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Old 05-28-2009, 11:18 AM   #1
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Easter Eggs

I just noticed this. Look at the poster.
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Old 05-28-2009, 04:42 PM   #2
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It's the same kid. What's happening to him?
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Old 05-28-2009, 10:51 PM   #3
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I don't watch the show, but there was apparently an easter egg in Ben 10. Konohamaru and his squad from Naruto showed up quickly for one scene.



Likewise, Shikamaru and Choji from Naruto show up in one scene in a crowd in Yu-Gi-Oh!, and Choji is eating chips.


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Old 05-29-2009, 11:53 AM   #4
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That's pretty cool. If you look to our right of Shikamaru (his left), it's Echizen Ryouma from The Prince of Tennis, another Shonen Jump franchise. Here's Ryouma's face for comparison.

Admittedly, there's not too much to go off of, but the combination of white baseball cap, spikey hair strands peeking out from under the brim, and large dark irises speaks is no less convincing that the alleged Shikamaru's haircut, small eyes, and furrowed brows. It's only too bad the Ryoma clone, if that is indeed who it is supposed to be, wasn't wearing a Seigaku regulars' jacket with the telling blue collar and sleeve-stripes.
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Old 05-29-2009, 12:05 PM   #5
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It's the same kid. What's happening to him?
It's Satou Ryouta from 今日の5-2. The poster in his childhood sweetheart's bedroom is also of 今日の5-2, so it's a self-referencing Easter egg. That's why I found it humorous: it would be as if Yugi Mutou had a poster of the main characters from Season 5 of Yu-Gi-Oh in his bedroom and it clearly said 遊戯王 (yuugiou) on top.

If you haven't seen Today's Class 5-2, then you should. The original OAV series was fansubbed by TheTriad. As far as I know no reliable groups ever subbed the made-for-TV remake which began airing last year ... or early this year? (I forget! ) The remake redesigned the characters to look much more loli-moe. I have heard it said, but cannot confirm, that the remake is sometimes more sexual and sometimes less sexual than the original. All I'll say is, the original (OAV) has its lolita complex moments which disturb me, but not enough to ruin the fun of the series. Late elementary school (like 5th grade) was a time in every boy's life when he had already begun to go or was only just then starting to go through puberty. Ryouta represents the most innocent member of the class, i.e. the least affected by puberty. He's been touched by it in certain ways too (he already knows he's a breasts man, lol), but where others see sexually awkward situations Ryouta sees nothing amiss, and this results in a great deal of comedy. Often times, Ryouta is just as aware of the sexual awkwardness of a certain situation as are his fellow classmates but he is both innocent in how he came to be in the situation and powerless to extract himself from the situation. A good example is shown below in three sequential attachments.

Long story short, if you want to watch comedy and dislike loli, give the show a try. I dislike loli too but I love this series. If you like both comedy and loli, then you're in for a major treat.

In the scene from which I borrowed these pictures, the five girls are spending recess with the nurse (who knows why). Yuki asks the nurse where the tape measure is and as the nurse excuses herself to attend a faculty meeting Yuki begins a "game" of measuring the girl's three sizes right there on the spot. Meanwhile, Ryouta has come down with a cold only to realize it too late. His friends point this out to him and encourage him to go to the nurse's office to get some much-needed rest. Hilarity ensues.
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