{"id":9529,"date":"2013-12-26T20:52:51","date_gmt":"2013-12-27T01:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/?p=9529"},"modified":"2013-12-26T20:52:51","modified_gmt":"2013-12-27T01:52:51","slug":"gingitsune-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/2013\/12\/26\/gingitsune-ends\/","title":{"rendered":"Gingitsune Ends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Intruder.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Intruder-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"Intruder\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Intruder-550x309.jpg 550w, https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Intruder-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Intruder-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Intruder-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Intruder.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/fun\/2013\/10\/23\/gingitsune-anime-early-impressions\/\"><em>Gingitsune<\/em><\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchyroll.com\/gingitsune-messenger-fox-of-the-gods\">Crunchyroll<\/a>) was a delightful <a href=\"\/fun\/terms-used-in-anime-reviews#anime\">anime<\/a>, my favorite of the season. It is a simple show, cheerful, upbeat and heartwarming without being boring or insipid.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Maknig-wreaths.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Maknig-wreaths-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"Maknig wreaths\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Maknig-wreaths-550x309.jpg 550w, https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Maknig-wreaths-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Maknig-wreaths-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Maknig-wreaths-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Maknig-wreaths.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe stories may seem lightweight but they are well-written, with a lot of nice subtle touches. The characters are great and I only regret not being able to spend more time with them.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/On-bridge-with-Gintarou.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/On-bridge-with-Gintarou-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"On bridge with Gintarou\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/On-bridge-with-Gintarou-550x309.jpg 550w, https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/On-bridge-with-Gintarou-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/On-bridge-with-Gintarou-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/On-bridge-with-Gintarou-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/On-bridge-with-Gintarou.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI can easily imagine an American version of this show: it would probably be about a pastor&#8217;s daughter who has an angel for a friend, and it would probably be unwatchable. Somehow Japanese television seems better at dealing with religious subjects without sounding preachy or inane.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Pinky-promise.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Pinky-promise-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"Pinky promise\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Pinky-promise-550x309.jpg 550w, https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Pinky-promise-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Pinky-promise-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Pinky-promise-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Pinky-promise.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nPerhaps it is because they have so little religious diversity (the vast majority practice an eclectic mix of Buddhism and Shinto) which means that the writers are less worried about offending someone. When everyone has the same religion they feel comfortable joking about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gingitsune (Crunchyroll) was a delightful <a href=\"\/fun\/terms-used-in-anime-reviews#anime\">anime<\/a>, my favorite of the season. It is a simple show, cheerful, upbeat and heartwarming without being boring or insipid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[587],"class_list":["post-9529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anime","tag-gingitsune"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9529"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9540,"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9529\/revisions\/9540"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}