Ask Rei Anything
April 9, 2005- We've got answers... and questions!
This time, some people saw fit to answer some questions for me... We'll start with those.
It's plane nonsense...
Someone asked "Is it true that if a girl went on a plane in the air, her
breasts will get bigger?"
I gave it some thought and determined that it must be at last half true.
With a long enough exposure, astronaut's bodies stretch so perhaps we can
infer the same for breasts.
I think it's a given that if you go in a plane, you're generally going to
move away from the Earth's center of gravity and thus be less affected by
it. Hence, there should be less of a sagging effect and the breasts will
appear fuller, though the effect on a plane will be immeasurably
unnoticeable. I don't believe they'd actually grow, but they would fill
out
more.
If we're extending this to space the same would be true for at least
awhile.
But with too long a duration blood vessels contract and circulation weakens
to the point that the female body would likely lose some shape, so make
sure
you keep your feet on the ground, Rei.
I'll keep that in mind; not to stay in the air for too long.
Okay, maybe I'd better call it off early this time.
Dear Rei, I've e-mailed you before with questions of my own, but I decided
to comment on a few of the past questions you've gotten before asking my
own. Feel free to edit this if you feel you can't answer any of these
questions, if you've already gotten a better response or if it gets too
long. (I know I'm long-winded. ;^_^;)
I have more time to come up with these than you probably have to answer
them, after all.
In regards to The Mizuki, Kirika & Mifuyu Fan's latest questions:
3) Regarding the "Cloths" in Saint Seiya, if what I recall is right (this
is second hand information), the armor was created from a magical cloth,
which makes sense when you realize that the entire series delves deeply
into greek gods and such, where legends have heroes flinging bears into the
sky to become patterns and Zeus had a bajillion children with everything
ranging from married women to young boys in varying forms (such as the
eagle, shower of golden coins, etc). And yet, only a two or three of Zeus'
children ever get mentioned after the courtship.
8) About NamiSOS, I've found bits of the manga in a doujinshi of hentai
stories. Apparently, all of the hentai was editted out when it came to
animating it because it gets REALLY fricking weird in the manga. (as for
the later question about NamiSOS, you can probably find it by scouring
hentai dojinshi sites. I was able to find some of the manga online via a
free site, but can't remember which one and if it even exists anymore.
There were only 117 images (all of which easily topped 150 KB) that I
grabbed that ultimately amounted to one or two episodes, so be prepared for
a LOT of clicking and saving. It might have even been listed as an unnamed
manga.)
13) A thousand geeks are probably racing to beat me to this one.
Squaresoft had been losing money rather rapidly and had one last shot at
saving the company or going under. Thus, the game was called Final Fantasy
because of the fact that it was, for Squaresoft, it's Final attempt. When
it saved the company, of course, Squaresoft, just like Capcom and a
thousand other game companies, realized that to bring back the fans who'd
saved their bacon, they had to keep the name.
In regards to the person stuck in the subspace rift, ask him/her if they
can still feel their leg. Poke it with a stick, if one is available. If
they can still feel the limb, they should be able to pass through safely,
but if not, it's best that they get ready to buy a prosthetic leg...
In regards to your questions on August 12th (just in case you didn't get
sufficient answers from the other guy):
Q1. Why is it that you suppose I've been getting so many compliments
lately?
A1. From me, it's tri-fold: 1) You've got long hair, and I dig long hair;
2) you're intelligent, and I dig intelligence; and 3) you've.... well,
you've got a _fine_ figure. But, for me, large breasts are like whipcream
on a pie. A great addition, but if I don't like the pie, it doesn't matter
how much whipcream you put on it.
Q2. Do you think there's a reason why all school nurses in anime have to
be total sluts?
A2. Yes. And it's pretty easy to understand. See, the School Nurse,
though wearing a different outfit from a Hospital Nurse, is still a Nurse.
