Saturday, January 25, 2020

[Onomastics - 2] Jugemu Jugemu Repost

Did you know the Gobln names Enri uses from a fairy tale is actually a Japanese story?
Dun Dun Duuuuuun.
寿限無 - Jugemu
What is Rakugo?
It's basically one-man stand up comedy (but the person always sits down and does voices for multiple characters). Some are comedy at least... others are more like fables or story telling. Go watch that Rakugo anime if you want to see an example. It's a good anime.
Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju
If you actually want to see Jugemu performed in anime, watch Episode 17 or 24, but only if you dont' want to experience this anime's original story. Since spoilers. Mainly episode 24's version. You can just Youtube an English version too, well a short version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6lNVQccknQ
The real story is about a man unable to name his baby so he is dumb and repeats their entire convo as the babies name.
It's basically a gag about super up your own ass long Japanese names back in the day. Filthey commoners with their three or four syllable names understood though how gay long Jap names were.
Jugemu is basically baby's first Rakugo, used to train newbies because you have to repeat a super long name in it multiple times while entertaining the audience with different intonation. Think like those Latina girls who can repeat a super long name while pissed. It's comical because no one would ever remember or say a name this long.
It's interesting to believe some random Player actually passed along this story. It's even possible it's remembered as a song since RAkugo is performed almost like poetry. So if a Player heard it they would here Japanese. It does seem as if some names are lisped though so it's not remembered correctly. It could be only the names sound Japanese and the RAkugo is still remembered as a fairy tale story.
Gotta fanfic this up now kappa.

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