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INTEREST: Touch's Infamous Love Triangle Sells McDonald's Burgers




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shosakukan



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 22, 2021 5:46 pm Reply with quote
Kim Morrissy wrote:
Yoshimi Iwazaki's iconic opening theme song

Actually, the family name of the singer in question is Iwasaki.
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Fluwm



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 22, 2021 9:37 pm Reply with quote
Well this is certainly very topical and relevant.

And also kinda weird. Plenty of Adachi series have used love triangles... but Touch? Not so much.
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BlueAlf



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 22, 2021 11:18 pm Reply with quote
Yeah, it's weird. Feels kinda like a bait and switch. I get that Touch was really influential for its time. But in the end, the love triangle really wasn't what it was about.
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shosakukan



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 23, 2021 1:31 am Reply with quote
Tatsuta(-age. a kind of fried food) is written in katakana as タツタ. Touch is transliterated in katakana as タッチ. タツタ is similar to タッチ.
Perhaps, in the brain of the staffer for the advertising agency, this wordplay conclusion was made first (and other elements were added/taken into account afterwards).
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vanfanel



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 23, 2021 5:12 am Reply with quote
Wracked by loss, guilt, and indecision, I will hesitate, delay, and avoid making a decision about this sandwich until the very last day of the campaign.
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shosakukan



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 23, 2021 7:45 am Reply with quote
vanfanel wrote:
Wracked by loss, guilt, and indecision, I will hesitate, delay, and avoid making a decision about this sandwich until the very last day of the campaign.

マジレスすると、You can eat each of them on different days. If you are a gourmand like Komatsu Sakyō, you can eat both of them on the same day.
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vanfanel



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 24, 2021 3:35 am Reply with quote
Is there a Katsu-sando on this menu?

spoiler[Probably not.]
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shosakukan



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 24, 2021 10:22 am Reply with quote
vanfanel wrote:
Is there a Katsu-sando on this menu?

spoiler[Probably not.]

Mc (Kansai-jin may say, 'McD') has Shōga-yaki Pork Burger on its menu, but probably McDonald's doesn't have katsu-sarnies.
When you visit Akibahara, I would like to recommend Mansei's Katsu Sandwiches.
I have heard the theory that katsu-sandwiches were originally invented as a small soft easy-to-eat food for women working in 花柳界. But now Inogashira Gorō, too, enjoys katsu-sandwiches.
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