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Author: Lee RatnerLee Ratner Date: Sep 15, 2008 03:34
On Sep 14, 9:44Â pm, Captain Nerd nerdwatch.com> wrote:
> In article registered.motzarella.org>,
> Â "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" sgeinc.invalid.com> wrote:
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>> David Johnston wrote:
>>> On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:27:06 -0700, Antonio E. Gonzalez
>>> aol.com> wrote:
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>>>>> is a beardless, average size Japanese high school boy named Narugami
>>>>> who wields a boken rather than a hammer. I really like Mythical
>>>>> Detective Loki and I like Narugami but I was always slightly disturbed
>>>>> of the changes made to Thor to make him culturally acceptable.
>>>>> Narugami is a nice character but I really can't see him as an
>>>>> incarnation of Thor.
>>>> Â Ummm, you've really never seen the long-lived Marvel Comics version
>>>> of Thor?
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>>> Yeah but at least he had a hammer. Â
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>> Â Â And looks very Nordic. Yes, he's not the image that the NORSE had of
>> Thor (and in fact they've acknowledged that several times in the
>> comics), but at least he makes sense as an image of Thor.
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> Â Â Could be worse, look what they did to King Arthur in that one
> Â Â anime...
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> Â Â Cap.
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If you are talking about Fate/Stay Night, that is really bad.
Not only was the change only made for fan-service purposes, it was
justified with the worse faux-feminism.
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