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[flemmings]

Flipping lj has logged me out five times this evening. Screw them.

I was thinking about that panel with Goujun writing his memoirs or whatever they are, and the scar through his eye. Why does post-Apocalypse Goujun only have one eye? And then the obvious answer occurred to me. No, *not* 'somebody took it out with a sword.' Not at all. It's so that he can be a clever historical reference. If you have a dragon (I learned this from Shibata Ami) he must be a one-eyed dragon. What am I talking about? Google 'dokugan ryu' and you'll find out.

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[incandescens]

Am I misremembering, or has Minekura riffed on tv/etc in the Gaiden before? Wasn't there a moment when Kenren made some sort of joke on being (does rapid check) 'Abarenbou Shougun'?

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More than once. Vol 1 of Saiyuuki contained an obscure (to me) reference to a commercial. One of the recent Gaidens had Kenren using some early 80's-was-it? celebrity's trademark I'm here! line (Ja-ja-jaan!) when he appeared. I think I translated that as Heeere's Johnny! as being somewhat the same vintage as Johnny Carson.

[incandescens]

Ah yes, that rings a bell. ;)