Why the hek do they add this and what does it mean

crunchwrap · Trick Member Joined: 19 Oct 2006

On the name of some songs, mostly on Extreme-SuperNOVa, I see some bizzare signs in between, or next to words. For example: â¥LOVE2 SUGARâ¥, PEACE(^^)v, LOVE â¥ SHINE, CANDYâ¥, and Sweet Sweet â¥ Magic. It seems like something weird the Japanese creators would throw in, but can somebody please explain to me why the hek they add those signs, and what they mean?

GackTMN · Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 4:47 pm Post subject:

Azns are silly cute people.

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RBCF retunes · Trick Member Joined: 23 Feb 2006 Location: 2P side

Um, Asians?
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Agent J · Trick Member Joined: 29 Feb 2004 Location: Dimension X

In some cases, the â¥ means "Love". Sweet Sweet â¥ Magic is pronounced as "Sweet Sweet Love Magic", for example, and I've heard some people argue that Love â¥ Shine is pronounced "Love Love Shine". There's also I â¥ N.Y. for "I love New York". Not sure about Candyâ¥ or â¥Love^2 Sugarâ¥, though. As for "PEACE (^^)v" I'm assuming you're wondering what the "(^^)v" means? That's a Japanese emoticon. "(^^)" is a happy face, just the eyes, no mouth. you can also make one with an underscore or a period for a mouth, like this:(^.^). It's kinda like this emoticon on DDRFreak:

Anyway, that's the face, the "v" is giving the peace sign (or V for Victory), with your middle and index finger extended and your ring, pinky, and thumb closed together. It's a very popular pose in Japan, especially for photographs.

Oh yeah, and "azn" is a shortened, slang way to spell the word "Asian". =P

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Haoie · Trick Member Joined: 02 Mar 2007 Location: New Zealand

You'll also notice semi-random english words in pretty much all J-pop. It's just how it is.
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RBCF retunes · Trick Member Joined: 23 Feb 2006 Location: 2P side

Japanese singers like to use English words because it sounds cool.
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GotACoolName · Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 7:09 pm Post subject:

What's to understand? Symbols look good. There's no deep reason behind them.
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There can be. And there is.
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GotACoolName · Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 7:18 pm Post subject:

Peace (^^)v has an emoticon, and the exponent represents the repetition of the word love in Love Love Sugar. But those are about the only things that have any not-completely-obvious meaning.
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crunchwrap · Trick Member Joined: 19 Oct 2006

But in an American song, they NEVER say any words in Japanese. Also, in anime, there's no Asian people in them - that's probably how they see Americans - with big eyes, and big, nice, juicy breasts.

GotACoolName · Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:28 pm Post subject:

The Western world has its fair share of Japanophiles as well. If you play an MMO, there are numerous people with IGNs that mean something in some Asian language.
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Zonic · Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 9:21 am Post subject:

"Hey, I want a tattoo of THAT!"

"But that says "Little Bi..."

"WHO CARES?! I WANT IT! It looks kool!"

Da-Risin-Smoke · Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 9:44 am Post subject:

There's still lots of Wapanese and Wiggers out there.
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