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I can’t blame you there. I feel the same way when my hobbies or interests are painted in a negative light. I have to admit when I first started talking with you about idols I expected to see or hear about a darker side to it, but it sounds like it’s generally a positive thing for the fans and the idols. There aren’t enough communities that are based on that kind of positivity.
As an update I’m doing searches on other resources for this show as well. Presently, I have a few leads that look promising, but nothing solid yet. If I find the results elsewhere I’ll post them here. However, if someone knows it or stumbles on it before I find anything please let me know!
@missingno15 – If I understand you correctly, then it sounds like you not a fan of the idea because idols, and the concept of idols, don’t get respect in the US, or outside of Asia in general. Would you say that’s correct?
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I’ve been curious. Earlier you said if they made a NYC48 that you’d boycott that. This led me to think of the several ways this sort of thing could be handled. Mind you I know very little about idols, but I wonder if you’d boycott it if it were setup in the following different ways:
1) Ambassadors: In this scenario the members of NYC48 would be all Japanese idols who set up shop in NYC. Some of them could be idols from existing groups who join NYC48 to help it get started, and for the experience, while others are new idols. They still would maintain a presence in Japanese media, but also take a more active role in American media. Both countries could vote for them.
2) Mentors: In this scenario the members are NYC48 would be all Americans, but real Japanese idols would be their mentors and coaches. The end result would be more American, but the core concepts of the Japanese idol phenomenon would be maintained.
Anyway, I guess my thought is they wouldn’t have to be all Americans americaning it up. ;)
What do you think?
5) I see すみません as a good thing to add for politeness. When speaking with actual Japanese people, or hearing them talk in real life I’ve noticed that ごめん pops up a lot, but I never heard すみません. Should I avoid ごめん even though I hear it used more?
Awesome! Thanks for the help with this so far! I’m in the middle of processing the responses. This is very helpful.
@missingno15 – I watched a few episodes of AKBingo like you suggested. It’s surprisingly amusing and light hearted. I was pretty impressed with the creative themes both episodes had. 峯岸みなみ was quite a character as well.
Wow, thanks so much everyone! I’m checking out all of your recommendations.
I can’t believe I had a hard time finding these in the past. Perhaps I failed to use the correct keywords. Either way I’m excited to be overwhelmed with options. :)
@MomoIro – Pedantic? Is that even possible? ;)
Seriously, that’s actually a good thing to try to remember. Textfugu and every learning tool does it’s best to be general, which is good, but I need to monitor what I’m stumbling on, so I can course correct for my own limits.
Fair enough. I’ll just shake my cane at the kids in the yard then! ;)
I was wondering can you tell me if they’ve ever added an option to give feedback on how comfortable you are with the word? I really like how with Anki I can say “That was hard.” or “too easy”, and it will account for that. With smart.fm, and iKnow, it just assumed I was learning as fast as everyone else, and sometimes it would assume I knew a word before I actually knew it. Also, is there a way to change the status of a word or course, if it thinks you know it, but you’ve been away for awhile, and you to reset the word or course? Finally, as I recall in the original it had practice sentences with the vocabulary that would get read to you, and in the new one that was removed. Do you know if the added that back?
@マーク・ウェーバー – I follow. What you’re looking to have this thread do makes perfect sense to me now. Also, I just realized that you’re the Mark being referenced in that initial post. I feel kind of silly now. ;)
Regarding your clarification on why you disagree with me. Heck, after hearing that I disagree with my initial statements as well. ;) Well, it sounds like I was getting close to the truth, but lost some key details. I hadn’t considered other Asian countries, but I have been hearing more and more about the popularity of K-Pop, so I should have considered them. I think Japan’s shinkansen and shape/size really help make the country more connected than the US. It’s possible for a larger portion of the country to take a day trip to see an idol’s show, than it is in the US. I suspect that helps with the connection between fan and idol. Still, I need to remember that other European and Asian countries have similar advantages. In summary, I think I understand and agree with your points. I’m happy to drop this topic for now, and save it for a future thread.
“Is this more understandable?”
Yes. Thanks, sorry. I appreciate your patience.
“Also, thanks for being so chill, I hate when people get all upset, it leads to nothing good.”
Agreed. I try. I don’t always succeed, but I try.
As for a favorite idol I wouldn’t even know where to begin. I mean AKB48 has around 60 members right? and that’s just one group. I’ve watched their videos on youtube, and I can see the appeal, but it’s overwhelming. I’m curious how does a fan find their idol and an idol find her fan. It reminds me of the 2nd and 3rd law of library science “Every reader his [or her] book. Every book its reader.” Except in this case “Every fan his idol. Every idol her fan.” ;) I suspect in Japan the experience is different than it is in the US. I guess in short I’m too new to say.
My 5 minute review of JED.
For some reason at first glance I didn’t realize it was offline, but it is offline, and it work well!
It’s basically the same deal as Kabuto, but it has a few different features, and misses a few minor features kabuto has. In my brief time with each it’s hard to say which is better. Overall I suspect it’s JED, but if you’re still looking for a good Droid offline dictionary I would suggest grabbing both, and see which works best for you. Odds are in favor it’ll come down to which UI works best for you.
Here is my 5 minute review of the Android offline Japanese dictionary “Kabuto Japanese Dictionary”:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gakusoft.kabuto
It works. That’s important. Most importantly it works offline. I confirmed this by turning off my cell and data on my phone, and then did a word search, “kanji text” search, kenji radical search, and kanji stroke search.
The UI for the app is straight forward, and clean, and it seems to be very fast and accurate. I can’t speak to long term use, but my brief experience says it will be hard to beat a free offline dictionary like this.
It doesn’t have an option to write your kanji by touchscreen, so far as I could tell, though, so I’ll keep looking.
Thanks Hashi you’re my hero!
I’m also looking into other Droid apps. I’ll test them and update this thread my with experiences.
I need to start pulling my weight around here. ;)
Hm, it’s possible they’ve re-added most or all of the missing features since I last saw it. When it first went live many of the key features that I loved about Smart.Fm were missing. I’m glad to hear they’ve gotten things back on track.
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