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And now, further news on the Converting My Brother To PoT Front.
Before we left for Nara on Monday morning, we went to Denden Town, Osaka's answer to Akihabara. Just like the rest of Osaka as compared to Tokyo, it's grottier and seedier than Akiba, but I'll write about that in more detail on travelpod. Anyway, after getting lost, backtracking, and finally finding our way to the electronics district, we stumbled upon Animate, and wasn't I a very pleased PoT-enabling sister when B1 said we should go look to see if they had the stuff I wanted (i.e. Golden Pair anything). When he followed me through Animate in Tokyo, I'm fairly sure he was just humouring me, but this time I think he really was interested in seeing how many useless products you can stick a chibi Inui on. As we were examining the merchandise, he let out a snort and pointed out something (a notebook? I forget).
B1: Why is Tezuka grabbing at his crotch?! D:
Me: *choking on my laughter* Um... maybe's he's just shielding it? (He was pictured next to Echizen, though... *snerk*)
B1: No, he's clearly grabbing it! This is supposed to be a kid's show!
Me: Uh, yeah... XD
Since B1's been practicing karate for nigh fourteen years, he's picked up some Japanese, mainly names for positions and katas, as well as numbers. But because he never watched all that much anime with me, back when I did nothing else (it was B2 whom I led down the merry road of Fushigi Yuugi and Rurouni Kenshin obsessions), he isn't familiar with some common expressions, such as "sugoi" -- and in PoT, it seems that every second line is someone exclaiming "Sugoi!" Since B1 thinks Horio is so funny, he's latched onto "Sugoi! Tuisto saabu!" as his new favourite phrase.
Despite the heavy rain, Nara was teeming with middle school students on class trips; as you can imagine, there was a whole lot of "Sugoi!"ing and "Sugeee!"ing going on, especially around the giant Buddha, and B1 felt it necessary to turn to me with a grin each time he heard that word, adding "Tuisto saabu!"
This evening we watched 10 episodes*, and my brother got to experience Mizuki in all his glory. While I was busy pointing frantically at the screen and incoherently screeching, "Who the hell would wear that?!?!" at Mizuki's Purple Shirt of Doom in episode 40, B1 merely blinked at Mizuki saying to Yuuta, "I'll keep you company all night long," and commented, "So, you want to know who I think is gay?"
XD
Of course, the Golden Pair hasn't gotten very touchy-feely yet, but he did raise an eyebrow at their "let's high-five each other and keep our palms together for 5 seconds!" pose.
B1: What's that good move?
Me: It's their special hand-holding move! :D
Tomorrow night, we face off against Yamabuki. At this rate, dare I hope we'll be able to make it through the Hyoutei arc before he leaves? He's already planning on burning the series to take with him so he can watch it at home, but it's so much more educational with me providing colour commentary, isn't it? Not that I'm really letting loose, though I have been pointing out characters and telling him to "remember this guy!" because when I first watched the series, I missed quite a few things. For example, I didn't at all remember seeing Shishido lose to Tachibana the first time 'round. In fact, I don't think I remembered anything about the Hyoutei boys, except for their pink-soled shoes, until Seigaku actually started playing against them.
* Ah, this brings me back to the good old days of M-P, A-L and I spending entire weekends watching anime together... I miss you girls!
Before we left for Nara on Monday morning, we went to Denden Town, Osaka's answer to Akihabara. Just like the rest of Osaka as compared to Tokyo, it's grottier and seedier than Akiba, but I'll write about that in more detail on travelpod. Anyway, after getting lost, backtracking, and finally finding our way to the electronics district, we stumbled upon Animate, and wasn't I a very pleased PoT-enabling sister when B1 said we should go look to see if they had the stuff I wanted (i.e. Golden Pair anything). When he followed me through Animate in Tokyo, I'm fairly sure he was just humouring me, but this time I think he really was interested in seeing how many useless products you can stick a chibi Inui on. As we were examining the merchandise, he let out a snort and pointed out something (a notebook? I forget).
B1: Why is Tezuka grabbing at his crotch?! D:
Me: *choking on my laughter* Um... maybe's he's just shielding it? (He was pictured next to Echizen, though... *snerk*)
B1: No, he's clearly grabbing it! This is supposed to be a kid's show!
Me: Uh, yeah... XD
Since B1's been practicing karate for nigh fourteen years, he's picked up some Japanese, mainly names for positions and katas, as well as numbers. But because he never watched all that much anime with me, back when I did nothing else (it was B2 whom I led down the merry road of Fushigi Yuugi and Rurouni Kenshin obsessions), he isn't familiar with some common expressions, such as "sugoi" -- and in PoT, it seems that every second line is someone exclaiming "Sugoi!" Since B1 thinks Horio is so funny, he's latched onto "Sugoi! Tuisto saabu!" as his new favourite phrase.
Despite the heavy rain, Nara was teeming with middle school students on class trips; as you can imagine, there was a whole lot of "Sugoi!"ing and "Sugeee!"ing going on, especially around the giant Buddha, and B1 felt it necessary to turn to me with a grin each time he heard that word, adding "Tuisto saabu!"
This evening we watched 10 episodes*, and my brother got to experience Mizuki in all his glory. While I was busy pointing frantically at the screen and incoherently screeching, "Who the hell would wear that?!?!" at Mizuki's Purple Shirt of Doom in episode 40, B1 merely blinked at Mizuki saying to Yuuta, "I'll keep you company all night long," and commented, "So, you want to know who I think is gay?"
XD
Of course, the Golden Pair hasn't gotten very touchy-feely yet, but he did raise an eyebrow at their "let's high-five each other and keep our palms together for 5 seconds!" pose.
B1: What's that good move?
Me: It's their special hand-holding move! :D
Tomorrow night, we face off against Yamabuki. At this rate, dare I hope we'll be able to make it through the Hyoutei arc before he leaves? He's already planning on burning the series to take with him so he can watch it at home, but it's so much more educational with me providing colour commentary, isn't it? Not that I'm really letting loose, though I have been pointing out characters and telling him to "remember this guy!" because when I first watched the series, I missed quite a few things. For example, I didn't at all remember seeing Shishido lose to Tachibana the first time 'round. In fact, I don't think I remembered anything about the Hyoutei boys, except for their pink-soled shoes, until Seigaku actually started playing against them.
* Ah, this brings me back to the good old days of M-P, A-L and I spending entire weekends watching anime together... I miss you girls!
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Special Hand Holding Move FTW.