#102 - "Your LiveJournal's a XX (And Your MySpace Smelt of Sukonbu!)"

[reileen]

Oh gods I love the VT forums.

Posted by Rotkehlchen is this rather ingenious reinterpretation of some of Vienna Teng's song titles:

x^^n

mv

GmM/r^2 [less anthropocentric than 9.8m/s^2]

I|I

printf("uncle")

void(0)

type #1.txt>nul

10n+1


E=hv [can anyone make BBCode do Greek characters?]

F G C


>40

if(!u){i=null;}

IiI

R--

I personally like "if(!u){i=null;}" and "type#1.txt>nul"...

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WHO'S A GINTAMA FANGIRL? WHO'S A GINTAMA FANGIRL? THAT'S RIGHT, reileen IS!

Seriously, this series is amazing. The American equivalent would be like if The Simpsons were set in colonial America and then the aliens from Futurama invaded and took over. Oh, and you'd have to do something about the art, of course. And either Bart or Homer would have to up their badass factor. By eleventy gazillion. And Maggie would have to age by like a decade and be able to wield a wooden umbrella with enough force to send people into next millennium.

I don't even know if I can try to do a proper review for this series because I love it so damn much. The series' creator, Hideaki Sorachi, is a sneaky little bastard, because he gets you to love the characters by virtue of their humorous interactions with each other, and then he'll stab you in the heart with wibble-tastic moments like in episodes 31 and 32. Also, what the fuck is copyright? If it's out there (well, if it's well-known in Japan), Gintama has parodied it. But what can you expect from a series whose name is a pun on a well-known Japanese metaphor for a man's family jewels - and whose creator chose it for that very reason? To quote the main character, Gintoki Sakata: "If my name were 'Kintoki' we wouldn't be able to use my name for this series!" I should also warn that neither Sorachi nor Sunrise (the animation studio who does Gintama) care about a fucking fourth wall. The fourth wall takes such a beating in this series that even a seasoned masochist like Sacchan would run away screaming at the thought of it. BUT OH GODS IT'S SO GOOD, IT FEELS SO GOOD.

Viz has released a couple of the manga volumes in English already, but I've not heard any news of an official dub. Not that I blame anyone, since dubbing around some of the Japanese-specific puns and jokes would be such a pain in the ass. But thank the Gods that Crunchyroll's got some subs! It's not up-to-date on the Japanese airings (which is at about episode 88 now or so), and the episodes here go up to 45, and then skip to 51 and 52, and then skip again to 62 and one last time to 66. No, I know not why the caged bird sings, but there you go. Go have a ball...so to speak. Heh, heh, I said "ball".

(Disclaimer: THIS IS ALL kiirobon'S FAULT. I SWEAR I'M INNOCENT.)

-Reileen
curls flying every which way