Comments on: Need a friend in Tokyo? Get ready to pay up. http://animeaffairs.wordpress.com/2009/01/13/need-a-friend-in-tokyo-get-ready-to-pay-up/ Taking on the world, one day at a time Sun, 27 Dec 2009 23:05:58 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Diego http://animeaffairs.wordpress.com/2009/01/13/need-a-friend-in-tokyo-get-ready-to-pay-up/#comment-916 Diego Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:15:30 +0000 http://animeaffairs.wordpress.com/?p=1195#comment-916 @Shance: Agreed, in the grander scheme of things this barely registers on the bizarre-o-meter. But in my neighbourhood the corner stores don't normally stock dads for hire, so I find it quite unusual. (No neko cafes either, sadly enough.) @Zeroblade: Yeah, I suspected as much, although I don't see the need for two different terms in this case (unless a Rental Otousan performs different services from a Rental Chichioya). @Shance: Agreed, in the grander scheme of things this barely registers on the bizarre-o-meter. But in my neighbourhood the corner stores don’t normally stock dads for hire, so I find it quite unusual. (No neko cafes either, sadly enough.)

@Zeroblade: Yeah, I suspected as much, although I don’t see the need for two different terms in this case (unless a Rental Otousan performs different services from a Rental Chichioya).

]]> By: Zeroblade http://animeaffairs.wordpress.com/2009/01/13/need-a-friend-in-tokyo-get-ready-to-pay-up/#comment-915 Zeroblade Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:53:32 +0000 http://animeaffairs.wordpress.com/?p=1195#comment-915 Perhaps otou-san and chichioya command different levels of respect from their children? Just a guess. Perhaps otou-san and chichioya command different levels of respect from their children? Just a guess.

]]> By: Shance http://animeaffairs.wordpress.com/2009/01/13/need-a-friend-in-tokyo-get-ready-to-pay-up/#comment-913 Shance Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:07:51 +0000 http://animeaffairs.wordpress.com/?p=1195#comment-913 Nothing surprising on this one, really. We've heard worse, like selling sons and daughters for debt payment, absurd cases (really!) of organ donations, maids in hi-speed Ducatis, and student prostitution. It's not just about catering to foreign people or something, and I'm sure they have their reasons. But this isn't really surprising, knowing there are far more bizarre cases of trying to earn money. Nothing surprising on this one, really. We’ve heard worse, like selling sons and daughters for debt payment, absurd cases (really!) of organ donations, maids in hi-speed Ducatis, and student prostitution. It’s not just about catering to foreign people or something, and I’m sure they have their reasons. But this isn’t really surprising, knowing there are far more bizarre cases of trying to earn money.

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