Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister (CR) LA. FLEMME. C’est tellement pompé sur Love Hina que je suis certaine qu’on doit trouver « approuvé par Ken Akamatsu » écrit quelque part. Le héros et sa promise sont relous, le harem éculé. Ça mérite même pas d’être appelé romcom. Next
I wouldn't describe Buddhism as atheistic. It's more pantheistic or even anatheistic. The existence of gods is not disputed by many Buddhists, perhaps even by a plurality of Asian Buddhists. Certainly, very few devout Japanese Buddhists will deny that the Kami of the Shinto faith exist.
Shinto shrines are wild if you're big into Roman religion. The same 'I give, you give' conception of religious practice. Pay ¥1000, get the correct prayer form passing driving tests, tie it to the prayer string, and voila. You've taken practical action to pass your test
Juniper was an adopt, and her name doesn't have a meaning... but I was going for something that sounded cheery, and worked as both a people name and an animal name.
(I learned about this tradition from an episode of Kamichu!, in which the main character, a Hiroshima middle-school student who has become a god, has to transfer to a school in Shimane Prefecture for a month to attend the annual summit of Shinto gods. That's a good anime that people should watch)
Kannazuki is a traditional name for the tenth month in the traditional Japanese calendar. The name can be translated literally as "the month when there are no gods". In Shinto tradition it was said that the eight million gods of Japan left their shrines and congregated annually at Izumo Taisha.
Also from a Shinto perspective-- ridiculing artifice is pointless. A tree and a circuit are both part of Great Nature.Also from a Shinto perspective-- ridiculing artifice is pointless. A tree and a circuit are both part of Great Nature.