Input: [Read all▲▼] Butterfly of the Distant Day (manga) [Rating▲▼] Decent [Comment▲▼]

Output: This is a sequel/spinoff to Il gatto Sul G. The main story features Riya's cousin who is reunited with a past fling and they work out their differences. Music is a theme here too. I just found it to be "ok". This is the kind of fare thats entertaining enough while one is reading it, but will not be remembered tomorrow. On the other hand, Miyagi's art has improved greatly since drawing Il gatto Sul G. Characters and expressions are much more detailed and well drawn.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Butterflies, Flowers (manga) [Rating▲▼] Good [Comment▲▼]

Output: This is a very silly romantic comedy about a formerly wealthy office lady and her new boss/former servant. I liked reading a series where all the characters were adults in the adult world. Masayuki is quite amusing, with a personality that does a complete 180 between hardass boss and fawning servant. Toss in a bunch of otaku references and a narrative that doesn't take itself seriously in the slightest and you get Butterflies, Flowers. I enjoyed it.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] ...but, I'm your teacher (manga) [Rating▲▼] So-so [Comment▲▼]

Output: This is a yaoi anthology. The stories are all pretty typical, and rely on a lot of the usual tropes. The only thing that saved it from being a complete snoozefest is that it veers to the more porny end of the spectrum. Since it's published by Kitty Media, that's to be expected. Nothing here is particularly memorable though, as this is actually the second time I've read it and the majority of the stories were a complete blank in my memory. The only one I remembered was the very disturbing codependent relationship between the photographer and the model at the end of the book. That one was extremely creepy. Everything else was very forgettable.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Bus Gamer (manga) [Rating▲▼] Good [Comment▲▼]

Output: I couldn't really get into Saiyuki, but I really like Kazuya Minekura's darker manga. The premise is based on a sort of corporate espionage, where teams engage each other to steal information. It's rather violent and action based and Minekura's art is quite suited to this. Unfortunately, she never wrote more than one volume. I'd have loved to see this story continue, as it is quite interesting.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Bunny Drop (manga) [Rating▲▼] Good [Comment▲▼]

Output: I had a hard time rating this because reading it felt like reading two separate manga. The first four volumes focus on Daikichi raising Rin, then an abrupt time skip finds Rin in high school and the series takes on a whole different tone. As for it's notorious ending: I found it very uncomfortable. I think I could have accepted it better if Daikichi was an older friend of the family or something, but as the man who raises her, any romantic feelings are icky. Hell, even an age gap that great is creepy and bordering on pedo territory. And it seemed like Diakichi wasn't all that into it and just went along with it for Rin. I don't understand why he didn't get with Kouki's mom, as there were mutual feelings there, so that just seemed like a cop out. As you can see, I'm a little upset with the ending and feel like it ruined what could have been an excellent series. It's still "good" but I'ma slap on warning on that first.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Brother (manga by Yuzuha Ougi) [Rating▲▼] Very good [Comment▲▼]

Output: Well, this is certainly the most explicit manga I have ever run across. Am I a pervert if I totally enjoyed it? The art was hot, and it did have a story, you know, to string the sex scenes together. (LOL) Actually, discounting the sex scenes, the plot was fairly readable and the characters did manage to be interesting. So, I liked it, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone that doesn't have an interest in yaoi of an explicit nature.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Bring it On (manhwa) [Rating▲▼] Decent [Comment▲▼]

Output: This is a rather bland sunjeong (Korean shoujo) manhwa. I did like the non doormatty heroine of which I tend to see more often in the Korean stories I've read. As for the rest of the characters and the plot, I can scarcely remember it a couple of weeks after I read it. That's not a good recommendation. =/

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Brilliant Blue (manga) [Rating▲▼] Excellent [Comment▲▼]

Output: Shou moves back home to work in the family business when his father is injured. He runs into an old classmate, Nanami, who they used to call "white piggy". Nanami is a simple minded and childlike guy, both in looks and personality. Nanami is a little slow and has trouble grasping more complex things, yet he's a genius with numbers and has no problem at his job. It's that lack of emotional maturity that made his relationship with Doumeki seem very creepy and one sided. Even with Shou, it seems like Nanami is more a dependant than an equal. Despite that, the romance between the two is believable and the two character seem to compliment each other well. What makes this series good are the characters. Since it takes place in a small town, many side characters make an appearance and have a role in the story, from Shou's parents to Nanami's brothers, to their coworkers and various friends and aquaintances. It fleshes out the story in a way that one usually doesn't see in a short two volume BL series. The characterization is excellent, as Shou and Nanami are pretty fleshed out and three dimentional. All in all I quite liked this manga, as it's pretty well written for what it is.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Breath (manga) [Rating▲▼] Good [Comment▲▼]

Output: Breath is a soap opera, plain and simple. Arata is picked up in a bar and spends a night with Yanagi. The next day he has regrets and skips out in a hurry. Yanagi carrys a grudge and blackmails Arata into continuing to see him. Arata also has a twin brother, Ten, who he doesn't want finding out about his relationship. The crap hits the fan when Ten finds out. Ten is a jealous creeper and one of the reasons this story works. His interference multiplies the drama x10. Without him, this would have been yet another sex=love Boys Love romance, albeit a better developed one as this is five volumes long. However, with the addition of certain over the top elements, such as Ten, this story becomes much more memorable and entertaining. I can't quite say it is very good, the art is sort of bland and a bunch of tired and familiar BL tropes are present, but I did have fun reading it.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Boys Over Flowers (manga) [Rating▲▼] Excellent [Comment▲▼]

