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They might be mixing it up with the, well, Ajin series, which used Ajin. Choujin is more "superhuman" than "posthuman".
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Droyer posted:Question to anyone who knows japanese: I noticed that they translated "ajin" as "demi-human". When I read the manga I just assumed ajin was a made up nonsense word, but is it actually a real japanese word? Well, yes and no. It's not an original word for this series, but it's more or less a word specific to recent fantasy fiction like this or the series actually named "Ajin". It doesn't show up in dictionaries for example, and if you search google books for instances of it it's all just as a person's first name (usually read as something different than Ajin, like Ahito or Tsuguto). It used to be slang for an American back in the day, when "America" was written in kanji; the kanji for the "a" in ajin is a common one to use when you want a kanji that sounds like that but doesn't have a particular meaning (it's also the "a" in Russia for example).
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A more traditional word for stuff like vampires/werewolves whatever would be ijin 異人, but that can also refer to foreigners, people with disabilities, or other "different" people, so there's probably some pressure not to use it.
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Droyer posted:Concrete Revolutio used Choujin though? Oops.
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z0glin Warchief posted:A more traditional word for stuff like vampires/werewolves whatever would be ijin 異人, but that can also refer to foreigners, people with disabilities, or other "different" people, so there's probably some pressure not to use it. Ironically I loved the little conversation they had where Hikari is like "Also please don't use that word, only we can use that word."* *Not literally, but I can easily see that conversation changed to that in the Abridgement.
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I don't think so, because they can't abridge her super-cute emote when she says it.
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Kibibit posted:Machi picking up her head so she could shake her head no. It's already been said but everything about that scene was great, it really took advantage of the change in medium.
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imagine giving birth to a dullahan and whne the doctor goes to pull the baby out they pull out just a head at first
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... naw, let's not.
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Rodenthar Drothman posted:I love the flappy flaps I love the cat-vampire in the back almost as much, if not more. EDIT: What's with the creepy-rear end horse?
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John Henry Fuseli's the Nightmare.  I thought someone posted it, but I can't find it now...
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try the previous page
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Kibibit posted:I love the cat-vampire in the back almost as much, if not more. nyanpire
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a kitten posted:gifs Neat. I was considering making the images in the OP gifs of the story books opening but with the previous character running away as the previous one gets on screen it doesn't really work. Didn't even think to just do this, kinda want to replace the screenshots with these now.
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Do it! I just found 'em on tumblr anyway. 
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Rodenthar Drothman posted:I love the flappy flaps 
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Done, also added a small mention of the manga. Thanks!
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I want Sensei and Succubus to get together. Is that shipping? Am I doomed?
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MonsieurChoc posted:I want Sensei and Succubus to get together. Is that shipping? Am I doomed? Yes. I'm sorry.
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MonsieurChoc posted:I want Sensei and Succubus to get together. Is that shipping? Am I doomed? Welcome, friend. We have such sights to show you.
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Rodenthar Drothman posted:John Henry Fuseli's the Nightmare.
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Grouchio posted:I thought it was a berserk reference. Berserk is full of fine art jokes and references, so nonzero chance that painting's what That Horse came from
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Futaba Anzu posted:imagine giving birth to a dullahan and whne the doctor goes to pull the baby out they pull out just a head at first There's nothing about that concept that doesn't sound like an awful time.
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Maybe the head just falls off after a couple of months.
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Clarste posted:Maybe the head just falls off after a couple of months. that doesn't sound any less horrible
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CrazySalamander posted:I ship Takahashi/Science. His curiosity is very cute and endearing- it's something too many people toss aside as they grow older. PYF: Anime scientists Takahashi-sensei Desty Nova from Battle Angel Alita Hyouka Fuwa from Shimoneta
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DrSunshine posted:PYF: Anime scientists Rintaro Okabe The Professor from Nichijo
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I was also sold by machi's head shake.
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a kitten posted:Rintaro Okabe Hange from Attack on Titan
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DrSunshine posted:PYF: Anime scientists a kitten posted:The Professor from Nichijo
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professor itsuki from moyashimon. or the two postgrads. the true mark of a scientist is testing the limits of your knowledge and getting poo poo horribly wrong but also expanding your knowledge as you go along
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also the popularity of this genre can only be a good thing in this day and age if it compels curiosity and empathy for people different from you
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Phobophilia posted:also the popularity of this genre can only be a good thing in this day and age if it compels curiosity and empathy for people different from you This is so true! Aside from cutepire, I think that this is the favorite thing about this show/manga in particular: the good, progressive message about identity, body image, and tolerance. If I was a teen librarian for a public library, or a high school/middle school librarian, I would definitely get this for the graphic novel collection because it speaks really well to teen issues.
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DrSunshine posted:This is so true! Aside from cutepire, I think that this is the favorite thing about this show/manga in particular: the good, progressive message about identity, body image, and tolerance. If I was a teen librarian for a public library, or a high school/middle school librarian, I would definitely get this for the graphic novel collection because it speaks really well to teen issues. Which is why I'm so darn unhappy about the English title change 
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a kitten posted:Rintaro Okabe 
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