Author Topic: Significance of "I love you" hand gesture in UY? (Read 5033 times)

Koroshiya Megane 13 · « **on:** July 15, 2007, 04:30:28 AM »

Why do some UY characters make the "I love you" hand gesture when they get hit / attacked / bonked with a mallet?

This is where the tips of the middle and ring fingers touch the palm while the rest of the fingers and thumb point straight out. I notice these hand gestures occur everywhere in the manga, but only show up once in a while in the anime.

What is the significance of this hand gesture in the UY context? It can't be "I love you" because that wouldn't make sense when they've just been attacked.

???

Cosmic King · « **Reply #1 on:** July 15, 2007, 04:34:38 AM »

Could be a hint regarding that da anime is a romance comedy,anyways most of Takahashi works use that gesture when characters are struck

Koroshiya Megane 13 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 15, 2007, 04:42:45 AM »

Quote from: Cosmic King on July 15, 2007, 04:34:38 AM

Could be a hint regarding that da anime is a romance comedy,anyways most of Takahashi works use that gesture when characters are struck

Very interesting. I hadn't considered that. As far as Takahashi's works are concerned, I am familiar only with UY. I'm kind of like Megane in that sense (and others...

). He sees only Lum-san; I see only UY.

janus · « **Reply #3 on:** July 15, 2007, 05:06:03 AM »

This might answer your questions

:

http://www.furinkan.com/ranma/questions/culture.html

Koroshiya Megane 13 · « **Reply #4 on:** July 15, 2007, 05:11:09 AM »

Quote from: janus on July 15, 2007, 05:06:03 AM

This might answer your questions :

http://www.furinkan.com/ranma/questions/culture.html

Yep, that answered my questions. Thank you very much for the info!

DarkDevil · « **Reply #5 on:** July 15, 2007, 04:47:38 PM »

indeed

Kroptik · « **Reply #6 on:** July 15, 2007, 07:45:10 PM »

I always thought that was a rock related sign? ??? ???

Am I missing something here or have I been wrong all these years? :?

Cosmic King · « **Reply #7 on:** July 15, 2007, 07:46:47 PM »

Well,it could be a rocker sign or the love sign,depends how ya look at it

Koroshiya Megane 13 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 15, 2007, 08:22:33 PM »

The corna (i.e., headbanger/metal/rock/devil) hand gesture is similar, but slightly different. Instead of the thumb extended out, it touches the middle and ring fingers. })

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Kroptik · « **Reply #9 on:** July 15, 2007, 09:56:52 PM »

No, that's just the devil/horns one. The rock sign is with the thumb sticking out...

Jataru · « **Reply #10 on:** July 15, 2007, 11:24:53 PM »

Indeed, this sign is very commun in UY. In almost every episodes someone do that Ataru do the sign every time and Lum sometimes just see.

Kroptik · « **Reply #11 on:** July 16, 2007, 02:20:54 PM »

How come I never noticed that?? O_O

DarkDevil · « **Reply #12 on:** July 16, 2007, 03:15:23 PM »

Good question.

Jataru · « **Reply #13 on:** July 16, 2007, 11:54:52 PM »

It's not very hard to see it just need a good eye but sometimes it only takes a secund and we don't see it. I was seeing the episodes right now and only at the episodes 155 to 160 I just found 20 hand gestures. I only put 8 here.

Shutaro · « **Reply #14 on:** July 17, 2007, 12:05:23 AM »

Im normally struggling to read the subs while watching the general action taking place, you lot sure have good eyesight

DarkDevil · « **Reply #15 on:** July 17, 2007, 01:32:15 AM »

It's not that difficult.

Kroptik · « **Reply #16 on:** July 17, 2007, 04:00:39 AM »

Yeah, subtitles are my problem too, since I can't look at those details...

FallinG_StaR · « **Reply #17 on:** July 17, 2007, 04:12:34 AM »

Well you should try watching the original (Japanese) and then watching the English version... it works for me... I always noticed that hand gesture... and its not just in UY... there's Ranma 1/2 and several other animes...

cata · « **Reply #18 on:** July 17, 2007, 02:27:01 PM »

True. I can read the subtitles and play atention to the details in the Anime with no problem at all.

DarkDevil · « **Reply #19 on:** July 17, 2007, 02:40:42 PM »

me too

Cosmic King · « **Reply #20 on:** July 17, 2007, 06:52:13 PM »

I guess most of us can put attention on both subtitles and da cultural details

FallinG_StaR · « **Reply #21 on:** July 17, 2007, 10:30:03 PM »

Well... cultural details??? LoL
I noticed them... but I didn't know what it was... LoL... but now I know...

Cosmic King · « **Reply #22 on:** July 17, 2007, 10:48:03 PM »

Quote from: FallinG_StaR on July 17, 2007, 10:30:03 PM

Well... cultural details??? LoL
I noticed them... but I didn't know what it was... LoL... but now I know...

Well,call them Fun Facts,whaetver works

Besides most of Rumiko animes,which other animes use the "love/rock" gesture when a character is hit?

FallinG_StaR · « **Reply #23 on:** July 17, 2007, 11:20:44 PM »

Well... When getting hit... I will have to search... but I know for sure that in the Sailor Moon anime... they did that alot at the final pose after transforming... at last the blond one with the long hair...

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