Takuan_Soho said: and staplers.gaimcap said: Am I missing something? Do people in Japan often go on office supply rampages or something? Off the top of my head, Bakemonogatari, Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge, and now this, feature characters with some kind of weird obsession with them. Was there some root cause to this increasing trend, or is it just becoming a new archetype fad(sadistic tsundere scissor users)? Swords were getting boring....Guns are normally illegal....that leaves scissors. |
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| I sometimes carry a pair of scissors for protection. Sometimes late at night in the middle of a storm, you can find me practicing the Art of Scissors in the rain. |
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Sourire said: Takuan_Soho said: and staplers.gaimcap said: Am I missing something? Do people in Japan often go on office supply rampages or something? Off the top of my head, Bakemonogatari, Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge, and now this, feature characters with some kind of weird obsession with them. Was there some root cause to this increasing trend, or is it just becoming a new archetype fad(sadistic tsundere scissor users)? Swords were getting boring....Guns are normally illegal....that leaves scissors. i believe you have my stapler!! there is only two scissor anime that i know of...this one and mysterious girlfriend X...what other one is there that we should consider this a "fetish"? |
Takuan_Soho said: gaimcap said: Am I missing something? Do people in Japan often go on office supply rampages or something? Off the top of my head, Bakemonogatari, Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge, and now this, feature characters with some kind of weird obsession with them. Was there some root cause to this increasing trend, or is it just becoming a new archetype fad(sadistic tsundere scissor users)? Swords were getting boring....Guns are normally illegal....that leaves scissors. Indeed. XD And scissor wielding girls are cool too! Like Urabe, Senjougahara and now, Kirihime from Dog and Scissors XD |
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Sourire said: Takuan_Soho said: and staplers.gaimcap said: Am I missing something? Do people in Japan often go on office supply rampages or something? Off the top of my head, Bakemonogatari, Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge, and now this, feature characters with some kind of weird obsession with them. Was there some root cause to this increasing trend, or is it just becoming a new archetype fad(sadistic tsundere scissor users)? Swords were getting boring....Guns are normally illegal....that leaves scissors. and ruler .. a samurai/swordsman who used ruler as swords :) |
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| I think there are like 3-4 series with scissors involved. And that's far from being a fetish. |
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Takuan_Soho said: It is irrelevant, what connection did you make?Always-Hungry said: Humm, how about this then: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuchisake-onnaI think there are like 3-4 series with scissors involved. And that's far from being a fetish. |
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| <have never seen this anime but notice bakemonogatari here too> I think it's because they're easier obtainable. In RL(?) type-settings people aren't gonna walk around public with actual weapons It's also a play on people actually do similar to these things in schools as jokes So I think it's just a level of sneakiness and power mixed together |
| sexual incest in nisomonogatari - no one bats an eye romance incest in SAO - everyone loses their minds |
| This scissors thing reminds me of Eye patch which we saw in so many anime. Another, Chunibyo , ... |
| If scissors becomes a trend I won't be surprised. |
| scissors are better to carry around |
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gervanA said: I sometimes carry a pair of scissors for protection. Sometimes late at night in the middle of a storm, you can find me practicing the Art of Scissors in the rain. hahaha. made me laugh |
Takuan_Soho said: That's like saying people have a fetish with chainsaws too because there's a connection with a serial killer in texas who happened to use one to make mince, dude c'mon.SlothieSloth said: Scissors.Takuan_Soho said: It is irrelevant, what connection did you make?Always-Hungry said: Humm, how about this then: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuchisake-onnaI think there are like 3-4 series with scissors involved. And that's far from being a fetish. Also in six live movies over the past 8 years, adding to the list above. The "scissor attacker" is one of the great urban legends of Japan, and has appeared in other animation and Manga including Jigoku Sensei Nūbē and Nurarihyon no Mago. |