So, either the reason is because:
A) the school nurse, like the hospital nurse, is thought to wear short
mini-skirts;
B) nurses take care of you (sory of like a mom, but in a less gross
non-incestual way), but getting to a hospital nurse requires very serious
injuries, whereas visiting the school nurse is as easy as a minor cut or a
mild headache;
C) the school nurse's office is generally abandonded, leading people think
the school nurse is lonely for most of the day, hence, she welcomes all
visitors with an open heart and spread thighs;
D) Nurse ask people to strip (not necessarily until you're naked, but one
'silly goof-up' is all it needs), skipping the need for much setup for sex
scene;
E) Nothing cures people in anime faster than sex (look how resilient
hentais are!).
Or F) Somehow, the only women applying for the jobs happen to be
nymphomaniacs. Maybe they think it's easy access to sex, I mean, most boys
between middle school to high school are largely thinking of sex, thanks to
their increased hormones, there's an attractive lady in the nurse's
office...
As for the questions on anime/manga from M.Y.F., the answer is simple.
Books are for people who like to create an image in their head and enjoy
the stories, comics are for people who enjoy art and occassionally
fanservice. Fuse the two and you have something that appeals to much
larger audience and, for the better anime/manga, have the best of both
worlds. Plus, the sheer variety of genres, art styles, and advancement of
plot (or lack thereof) ensures that there's something for everyone.
It's actually sad that most people can't get beyond the "it's just a
cartoon" ideaology. Hell, even though my mom doesn't watch any anime, I
showed her Ah! My Goddess and she did like it. My dad laughed about the
sheer ridiculousness in Ultimate Teacher (see: the underwear 'dance line').
About Bigeshu's first question:
1) Fable likely sucked in your mind because of either all of the hype that
went to waste (the creator himself apologized because it only had half of
the things he promised) or the fact that the game is so short. I mean,
when people can beat with all things complete in under fifteen hours,
that's not really an RPG in the fullest sense of the word. Or it's because
a lot of games have to either focus on graphics to entice players (like
Fable and the latest Final Fantasies), freedom of path/development (like
Deus Ex) or focus on the storyline (like Metal Gear Solid 1-3, Final
Fantasy 7-10, etc.), and it's the rifts created by the limits of the
technology and budget that ultimately determine how much of any of them
will get in.
Now, here are my questions:
1) Why are good characters given bad endings? I refer largely to Ivy
Valentine from Soul Calibur II, who's ending I'll spoil since anyone can
beat the game on easy, but there are many others. She destroys the evil
sword, then hides away from the world and just wastes away. Why can't game
companies give them multiple endings based on how well you do? I mean,
they only show two or three static pictures and give you some text. How
hard is it to note "Hey, this player got through with all perfects, he/she
gets the best ending"? It would also inspire players to work on their
skills in practice mode, thereby ensuring that they'll be there to purchase
the next game! (you only need to answer the main question, not the
rheotorical add ons)
2) What's your favorite comedy anime/movie? (For me, it's Excel Saga
(subtitle only, I didn't care for the two english actresses they chose for
Excel))
3) Same as above, but apply to it to horror movies. (I like the recent
movie Saw, except for the driving scene near the end)
4) What bad movie made you laugh, even though it wasn't intending to?
(Blair Witch Project for me, before the nausea set in)
5) Why is it that Capcom can't seem to let themselves make it to a high
number? And that they seem to stop at 3? (Street Fighter 1, SF 2, SF 2
Turbo, 2: New Challengers, SF 2: Hyper Fighting, SF 2 Championship, SF 3,
SF Alpha, SF Alpha 2, SF Alpha 3, SF Zero, etc.)
6) Why do all the games that are strange, but popular, always have to die?
(Darkstalkers, Dungeon Keeper, Lunar, etc.)
7) If you could become a superhero and choose your powers (ala. City of
Heroes or Freedom Force), what would the first power you'd want to pick?
8) Do you think that our society will ever recover from the atrocities
that were the later half of Dragon Ball Z and all of Dragon Ball GT? (I
refer to the constant attempts to get bigger penis metaphors... er, I mean,
bigger fireballs than the opponent)
Weird one that just struck me, 9) Why is that if a woman _thinks_ she
might like another woman, the only possibility that she will think of is
that she might be a lesbian? What if she's bisexual? Is it a hardwired
thing, a sort of all-or-nothing sort of mentality?
