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Anonymous Sat Oct 24 20:07:29 2009 No.3603215 [Reply] [Original]

Does anyone else see a surprising amount of occult concepts portrayed in Japanese media? In particular I'm talking about Umineko, but in general the East has a higher average level of enlightenment, to the point it's natural for them. It's surprising and amusing to draw commonalities between Peter J. C. and Ryukishi07.

This is something I appreciate the Japanese for, and why I'm a weeaboo. An affinity for the metaphysical, and powerful creativity. I doubt this is biological as much as cultural, but no less appreciable. If this is what they consider everyday, I'd love to see their version of occult.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 20:08:29 2009 No.3603221 File: 171 KB, 658x769, fascinating.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	CurryButt !CIELBE/jzM Sat Oct 24 20:09:29 2009 No.3603225 File: 5 KB, 296x267, fasntng.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Fasntng.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 20:10:29 2009 No.3603233 Maria sure is cute uu~

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 20:11:29 2009 No.3603240 >Does anyone else see a surprising amount of occult concepts portrayed in Japanese media? No.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 20:16:29 2009 No.3603273 File: 337 KB, 750x1030, 1249382063345.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] What if Stephenie Meyer was the one who wrote Umineko?

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 20:18:29 2009 No.3603280 >>3603273 The entire OST would be replaced by a Muse CD

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 20:26:29 2009 No.3603317 >>3603273 Umineko is dead now.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 20:32:29 2009 No.3603342 >>3603225 Yes, it is. But discussion is fascinating too. Discuss?

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 20:40:29 2009 No.3603373 File: 502 KB, 1200x900, 0a6fc713f92f05a8806473863aad7ae092213909.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >I'd love to see their version of occult. Here

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 20:46:29 2009 No.3603399 Isn't Japan one of the least superstitious countries in the world? I'm only going on their percentage of atheists though.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 20:47:29 2009 No.3603403 Implying that stuff created by otaku is a representation of Japanese people as a whole.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 20:47:29 2009 No.3603401 File: 55 KB, 559x500, 25-Glasya-labolas.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Let me dump this then.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 20:48:29 2009 No.3603406 File: 25 KB, 580x460, 30-Forneus.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 20:48:29 2009 No.3603412 File: 49 KB, 473x600, 33-Gaap.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 20:49:29 2009 No.3603416 File: 25 KB, 441x496, 34-Furfur.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 20:50:29 2009 No.3603418 File: 22 KB, 399x498, 35-Marchosias.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 20:50:29 2009 No.3603420 File: 30 KB, 372x432, 50-Furcas.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 20:50:29 2009 No.3603421 >>3603399 They're something like 80% Shinto, 60% Buddhist, 20% Christian and 99% Athiest. This is not seen as a contradiction.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 20:51:29 2009 No.3603427 >>3603421 I can understand for buddhism, but I really can't follow the others.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 20:51:29 2009 No.3603424 >>3603399 Tell that to the blood typefags. I mean, I can accept reading your fate on the stars but fucking blood types?

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 20:51:29 2009 No.3603423 >>3603416 Goddamn this is cool. I wanna ride it.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 20:51:29 2009 No.3603425 File: 25 KB, 320x400, 55-Orobas.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 20:52:29 2009 No.3603430 File: 33 KB, 499x455, 56-Gremory.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Personal favorite. Also one of the rare traps in history.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 20:52:29 2009 No.3603432 File: 40 KB, 400x518, 62-Volac.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 20:53:29 2009 No.3603433 >>3603424 They sounds similarly ridiculous to me, unless they're predicting whether a transfusion will kill you or not.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 20:54:29 2009 No.3603435 File: 30 KB, 399x504, 69.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3603432 I greatly enjoy the artist's take on Volac. It is accurate - Volac is depicted as a poor boy with angel wings riding a two-headed dragon.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 20:55:29 2009 No.3603439 File: 58 KB, 547x550, 04-Samigina.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3603435 Oh and, this one's Carabia. Megaten players would recognize him as the starfish, as he appears as an upside-down pentagram star IIRC.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 20:56:29 2009 No.3603446 File: 42 KB, 439x550, Beelzebub.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Not Goetic.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 20:57:29 2009 No.3603447 File: 28 KB, 479x500, Beelzebub2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 20:58:29 2009 No.3603454 File: 25 KB, 500x500, Behemoth.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I wonder why I didn't save Leviathan. Can't remember the artist's site too. Oh well.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 21:00:29 2009 No.3603461 File: 32 KB, 500x500, Leviathan.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Oh.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 21:02:29 2009 No.3603469 File: 40 KB, 397x556, Belphegor.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] This one's last from my folder, but I recall another site with all 72 illustrated (and maybe anthropomorphized for those who don't look human, I'm not sure. )

Anonymous Sat Oct 24 21:02:29 2009 No.3603473

>>3603399
Superstition is not spirituality. If that was the truth, the Christianity approach would have progressed human enlightenment as a whole. I've met very wise and spiritual atheists. Only they didn't worship or believe in a god.

>>3603403
Then we switch a few words and say "...a surprising amount of occult concepts portrayed in Otaku media?". Point remains the same.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 21:06:29 2009 No.3603491 >>3603469 Heh, this is actually interesting. Creative, at least. I'll see if I can track down the site. Maybe they're on Pixiv?

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 21:08:29 2009 No.3603499 People on /jp/ have no idea of the occult or what symbols are in it, so to people on /jp/, it looks like original content. Welcome to the general population.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 21:13:29 2009 No.3603518 File: 289 KB, 806x1000, moe 57833 sample.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Japan has upgraded your gods with moe. http://moe.imouto.org/pool/show/366

Anonymous Sat Oct 24 21:13:29 2009 No.3603519
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>>3603491
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~vp9y-mry/gallery_ind.html

Got it. and got the other too. Good thing I still remember what I used to Google image search.

http://izfact.net/solomon/56_gomory.html

That guy's Ose looks badass.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 21:16:29 2009 No.3603535 File: 113 KB, 440x550, 013.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3603519 Awesome.

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