Comments on: Minoru Shiraishi Makes Me Proud

By: omo

omo — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:27:33 +0000

LOL. Where did you think Lucky Star gets it from…

By: Avatar

Avatar — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:41:49 +0000

Lucky Channel is an extremely good approximation of conversation at an anime company (possibly excepting the long-sleeved loli bit). ;p

By: omo

omo — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:35:26 +0000

Satire, right? I still think Lucky Channel is the best part of Lucky Star only because it does what we do, and criticize it beyond the 4th wall. On top of that, being also a part of Lucky Star allows it to poke fun of some things that you and I can’t.

Like defining Moe. Doing it with Tsundere is actually exactly a poke at the great definition debate that went on with Moe. The big difference is simply that Japan has long ran with Moe into the mainstream. Tsundere hasn’t taken off yet.

Pete: you suck.

By: Pete Zaitcev

Pete Zaitcev — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:03:37 +0000

Oh noes, not moe, or he’ll rip into Miyuki! I usually hit stop when the show reaches Lucky Channel. I figure this was ep.10, gotta take a note.

By: dm

dm — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:10:28 +0000

But… but… Shiraishi’s argument was that the term tsundere has been corrupted (presumably by commercial interests and promotion) and that the masses should rise up and reclaim the word for its original purpose. He was arguing that Kagami isn’t really tsundere, and concludes by calling for a new term to describe characters like Kagami. It was, basically, an elitist otaku argument (not that there’s anything wrong with that).

Maybe he should unleash his fury on moe next.

It was a great Lucky Channel segment.