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Fist of the North Star: An Amusing Anecdote

One part mistral, one part murder machine.

 
  
 Koto
 Koto
  shamisen 
  shamisen 
Now, to be entirely accurate, we've looked into it and it seems like what he's carrying is not much of a Koto, and probably more like a shamisen. I guess that could be a commentary on how little Raoh actually knows about musical instruments, but a "koto" was the official translation Sentai Filmworks went with.
 
You can thank Gia for the shamisen bit, because goodness knows while it might not look like a Koto, I never would have guessed "shamisen."
 
Any hoo, enjoy the anecdote, I know I did.
giaon Oct. 30, 2009 at 1:56 p.m.
Yeah, I'm not 100% confident about it being a shamisen either, since Raoh's instrumen has two strings and I think the shamisen usually has three, but it's certainly more shamisen-like than koto-like.
 
I wish we had the DVD handy so I could see what he actually says, but alas, it's in the office! :)
GodLen staff on Oct. 30, 2009 at 3:10 p.m.
story of my life.
NoDeathon Oct. 30, 2009 at 9:24 p.m.
Holy crap its the TANG couch! Sorry, just had to say that. Oh, yeah, the video was pretty funny too.

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