Who's Vergo-san.
Looking through the other entries, seven isn't that bad.
In fact it's beaten only by Live Action TV and Western Animation.
I'm pretty sure the concept of Law having limits was a translation error. -Wanderlustwarrior
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I've definitely seen that a few times in anime or manga (it definitely happens in Zettai Karen Children). Birthdays in general seem to get a lot of focus too, so I'm not sure where the idea that they aren't a big deal comes from. I suppose the difference might be that it's more likely for the person who cares so much about their birthday to go around loudly advertising the day so the opportunity to feign ignorance doesn't come up.
Or maybe they just don't like surprise parties.
edited 13th Jul '11 7:36:24 PM by Clarste
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Never watched that series. Is it worth watching?
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It happens in the TV series of Sakura Taisen, but it's explained by the other characters as being a result of the custom in Japan at that time for everyone to be officially a year older on New Year's Day. The birthday in question belongs to a French girl.
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That's an old Chinese tradition, but they don't use it in modern Japan anymore. I believe Sakura Taisen is a period piece though, taking place in an Alternate History?
Around some alternative 1920s, IIRC.
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I had yet to a anime/manga other than Darker Than Black doing the Beware The Superman theme.
edited 13th Jul '11 9:04:52 PM by GAP
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Eh... so many 'gifted' or 'ascended' villains fit that mold. It just isn't the main focus of the story as often as it is in the West since the hero becoming obscenely powerful as well is usually seen as a good thing outside of deliberate deconstruction.
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I haven't seen a knight in (literal)shining armor save a princess from a (literal)dragon yet in anime.
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That's kind of a Dead Horse Trope now so I don't think it counts.
Who's Vergo-san.
And how literal are we being? Does it have to be a literal knight in literal armor saving a literal princess from a dragon? Because I'm sure the idea itself has been played around with millions of times.
I'm pretty sure the concept of Law having limits was a translation error. -Wanderlustwarrior
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Given that he says literal, I think he means literal.
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Even Western anything hasn't had a man in armor just ride up to a honking great reptile and slay it to rescue a helpless princess for at least half a century already outside of parodies so while it may have been overdone before it sure isn't overdone now.
o hai
Maybe not a literal princess. But yes a literal knight in literal armor saving someone from a literal dragon.
If people learned from their mistakes, there wouldn't be this thing called bad habits.
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edited 13th Jul '11 7:28:39 PM by NapoleonDeCheese