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puddingcat ([personal profile] puddingcat) wrote2008-04-11 10:30 pm
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Yay, Bleach!

I swear, Renji can take my mind off anything.

Anyway, watching subtitled anime rather than dubbed is *interesting*. I'm starting to notice whether characters use "ore" or "boku", for a start, and am picking up all sorts of random words. Turns out that "mamoru" (*coughs* and looks at [livejournal.com profile] daegaer) means something along the lines of "protect" or "guard". Eeeenteresting.

[identity profile] daegaer.livejournal.com 2008-04-12 10:31 am (UTC)(link)
Hee! I knew that about Mamoru - I don't know how common a name it is, but if I watch subtitled crdits it seems to be at least not uncommon. I just read a Japanese crime novel (in English!) where the main character was a teenage boy called Mamoru whose family history was dogged by scandal and corruption, and who ends up trying to clear his uncle's name in a manslaughter charge while all around, weird science reigns. The author's next novel was about a young pyrokinetic woman who ends up entangled in a secret vigilante society set up to deal with cases the police can't touch. The next novel was about the madness caused by a computer RPG -- I guess I know what Koyasu was reading . . .

[identity profile] puddingcat.livejournal.com 2008-04-12 05:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I remember you posting about that! Who was it by? I'll have to poke Amazon :)