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What's with anime and its obsession with number 9 ?

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Nov 6, 2015 4:23 AM
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I have seen so many cases in which the no 9 has been used,The Nine Tails,Tsuna being the 9th mafia boss,Midoriya being the ninth possessor of the 'One for All' power...its just bugging the fuck outta me
Nov 6, 2015 4:24 AM
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lmao

this could be said about any number
Nov 6, 2015 4:26 AM
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7 is used more.
Nov 6, 2015 4:26 AM
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Nein Nein Nein
Well Duh...

Nov 6, 2015 4:27 AM
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It's just a coincidence.

Tsuna was the tenth boss
Nov 6, 2015 4:31 AM
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Imaishi said:
lmao

this could be said about any number
Nov 6, 2015 4:32 AM
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Say that the the 9th Espada.
Nov 6, 2015 4:32 AM
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malki said:
Imaishi said:
lmao

this could be said about any number
Nov 6, 2015 5:40 AM

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You could find a trend with any number.
Nov 6, 2015 5:42 AM

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7 servants, 7 deadly sins, 7 homunculi, 7 KnK movies, dark magician is a 7 star monster...etc. Yeah, 7>9.
Nov 6, 2015 5:45 AM
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There is not such a thing.
Nov 6, 2015 5:47 AM

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Because my IQ is OVER NINE THOUSAND!!!
Nov 6, 2015 5:52 AM

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Such nine
very mindblown
wow la
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Nov 6, 2015 5:53 AM

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oreology said:
Such nine
very mindblown
wow la


9 letters in "mindblown" omfg OP is right :O
Nov 6, 2015 6:00 AM

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SuperRed said:
malki said:

Nov 6, 2015 6:27 AM
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9 upside down is 6. This was posted at nov 6. Also this thread have over 6 comments. Three 6 will be 666. Nice try NWO.
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Nov 6, 2015 6:34 AM
*hug noises*

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badwolf45f said:
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Nov 6, 2015 6:36 AM
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Irrelative said:
7 is used more.


This. Also, Tsuna wasn't the 9th mafia boss.
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Every opinion is not equal. Some opinions are simply made out of shit.


nasuverse > your favorite anime
Nov 6, 2015 6:42 AM

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No Japan like 7 more because of her.

Kickstarter for Rokujouma is fully funded. Good work everyone. Lets wait for the result of our hard work together.
Nov 6, 2015 6:43 AM

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Because of Cirno.


Nov 6, 2015 6:49 AM

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Irrelative said:
7 is used more.

policemen team of 7 members in Psycho-Pass! 7 servants & 7 magus in Fate! 7 Dragonballs! 7 Sins! Team 7 in Naruto! Samurai 7! 7 Kings in K-project!...damn there's alot
Nov 6, 2015 7:12 AM

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what's the name of that psychological effect when you start seeing an specific object everywhere because you're unconsciously looking for it?
Nov 6, 2015 7:35 AM

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there is a very strong connotation between the number 4 and death (characters associated with that number have a high chance of dying somewhere during the story). After that, the next most important number is probably 7 indeed. IT's nt especially due to japan folklore on that one. 7 as a prime number is often used in story of any country. As for 9... no, not really.
9 tails isn't especially from Naruto. The fox with 9 tail is a legendary monster in Japan folklore. You'll find 9 tailed foxes in other works as well. Tsuna isn't the 9th vongola, as pointed above.
Nov 7, 2015 5:38 AM

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I don't liek all these mind gamez,staph it
Nov 7, 2015 5:55 AM
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It began with anime creator Leiji Matsumoto: he has a deep fascination with the number 9 and uses it in his works, believing it represents the last stop before a major shift in mathematics/time/space/the ages of man.

Thus the No 9 is often employed with that theme of change and transition in mind.
Nov 7, 2015 6:06 AM

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Now that you mention it I just realized most of the anime I watched had more than 9 episodes :s
Coincidence?
Nov 7, 2015 6:20 AM

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9. 4 letters in "nine". Subtract that from 9 and you get 5. 4 letters in "five", subtract that from 5 and you get 1. 3 letters in "one".

