ambermonk Posted April 8, 2019 Report Share Posted April 8, 2019 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. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide ambermonk's signature Hide all signatures On 10/21/2015 at 9:51 AM, peace 7 said: To keep it real and analog, I'm gonna start posting to WATMM by writing my posts in fountain pen on hemp paper, putting them in bottles, and throwing them into the ocean. On 11/5/2013 at 7:51 PM, Sean Ae said: you have to watch those silent people, always trying to trick you with their silence Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/96825-japan-to-begin-next-imperial-era/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyrex Posted April 8, 2019 Report Share Posted April 8, 2019 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. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures Follow WATMM on Twitter: @WATMMOfficial Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/96825-japan-to-begin-next-imperial-era/#findComment-2709561 Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEK Posted April 8, 2019 Report Share Posted April 8, 2019 On 4/8/2019 at 6:04 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... ;) Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide YEK's signature Hide all signatures Reveal hidden contents !:/music Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/96825-japan-to-begin-next-imperial-era/#findComment-2709592 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitchroast Posted April 8, 2019 Report Share Posted April 8, 2019 Castlevania: Bonds of Melody on the gameboy advance Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/96825-japan-to-begin-next-imperial-era/#findComment-2709594 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManjuShri Posted April 8, 2019 Report Share Posted April 8, 2019 On 4/8/2019 at 6:04 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 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide ManjuShri's signature Hide all signatures འ༔ ཨ༔ ཧ༔ ཤ༔ ས༔ མ༔ ཨོཾ་ཧ་ནུ་པྷ་ཤ་བྷ་ར་ཧེ་ཡེ་སྭཱ་ཧཱ།། ཨཱོཾ་མ་ཏྲི་མུ་ཡེ་སལེ་འདུ།། Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/96825-japan-to-begin-next-imperial-era/#findComment-2709607 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambermonk Posted April 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2019 On 4/8/2019 at 6:04 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. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide ambermonk's signature Hide all signatures On 10/21/2015 at 9:51 AM, peace 7 said: To keep it real and analog, I'm gonna start posting to WATMM by writing my posts in fountain pen on hemp paper, putting them in bottles, and throwing them into the ocean. On 11/5/2013 at 7:51 PM, Sean Ae said: you have to watch those silent people, always trying to trick you with their silence Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/96825-japan-to-begin-next-imperial-era/#findComment-2709682 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted April 9, 2019 Report Share Posted April 9, 2019 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”. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures 백호야~~~항상에 사랑할거예요.나의 아들. Shout outs to the saracens, musulmen and celestials. Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/96825-japan-to-begin-next-imperial-era/#findComment-2709687 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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