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Does... does this implies that... Chilchuck is the tallest of them all...? If they were all haflings, it's oficial that yes. Now, look at me play my game.

Chilchuck is said to be tall for a hafling, and he is. The avarage would be 100 cms, and he's 110 Laios is a tallman, but he's also tall for his race (the average height is 180cm for men, he's 185).

Marcille is 160 (elves are 150 and tall men 170, so we good here, I'd say she's average too). Sehshi is 140, he's actually taller than the average for male dwarves (135). And Itzusumi is shorter than the avatage of female tallmen (170), being only 150.

So far, if they all changed to the same race at the same time, Itzusumi would always be the shortest, followed my marcille. Senshi and Laios should be around the same height since theyre both 5 cms taller than the avarage (I know that as haflings Laios is taller, maybe he keeps being taller than Senshi just because). And Chilchuck would be the tallest. He's 10 cms taller than the avarage of his race after all.

Might this useless information hunt you until the end of your days.

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"I didn't see the afterlife for nothing!"

The 8th Catch Phrase Grand Prix

Weekly Shounen Jump - WSJ N°25 (June 8, 1992)

Before continuing with the translations of Togashi's comments from the Table of Contents, I'd like to explain from where the anime's next episode preview catchphrase comes.

The "Catch Phrase Grand Prix" was a contest held by the WSJ in which the participants submitted a catchphrase that had to do with their favorite series from the magazine. The mangaka, in turn, would draw an illustration to match the phrase.

The winner of the 8th edition (June 1992 issue), Miss Tamiya, 17 years old, from Kumamoto Prefecture, won the contest with the catchphrase:

"I didn't end up seeing the afterlife for nothing!!"

「ダテにあの世は見ちゃいねぇ!!」

Date ni anoyo wa michai nee! !

Meaning that Yusuke didn't just die, but by seeing the other world, he learned a lot and became stronger.

The coolest thing is that the winner herself (@SelectShopHIKO) posted on Twitter that her catchphrase was selected almost 30 years ago, and it was used in the anime, which surprised her to no end.

To match the catchphrase, Togashi drew the above illustration of Yusuke in the afterlife, holding the kanabo, the mythical spiked club, a weapon that belongs to the oni (demon ogre). Standing right behind Yusuke are the Blue and Red Oni.

The oni are known in the japanese folklore as servants of the Great Lord Enma, ruler of Hell, and for wielding iron clubs with which they crush humans for enjoyment. For those familiar with Dragon Ball, blue and red oni also appear in this series.

In my opinion, this illustration shows that Yusuke won against the oni, took over their spiky club and became the new bigwig in the afterworld. He surely didn't see the afterlife for nothing!

This drawing was also used as cover of the Yu Yu Hakusho volume 8. According to Togashi's comments to the Artbook (2005), the red and blue oni's stances were modeled after two black guys he saw standing around like this in some music video or magazine, and thought they looked cool.

On October 10, 1992, the first episode of the anime aired on Japan's Fuji TV network. The catchphrase from the WSJ Grand Prix was borrowed, adapted a little bit, and employed in the next episode preview only as:

"I didn't see the afterlife for nothing!"

「ダテにあの世は見てねぇぜ！」

Date ni anoyo wa mitene~e ze!

(the japanese sentence-ending particle "ze-ぜ" was also added to change the tone to a more informal masculine speech, suiting more Yusuke's character)

The famous illustration served as inspiration for this scene from the first ending, "The Homework Doesn't End":

In episode 2, Atsuko also mentions dreaming about Yusuke fighting with the oni in the next world and becoming their leader. Also a reference to the illustration, in my opinion.

I don't know how it was translated in dubbed versions, but I've seen many people claiming that Atsuko predicted the future of the series by saying that Yusuke became the leader of the demons in hell. Please, do not misunderstand the afterlife (heaven or hell) with the Demon World (Makai) neither the oni, who work to Lord Enma, with the regular youkai, inhabitants of the Makai in the YYH series.

Lastly, how was the anime's catchphrase from the next episode preview translated in your country?

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Yu Yu Hakusho Mini Figure Collection Volume 1

In 2022, as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the of the "Yu Yu Hakusho" anime, Studio Pierrot will release a minifigure collection!

Since it is called collection "vol.1", more volumes with other characters might be expected in the future.

Some stores like thechara.com are already taking reservations, from January 7, 2022 (Friday) to February 10, 2022 (Thursday).

Release date Scheduled to be released in June 2022 at anime stores and online shops.

Retail price

¥ 550 (tax included). 1 BOX with 6 pieces. It's a blind package, so you can complete all types in one box!

¥ 3,300 (tax included). 1 BOX with the 6 types.