10) Just for curiosity's sake, are there any video game characters you
think might be dateable (were they to exist in the same universe as you, of
course)?
11) Why is it that the arrogant, narcissitic, self-centered,
family/lover-abusing bastards with a messiah complex, whether they're
handsome or not, ALWAYS GET THE GIRLS?! (Sephiroth, Professor Hojo, Gendo
Ikari, Mosquiton (from Master of Mosquiton), etc.)
12) Is there a little known game that you would reccommend to your
readers? (don't be shy! ^_^)
13) How is that some people are so stupid as to say one series is a
complete rip off of another without realizing that they were both made by
the same person? (One person actually said that "Inu Yasha" and "Ranma
1/2" were total rip-offs of "Urusei Yatsura", but all three are made by
Rumiko Takahashi!)
14) Pulled from the OAV of Read or Die: Which would you choose, real love
with all it's problems or the kind of love you find in a romantic novel?
(I know everyone hopes for the romantic novel sort, but would you really
choose it, given the option?)
15) I think video games that are of six years of age (or older) and no
longer produced should be allowable for download without legal
reprocussions. I mean, come on, six years later, the game is no longer
produced, the company can't gain profits from any used game sales and if an
improved version comes out, people will still buy it. For example,
Squaresoft's Final Fantasy 1 and 2 for the NES. Do you agree?
And finally, the obligatory off-the-wall question, 16) If every scantily
clad, busty and/or sexy female game and anime character were to gather for
a convention, how many cities do you figure would be swept away by the
amount of blood produced by the massive combined nosebleeds? I say 12, but
only 3 if it's in Utah or something. What's your guess?
WOW! I bet your hands will be sore from trying to write the answers.
My! That's a lot of insight from you. Thanks for it all! Now, for my end of the bargain...
Answer 1: I've never really understood why fighting games- even good ones!- tend to have such crappy character endings. I know that Star Ocean 3 (even though it was an RPG, I can't recall another non-fighting game that has ever done this)
had GREAT character endings, but in fighting games' cases, they don't even try. I imagine that it's possible that so much time is spent on getting the game engine, and the characters and their moves/skills/whatever together that backstory and endings are
mostly left out. However, I've seen games in the past with good backstories and terrible endings (I can't think of any at the moment, but...), so I can't really buy that idea... Another idea is that it may seem inappropriate to provide longstanding endings for characters
that may (and often do!) show up in sequels. I personally think that that may be the case. After all, it's relatively easy to make a fighting game sequel compared to some other genres (where the engines will often change more drastically than in fighting games) so the
sequels may be more numerous... and if an ending isn't perfect, it could cause all sorts of continuity issues in later games- so, simply making inconclusive or short endings may even actually be to the companies' (and to character fans') benefit!
Answer 2: Azumanga Daioh! There's no question!
Answer 3: I don't see a lot of horror movies... If you qualify anime, which I assume you do given the way you worded the question, I liked 'Betterman', but if you don't, I don't really have any favorites.
Answer 4: Hmm... I know what it is you're trying to say, but if a movie's bad and it makes me laugh, I personally can't say it's bad, rather it's good but for the wrong reasons. A BAD movie leaves me with a feeling
that I've wasted some of my all-too-precious teacher's paycheck, so I can't give you an honest answer to this. I'm sorry.
Answer 5: Good question, although I think that their Mega Man series (both regular and X) blew that idea out of the water a little. I think that they believed that they hadn't made enough changes
to the game's characters or engine to allow it to go up a number. As for why they usually stop at three... Well... Maybe they just haven't advanced their series that far yet!
Answer 6: I think that it might be a bit of a 'let's go out on top' mentality. If a good series ends popular and keeps its fans throughout, it is impossible for a bad game in the series to come along and disillusion those same fans.
This is sort of why it's also a good idea for say, comics or movie series to quit once they fear that they may be running out of ideas and wish to remain fondly remembered by fans, rather than end up reviled or constantly having their worse years or
sequels referred to.
