Question: Ranma 1/2 Hand Gesture
Victor W. Wong
In the Ranma 1/2 anime/mange, whenever a character is struck or is surprised,
they do something rather odd with their hands--looks something like Spider-Man
shooting a web (middle fingers into the palm, other fingers pointed outwards).
Is there a cultural significance to this, or what?
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Carmelyn H Mamaril
: Silly question for you:
: In the Ranma 1/2 anime/mange, whenever a character is struck or is surprised,
: they do something rather odd with their hands--looks something like Spider-Man
: shooting a web (middle fingers into the palm, other fingers pointed outwards).
: Is there a cultural significance to this, or what?
I don't know if there's a cultural significance in it... but I've always
thought it looked like the (American... I don't know if it's used in any
other country's) sign language gesture of "I love you"
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Hitoshi Morimoto
: Silly question for you:
: In the Ranma 1/2 anime/mange, whenever a character is struck or is surprised,
: they do something rather odd with their hands--looks something like Spider-Man
: shooting a web (middle fingers into the palm, other fingers pointed outwards).
: Is there a cultural significance to this, or what?
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From the Valley
>Silly question for you:
>In the Ranma 1/2 anime/mange, whenever a character is struck or is surprised,
>they do something rather odd with their hands--looks something like Spider-Man
>shooting a web (middle fingers into the palm, other fingers pointed outwards).
>Is there a cultural significance to this, or what?
Actually, the only fingers extended are the index finger, the pinky, and the
thumb. This is a quick way of saying "I love you" in sign language.
However, while the Japanese may know what the gesture means, there is no
evidence to suggest that that's what the characters mean when they do make the
gesture... It's more like a "it looks cool, that's whay it's there" thing.
(I watched one episode of the US dub of Sailor Moon, and saw "Serena" doing the
same thing with both hands while saying, "In the name of the moon, I punish
you"...)
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Glenn Wang <gw...@csupomona.edu>
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"I won't forget (this sky) R "Fuurinkan Koukou wa doko da?"
I won't forget (this dream) A "hito yonde, Fuurinkan Koukou
the gentle seasons I now share with you. N no Aoi Ikazuchi"
In sadness (the days I shook and), M "setsumei shito moraoo ka,
In joy (the days I cried), A Ranma-kun?"
these are important memories." _1_"kawaikunee, iroke ga nee"
-Full of Memories (1990) 2 "meiwaku da wa!"
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Kevin Lew -- The Lai-Lai Boy
replies almost a month ago. Some folks claim that they don't learn
anything from them.
In article <45d2vr$g...@mark.ucdavis.edu>, ez06...@boris.ucdavis.edu
(Carson Wilcox) wrote:
> Victor W. Wong (ah...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) wrote:
> : Silly question for you:
>
> : In the Ranma 1/2 anime/mange, whenever a character is struck or is
surprised,
> : they do something rather odd with their hands--looks something like
Spider-Man
> : shooting a web (middle fingers into the palm, other fingers pointed
outwards).
> : Is there a cultural significance to this, or what?
>
> They tend to do it other than that too...like in the Martial Arts Rythmic
> Gymnastics competition, part 3, when R-chan tells the Kunos that R-k and
> R-c are of one mind and one body.
> What does it mean though? Its also vaguely like Pai (3*3 eyes) hands
> when she's doing funky magic things.
It doesn't mean a darn thing. It's just a hand gesture. It's called the
"yakusoku POZU" by the Viz liner notes. I don't understand why it's
called that, as "promise pose" doesn't mean anything to me.
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little cross with your index fingers would be in the US).
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