Otaku Helping Others! Part Eight!

Today's "Otaku Helping Others" post is about:

Friendly Fighting!!!

I've noticed in anime and manga something that seems alittle bit wierd to me.

"Oh they get along well enough to fight", That's what you usually hear when two main characters and allies get into arguments and fights over who's better or cooler.

You might have wondered that yourself as an anime fan....

What does this mean?

I'll explain through my expert knowledge:

When two main characters usually guys fight and argue, though they're fighting pretty hard they're not fighting for any reason or goal. They might say they want to see who's stronger but they don't want to prove anything in the end. They just enjoy each other's company enough to express it in fighting.

This is different from a rival!!

Two rivals fight because the sole purpose is best each other. That is the ONLY purpose of a rivalry. 

Sasuke and Naruto became rivals but their relationship has become different from a rival, in appearances.

What is different from a rival?

An evil fluffer-sucker who just wants to advance some evil goal or evil desire. Keyword: Evil

Well that's a spoiler but here...

Evil fluffer-sucker -------------------------------->

Krillin is one tough man to fight Frieza.
Frieza is evil... That's where Goku comes in and becomes Super Saiyan, blonde hair, high power... But that's not the goal of this post.

Back to my spiel... When two friends fight for no reason or just argue with each other, they have no real goal in it. They're just passing time...

It's harder in real life to tell this and easy at the same time.

If your friends lightheartedly joke with you (about you) or you might have random fights that's not so bad as long as it doesn't progress to RIVALRY or EVIL FLUFFER-SUCKER.

So enjoy the lighthearted jokes and random punches with friends... As long as your returning them!

And not all friends have to fight, if you're properly watching....

This is RPGHero signing out!

Japanese Pop Culture with RPGHERO!!!

Today I will teach you all about Japanese Pop Culture!

Anime and manga in Japan are a mirror to the pop culture of the nation. In other words the themes in anime and manga are some of the same themes the culture embraces.

Today's post is about an original theme.

Momotaro - An exceptionally "genki" child or immature character that is capable of extraordinary feats.
*Genki means full of vitality/energy.

This comes from a Japanese folklore. In summary a childless couple found a peach floating down a river and when they attempted to eat it, a child came out if it!!! The child explained to them that he had been sent from heaven to be their son. Years later the child, Momotaro, left his parents to fight demons, making allies of unlikely people, animals and objects such as a dog, people, cowpie, or millstone depending on the variation of the folk lore.

A "momotaro" character in anime is a character more like the definition, a child that is capable of the impossible. An example of this is Goku from Dragonball.

An interesting note, is that even when Goku grew up for Dragonball Z he still had a child's voice in the original Japanese version of Dragonball Z. I theorize this means that the creators of DBZ wanted to imply that Goku, though grown up, is capable of impossible and extraordinary feats even when compared to adults. And at the same time (as fighting Frieza and Majin Boo) he still retained his childlike views of the world.

 The momotaro theme is also apparant in other shows such as Zatch Bell and Astroboy.

Otaku Helping Others! Part 4

Today's "Otaku Helping Others!" post is about...

~Making Friends~

Aizen and friends ^^

Ooops

Tomoya and his true friends ^^

Its easy to make friends, in fact it's  so easy it's hard!

It's not easy in shounen anime,  you know how they say the best romances start off as friends?? Well in shounen the best friendships start off as rivals! That want to kill each other!

 

When Piccolo and Goku first met Piccolo wanted to rule the world and put humans in slavery. Goku wanted to beat Piccolo and eat a couple dozen turkeys (since Goku is addicted to food). The two later became friends and Goku's son Gohan even thinks of him as an uncle. Especially since Piccolo sacrificed his life for Goku's son later on.

Ichigo and Renji had a similar story. Ichigo wanted to save Rukia from execution but Renji wanted Ichigo to stay out of thier business. After Ichigo kicked his butt the two later became good friends especially because Ichigo saved Rukia who Renji likes. Renji forever remains weak though.

Is it me or does it seem like the more negative rival becomes the weaker person later on... 

Well that's cool but friendship is cooler!

Ooops that one got mixed in with the rest... Some rivals never become friends but remain rivals for an entire series... *Cough* Naruto *Cough*

What about making new friends you say?

