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INTEREST: Anime Physics: Nosebleeds


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firedragon54738



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 5:41 pm Reply with quote
It looks like some one get to much time on there hands
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Slinkey



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 5:56 pm Reply with quote
Obviously someone doesn't know what physics is, if they are saying this category belongs to physics.

This belongs to Biology if anything.
I suggest whoever wrote this article, should go make sure what physics is.
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ZakuAce



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:10 pm Reply with quote
The amount of complaining in this thread makes me lol.
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TJ_Kat



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:18 pm Reply with quote
generally, when talking about [fictional world name] physics, you're talking about general rules in said fictional world which differ from the real world, including, but not limited to actual physics. it's an expression, get over it.

btw, i liked the article and hope to see plenty more of them.
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ReiClone88



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:57 pm Reply with quote
This is incomplete, not many Westerners know this, but there's another element to guys getting nosebleeds in anime. It is believed that when a guy has a nosebleed, he is having an overflow of Yang (associated with males) chi. Thus, his arousal leads to an overflow of Yang chi resulting in a nosebleed.
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agila61



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 7:20 pm Reply with quote
TJ_Kat wrote:
generally, when talking about [fictional world name] physics, you're talking about general rules in said fictional world which differ from the real world, including, but not limited to actual physics. it's an expression, get over it.


This. It may have started with actual physics as in spaceships movement for dramatic effect rather than following the laws of mechanics, but it has become a more general phrase.
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Ryojen



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 7:28 pm Reply with quote
Well, that article was... random. Confused
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The Xenos



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 7:47 pm Reply with quote
Myth: BUSTED
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The King of Harts



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 8:14 pm Reply with quote
You know, in 19 years, I've never had a nosebleed. It's never bled even when I've been punched in the face (it's happened more than once).

Anyways, I think Kanako of Maria Holic is the nosebleed champion. Either her or Ikuto Touhouin from Nagasarete Airantou, but he was a teenager trapped on an island full of women that wanted his...um...pimp juice since he was also the only male. Kanako was just a dirty old man in a young girls body.

Also, apparently unlike most everyone else here, I dig the Interest articles. They create an air of comfort and relaxation unlike the rest of the talkback threads that can turn into flame wars at the drop of a hat. Keep up the good work Gia.
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Acinom



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 8:46 pm Reply with quote
Very Happy Haha, nice article. Perhaps, to avoid further nitpicking from our subculture, retitle future articles as "Anime Science"?

Although one could debate that biology is just an impure form of physics
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abunai
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 8:59 pm Reply with quote
Looks like the Nitpicker Brigade is out in force today.

As TJ_Kat correctly noted, "{something} physics" in storytelling is generally understood to mean "the rules applying to the world of {something}". Thus, for instance, "Narnia physics" would have to include the law that declares that "the blood of traitors belongs to Jadis".

I don't see this use of terminology as being all that difficult to understand, unless one invokes a willful determination not to understand. But I guess that's what the Nitpicker Brigade is all about.

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CG-LOVER



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 9:05 pm Reply with quote
I've always disliked the use of nosebleeds to show sexual arousal in anime for the obvious fact that it makes no sense.

Just wanted to let my opinion be known.
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abunai
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 9:14 pm Reply with quote
CG-LOVER wrote:
I've always disliked the use of nosebleeds to show sexual arousal in anime for the obvious fact that it makes no sense.

Well, true, it doesn't make sense. But, like laugh tracks and rimshots on American sitcoms and comedy shows, it's a storytelling convention of the anime medium. Sense or not, so long as you get the point of the nosebleed ("Haha, he's so geared up over her he started gushing like a geyser!"), what's the problem?

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OLady



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 9:16 pm Reply with quote
I have to agree with those who think the title of the article is wrong.
May I suggest in its place "Anime vs Science"? That should cover anything that comes up.

Umm, unless you think the content is better served by "Anime AND Science".....
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 9:29 pm Reply with quote
Please ANN, stick to news.
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