Output: How do you keep a 37 volume manga series from getting stale? First, create some interesting and memorable characters, which Yoko Kamio has totally succeeded at here. Second, keep the plot twists happening. Nothing is worse than "mid series slump" in which nothing happens. Third, know when to let it go. Nobody wants the read the story that never ends. Now the series wasn't perfect. Some of those late series plot twists were dangerously close to jumping the shark, and the art in the early volumes was a bit rough, but despite these, Boys Over Flowers was one of the most fun shoujo experiences I've ever read.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Boys Love (manga) [Rating▲▼] Very good [Comment▲▼]

Output: Don't be fooled by the generic sounding title, this is not a generic boy's love manga. For one, it's a tragedy. You don't see too many of those published here, among the fluffy schoolboy romances. It's also emotional and the romance is well written. The story is this: there were once three very close childhood friends, until one dies from leukemia. The boys are scarred by this. Years later, one eventually begins to move on and falls in love again, but the other is unable to. Both boys are a little unhinged, but Naoru shows signs of healing. The other boy is completely unbalanced. The third character, Mamiya, was the only normal one and served as the catalyst for Naoru's recovery and the other boy's self destruction. I liked how Tachibana was able to flesh out these three characters in so short a page count. The book is very streamlined and narrow in it's focus, therefore more time could be spent on the central cast and the conflict. I liked the book and I'm curious to read more from this mangaka.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Bond(z) (manga) [Rating▲▼] Good [Comment▲▼]

Output: In the end, this is really just another yaoi anthology. Bondz contains four stories, three of which are completely forgettable. It's only the title story that manages to bring this book up from mediocrity. Bondz is about two friends who fall into a destructive and self absorbed relationship with each other and aren't able to deal with it's intensity. I've read Bondz before about a year ago and only this story made an impression on me. I remembered it clearly for the reread, while drawing a complete blank on the other three. I've come to discover that I prefer Toko Kawai's work when she writes more serious stories like this one as opposed to her more silly and sappy work like Our Everlasting and Cafe Latte Rhapsody. As an anthology, the book is very uneven, but I'm going to give it a pass on the title story alone.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Body Language (novel) [Rating▲▼] Not really good [Comment▲▼]

Output: June's yaoi light novels are hit or miss. Sure, some are decent and every now and then I'll read a good one, but this is definitely not one of those. It falls under the realm of "plotless porn", with a flimsy story and cardboard characters. About the only thing keeping me awake through this book were the sex scenes, as the characters had no development whatsoever beyond describing the jerky guy as the "asshole" and the girly one as the "cool beauty". One note tropes does not characterization make. This book also suffered from some awkward sounding prose and sentence structure. To put it simply, this book is not very good and only passable if you feel like reading a lot of sex scenes, which unfortunately were the best part of the book.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Blue Sky (manga by Y. Kuwabara) [Rating▲▼] So-so [Comment▲▼]

Output: Here we have yet another generic BL title taking place at an all boys school. Does it get any more cliche than this?

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Input: [Read all▲▼] A Bloody Kiss Tonight (manga) [Rating▲▼] So-so [Comment▲▼]

Output: This is a vampire story. In the first story, a vampire kidnaps the reincarnation of his lover. In the second story a librarian encounters a vampire who becomes obsessed with him. This is some "rape is love" bullshit right here. Writing aside, I'm finding Makoto Tateno's art really tiresome. All the characters look the same. In every single book it's the same two characters with light or dark hair. This book is on my discard pile.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Bloody Kiss (manga) [Rating▲▼] Weak [Comment▲▼]

Output: Bloody Kiss is one of the worst shoujo I've had the misfortune to read lately. It comes complete with doormat heroine, douchey possesive love interest, and no plot what so ever. Oh, and there are vampires. Honestly, this thing is way worse than Twilight (I've read it), at least Twilight was entertaining.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Blood+ Kowloon Nights (manga) [Rating▲▼] Decent [Comment▲▼]

Output: This is a one volume side story taking place in China. A police officer investigating a string of strange murders runs across Hagi in his investigations and learns about the monsters he's hunting. Saya isn't in this, Hagi is alone, which gives the mangaka an excuse to give it a light BL flavor. Kisaragi's character design certainly are pretty as well. Because it's one volume, it's assumed you are familiar with the main story. So, it doesn't stand alone. Regardless, it's a quick and entertaining if not particularly memorable read.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Blood+ (manga) [Rating▲▼] Very good [Comment▲▼]

Output: I haven't seen the recent anime that this is based of off, so I went in with no preconceived notions about the manga. I really liked it. It's faced paced with an interesting plot and characters. There was plenty of action and it was well drawn. If anything, reading the manga made me more curious abuot viewing the anime.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Blame! (manga) [Rating▲▼] Excellent [Comment▲▼]

Output: I've only read the first volume so far. It took me a while to get used to the lack of dialog and understand what was going on. Once I kept reading, it made more sense. The art in this is amazing. Especially the backgrounds. I want to read more just to find out about the world that Killy inhabits. It's been a few months, but I finally finished this one, and it was amazing. Blame! has got to be one of the most imaginative sci-fi universes that I've encountered. A lot is never fully explained and much is left up to the reader's interpretation. Usually stories like this irritate me, but in Blame!, it's part of the fun. My only real annoyance was with the non-ending. This series really could have kept going, but I guess the creator wanted to move on. Oh well, I'd have loved to read more.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Black-winged Love (manga) [Rating▲▼] Good [Comment▲▼]

Output: This is from the mangaka of "Dining Bar Akira". Although i enjoyed this, I thought it was a weaker work and much prefered Dining Bar Akira. For one this is an anthology, which I am rarely satisfied by. Fortunately, Yamashita's unconventional style drags this one out of the realm of forgettable. At this point, I'd read anything of hers published in English.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Black Sun (manga) [Rating▲▼] Good [Comment▲▼]