Half Life 3 confirmed.
Nov 7, 2015 6:22 AM

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Subite ga F ("The Perfect Insider") has a lot of discussions about particular numbers including F itself, the largest digit in hexadecimal (base 16).

Of course it's also possible that anime creators just really like The Beatles.

One commentator over at AnimeSuki suggested that the number seven is especially important for the Japanese; it gets a lot of attention in Perfect Insider as well.

Back when AT&T was moving to the contemporary method of assigning phone numbers with a three-digit exchange and a four-digit suffix, they did extensive research on how long a number most people can remember. Seven turned out to be the ideal length. There is also a famous paper in psychology on humans' ability to discriminate among stimuli and finds the answer is "seven plus or minus two."
Nov 7, 2015 2:44 PM
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it's either 7 (lucky number) or 9
Nov 7, 2015 4:12 PM

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GaryL said:
what's the name of that psychological effect when you start seeing an specific object everywhere because you're unconsciously looking for it?


The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon
Nov 7, 2015 4:34 PM

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Isn't there a literal anime called "nana"
7>9
But I don't discriminate against numbers they're all pretty dope
Nov 7, 2015 4:43 PM

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OneTrueEmiya said:
7 servants, 7 deadly sins, 7 homunculi, 7 KnK movies, dark magician is a 7 star monster...etc. Yeah, 7>9.

Forgetting the most original of all, the seven dragonballs?
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every single one of my forum posts is dumb and invalid except for 1, I don't claim them it was a different person it was all fake
Nov 7, 2015 9:10 PM

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Nov 8, 2015 12:20 AM

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You forgot number 17.
Nov 8, 2015 12:25 AM

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HaXXspetten said:
badwolf45f said:
Nov 8, 2015 2:01 AM

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Imaishi said:
lmao
this could be said about any number
69 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Nov 8, 2015 7:35 AM

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ExTamplier said:
Imaishi said:
lmao
this could be said about any number
69 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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"If taking responsibility for a mistake that cannot be undone means death, it's not that hard to die. At least, not as hard as to live on."
Nov 8, 2015 7:38 AM

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Dead_Walk said:
Nein Nein Nein
Nov 8, 2015 7:46 AM

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JonasTheJay said:
Dead_Walk said:
Nein Nein Nein


Hitler's favorite DS game.
Nov 12, 2015 8:45 AM

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SuperRed said:
JonasTheJay said:


Hitler's favorite DS game.


Nein Hours, Nein Persons, Nein Doors.
Nov 12, 2015 8:55 AM

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ExTamplier said:
Imaishi said:
lmao
this could be said about any number
69 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)


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All credit goes to Sacred.
Nov 12, 2015 8:57 AM
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IDK, bro.
Nov 12, 2015 8:58 AM

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lmao
Nov 12, 2015 5:50 PM
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RainyRai said:
OneTrueEmiya said:
7 servants, 7 deadly sins, 7 homunculi, 7 KnK movies, dark magician is a 7 star monster...etc. Yeah, 7>9.

Forgetting the most original of all, the seven dragonballs?


+ Trinity Seven (deadly sins thema mages), Eureka 7, Subete ga F ninaru (discussions on 7), Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo, Rokka no Yuusha (not spoiler).

No one mentioned ZERO...
Nov 12, 2015 5:51 PM

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I'm sure that we have more that 9 threads about OPM now...
Nov 13, 2015 12:38 AM

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Did you know?

The coolest diary holder is actually 12th, the blind Yomotsu Hirakasa. Uryuu's twintails are awesome, but Yomotsu is more fun.

Okay, I'm out.
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Nov 13, 2015 12:50 AM

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FT is addicted to number 7.
Nov 13, 2015 5:08 AM

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Obviously displaying the "Western" (well, Arabian) representation for nine in public is extremely gross for Japanese people - pretty much "hentai", actually.

Here you can see a typical reaction when unsuspectingly being subjected to see a "9".
To not offend Japanese members here, I put it behind a NSFW spoiler.



;)
*darn, using my right hand is off-limits for a while. Typing with my left hand only is ... eww.*

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