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Takuan_Soho said: The whole point of my comparison is that it wasn't supposed to have validity as to show you why yours does not make sense, and as for your question no I do not think it would indicate something anything. Point stands a few random scissor "acts" doesn't equal a new fetish.SlothieSloth said: I had not realized that chainsaws were depicted in multiple other stories instead of a single movie franchise. Had Kuchisake been the "only" example of scissor use, your comparison would have had some validity, however if chainsaws started showing up in other shows, none of which are related to Texas, wouldn't you admit that this might indicate something?Takuan_Soho said: That's like saying people have a fetish with chainsaws too because there's a connection with a serial killer in texas who happened to use one to make mince, dude c'mon.SlothieSloth said: Scissors.Also in six live movies over the past 8 years, adding to the list above. The "scissor attacker" is one of the great urban legends of Japan, and has appeared in other animation and Manga including Jigoku Sensei Nūbē and Nurarihyon no Mago.Takuan_Soho said: It is irrelevant, what connection did you make?Always-Hungry said: Humm, how about this then: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuchisake-onnaI think there are like 3-4 series with scissors involved. And that's far from being a fetish. |
Lo-Lee-TaJul 3, 2013 12:18 PM
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Takuan_Soho said: 1 - My point was not that 4 or 5 shows weren't enough.SlothieSloth said: Uhm, my point was responding to your point that 4 or 5 shows weren't enough. I provided 3 more examples, (including one that was an entire franchise in and of itself). How does this not make sense?The whole point that my comparison wasn't supposed to have validity as to show you why yours does not make sense, and as for your question no I do not think it would indicate something anything. Point stands a few random scissor "acts" doesn't equal a new fetish. So 4 or 5 didn't show anything, and now you are saying 7 or 8 don't show anything. How many shows do we need? 10? 20? Let's set the goalpost instead of you just shifting them. 2 - One of my points was fetishes isn't in any way proportional to the amount of shows that exhibit them. 3 - It does not make sense to me because I don't understand the correlation you seem to imagine. 4 - You can derive a couple of plausible explanations for the use of scissors in anime from a couple of other posts in this thread. |
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| There's someone called "Genocider Shou"...That person prepares hand-made scissors and crucifies their victims using them. Japan: +1 |
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| Scissors are HAWT. Especially safety scissors....oh wait. |
-Sloth- said: Takuan_Soho said: 1 - My point was not that 4 or 5 shows weren't enough.SlothieSloth said: Uhm, my point was responding to your point that 4 or 5 shows weren't enough. I provided 3 more examples, (including one that was an entire franchise in and of itself). How does this not make sense?The whole point that my comparison wasn't supposed to have validity as to show you why yours does not make sense, and as for your question no I do not think it would indicate something anything. Point stands a few random scissor "acts" doesn't equal a new fetish. So 4 or 5 didn't show anything, and now you are saying 7 or 8 don't show anything. How many shows do we need? 10? 20? Let's set the goalpost instead of you just shifting them. 2 - One of my points was fetishes isn't in any way proportional to the amount of shows that exhibit them. 3 - It does not make sense to me because I don't understand the correlation you seem to imagine. 4 - You can derive a couple of plausible explanations for the use of scissors in anime from a couple of other posts in this thread. Don't forget Danganronpa ...did anyone mention? That's also new this season, and has a scissor-wielding weirdo woman. This easily puts it at 5+ scissors snapping series this season, alone. I had been wondering about this myself about a week or so ago - just found this post... I can't recall many (if any) series from the 80's or 90's that contained ANY scissors as weapons. I have a hard time thinking of anything from 10 years ago, either, that did. I am curious as to whether or not anyone can list off some older series that contained the same use of scissors as weapons. Otherwise, I feel fairly convinced that this is a very recent trend, though I have no idea how this reflects upon modern Japanese culture. That being said, I would repeat that I feel this is a current trend in anime, but a FETISH definitely has other implications and I'm not sure what I think about that (or if the OP had intended that by the use of the word "fetish." Perhaps "obsession" might be more appropriate?). I have zero knowledge of the Japanese (or any, for that matter) BDSM scene, and am also more than willing to leave it that way -- especially if there are scissors involved. As far as plausible options, I feel that there are many other equally interesting but effective alternatives to scissors. Even Senjougahara had a utility knife on her when first crossing paths with Araragi. Pens, pencils, protractors, pocket knives and all kinds of other small objects (or even sticks or umbrellas) would seem to do well also, but I am definitely left with the impression that (if no one else) scissors have shown up as more than just paper-cutting instruments in many series over a very short period of time. |
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