Output: Published by 801 media, this two book series is pretty explicit. However, this is not simply plotless porn. The story, about a captured knight during the crusades, is interesting. I also love Ogasawara's art. She draws well, using delicate line work and including a good bit of detail in her panels, so it's not all characters on top of empty space. Her character designs are attractive too, pretty while still looking masculine. Because of this series, I ended up buying her artbook, which is quite nice. I have been converted, I am a fan.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Bird Kiss (manhwa) [Rating▲▼] So-so [Comment▲▼]

Output: It's refreshing to read about an unlikeable heroine for once. Miyoul is an absolute cow for most of the series. Her dorky next door neighbor Heerack has been harbouring a crush on her for years. She treats him like a servant. Heerack gets a makeover and is now handsome (but still dorky), and slowly Miyoul realizes that she likes him too. Despite the novelty of the mean girl heroine, the charactization isn't very good. The characters were pretty much one note archetypes. There isn't much to Miyoul and Heerack beyond "the mean feisty one" and "the dorky nice one". They're surrounded by other one note types such as the conceited player, the quiet cool guy, the pretty rich girl, and etc. The story too is as predicatable as they come, not offering much in the way of plot. We know Miyoul and Heerack will end up together at the end, and they do. I was marginally entertained by this series, but it's about as mediocre as they come.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Biomega (manga) [Rating▲▼] Very good [Comment▲▼]

Output: Like Blame, this is another nonsensical scifi action story. I found Biomega a lot easier to follow though. Basically, an alien virus is infecting earth and turning human life into zombies. This is all orchestrated by a researcher in order to "reinvent" humanity. The narrative does a lot of herky jerky timeskipping and jumping from character to character. The art is very atmospheric, with surreal landscapes and creepy looking monsters. In fact, the main reason I read Nihei is just for the art. It helps that i like crazy scifi too.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Beyond… Scandalous Seiryo University (manga) [Rating▲▼] So-so [Comment▲▼]

Output: This is book three in the Seiryo University series. The series doesn't get any better with this volume. It's still ridiculously stupid, but the smut is entertaining.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Better Than a Dream (novel) [Rating▲▼] Good [Comment▲▼]

Output: This is a yaoi light novel. I've read almost all of these that June has published, and this is one of the better ones. It is basically a romance novel about a cafe owner with a tragic past and the new guy who comes to town. The story was decent, with believable characters and emotions. It was a more emotional story, which worked for me. The prose was readable, except for the very first chapter told from the POV of a dog chained up by the bus stop. Man, that was awkward as hell and we never hear from the dog again. Other than that, nothing yanked me out of the story. I enjoyed it for what it was, a low key yaoi romance novel.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Benkei in New York (manga) [Rating▲▼] So-so [Comment▲▼]

Output: This one volume story is about a shady guy named Benkei who works for the mafia. He's a hit man who takes jobs involving vendettas and each chapter focus on a revenge story. I found the book a little boring. Benkei himself is a blank slate, and the chapters are short, so the stories are a bit shallow. On the positive, the art is great, but I need more than that to maintain an interest. In the end this book just didn't deliver.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Because I'm a Boy! (manga) [Rating▲▼] Decent [Comment▲▼]

Output: This is a yaoi anthology published by Kitty Media, which is to say, it's porn. The stories are all super short and the punchline is sex. As porn, it's mildly entertaining. I'm on the fence about Watanabe's drawing style. The stories were a mixed bag artwise, and the style changed between stories as if they were drawn over an extended period of time. I prefered her more masculine style as I don't like the girly "bishounen" look. My favorite story in the whole anotholgy is the one that doesn't have any sex at all and is drawn in a more manly style. My second favorite story was the bondage couple. The rest were completely forgettable.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Beauty is the Beast (manga) [Rating▲▼] Good [Comment▲▼]

Output: This was a pretty good slice-of-life story about dorm life. The author admits in a side bar that she based the manga on her expeiences living in a dorm, so it's no wonder that the setting had a more authentic feel to it than I've encountered in other shojo manga. The art was serviceable, nothing special, but it got the point across. I enjoyed the characters. My one complaint is the very, very abrupt ending. It felt like the author got tired of writing the series and just tacked one on at the end of vol. 5. The relationship drama was just starting to become interesting before the author cut it short. It was sort of cheap, since I expected to see more to it. Well, I still enjoyed it, but it probably should have been given a few more volumes to resolve itself.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Beast & Feast (manga) [Rating▲▼] Decent [Comment▲▼]

Output: This is a pretty standard yaoi romance between a detective and his childhood friend who turns out to be a yakuza. It's pure escapism, as reality doesn't exist in this world. How would that even work anyway? Imagine eventually having to arrest your boyfriend... I probably shouldn't think so hard about it. On the plus side, the art is pretty nice. The mangaka admits that she likes to draw guys a little more built and I can definitely support seeing more of that.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Battle Royale (manga) [Rating▲▼] Excellent [Comment▲▼]

Output: Battle Royale is the most grotesquely violent manga I've ever read. Fortunately, it has an awesome plot to back up the shocking visuals. It's faced paced and exciting, and never predictable. There is a huge cast of characters and each manages to be unique and make an impression, even with limited screen time. In fact, it seemed that I'd just start getting attached to a character before they'd kick the bucket. Best of all, the story wraps up nicely, with closure. Battle Royale is definitely one of the most memorable manga I've read. I will surely read it again.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Battle Angel Alita (manga) [Rating▲▼] Excellent [Comment▲▼]

