TeniPuri ate my brain, and ROTK has eaten my flist

[thistlechaser]

I'm glad everyone enjoyed ROTK. I really have no interest in seeing it, and I'm somewhat amused that it's almost the only thing talked about on my flist today. (I've never so quickly read through my flist before! Skim, skim, skim.) I can't complain about it though, as all you HP folks on my flist are probably sick of me talking about Prince of Tennis or whatever my anime of the day is.

And speaking of that...

I had another TeniPuri/PoT dream last night. We (the guys and I) were all up in Maine looking for a house to buy and live in together. EEE! Could you imagine how great that'd be?

I brought the musical soundtrack to work today. It's interesting hearing it without the video; I thought I wouldn't enjoy it since it's in Japanese and without the visuals I'd be totally lost, but nope. It's great and wonderful. I'm curious as heck about so much in it though! What's the song Echizen sings a couple times? The one with the bit of English 'I'm always number one' and something about 'smash and receive'? He sounds so sad in it! Makes me want to find him and hug him lots. But my biggest question is, why does Inui dream about Fuji and Eiji playing a game?

I watched only one more ep last night after my post. They're still in the middle of a big tournament. (Yawn.) I wish they'd handle the games a little differently; thus far it's always the same: Freshmen: "Oh my god! The other team is so good! We'll never beat them!" Seigaku starts out losing. Oh no! It's getting really bad! But look, Seigaku comes back in the end and wins! (Yawn.) There was a match, the one where Kaidoh and Inui were doubles partners for the first time, that the outcome didn't seem sure for. That game was exciting to watch! I actually paid attention to it! Why don't the writers realize that not knowing the outcome makes it more interesting?

Oh well. I'm not watching it for the tennis, after all. ;)

Edited to add: Anyone know what "gaki" means? I'm assuming it's Japanese, but online translators don't recognize it.

Comments

[juliansinger.livejournal.com]

Um.

Does it work in context as "ghost"? I may be remembering wrong, however, so if not, then don't worry about it.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I don't think so... I almost think it might mean dom or top, but I could be totally off...

[juliansinger.livejournal.com]

My housemate suggests "brat".

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Ah! That would fit. Thanks to the housemate (and to you)!

[morinotokei.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure what context you're referring to, but if it's what I'm thinking, "gaki" - closest translation is something like "kid" or "brat", or "little punk". But, um, don't take my word for it because I'm not an expert in Japanese. ^^;

It's not fair. I never have anime-related dreams. ~steals your dream~

why does Inui dream about Fuji and Eiji playing a game?

~snickers~ Bad boy. He's having lusty thoughts about his teammates.

Yep, that's my biggest complaint about this series. Also why so many of the matches don't really catch my interest.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Ah! All those would fit. A fan used it for Echizen, so... heh. Punk, brat, kid, all those work.

It's not fair. I never have anime-related dreams. ~steals your dream~

Eek! Eek! Mine! Give them back! :)

I'm lucky, I always remember my dreams, so when I have good ones I usually recall them.

Bad boy. He's having lusty thoughts about his teammates.

See! See! That's what I thought might be happening, but I didn't think they'd actually really include that. Hee. Hm, guess he likes pretty boys...

[morinotokei.livejournal.com]

but I didn't think they'd actually really include that

You'd be surprised. They're good about giving fanservice. ^^ I liked his snickering afterwards, while still lost in the thoughts of his daydream. Oh great, now I can't get rid of visions of pervert!Inui stalking pretty boys and recording the info in his data notebook.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

You'd be surprised. They're good about giving fanservice. ^^

Man, now that I know for sure that's what it was, I want to watch it again! Hee! I've listened to the soundtrack seven or eight times already, but I want to see the *video*, too! And yeah, I loved the snickering.

Oh great, now I can't get rid of visions of pervert!Inui stalking pretty boys and recording the info in his data notebook.

Ha! I bet he keeps track of all sorts of data in there... Heh heh heh. ;)

[fealu-bryne.livejournal.com]

Hee hee. Now you make me really guilty for my two posts mentioning RotK. Thanks. ;)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Hee! No worries. *Everyone* did it today. And man, you have the best icons!

[fealu-bryne.livejournal.com]

*grins* Thanks to you I can make oodles of them! Which I love. It's so fun. ^^

Thank you again!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

You know how you can pay me back, right? *waggles eyebrows*

(You're welcome, of course!)

[metron-ariston.livejournal.com]

Heh, I was thinking about you and your lack of LotR interest and how full of RotK posts your friends page was likely to get. *g* I'm willing to bet a large percentage of posts on the site in the wee hours this morning were of people (in the US at least) getting back from it.

Are you not a big fan of films in general, or do you just not care about the LotR universe? *pondering ways to convert you, will probably fail eh?*

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yep! It's pretty full, and lots of them came in about then. It doesn't overly bother me though, especially since I know many/most people don't care/read my anime fangirl eee'ing.

Are you not a big fan of films in general, or do you just not care about the LotR universe?

I saw the movies when they came out on cable, but... I guess it just all doesn't do much for me, plus the massive fangirling is reason for me to stay away. Hee. :)

[spenceraloysius.livejournal.com]

I didn't post about ROTK!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

You're right! You get today's cookie. :)

RotK posts today

[tersa.livejournal.com]

...and when Chamber of Secrets came out, everyone was posting about that, and when Order of the Phoenix came out, that's what everyone was posting about... :)

It's just a good gauge of a large section of geekdom interest. :)

Re: RotK posts today

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Very true! And honestly, it really doesn't bother me -- it gives a great excuse to do little more than skim. :) (Not that I don't want to read posts when they're there, but skimming is fine, too!)

[frances-jane.livejournal.com]

I'm glad everyone enjoyed ROTK. I really have no interest in seeing it, and I'm somewhat amused that it's almost the only thing talked about on my flist today. (I've never so quickly read through my flist before! Skim, skim, skim.) I can't complain about it though, as all you HP folks on my flist are probably sick of me talking about Prince of Tennis or whatever my anime of the day is.

Hey, don't generalise - took me two months to figure out what this 'ROTK' shit was about! I still don't *know*, I'm just assuming (and therefore skimming). It's hard work, this fandom stuff...

;)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Okay! You get a cookie, too! :)