Answer 7: If I were meant to use superhuman abilities to say, stop crime and whatnot, I don't like violence- I think that the power to completely drain my foes' wills
to fight would be the best superpower I could have. It's a little like this Rushuna person I hear of, except without the use of guns at all. Also, I know you didn't ask this, but if I could have only one superhuman ability that did NOT require me to fight
crime and the like, I've always wanted to be able to fly. I think it would be nice to be able to see the world, for free, at any time I like, and without the fears that can follow me based on the transportation that I'd have to take otherwise. I bet that
it could do wonders for keeping me in peaceful places, too, be it in the air or on the ground...
Answer 8: I believe so. Remember, not everyone's seen either series in the first place, and I imagine that those who didn't like it are going to try to quickly repress the memories, leaving behind only a (hopefully!) small pack
of fanboys that will remain mostly harmless. And yes, they did try a bit too hard to get those fireballs as big as possible, didn't they? They should have been able to tear the universe apart at least eight times over with a few of those...
Answer 9: Since it really beats me as to why women would think that, maybe you're right- maybe it IS a sort of all-or-nothing mentality. But then, think about what you hear about in the media a lot. You'll hear a lot
about gay or lesbian people. You'll almost never hear about bisexual people. So, maybe women of this type don't even realize that's one of their 'options', so to speak. Or, perhaps there aren't any men that these women like,
and consider their supposed attraction to another woman to mean that maybe they're more attracted to women than men. I couldn't say that it's a hardwired impluse... It's just one that a lot of people don't give much thought to.
Answer 10: Oh... Hm... That's quite a pool of people to draw from... Wait, do you mean for me, or do you mean for you? Why don't you get back to me with that, and I'll answer your question again?
Answer 11: It's beyond me as to these girls' reasonings behind it, myself, but I imagine that it's fairly similar to how things work in real life. Some (very, very stupid; sorry to say it like so, but this is what
I believe) women are attracted to people like this because they tend to think that they're arrogant because they've done what it takes to earn the power to be that arrogant ("Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac"...),
or that they believe their relationships with said jackass will be more exciting. Take heart- many of these foolish women WILL learn the error of their ways once they get more mature. If not, they're really not bright enough
to be worth chasing, anyway... It's really about as inexplicable, and every bit as stupid, as its real-life counterpart. And we wonder why so many relationships today end in utter disaster...
Answer 12: Mr. Y.T.F. clued me in to this one. In Japan, it's called "Super Tenant Wars Alpha", but in America, it's known as "Board Game: Top Shop". Don't let the bland name and cheap price fool you;
it's actually a very good and surprisingly exciting game, given its genre and lack of any true action scenes. Also, it apparently has a translation on par with early SNK games, which I bet that many people
would find amusing, especially since it doesn't get in the way of gameplay.
Answer 13: In a case like that, I would have to believe that the person who made that comment was simply unaware of that fact. If they WERE aware of that fact and said it anyway, it's because
the commentator is a moron.
Answer 14: I think that the love I should end up with is the love that I take the actions necessary of deserving. If I were to end up with the romantic novel kind of love, which I will
admit would be great (assuming he didn't leave me, of course!), I'd like to feel like I really deserved and earned it. And, of course, once I did get it, I'd hope that the fires of passion could
stay nicely kindled! Love can't be so constant that it ends up being utterly boring, you know.
Answer 15: I think a plan and idea like yours is perfectly reasonable. Of course, steps should be taken to ensure that people won't simply attempt to 'wait out the clock' on new releases
(which I doubt many would do, but...). I do agree with you, yes.
Answer 16: As you imply, the answer is very dependent on the location of this convention. However, I am also forced to assume that there are a complement of boys around who
are able to see this convention, as you do not mention this. It's my belief that in an area with a moderate population density, it would probably go up to about 22 cities of average size.
THERE! Let's see if that helps you! I'll see you around!
Simple and fast...
Dear Rei,
I have 2 anime dvds that are really scratched up. Is there any thing that
can
fix the
scratches?
Will there be a Divergence EVE gallery at YTF?
Can I have some Nami SOS pics?
