天地無用

[tsukikage]

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Could you last in a scary movie??

You last for awhile but then you die
You know enough to get you through and you mange to help your friends but sooner or later you get sliced and diced.

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May I ask... Why in the world is the Japanese phrase for "this side up" "no need for heaven and earth" (天地無用（てんちむよう））? And also, is there some kind of pun on this meaning present in the TV series 天地無用！ (Tenchi Muyo! - translated as "No Need for Tenchi!")?

[EDIT: I know I should be working and not blogging, but I just had to share this one. I was just thinking about the kanji I was writing in terms of convavity. As in, in pen-form the concavity of the first stroke of 心 is concave downward, not upward, and I need to stop accidentally writing it downward. How nerdy is that?]

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No need for Tenchi

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I've never heard a good explanation for that title. But Tenchi means angel so maybe that's a clue.