLE SMUT?????
I am really scared now!!!! 
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Posted by Hinotori on 08-01-2008 at 13:31:
That's what happens when you leave us to amuse ourselves, TJ. Eagle bashing, Galactor alliances, fish smut. Oh, how far we have fallen! 
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Posted by Ebonyswanne on 09-01-2008 at 09:49:
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Awww your so young and innocent Amy...think of what means to the most to a male...his ahhh size...
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Posted by Ebonyswanne on 09-01-2008 at 09:51:
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Do I sense a defection here...TJ and her swan/Condor smut is rubbing off on you Springie. Sooo does that mean I get the Eagle all to myself...purrrrr.
The Eagle looks really sad at the moment his number one Swan is going for his second in command...
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Posted by Springie on 09-01-2008 at 10:18:
Awwww, no...I still love my Eagle!!
Hmmm, now that I look again...Ken has quite a bit of sex appeal, too...just the boy-next-door kind... 
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