(This and the next question came in at a later date. -Miss Rei) What new anime with
large breasted anime girls are out now?
I tricked my mom into buying me La Blue Girl Dvds when I
was 12 years old. What do you think of La Blue Girl?
Hmm... I'm not too familiar with DVD repair, but let's see what I can say...
Answer 1: There should be a few devices for sale at your local electronics store- I would ask them, rather than me, about exactly which devices- that could help.
However, if the scratches are very deep or very numerous, it is very possible
that it won't work. In a case such as that, it is probably in your best interest to simply buy a new DVD and hope that nothing happens to it.
Answer 2: From what I've recently heard, yes, there may very well be. However, it will likely be a long time before Mr. Y.T.F. is ready to begin work on it,
so don't get your hopes too high for a while- just know that you've been listened to!
Answer 3: I'm sorry to say, but what you've seen on Mr. Y.T.F.'s site is the extent of what he has right now... There are no more episodes yet, so there isn't anything
else for him to work from...
Answer 4: As far as what's on DVD goes, Eiken and Divergence Eve have came out relatively recently. I hear that "Dokkoida?!" (yes, punctuation and all...) and "Cyber Team in Akihabara" have some rather sexy
villainesses, too. And of course, Gravion AND Gravion Zwei are now out. Everybody seems to like Mizuki...
Answer 5: Mr. Y.T.F. thinks it's okay (although really not his thing beyond Yaku and a few nice scenes, but that's him...); I MYSELF think it's creepy and sick. I REALLY don't like the idea of monsters and tentacles doing their merry little
thing with people... I keep on imagining what would happen to ME in a sick situation like that! It's awful!
I'm sorry if I wasn't able to be more help to you... Perhaps I can do better next time?
People still can't stop talking about it.
Dear Miss Rei,
What do you think of Mr. YTF making a gallery
dedicated to G-Cup Teacher Rei, and what do you think
of the picture Mr. YTF used for the link to his fake
doujin gallery?
Thank you in advance, and (insert random superfluous
compliment here).
(insert random airy 'Thank you' comment here) Okay, I'm kidding, I'm kidding! However, that's not the question I was given. I guess that I don't mind Mr. Y.T.F. having made a gallery, given that he thankfully strayed from posting naked
pictures of me (I STILL can't believe I got it in my head to make that stupid movie...). And about that picture Mr. Y.T.F. drew up for his fake doujin gallery, while I was a caught a little off-guard by it, I guess it's not so bad. I'm personally
more glad that he didn't go through too far with the doujin story he actually wrote... And please, don't ask me why I'm glad that's the case. My reason's rather embarrassing.
(insert random 'I hope you talk to me again'-style response here!)
Trying to flatter me to answer questions, are you? It worked...
To the most beautiful teach in the whole wide world...
I'm just pretty curious... Are you really a teacher in the real
world? Can you send me a picture showing your pretty face in the real life?
Pretty please???
And what's window shopping? Why is it called window
shopping when you really don't shop for windows?
And what happened to Earl
Klugh? Is he still composing some music?
And did GTA: San Andreas come out
for the pc? I can't seem to find a copy for the pc since I don't have a
PS2...
And what will I do with this weird, petite female classmate of mine
who's wooing me? She's starting to annoy me... I courted her once and she
refused to start a relationship with me and now she's come back to woo
me... Does she really deserve that chance when she already blew it away?
Thank-Q for the time that you read this letter and I hope you answer this
one...
(portion omitted...)
Oh, I forgot. Got an idea where Sagritale came from?
Thanks!!!
Tee-hee, well, thanks for sending your e-mail. Here's your answers!
Answer 1: I AM a teacher in the real world (well, anime world, anyway), yes. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of myself outside of my ill-fated anime to show you... I'm sorry...
Answer 2: You seem to already know what window shopping is, but I'll answer it anyway in case other readers don't know. It is basically when you search through stores for stuff to buy,
but without the intention of buying anything- it's only to look. Window shopping got its name from the old window displays that stores used to put up for people to look at through the store windows, so they could
know what's inside without having to actually enter the building; hence 'shopping through windows', and thus 'window shopping'!