Well even introverts can make friends! Take hope my e-friend!
And introverted guys usually meet a girl that wants to be their friend...

 Kyon sat in front of Haruhi at school. She later recruited him to be part of her supernatural/alien awareness club. He was dragged into the situation and made new friends... With an esper, alien, and a time traveler... who joined the club posing as regular students. Kyon later found that Haruhi can change the universe. Lucky!!!

Tomoya met Nagisa walking to school. He is an introverts introvert. He comes with dad problems, poor school attendance, and a lackluster or should I say first-class lack of motivation. He meets a girl who asks him to walk her up the hill to school and the two become best friends and then lovers!

Take heart even if you're not an introvert or fated to meet that special girl. You can still make friends. Let's look at the formula for a lasting friendship!

1. Have common interests!

In Yakitate Japan, Azuma found friends in his co-workers who all share a love of making delicious bread!

2. Have similar goals!

Luffy's crew are all friends who all want to find One Piece and live the pirate life! However the admirals and marines don't like pirates and they're strong... Along with ruthless pirates...

3. Need each others support!

In Tsubasa Chronicles, the band of friends stick together because without each other they may not find their way back to their own dimension. They become friends through their struggle to get to their home dimensions.

\4. Having someone to rag on!

 Jet always listens to Spike's problems. And likes to rag on him from time to time...









5. Possibility of going out!

I think that's the only reason Risa and Otani stayed friends... Even though they argued alot and had height issues.

6. RED STRING OF FATE?

Chansu and I almost discussed this at length... Does there exist a RED STRING of fate that ties two people together?? Well I really don't know... But I would think that it would make for a lasting friendship. and I don't know this anime...

Hey! If all else fails don't give up! RPGHero is friendless except for a few good people, even if they are just Chansu and Deretsun...

This is RPGHero signing out!!!

More DBZ Abridged

I just felt like posting these... All credit for their creative genius goes to "TFS"
They're in order since last time...





There you have it episodes 4-6 of pure comedy...

Vic Mignogna Facts!

Dedicated to the King of Voice Acting!


#1) In the above photo Vic's eyes look red because he had a staring contest with the SUN. The sun looked away...

#2) Some people don't know what they'd do if they met Vic, but according to 'sources' people like Richard Cox wouldn't know what to do if he met Vic Mignonga.

#3) If Chuck Noriss' voice and Vic Mignogna's voice were in a battle, Chuck would run away before his voice died.

#4) It is rumored that Vic Mignogna soothed a bloodthirsty hungry lion to sleep with a lullaby rendition of "We Are!"

#5) One day we will live in a world where people will make love to Vic Mignogna's music and english covers of Japanese songs.

#6) In Vic's world of warcraft commercial he forgot to say that if the camera crew made one wrong move the beast he was controlling would destroy the city.


#7) Ever wonder why Vic looks so muscular? Well that only 10% of his muscle tone. (Think Toguro from Hakusho or Master Roshi when he boosts his muscle tone!)


#8) Vic can beat most people in a fight with that 10%.

#9) When Vic took the Edward Elric role it is rumored that after reading over the script he called Central and told them they found his autobiography.

#10) Vic was rumored to have turned down the role of Goku from DBZ because he didn't want to portray a weakling.

There you have it Vic Mignogna FACTS.
If you are wondering as to whether or not they're true you must ask Vic himself by activating the "Gate of Truth" or going to the next anime convention he agrees to bring into fortune.

And let there be no beef, comparable to east and west coast rappers, when comparing Vic Mignogna and Richard Cox.

Soo...

I was wondering. Is it just me or has almost everyone who's watched DragonballZ had a dream about a successful Kamehameha?



I think I've had that dream a number of times in my life...

Everytime I woke up and thought I could actually throw a kamehameha or energy blast only to be sorrily disappointed.

You people that dream about flying move over! Because I got the kamehameha!

But really, there are forums all over the net about learning how to do a kamehameha. People actually think they can learn this famous DBZ move in reality.
Check these quacks out: http://www.43things.com/entries/view/3629388
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Psi-Ball

I'll stop but you get the idea... Try searching "Make a energy ball" or "Make a psi ball" in google and you'll find a bunch of E-quacks lol. Unless you believe it..