Forum - View topicAnime stores in Hong Kong
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jestorebo
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Know any anime stores in Hong Kong? Having trouble finding any. I am talking about physical stores, not online ones, stores to visit.
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dormcat
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You should start with Sino Centre (信和中心) at Nathan Road (彌敦道) in Mong Kok (旺角). It's the place you can find most Akiba-kei merchandise in HK.
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P€|\||§_|\/|ast@
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For those too lazy to check the Lexicon page (and beleive me some of us are
 ) Akiba-kei merchandise = otaku oriented merchandise: character goods, CDs, keychains, games, DVDs, model kits, etc. Since kei (型) also means type, but I don't think this is commonly how the term is used, I like to think of Akiba-kei as Akihabara-type stuff (that's the place in Japan that caters so much to otaku likes) so you might find plenty of authentic (or not so authentic) anime-related merchandise in those places that dormcat mentioned. 
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dormcat
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Akiba-kei = 秋葉系. "Kei" for "系" (trait) here, not "型". I know you just want to help, but please don't think the same pronunciation stands for the same kanji. "Kei" can represent over 50 different kanji. |
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P€|\||§_|\/|ast@
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Alright I goofed, the word that means type (or model) that uses the Kanji I provided is pronounced kata (right?). But I've found that sometimes when combining words with other words a Kanji will revert from the kun reading to on reading. After all doesn't the "kei" in visual kei mean type? I don't want to question your vast Japanese knowledge since I'm just a beginner so I probably shouldn't have brought it up. Gomen nasai.
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dormcat
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Exactly. When a character is within a phrase rather than standalone it's very often to change its pronunciation from kunyomi to onyomi. I have no idea of the exact grammar rule of when and why, however.
In fact, the "kei" in "visual-kei" (ヴィジュアル系) is also "系". The truth is, "系" (trait) and "型" (type) have overlapping meanings, both in Japanese and in English (between "trait" and "type"). It's not uncommon to mix them up (sometimes with another kanji, 形, which means "form" or "shape").
No need to apologize. My Japanese is far from fluent. Can we go back to Hong Kong now? 
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P€|\||§_|\/|ast@
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Sure.
I've been thinking about visiting different places in Asia like Hong Kong and Korea and I'd like to be able to find nice anime stuff that you typically wouldn't find in American stores. But I'd also like to see all the different cultural and historical stuff (I'm also an ancient architecture otaku). However whenever I visit a country I tend to spend too much time looking for anime. I even did that when I was in Spain. I saw alot of cool Spanish stuff and took in plenty of the culture there but I think I spent too much time looking for an anime shop or anything anime related (all I found was a copy of Shirase and Hentype). Thanks for the help dormcat, btw. |
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