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Is Song really her father? We saw the supposed "Sai" person phone Isaki in earlier episodes, but I guess that one was fake? Another point unclear to me was the necklace Kanayama finds aboard the ship. Whose is that? Why did the shooter shoot only Isaki? Why did the shooter leave behind the necklace...

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Big spoiler in later episodes.

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Yep. You might want to code it spoiler so people who haven't seen it won't have that ruined.

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Takenouchi Yutaka's father was killed by organized crime (called ?? Shinku or Divine Dog, sounded like Shake in English to me). After he grows up he beceomes an undercover police officer to bring justice to those who killed his father. Working first as the driver to the daughter of the crime boss, ...

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I like the banghra music in the suspense scenes.

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noura wrote: I just want to ask about Doumyoji's Villa .. Is it a real Villa in Japan or is it just decoration?? I can't read japaness so I can't look in the web sites..
Thanks.

http://www.british-hills.co.jp/bhintro/index.html

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dae jang gaem is also being aired in japan.

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oh, that explains it too. I'm a mac user

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i read the clubbox faq and whatnot, but i'm so confuzzled about how to get it to work. hanguk mal mollah yo!

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hmm been waiting for episode 10 to come out. am I blind?

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yep. a play.

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does anyone know the model of yamada's phone, i think its a really cool phone :D is it possible to import a japanese phone and use a local sim card (uk in my case?) anyway, im d/l episode as we speak :D the series is my first Jdrama, and im enjoying VERY MUCH no, 99% of Japanese phones don't work o...

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spoiler answer:

you're right, they're in between. but even hermes' mom knows that she 'chose' him. ultimately it's that gray area where the relationship hasn't been strictly defined. I'm sure many of us have been in this situation, can't say it's the best of feelings.

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No... those two words in fact have nothing in common. Just one of the many words that sound the same in Japanese. Um, but it's true. The word otaku does literally mean "your house". And it did come from that word. In fact doinkies sometimes still hears "otaku" used to mean "your house". Yes, I am w...

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"Otaku" can also mean "you". I heard people started to call anime geeks "Otaku" because that's the way they refer to eachother... hmm... so does that come from the word (at least I think it's a word) "taku" that I keep hearing being translated as something like "geez" or wuever? I'm thinking it may...

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dunno why but my japanese input has taken a crap on me. It's not "uru" which you typed, but kuru, which is "to come" which is also pronounced rai in the onyomi, in such compounds such as rainichi, (day of arrival), Actually, ?? (rainichi) really means "coming to Japan"...the ? is an abbreviation fo...

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Ahhh… so it's the Informal Past Affirmative of ??…?I should have guessed it was something like that, based on the -ita ending. Now I get it, though. Thanks! And thanks for the explanation of how the expression developed. That's the sort of thing they don't usually put in the books. And I'm not sure...

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????? kitaaa is a corrupted form of ?? kita? (came), past tense of the verb kuru, which means to come.

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Initially it was that he was interested in Hermes-san but when he realizes Saori is Hermes san, he wants her, that's why in after episode 7, he changes.

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yeah, it *should* be her father, as he has the same last name as her.

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okay. i'm totally blind

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Yeah I just finished watching it. Was amusing, but ep 9 looks hilarious, just because of 1 quote "MOE?" what is Moe? BTW, I just noticed that one of the guys on the forums is the same guy/character from "slow dance." The guy who runs the Taco Rice truck. And did y'all notice the numa numa song play...

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Apparently you can buy the little figure now. Considering that all anime characters are made up for one show or another, this one isn't really any different, but it's better to think of it more as the mascot. The only possible reason I could think that it would need carrots up it's arse would be so...

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Japanese does have V and F, as I've mentioned previously. It do now, it didn' used tot. That's why elders can't pronunciate those "new characters" very well. Actually it did. My aunt who is in her 70s was the one who pointed it out to me. I wish I could find scholarly sources on it, but the V sound...

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I want to add something to that "hard language" topic. I'm Polish, English isn't such a hard language here, German also. Japanese is more difficult, but the reason isn't the speech, more the writing. I think Chinese or Korean are way harder. oh... And I must say that polish isn't easy to. Most of t...

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415 here.

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is the movie version also called densha otoko? what year did it come out in? The movie version is also called "A True Love Story". Actually, it isn't. "A True Love Story" is the sub-title, in the same way that books have sub-titles. I can't think of anything more mainstream, so my example would be:...

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He IS. They were intentionally making that clear. Not just the comment, the biggest give away is you see him wearing the exact same bracelet as the guy in the flash back. Now I'm really confused. Your comments are all true and I thought it was him as well, with the comment about losing someone beca...

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The reason why some Asians pronounce English words differently is simply because they weren't raised in an English-immersed environment. As the saying goes, an old dog can't be taught new tricks. People are usually in high school when they learn English formally in class, and by then, it's harder t...

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yep. the movie version is the same name, and came out in 2005, and as of this post is still airing in the theatres in Japan.

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I've been reading the posts and most of the pertinent points have already been raised, but let's summarize for the sake of completeness and clarity. I am by no means an expert, but I have studied Japanese extensively, interact with Japanese people on a very frequent basis, and learned a thing or tw...

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On the flip side, most Japanese words that have gotten adopted into english are mispronounced. Japanese is a pitch tone language, and doesn't stress any syllable more than another. In English, the stress is usually on the second syllable. Commonly misprounced/misspelt Japanese words Sake is prounoun...

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okay. I'm such a loser.

http://loca.ash.jp/show/2005/d200507_denshaotoko.htm

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Sumimasen can also mean excuse me. But for the most part, yes you know by the context of the conversation.

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What really struck me about this series was that it really advertise various brands... au by KDDI (Major sponsor, Yamada even screams "AU~"), Hermes, Benoist, Gundam. Well, as far as Benoist, Hermes, and Gundam, it's not product placement. Those are actually found in the log on 2ch. But boy, so man...

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No. It's not just a short way of saying Japan/Japanese. I know that Aussies regualrly use it without any deragatory context, but in the States, it has a lot of historical baggage, and is considered deragatory. The beauties of globalization, or globalisation, depending on where you're at. But this is...

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i think those kids are there to add to Yamada's otakuness. They refer to him as Chorou ???a title meaning elder. He's not just anime otaku, but also like a video game otaku. Those are train stations, and to be more specific I believe they're for the JR Sobu Kaisoku (express) trains, at least the one...

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[quote="jinroh"]Just curious... Does anyone has the direct link to the original Densha Otoko thread in the 2Ch forum ? ... Cant read jap but just felt like having a peek at it ... Oh btw, I dont supposed there is a english translation of the book do they? :-)[/quote http://www.geocities.co.jp/Milkyw...

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How about her family? A lot of troubles ahead for Yamada. I get the idea that Aoyama's brother is going to help out Yamada... so he should go okay with his backing... :O I never thought of that. That would evolve a conflict between his boss and him though then wouldn't it? Since he is like in love ...

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Take Saori's other love interest for example -- the guy that her brother Keisuke works for. He's not Saori's "other love interest". He's an older brother figure for both Keisuke and her. My guess is that he's gonna go save Yamada in the next episode as he rushed out in his Lancer Evo when he realiz...

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