Output: I've only read 1 volume so far. The art is beautiful, with one exception: why, oh Why does Daisuke look like Inspector Gadget? The story is basically a superhero tale. It was somewhat entertaining. I do plan on giving Vol. 2 a read. It's not a top priority though. It's been several years now since I first gave volume one a read and now having just completed the whole series in one giant marathon, I'm wondering why I haven't read this sooner. It's one of the best action manga I've ever read. The art is gorgeous, the action is clean and easy to follow, and Alita is a great heroine. I even love the old 90's feel sci-fi setting. One of the things I particularly appreciated about the characterization in this series is that the artist didn't go out of his way to further sexualize Alita. She was a strong heroine, but still very feminine, without focusing on her tits and panties. I get a little tired of picking up action series for guys with female leads and having much of the focus zooming in on their chests and asses. Battle Angel totally avoids that trap and for that I'm grateful. Another thing I liked was how the passage of time was handled. This series takes place over several years and it feels like it. Alita herself grows up a lot, and the world/characters around her change as well. My only small complaint is that the ending is a little rushed. I would have liked to see more of Tiphares and how it worked especially. Despite that, I was satisfied with how it ended and am a little leary of picking up the reboot, Last Order, because I'm afraid of it going off the rails. So, I think I'm just goin to stick with the original so not to poison my impression of this excellent series.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Baseball Heaven (manga) [Rating▲▼] Not really good [Comment▲▼]

Output: I liked the other Ellie Mamahara books I read, but I was pretty disappointed with this. I'm not a baseball fan, and even I noticed a lot seemed "off" with the baseball aspect. The mangaka admits in her notes that she didn't have a lot of research matertial and neither her nor her editor knew anything about baseball. So...why? Why not pick something you are more familiar with to base your story on? To be fair, the baseball is mostly just used a window dressing. The actual story is the teammate romance, but even that felt kinda contrived. Do baseball players in Japan live in dorms? Is all that ass smacking just a sign of latent homosexuality? Really, this book is dumb. On the plus side is Mamahara's art. While sometimes proportionally challenged, it doesn't resort to making one of the guys "the girl". They both look masculine and the same size. Points for that at least.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Basara (manga) [Rating▲▼] Excellent [Comment▲▼]

Output: I first time I picked up Basara, I thought it was "Meh." I recently picked up the rest of the series and reread the first volume and was instantly hooked. I was initially put off by Yumi Tamura's really stylized art style, but eventually I grew to love it. The story is a very detailed fantasy epic along the lines of "The Twelve Kingdoms". This 27 volume story moves at a good clip and never feels stagnant. Basara has made me a Yumi Tamura fan for sure.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Banana Fish (manga) [Rating▲▼] Masterpiece [Comment▲▼]

Output: I was really blown away by this manga, I couldn't stop turning the pages. It's basically an action story, set in the grimy underworld NYC of the 80's, and the action is nonstop, with events happening at a furious pace. The story follows a thug named Ash Lynx and his friends as they fight a crime boss and try to thwart a government conspiracy. Yes, this is a shoujo manga. It does what shoujo manga is particularly good at as well, fleshing out the characters and the relationships between them. By the end of the story, I had grown attached to the huge cast of characters. Which was why the ending, while fitting, was a little hard for me to take. I had hoped that Ash would finally catch a break at the end of the series, but the ending was appropriate so I can't fault it. Overall, Banana Fish was so different from othe shoujo manga that I can't help but rate it a masterpiece. It's a very well written page turner.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Bad Teacher's Equation (manga) [Rating▲▼] Good [Comment▲▼]

Output: This is a relatively long (10 vols) BL series by Kizuna creator Kazuma Kodaka. This time it's set in a school and follows the relationships of a group of teachers and students. It was created in the early 90's and it shows, especially in the character's clothes and hairstyles. It is also much more lighthearted and comedic than Kizuna. The series length also allows for quite a bit of character and relationship development. I vastly prefer series like this that take their time to one shots where people seem to fall in love at the drop of a hat. While not as good as Kizuma IMO, I still enjoyed this series quite a bit.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Backstage Prince (manga) [Rating▲▼] So-so [Comment▲▼]

Output: This is standard shoujo romance here, in which an ordinary high school girl finds herself going out with a possessive, needy guy. The guy is an antisocial Kabuki actor who attend her school. She is roped into being his assistant after she whacks him with her bookbag. If it sounds really contrived, it is. Why they are attracted to each other isn't explained. I guess we are supposed to settle for some he/she's the one bullshit and call it a day. On the positive side, the story is two volumes long and the couple gets together fairly early, so it doesn't drag. Overall, I found it be be rather mediocre, but I was at least entertained.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Azumanga Daioh (manga) [Rating▲▼] Excellent [Comment▲▼]

Output: I will state up front that I am generally not a fan of the 4-koma comic strip style of storytelling. All too often it results in choppy storytelling, lazy characterization and the reliance on jokes that if not set up properly, just fall flat. Azumanga Diaoh overcomes all of these pitfalls. The characters are interesting and distinctive, with memorable personalities. The slice of high school life plot is well done. All of the common high school events are portrayed here, the sports festival, the cultural festival, the class trip, entrance exams, etc. But, instead of being boring, here they feel fresh and new. The humor is spot on as well, with the jokes being well timed and the punchlines are actually amusing. So, if I had to read a 4-koma, there's no going wrong with Azumanga Diaoh. I liked it quite a bit.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Awaken Forest (manga) [Rating▲▼] Not really good [Comment▲▼]

Output: This book contains three stories in Yuna Aoi's signature style of overly melodramatic romance bordering on obsession. Unlike Jazz, which was trashy and offensive, this book is just trashy. I didn't totally hate it, but I doubt I'll remember it in an hour.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Author's Pet (manga) [Rating▲▼] Weak [Comment▲▼]