6 types: Yusuke Urameshi, Kazuma Kuwabara, Hiei, Kurama, Youko Kurama and Koenma

Size

Height: approx. 5 cm (including pedestal)

Material

ATBC-PVC

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Just some art of face expressions while also working on skin color.

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Togashi’s comments about Kazuma Kuwabara

About the character

Togashi: His surname comes from “kuwabara kuwabara”¹. After that, when I was trying to apply the kanji, I combined the letters from the names and last names of the two major star players of PL Academy². Being a mood maker, winning or losing is secondary. When he’s fighting, I felt he would raise the morale of the rest of the members. Kuwabara uses a sword in contrast to Yusuke’s “reigan” (spirit gun).

Note¹: “kuwabara kuwabara” (くわばら くわばら) is a famous Japanese saying to ward off lightning. Some say it is analogous to the English phrase “knock on wood” to prevent bad luck.

Note²: At the time, the two most famous baseball players in the PL (Perfect Liberty) High School in Osaka were Masumi Kuwata and Kiyohara Kazuhiro:

桑田 真澄 (Kuwata Masumi) = 桑 (Kuwa); 真(Ma)

清原 和博 (Kazuhiro Kiyohara) = 原 (Bara); 和 (Kazu)

The combination of the kanji from their surnames resulted in Kuwabara (桑原: mulberry field) and from their names in Kazuma (和真: true harmony).

Source: Yu Yu Hakusho Official Characters Book Reikai Shinshiroku. Reikai Records Part 2 - Main Characters Setting Comments, p.189, 2005.    

幽☆遊☆白書 公式キャラクターズブック 霊界紳士録 - 霊界調書 その2 メインキャラクター設定コメント

桑原和真 (くわばら かずま) 名字は「くわばら くわばら」から。その後で漢字を当ててみたら、PL学園出身の二大大スター選手の一字ずつをもらった形となったので��それじや名前の方ももと。ムードメーカーなので、勝敗は二の次で。彼が闘うことで残りのメンバーの士気が上がる感じにしました。桑原が刀を使うのは、幽助の霊丸と対比させての事。

出典: 公式キャラクターズブック 霊界紳士録

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Everyone has a favourite Takahashi work. Mine happens to be Maison Ikkoku. But, if I had to pick a single story, it would be this.

Rumic World : The Laughing Target (1987)

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The sign of high quality is the fact the book was banned by the government. Trash literature NEVER EVER had any troubles with the law.

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Life saver

Describing Smell in Your Writing

Hey peeps! I recently went on a hunt to describe, specifically, how my hero smelled to my herione (since there’s a slow burn romance here… you can imagine how that went…)

I had to snoop around for some sites for ideas and options, so I thought I’d share them!

200+ Ways to Incorporate Scent

75 Words that Describe Smells

How to Describe the Sense of Smell in Your Writing

600+ ways to Describe Breath and Breathing

Describing How a Man Smells

A-Z of Common Fragrance Descriptions

24 Adjective Words to Describe Smell in Writing

How to Describe Setting Using Smell

Pro-tip:

From my research, and experience. Adding a few choice adjectives is great, but they could surprise us… Does your villain’s lair contradict expectations, and smell like fire and smoke and rose scented candles? Does your love interest smell of a memory, like fresh rain in summer? Does your nemesis smell of a concept, like the fear of god instilled in you as a child?

Smell and sound are such powerful elements of sensory immersion in writing. I’m looking forward to getting creative with scents and smells and I hope you are as well!

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💀... bruh

Your fourth most recent emoji predicts how much crazier 2020 will get for you

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Now this is how u do it bitch 😢

well i’ll be damned

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Hey, everyone! Due to the sudden influx of viewers on AO3, the site has had to modify some things, including the experience of guest users and how hits are counted on the site. This is not the fault of AO3 (they’re doing their best to keep things up and running for all of us), but if you’re a guest user following stories on AO3, PLEASE make sure to leave kudos for your authors to see. We understand it can be difficult to get an account on AO3 (probably more now with COVID-19 leaving people in their homes), but sudden drops in statistics can be inexplicable and disheartening.

Keep your heads up, people. We’re gonna get through this.

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Y’all active writeblrs out there, mind rb-ing this post? Dash is dying and could use some new mutuals of y’all are up for it 😉

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this whole discussion about a Mulan life-action baffles me. Like… I love the fun with Mushu and all but? Why do we need a Disney remake of the movie when there is

a pretty much epic

beautiful

actually Chinese version

with great characters

and Mulan’s more accurate story

readily available??? 

Since 2009??

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Oh shit!

The Ren & Stimpy Show

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Happiness Will Come To You.

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Ok but braids were there before slavery

this is amazing but it’s gonna go over yt people heads anyway

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