Anonymous >> #29805
Posted on 2013-06-29 02:21:17 Score: 2 (vote Up/Down)   (Report as spam)
What's the pun?

Beelzebibble >> #29806
Posted on 2013-06-29 02:37:49 Score: 2 (vote Up/Down)   (Report as spam)
Beats me, but the Russian comment at the source indicates that this is based on a 4chan meme involving Touhou.

Nyre >> #29807
Posted on 2013-06-29 02:57:27 Score: 2 (vote Up/Down)   (Report as spam)
the cutest unclear pun ever

suomynonA >> #29818
Posted on 2013-06-29 05:57:24 Score: 2 (vote Up/Down)   (Report as spam)
One Explanation: In Japan/Manga, they depict/perceive the sound of a lion's roar as　"がお～", and since Nep's lastname sounds like "lion" and that her character motif is lion/feline based...you see where i'm going right?　

As for the Touhou thing, it's probably either design-wise or based off a character with similar motifs (idk, i'm not well versed in the Touhou universe)

Beelzebibble >> #29822
Posted on 2013-06-29 06:33:44 Score: 2 (vote Up/Down)   (Report as spam)
But only a lion can say "gaaa"? Tigers, leopards, etc. have their own onomatopoeias? Because a picture of Nepeta saying "Roar!" in English wouldn't be much of a pun. In fact, even if she were doing it while dressed up as a lion*, that still wouldn't be much of a pun. It would be, like, oh, huh, a literal representation of traits which are almost literally embodied in Nepeta's character already.

Sorry, it's not in any mean spirit that I'm criticizing your explanation, I just take the Matter of Punstuck pretty seriously.



* Animal costumes in Japan are called "hikikomori", as I learned the other day.

suomynonA >> #29826
Posted on 2013-06-29 08:45:05 Score: 2 (vote Up/Down)   (Report as spam)
^oh it's okay, learn a little everyday amirite? okay, so maybe other "big cat" animals are also given "gao~" (i'm sure tigers in manga do so too given that it is a common animal that pops up in Japanese culture, and granted i've never seen much animals in manga to declare it solidly) but at least to my knowledge the pun might be based around her character motif/name.

I take the matter of Japanese culture usage a bit too seriously sometimes*

*those overall(footy-pajama like)hoody animal costumes are actually called Kigurumi(not to be confused with the anime character mask-wearing fetish, but as much a subset of the mascot trend), not Hikikomori(shut-ins, NEETs, people who constantly stay confined in their homes/rooms who rarely, RARELY go outside, or think severe introverts)

Beelzebibble >> #29835
Posted on 2013-06-29 15:16:23 Score: 2 (vote Up/Down)   (Report as spam)
Yeah, sorry, the "hikikomori" comment was a feebly joking callback to post #118300.

suomynonA >> #29847
Posted on 2013-06-30 01:14:18 Score: 2 (vote Up/Down)   (Report as spam)
^oh...and yeah no don't google "futanari".

Ninety >> #29853
Posted on 2013-06-30 01:25:08 Score: 2 (vote Up/Down)   (Report as spam)
(dammit suomynonA )

suomynonA >> #29854
Posted on 2013-06-30 01:29:06 Score: 2 (vote Up/Down)   (Report as spam)
^i warned ya not to google that. i warned ya bro. :y

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