raitie2000 said: How fast does these gets translated anyways? It has only been like 15 minutes.
Also, Aokigahara forest.
Pretty fast, usually. I've done one strip in 20-25 minutes before, and I know much less Japanese than Moonspeaker or ChaosKnight, so I had to look up most of the kanji in WWWJDIC.
Also, I don't quite understand why Sanaewife is worried. Her last two lines don't really make sense in translation, and her last line makes no sense in Japanese either... What am I missing here? Some sort of reference, or something?
EDIT: Okay, I get it now. Let's add that as a note to clarify, shall we?
ThunderBird said: Also, I don't quite understand why Sanaewife is worried. Her last two lines don't really make sense in translation, and her last line makes no sense in Japanese either... What am I missing here? Some sort of reference, or something?
ThunderBird said: Pretty fast, usually. I've done one strip in 20-25 minutes before, and I know much less Japanese than Moonspeaker or ChaosKnight, so I had to look up most of the kanji in WWWJDIC.
Also, I don't quite understand why Sanaewife is worried. Her last two lines don't really make sense in translation, and her last line makes no sense in Japanese either... What am I missing here? Some sort of reference, or something?
!Pteleports said: Am I just weird, or does Aokigahara really not look like that bad of a place? I've known about it and its reputation for a while now, but still.
...Trying to get people to visit it eh? heh
Naw jk, from the pic it dont seem strange. It would be fun as a dare for children if ya lived by it. There are people who have visited high reputation of death sites like Chernobyl and found them calming places.
The Craked and Wikipedia links tells you more about Aokigahara than showing it.
For a site that shows what it looks like, see here.
Of course, since it's a popular suicide place, there are also rumors of haunted spots and the likes. Apparently, there are also magnetic interferences, places so covered by trees that it's always dark, wild animals and the likes. Even without the suicides, it's still a pretty unpleasant place. Because of its infamy, there are also looters and sometimes bandits, because even if you were to be killed, your death could easily be passed as a suicide.
Rumors also has it that the deepest parts of the forest are still left unexplored.
Deelles said: The Craked and Wikipedia links tells you more about Aokigahara than showing it.
For a site that shows what it looks like, see here.
Of course, since it's a popular suicide place, there are also rumors of haunted spots and the likes. Apparently, there are also magnetic interferences, places so covered by trees that it's always dark, wild animals and the likes. Even without the suicides, it's still a pretty unpleasant place. Because of its infamy, there are also looters and sometimes bandits, because even if you were to be killed, your death could easily be passed as a suicide.
Rumors also has it that the deepest parts of the forest are still left unexplored.
Why did I suddenly flash to the forest in Dark Souls?
WebBrowser said: Is it weird that I really want to check out this suicide forest now? I have a morbid curiousity for things like this.
Nope, I'm curious myself, especially with the, 'Rumours also have it that the deepest parts of the forests are still unexplored' smells like adventure, one with the scent of the graveyard, but nonetheless an adventure full of curiousity.
Kumihou said: Nope, I'm curious myself, especially with the, 'Rumours also have it that the deepest parts of the forests are still unexplored' smells like adventure, one with the scent of the graveyard, but nonetheless an adventure full of curiousity.
Don't forget the Holy water, might as well bring some shamans and Mikos with you too.
I'm surprised the first thing she thought wasn't Aokigahara Scavenging. Kogasa is a youkai, after all, and hard-up mangaka could find something useful out there.
Kumihou said: Nope, I'm curious myself, especially with the, 'Rumours also have it that the deepest parts of the forests are still unexplored' smells like adventure, one with the scent of the graveyard, but nonetheless an adventure full of curiousity.
ThunderBird said: Salt, stakes, silver bullets and blades, same in iron.
UnnamedYoukai said: Also some garlic just to cover everything.
Can't believe none of you guys have even mention the cross yet
Lumine1412 said: Can't believe none of you guys have even mention the cross yet
That only works for European vampires, and only in some of the lore. Hell, Remilia fights with a friggin' cross in some of her moves! If I'm dealing with Japanese youkai, I'd be packing the aforementioned items, even though youkai usually have no elemental weakness, but more specific ones, such as kappa going weak if the bowl on their head is emptied. A stake to the heart or a .50cal iron/silver round to the head usually puts down the bastards for the count, though...
2Parra said: Since on topic it would be interesting to mention that Aokigahara was mentioned briefly in ZUN's "Retrospective 53 Minutes" music album story.
Is there a english sub for that music album story?
duntalktome said: Is there a english sub for that music album story?
Well, you can read the story (translated) on the Wiki.
Maribel apparently felt sick around this place (speculated to be due to the souls of those who killed themselves), and an entrance to the Netherworld is apparently located somewhere around there.
Lumine1412 said: Can't believe none of you guys have even mention the cross yet
ThunderBird said: That only works for European vampires, and only in some of the lore. Hell, Remilia fights with a friggin' cross in some of her moves!
Technically, that "some of the lore" is the lore created by the Catholic Church itself.
Vampires and other such things were Eastern European folktales and myths before Christianity came to dominate medieval life, and when the priests came into town, and couldn't quite convince people that there weren't such things as vampires, they decided to do the next best thing: Convince people that vampires were actually spawn of Satan, and so a symbol of the Church would defeat them.
Of course, all these vampire myths are taken or left by every individual author whenever they feel it convenient for their own plot. The reason why a cross has fallen out of popularity recently is that such a notion as a cross defeating vampires requires you to implicitly say Catholicism (or at least, Christianity in general) is the One True Religion, and as such, things like "they die from UV light" or "garlic burns them" are much more palatable weaknesses than dragging religion into it. The other alternative - that ANY religious symbol works (if only to people who are true believers) - essentially drags into the story the specter of subjective reality, which is a whole can of worms most writers want nothing to do with.
Kumihou said: Nope, I'm curious myself, especially with the, 'Rumours also have it that the deepest parts of the forests are still unexplored' smells like adventure, one with the scent of the graveyard, but nonetheless an adventure full of curiousity.
Try consulting with peoples knowledgeable of the local folklores about the local creatures known/believed to inhabit the area. Know their signs, behaviour, culture(?), ethics and the don’ts. Hopefully the less malicious creatures will not bother with mere tourists visiting.
U-...umm... Why is it that...I thought that we should drop by on our way home.I just want to visit the hot spring, okay?Wha-!?If you're worried about something, we can talk about it, okay?When we get back, you can eat all the food you want!I'm not going to kill myself.Oh? Where to?It's a Nice PlaceHey, Sanae. Do you mind if I take a bit of a detour?Fuji's sea of trees.
Aokigahara is a famous suicide site in Japan, due to its eerie silence and lack of wildlife. Up to 105 bodies were found every year in the forest.