Output: This is another boy's love anthology full of super shallow short stories with cardboard characters. In fact, it was so bland I started to check out about halfway through, as I couldn't drum up any enthusiasm to read this thing. To add to the dullness, the art was completely generic and devoid of detail or backgrounds. Whole stretches of pages would go by with various screentone being the only background. This book was just a chore to read.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Astral Project - Tsuki no Hikari (manga) [Rating▲▼] Good [Comment▲▼]

Output: This started out very good then sorta went off the rails midway through. The premise was interesting: Masahiko finds a mysterious CD in his dead sister's room and when he listens to it he gains the ability to astral project. In the beginning chapters, this is a mystery as Masahiko has questions about his new ability and what may have happened to his sister. Later, the astral projection mystery makes way for some dumb conspiracy theory and a rundown of Japan's social problems. Lame. I thought the series had real promise, but I thought the way it panned out was dumb as hell.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] (The) Art of Loving (manga) [Rating▲▼] So-so [Comment▲▼]

Output: This is an unfinished series from Eiki Eiki. The characters meet in high school, where on is the son of a prominent family under loads of pressure, and the other is a delinquent transfer student. As time goes on Yutaka begins to obsess over Tohno and goes on a downward spiral as his grades slip. I would have liked to find out how this all turned out, as it looked promising, but the manga was abandoned after one volume.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Aquarian Age: Juvenile Orion (manga) [Rating▲▼] Not really good [Comment▲▼]

Output: I found this to be a terribly generic and crappy reverse harem manga. None of the charactes are developed and the story is a dull tale of high school kids with supernatural powers. (Not like I've ever seen that before *rolls eyes*). This was five volumes, which was five volumes too long.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Aqua (manga) [Rating▲▼] Good [Comment▲▼]

Output: This is the prequel to Aria, in which the heroine first lands on Aqua and begins her adventures as an apprentice gondolier. if you've seen the anime, this is more of the same. The main draw is the setting and landscape. The art is lovely, but I have to say I prefer the anime, as the addition of color and sound really bring the story to life. As far as plot, there is none. This is a very slow slice of life series. Some would say it's boring. And it is, in too large a dose. This little two volume bite though, is just enough of a taste without overindulging. I enjoyed it.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] (The) Antique Gift Shop (manhwa) [Rating▲▼] Good [Comment▲▼]

Output: This manhwa starts out like Petshop of Horrors, in which people buy unique items with paranormal properties from a mysterious little antique store. In the beginning, the stories are mostly episodic but as the series goes on the story becomes more linear as it focuses on the Antique Shop owner and her one employee. The owner, Bun Nyu is tasked with selling all of the antiques by her grandmother who wishes to protect her from a family curse/evil spirit thing. The plot itself is rather meandering, and I was only mildly interested in it. The art however, was spectacular. This series struck me as very Korean, with a lot of folklore and old wives tale-like traditions woven through it. I've not come across a manhwa series like this yet, so it stood out. I did think the characters were a bit wooden, but even still I enjoyed the series.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Antique Bakery (manga) [Rating▲▼] Excellent [Comment▲▼]

Output: Antique Bakery is a slice-of-life manga about a bakey called Antique and the four guys who run it. The focus is pretty much on the characters and the food. The characters were well written, interesting, and memorable. What humor there was worked nicely. This is an understated manga without overblown drama or silly slapstick humor, and that's one thing I liked about it. (It also made me crave carbs.) I enjoyed these four volumes immensely. I even thought the ending was appropriate. This is a manga that does everything right.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Angel's Coffin - Ave Maria (manga) [Rating▲▼] Decent [Comment▲▼]

Output: This one volume romantic tragedy was too short to have any impact for me. It wasn't a complete waste however. You Higuri's art is wonderful as always, and the historical Austrian setting was different and interesting. The actual plot was pretty good as well, it was just too condensed. If it had taken place over multiple volumes and allowed more room for elaboration on the characters and events, I probably would have liked it much better.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] An Even More Beautiful Lie (manga) [Rating▲▼] Not really good [Comment▲▼]

Output: The story here is kinda clumsily written, as it doesn't always make sense. From what I can gather, one college art student looks up to another who is good at painting. They hang out a lot and sort of form a relationship. The feelings in this are expressed in a sort of disjointed manner. I'm not sure if that's the translation, or if the original language used is that ambiguous. Also, there is an out of left field rape scene at the end that had me going WTF!?! Offhandedly, it's revealed that the painter has a famous dad and was kidnapped as a child, so at the end some dudes break into his apartment and violate him. Why? Their motivations are never disclosed. The other student busts in and beats them up, so I guess that is supposed to be that. Really, the "plot" is just a great big sloppy mess. The cover is pretty though, I'll give it that.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Ambiguous Relationship (manga) [Rating▲▼] Not really good [Comment▲▼]

Output: "Extremely formulaic" is the phrase I'd use to describe this short story collection. There is nothing here I have not already read a hundred times over in other BL collections. The stories are all underdeveloped and too short, which makes for tiresome reading when I can't connect with anything. Not recommended.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Allure (manga) [Rating▲▼] Weak [Comment▲▼]

Output: A couple years ago, when I first discovered Dramaqueen's existance (and disappearance) I went and bought up all their books, which were becoming increasingly harder to find.. Most of DQ's catalogue were good and/or memorable books, except this one. I couldn't remember a single thing about it, so i decided to reread it. This book is a dud. The basic premise is this: A blind man gets a corneal transplant and the first thing he lays eyes on when he can see again is his surgeon, who he falls in love with for some reason. The surgeon is grieving his lover from whom the donor eyes were obtained. The romantic feelings in this story felt completely fake and contrived. There isn't any build up or explanation as to why these characters are in love. The book was also filled with a lot of cheap hollow melodrama: a jilted fiancee, a homophobic bigwig dad, a transfer overseas with the other one in pursuit, and sad doctors crying in the snow. None of this was developed sufficiently for me to give a damn. The art too was bare bones with practically no backgrounds at all. The characters had awkwardly wooden expressions and movement and were drawn in a "generic BL" style that is indistinquishable from a thousand others. Based on this book, I'm not inclined to read any more of Yuri Ebihara's manga. This was painful enough.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Alley of First Love Love (manga) [Rating▲▼] Good [Comment▲▼]

