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Josh7289 Posts: 879 Location: New Jersey |
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| Doesn't tan come form chan, and not san? | ||||
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Nerv1 Posts: 400 Location: Dublin,CA |
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If that's the case, then why would they sell it even though it's devoted the Marines? |
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| bleuster Posts: 235 Location: Orange County |
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| I actually have the first book that's basically a training guide to obscenity
At least they seem to grasp the idea, but what it really means to them I haven't a clue It's one of those things that has such an odd contrast that the only thing that comes to mind is bizarre-cute Once you get past the culture-shock it's a very fun read! |
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| Fronzel Posts: 303 |
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I think I read once that both "chan" and "tan" are derived childish mispronunciations of "san", actually("chan" having actually been formalized/assimilated into normal speech). |
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| dormcat Encyclopedia Editor  Posts: 6366 Location: Hsinchu City, Taiwan, ROC |
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Adding more info for the book:
Ai Tokunaga as Pixel Maritan (USMC) Ayako Kawasumi as Navy-san (USN) Tomoko Kaneda as Army-san (USA) Maii Kadowaki as Jieitan (JSDF) Mami Kingetsu as Jooh-sama (Queen) Jouji Nakata as Fidel Ca*tro, President of the Council of State 
Furthermore, according to the official blog a year ago, Yui Horie was the planned cast for Jieitan, but the job was declined by her agency ARTS VISION due to "changing global status."  |
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JELEINEN Posts: 236 Location: Iowa |
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| I saw some stuff on youtube last year of this. Basically they were quoting lines from Full Metal Jacket. Absolutely hysterical to hear in cutesy engrish. | ||||
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eloyabun Posts: 55 |
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| Swear this isn’t April’s Fool on child’s day. |
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enurtsol Posts: 714 |
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| I wonder if the US military could sue for misrepresentation?
"Cute" is definitely not how they want to sow fear into their enemies. 
(The JSDF recruitment videos on the other hand....) |
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| dormcat Encyclopedia Editor Posts: 6366 Location: Hsinchu City, Taiwan, ROC |
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Seaman Ship for Love? |
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| uhmmmm Posts: 22 |
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Chan did definitely come from san. And it is possible that tan did too, but I'm more inclined to believe that it came from chan. Though it's interesting to note that san itself original came from an abbreviation of sama. |
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| MJP Posts: 72 |
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Link? I tried searching under "Maritan" but found nothing. D: |
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cyrax777 Posts: 1822 Location: Have you hugged your loli today? |
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| does anyone have the ISBN numbers for the books? | ||||
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| dormcat Encyclopedia Editor Posts: 6366 Location: Hsinchu City, Taiwan, ROC |
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ISBN-10: 4894255340 ISBN-13: 978-4894255340 http://www.amazon.co.jp/ |
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| cyrax777 Posts: 1822 Location: Have you hugged your loli today? |
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thank you |
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| enurtsol Posts: 714 |
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Yep, the expats in Japan have been getting a laugh at that for years. And don't forget the new one.  |
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