>On Sep 14, 9:44 pm, Captain Nerd nerdwatch.com> wrote:

>> In article registered.motzarella.org>,
>>  "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:

>>

>>>>>> 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.

>>>>>   Ummm, you've really never seen the long-lived Marvel Comics version
>>>>> of Thor?

>>

>>>> Yeah but at least he had a hammer.  

>>

>>>    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.

>>
>>    Could be worse, look what they did to King Arthur in that one
>>    anime...
>>
>>    Cap.
>>

> 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.