Output: This is the first Ellie Mamahara book I've ever read, and compared to fairly decent Double Cast and not so good Baseball Heaven, it's the best. The characters and their situation were decently written and I empathized with them. These characters were everyday adults, one working in the family liquor store and the other coming home from a long time overseas. Atsushi's little sisters were really cute too. I quite liked this book and it seems like as long as Mamahara doesn't go too far outside her element (Baseball Heaven), she is able to craft decent emotional stories about adults. I hope to see more of her work licensed in the future.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] All Nippon Air Line (manga) [Rating▲▼] Weak [Comment▲▼]

Output: This is a parody/comedy manga. Unfortunately, while a did get a chuckle or two out of it, many of the jokes fell flat for me. The art was really rough looking as well. This just wasn't for me.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] All My Darling Daughters (manga) [Rating▲▼] Good [Comment▲▼]

Output: While this isn't one of my favorites by Yoshinaga, it was still a solid book. It follows several loosely interconnected stories about women. Yoshinaga's art and sense of comedy are wonderful as always. Since it was basically an anthology, I wished for more depth in the stories. Despite that, I quite enjoyed it.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Alice in the Country of Hearts: My Fanatic Rabbit (manga) [Rating▲▼] Not really good [Comment▲▼]

Output: So, having enjoyed the original series, I was interested in checking out the many Alice spinoffs. This one is not very good unfortunately. It glosses over world building and characterization in order to focus on the creepy "relationship" between Alice and the March Hare. I say "relationship" because it's not clear why there two characters fall for each other in the first place. Also, the Hare is one of those creepy super possessive types which I find completely UNromantic. For a romance series, the romance here just failed. I'm not keen on reading any more of these if they are all as shallow as this.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Alice in the Country of Hearts (manga) [Rating▲▼] Very good [Comment▲▼]

Output: Here I was expecting another ho hum Alice in Wonderland inspired fantasy story, and ended up with something that was more than a sum of it's parts. This series was a lot darker and stranger than I was expecting. It starts off with Alice being kidnapped by the rabbit and coming to Wonderland to play a "game", yet she (and the reader) are only given snippets of information about her purpose there. There is a creepy undertone to the story throughout and the series gives the feeling that there's something quite unnatural about this Otome game based world where everyone loves Alice. Even the ending raises a few questions, such as what's is the meaning of Alice's missing memories and what other reason do the inhabitants of Wonderland have for trying to prevent Alice form leaving? I can only hope that the dangling threads are addressed in the sequels. On it's own though, Alice In the Country of Hearts stands out as something a bit different and to me that's always worth a read.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Alice 19th (manga) [Rating▲▼] Very good [Comment▲▼]

Output: I was intitially very interested in this series. The art was beautiful and the story set up in the first volume was excellent. Unfortunately, I found myself losing interest as the series wore on. There were quite a few throwaway characters and the plot was pretty thin and began to drag. Alice 19th was fairly entertaining, but it wasn't one of Watase's best.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Alcohol, Shirt and Kiss (manga) [Rating▲▼] So-so [Comment▲▼]

Output: Alcohol, Shirt & Kiss is lighthearted romance between two partner detectives. I thought it was just ok. The humor just kinda fell flat for me and I didn't think the characters or their relationship was that interesting. I also wasn't a fan of the art style. Something about the way the faces were drawn just bugged me.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Aishiteruze Baby (manga) [Rating▲▼] Very good [Comment▲▼]

Output: Kippei is an irresponsible boy who is given the care of his little cousin after her mother abandons her. This is a rather cute series that tells it's story with a mix of humor and seriousness. The art is standard shojo fare, with big eyes and sparse backgrounds. It's the characters and plot that stand out on this one. It was interesting reading a shojo manga with a male protagonist and Kippei develops a lot over the course of this 7 volume series. The plot was believable with the drama being realistic and not over-the-top. In short, Aishiteruze Baby was a very enjoyable read.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Ai-Ore! Danshikō no Hime to Joshikō no Ōji (manga) [Rating▲▼] Decent [Comment▲▼]

Output: This is the continuation of Ai Ore!. While I mostly enjoyed this "odd couple" romance, I felt it started to drag after awhile. Mizuki was extremely insecure, and I felt that this was mostly used as a plot device in order for the couple to argue over stupid shit, break up, and then get back together. I noticed this pattern repeat itself a few times. Still the series is so ridiculously over the top that I can't hate it. It was entertaining for a one time read.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Ai Ore! (manga) [Rating▲▼] Decent [Comment▲▼]

Output: This is the first three volumes of Mayu Shinjo's genderbending romance, Ai Ore!, in which a masculine girl and feminine boy get together. There really isn't much to it. Mizuki is in a band and when their singer leaves, girlish Akira becomes their new singer. The couple start to date shortly thereafter and all sorts of ridiculous gender based hijinks ensue. It is a more lighthearted series than the mangaka's other work, more comedy based and less smutty. I mostly enjoyed it as a pleasant diversion.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Age Called Blue (manga) [Rating▲▼] Very good [Comment▲▼]