Answer 3: I haven't heard any news of planned albums, if that's what you're asking. However, he still seems to be going on tours and concerts (I looked and he seems to be hosting the 'A Weekend Of Jazz' festival today (April 9 for late readers, reminder)!),
so I imagine it's only a matter of time before he's made more songs for you to enjoy!
Answer 4: GTA: San Andreas isn't out for the PC yet, but I just read that it WILL be in June. Be ready for it!
Answer 5: The answer depends on what you think of her. From the looks of things, you don't seem to like her, so I suggest that you basically just tell her how you feel- that you're not interested because you don't
want to end up getting burned by her again. If she insists that she wants to start a second relationship, just try to do what you can to turn her off without making yourself look bad to others. And no, I think it's a rotten thing
for a person to break up a relationship and then expect you to go right back to that person; she doesn't deserve the chance.
Answer 6: Hmm... That's new to me... And I wasn't able to find anything out through research... Perhaps you could tell me, sometime! I'm sorry that I couldn't help!
I hope my answers were useful to you. If so, please feel free to e-mail me again!
Milky time-lapse...
Hi miss Rei,I'm a fan of YTF website,I see that you can answers so many
questions so I want to ask you some questions.
1.Lately I had sent mr.YTF an e-mail but he still didn't reply it,is he a
really busy man?
2.I see you are a very good looking teacher with your G-Cup breast on your
chest,don't you think your breast could grown bigger or larger than
that? You'll look more better if it does!
3.How old are you actually and where do you live right now?
4.How heavy does your breast,I mean what is it's weight and do your breast
produce milk?
5.I love Yuka Takeuchi so much,do you know her so much like YTF?
6.Last question,who among your friends have the biggest breast and which
anime character in this world had the largest breast of all,I hope you can
tell me.
I'm sorry if my questions sounds a bit crazy but I know you got many crazy
e-mails like this.I will send you more questions so I hope you reply my
e-mail as soon as possible,thanks miss Rei.(Anyway my name is (Omitted, as per my protocol. -Miss Rei)).
Sorry for my delay; here you are...
Answer 1: It largely depends on your definition of 'busy', but there's times where there's too little time for him to do all of the things he wants to do, and in bad cases, he'll have to push some things
back so far that he forgets they're there- he doesn't mean to appear lazy and forgetful, but he really DOES have a bad memory. I don't think he meant to fail to reply. I'll scold him for you about it...
Answer 2: It's really not an option for me anymore. I'm too old for my body to grow any more than it already has. Now, to be fair, I guess I wouldn't mind if my
breasts were a little bigger- after all, they don't hurt me, so a few more centimeters probably wouldn't do much to me- I'm flattered that you think I'm good-looking, but there's very little
that I can do to naturally improve my body anymore.
Answer 3: I'm 26 years old and I live in Shinjuku, Japan.
Answer 4: Female breasts aren't as heavy as you may think; it's more of an issue of how lopsided they make one's body and the problems that come with overly bouncy breasts
(imagine your skin being pulled up and down really quickly with a couple of kilograms' worth of force) that really seem to hurt most girls... So you'll be surprised to hear that together, my breasts seem to weigh about 3.5 kilograms together. Do my breasts produce milk? Yes, all female breasts
produce milk. Mine are no different.
Answer 5: Oh my, I seriously, seriously doubt that...
Answer 6: Amongst my closer friends, it's definitely Chiaka, but amongst anime-kind, the biggest NATURALLY-FORMED breasts, I believe belong to either Kirika Misono or Komoe Harumachi... They're close in size right now, although it's pretty much inevitable
that Komoe WILL grow bigger than Kirika within the next seven years.
By the way, I don't think your e-mail was crazy. A little on the breast-obsessed side, perhaps (there is nothing wrong with that, but that's what I see), but I've seen far crazier e-mails in my lifetime. I see you sent me more e-mails, by the way- I'll try to answer them
for you next time.
Please let me hear more of your advice, Miss Rei.
Thank you Rei! Now lead me back to the Yuka Takeuchi Fan!