Japan to begin next Imperial era

Starting 1 May

I heard over a year ago that the current emperor Akihito was going to abdicate, but looks like it's for real now. According to Japan's imperial calendar it's still the year Heisei 31 I think (since 1988), but it's soon to be the first year of Reiwa, under the new emperor Naruhito.

IIRC the Emperor has no actual political authority, but is instated as a purely symbolic figure. This practice has been official since 1868.

Anyway, just a bit of news. Wasn't sure what thread to post this in, so I decided to just make it its own.

And, the era's name, Reiwa (令和) is also (in English) the name of a theme song to a hentai (cartoon porn) video game...

 

In Japanese, Reiwa translates to "beautiful/orderly harmony", which is similar to "Bonds of Melody", the theme song to ぶらばん! (Buraban!), a decade-old adult game.

  On 4/8/2019 at 4:04 PM, Joyrex said:

And, the era's name, Reiwa (令和) is also (in English) the name of a theme song to a hentai (cartoon porn) video game...

 

In Japanese, Reiwa translates to "beautiful/orderly harmony", which is similar to "Bonds of Melody", the theme song to ぶらばん! (Buraban!), a decade-old adult game.

Makes sense... ;)

Castlevania: Bonds of Melody on the gameboy advance

  On 4/8/2019 at 4:04 PM, Joyrex said:

And, the era's name, Reiwa (令和) is also (in English) the name of a theme song to a hentai (cartoon porn) video game...

 

In Japanese, Reiwa translates to "beautiful/orderly harmony", which is similar to "Bonds of Melody", the theme song to ぶらばん! (Buraban!), a decade-old adult game.

Future's looking bright.

 

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/08/health/japan-sexual-inexperience-intl/index.html

  On 4/8/2019 at 4:04 PM, Joyrex said:

And, the era's name, Reiwa (令和) is also (in English) the name of a theme song to a hentai (cartoon porn) video game...

 

In Japanese, Reiwa translates to "beautiful/orderly harmony", which is similar to "Bonds of Melody", the theme song to ぶらばん! (Buraban!), a decade-old adult game.

Oh lawd. I had no idea it was a hentai theme. Sets a disturbing precedent if you think about it, although it may have been entirely coincidence.

It could also mean “ordered peace”, which is IMO a more accurate interpretation.

Reaction from Japanese (that I know) has been somewhat cold.

Supposedly it’s from an old Japanese poem.

The second character “Wa” is also the old name for Japan. So it’s intended to convey a sense of “Japaneseness”.