Output: The title story features a pair of musicians whose lives sort of parallel that of their rock star idols. The story skips around through the timeline, starting with a tragic beginning and mostly backtracking until the end chapter, which jumps forward again and ties it up on a hopeful note. The rest of the volume contains a couple of short stories. Est Em is another artist that draws men in a very masculine way. I love her style. Really, anything that breaks free of those cookie cutter "manga /anime" art styles and comes up with something distinctive and unique wins points from me on art alone. Fortunately, Est Em can also craft well written short stories with a sense of realism not often seen in yaoi manga. For that, I am a permanent fan and will read anything she publishes in English

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Input: [Read all▲▼] After School Nightmare (manga) [Rating▲▼] Masterpiece [Comment▲▼]

Output: I was blown away by this manga! After School Nightmare reminds me strongly of Revolutionary Girl Utena, but a bit more straightforward and a bit less cryptic. The whole thing has a mysterious, dreamlike feel (even when the students are not dreaming). It was crazy and unpredictable and I tore through the whole thing in only a few hours. It has become my new favorite.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Affair (manga) [Rating▲▼] So-so [Comment▲▼]

Output: I read this a couple of years ago and it didn't make much of an impression. I honestly couldn't remember a thing about it. When I picked it back up, I saw why. It's an anthology. The stories are super short, lack depth and character development, and are just very forgettable. I usually like Shiuko Kano's stuff, but this one just failed to interest me. It was mildly entertaining a best and I doubt I'll remember it tomorrow.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Absolute Boyfriend (manga) [Rating▲▼] Very good [Comment▲▼]

Output: This reminded me quite a bit of Chobits (the anime), except the genders were reversed in this story. While still very entertaining, this story lacks the depth that Chobits had. Rieko was spineless and indecisive. I couldn't figure out why the guys were fighting over her. Despite that, I still really enjoyed the story and recommend it as a light, entertaining read.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] About Love (manga) [Rating▲▼] Decent [Comment▲▼]

Output: This is a pretty low key romance between a wedding planner and his very first client. I like how the romance progressed slowly, from casual acquaintances, to friends, to dating. It felt a lot more natural, unlike a lot of BL romances where they meet and fall into bed right away. On the other hand, the characters are also low key, meaning once they get over their initial communication issues, there isn't much to tell. As a one volume story though, it works. Sometimes it's refreshing to read a romance between average guys.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] A,A' (manga) [Rating▲▼] Very good [Comment▲▼]

Output: This book is a collection of three stories about a genetically modified race of humanoid "unicorns". The title story is about a clone, A', who is sent to work in a research facility when her original dies. This story was my favorite, as it deals with some interesting quesions about whether a clone is "the same" or not. All in all, the whole collection was quite strong. I haven't read much Moto Hagio, but this is the first I've ever read by her and thus remains a favorite.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] 9th Sleep (manga) [Rating▲▼] Decent [Comment▲▼]

Output: Published under DMP's June line, this book contains barely a whiff of boy's love. Instead it's a rather convoluted shoujo fantasy about two kings of heaven who must duel the receive the "king''s soul" and the right to be the next king. The white king, Luke, refuses to fight and kills himself in order to be reborn on Earth as a human. The cycle repeats itself several times. I won't spoil the ending, but it does manage to wrap itself up at the end of the volume. The story is interesting, but a bit too rushed and shallow to be called "good". Tateno's characters all seem to look alike as well. This story probably could've been better with more elaboration and development, but as it it's it only mildly entertaining.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] 7 Billion Needles (manga) [Rating▲▼] Good [Comment▲▼]

Output: This is a short 4 volume sci fi series about a girl who hosts an alien lifeform and must fight an invasion of similar life forms. It's very similar to Parasyte actually. As far as such stories go, I enjoyed it, although it was not nearly as good as Parasyte. I think the characterization was a little shallow in comparison and that's a big reason I wasn't able to enjoy it as much. Also, the plot got a little WTF at the end with the evolutionary mediator showing up. Despite it's problems, the series is at least entertaining. I'm glad I read it, although I'm not sure if I will ever revisit it. I'm much more likely to go back to Parasyte if I'm in the mood for this type of story again.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] 20th Century Boys (manga) [Rating▲▼] Excellent [Comment▲▼]

Output: While not quite as good as Monster, 20th Century Boys is a solid read nonetheless. It's a tightly plotted thriller, with a large cast of distinct characters. It takes place in a couple of time periods and I am amazed that Urasawa could keep an intricately plotted series of this length coherent. I was ready for it to go off the rails, but it never did. That's not to say there weren't some eye rollers. The final reveal for example, where the Friend reveals he's held a grudge because Kenji stole his toy badge when they were kids, is laughably stupid. The story is immersed in a kind of hippy nostalgia that doesn't do anything for me either. I was born in the eighties, I can't relate to growing up in the late 60's. Hell, these characters are older than even my parents. Still, the story works for me if I don't think too hard about the more ridiculous aspects of it. I was entertained the whole way through and would like to read the follow up, 21st Century Boys.

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Input: [Read all▲▼] 100% Perfect Girl (manhwa) [Rating▲▼] Good [Comment▲▼]

Output: In this series, Jay meets a prince from some fictional European country in a hotel lobby. He immediately falls in love with her, tracks her down and asks her to marry him. This was a soap opera, plain and simple. It read a lot like an old fashioned romance novel, with the super possessive hero and the heroine who behaves stupidly. It was almost impossible to take seriously because it was so over the top. There was amnesia, kidnapping, and a bunch of hospital scenes and attempted rapes. It was ridiculously entertaining though. I kept turning the pages wondering what crazy roadblock these two would encounter next. Even the emotions expressed in this were completely over the top. At one point, Jay decides that Jarte must not love her anymore, so she decides to leave him, move to New York and pretend to be a boy. Of course, they're still supposed to be completely in love. None of this is particularly logical. Also, Wann's art really compliments this series well, as all of her characters are impossibly pretty. This series is the sort of trashy guilty pleasure entertianment that I can't stop reading. It's completely melodramatic, but I found it to be a lot of fun.

