Title: Tsun-café?
Description: Because AP should insult its fans!
Description: Because AP should insult its fans!
rpb3000 - September 29, 2006 04:11 PM (GMT)
Reading through today's JList update email, I came across some interesting talk on a new trend in Japan:
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| It's hard to keep up with anime trends in Japan, since they're always in motion. The newest boom in otaku culture seems to be "tsundere" (TSOON-deh-reh), a word that describes girls who are cranky and quick to anger (in Japanese, tsun-tsun) on the surface, yet loving and vulnerable when it suits them (known as "dere-dere," pronounced deh-reh deh-reh). A staple in anime and PC dating-sim games, some famous tsundere characters include Asuka from Evangelion, Akane from Ranma 1/2, Sanae from The Sagara Family (who has a tendency to punch the main character violently at any provocation), and if you ponder it long enough, Princess Leia from Empire. Like cat girls, waitress uniforms and French Maid costumes, tsundere is closely tied to the Cult of Akihabara and "moe" (mo-EH) culture that has become such a big part of modern Japanese life. Now instead of passively watching your favorite rough-around- the-edges character in anime, you can experience her in the flesh at a new "Tsun-Cafe" which features beautiful waitresses who insult customers, acting frustrated when they take too long to order and yelling things like, "Here's your coffee. Drink it quickly and get out of here, will you?" But when it's time to leave, the girls look sad, and say, "Oniichan, I'm sorry I said those awful things to you. You will come again, right?" |
Immediately I thought: We should totally do this! Whether it be in the con suite, or as a separate event. It would be amusing, in any case
kalajessta - September 29, 2006 06:14 PM (GMT)
Sounds interesting.
Alex - September 29, 2006 07:18 PM (GMT)
Sounds like fun!
Mishikotoko - September 29, 2006 08:01 PM (GMT)
Hmm...
could be ineresting.
could be ineresting.
Plastic Knife Ninja - September 30, 2006 06:40 AM (GMT)
Huh...I suppose that might work if there's enough interest. If we do it, though, we may want to put an explanation of the event in the program guide or something so there's less of a chance of offending someone.
Oyaji - October 1, 2006 01:58 AM (GMT)
I gotta wonder if we can add our own unique twist...namely since 'TSUN' is commonly used to refer to "That school up North". 
Kaisermikeb - October 1, 2006 04:45 AM (GMT)
and now it gets interesting.
Alex - October 1, 2006 03:02 PM (GMT)
Along those lines... how about Scarlet and Gray waitress uniforms? XD;;
This is not Biggs - October 2, 2006 11:12 PM (GMT)
Haha, I like the sound of this.
Reminds me a lot of Dirty Dick's Crab House...
Reminds me a lot of Dirty Dick's Crab House...
Charisa - October 6, 2006 05:08 AM (GMT)
Yeah, this sounds really cool. In a masochistic sort of way, but COOL.