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Input: [The Mercury News (1999)] >150 years as a profitable operation [Google (1999)]

Output: <1 year as a non-profitable operation


Input: [The Mercury News (1999)] Thousands of empoyees, many with more than 50 years of service [Google (1999)]

Output: Tens of employees, most with fewer than 3 months of service


Input: [The Mercury News (1999)] Well-defined roles, with 7 unions to enforce them [Google (1999)]

Output: No defined roles and strange looks if you ask about them


Input: [The Mercury News (1999)] Key decisions made around an imposing boardroom table by a committee with the publisher presiding [Google (1999)]

Output: Key decisions made in the cafeteria line while a founder is loading his plate with baked organic tofu


Input: [The Mercury News (1999)] All new products based on P&L projections for five years out [Google (1999)]

Output: Most new products based on an engineer developing something Larry or Sergey thinks is cool


Input: [The Mercury News (1999)] Products not released until perfect - this is the first draft of history and the newspaper cannot appear fallible [Google (1999)]

Output: Products released as soon as they're checked for security and stability. We'll let users tell us what needs to be fixed


Input: [The Mercury News (1999)] Smart, articulate journalists, who know what people really need, even if they don't [Google (1999)]

Output: Smart, articulate engineers, who know what people really need, even if they don't


Input: [The Mercury News (1999)] No tolerance for marketing, which is an unfortunate necessity, but taints the journalistic mission [Google (1999)]

Output: No tolerance for marketing, which is an unfortunate necessity, but taints the engineering mission


Input: [Wrestler] Jeff Hardee [Why?] Company was running low on drugged-out pretty boys [Hired or Fired?]

Output: Hired

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Input: [Wrestler] Lanny Storm [Why?] Boring as hell [Hired or Fired?]

Output: Fired

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Input: [Wrestler] Ulllltimate Dragon [Why?] Failed drug test [Hired or Fired?]

Output: Fired

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Input: [Wrestler] Mordechai [Why?] I think this was the kid who sat behind me in Hebrew School [Hired or Fired?]

Output: Hired

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Input: [Wrestler] Hirohito Hase [Why?] Company was running low on stereotypes [Hired or Fired?]

Output: Hired

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Input: [Wrestler] Ted Turnor [Why?] Planning to run WWE out of business, according to pwinsider.com [Hired or Fired?]

Output: Neither

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Input: [Wrestler] Stoned Cold Sheriff Austen [Why?] Got drunk at office party; hit on Lydia MacMahon and then gave her a stunner and threw beer all over her and gave her the finger [Hired or Fired?]

Output: Fired

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Input: [Name] Bi Luping [Age] 23 [Job] student [Nationality] China [Voice]

Output: Overall, I would be afraid to meet someone who has AIDS, but I would treat them as I would anyone else.

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Input: [Name] Wang Xinyan [Age] 55 [Job] retired [Nationality] China [Voice]

Output: If an innocent person gets the virus, I will take sympathy. However, if the person is infected due to promiscuity, I may not be kind.

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Input: [Name] Kerry Johnson [Age] 28 [Job] event planner [Nationality] UK [Voice]

Output: I don't really know the situation here, but back home there has been a great deal about trying not to make these people feel like they're different.

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Input: [Name] Geng Fandi [Age] 32 [Job] clerk [Nationality] China [Voice]

Output: I think people should not treat them any differently, but at the same time we should be aware of the certain measures that can be taken to protect ourselves.

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Input: [Name] Wei Qing [Age] 32 [Job] IT employee [Nationality] China [Voice]

Output: Society's attitude towards people with AIDS is much better than before. We should give them more care and love, in order to help them live with courage.

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Input: [Name] Tian Shuo [Age] 12 [Job] student [Nationality] China [Voice]

Output: My teacher has told us to be friendly towards the unhealthy people and encourage them to be brave.

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Input: [Name] Toby Fountain [Age] 19 [Job] tourist [Nationality] UK [Voice]

Output: I haven't had enough time in China to really know what the attitudes are, but this seems to be a place where differences stand out.

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Input: [verb] ADVEITEN [static meaning] answer [dynamic meaning]

Output: make to answer


Input: [verb] AIUBREN [static meaning] rest [dynamic meaning]

Output: retire


Input: [verb] AMARIR [static meaning] appreciate [dynamic meaning]

Output: come to appreciate


Input: [verb] ASIR [static meaning] be seated [dynamic meaning]

Output: sit down


Input: [verb] BAEȞDAN [static meaning] portray [dynamic meaning]

Output: make a portrait of


Input: [verb] BRIGAN [static meaning] fight [dynamic meaning]

Output: begin fighting


Input: [verb] BURUȞAN [static meaning] use (a tool) [dynamic meaning]

Output: pick up (the tool)


Input: [verb] CEPAN [static meaning] abstain [dynamic meaning]

Output: give up


Input: [verb] CERNAN [static meaning] sift, separate [dynamic meaning]

Output: put to the test


Input: [verb] CINTURAN [static meaning] surround [dynamic meaning]

Output: go around


Input: [verb] CLAETER [static meaning] vow [dynamic meaning]

Output: administer an oath


Input: [verb] CREGEN [static meaning] eat [dynamic meaning]

Output: feed; come to eat


Input: [verb] CTANEN [static meaning] come [dynamic meaning]

Output: bring


Input: [verb] CULPIR [static meaning] be guilty [dynamic meaning]

Output: accuse


Input: [verb] DEMERIR [static meaning] exist [dynamic meaning]

Output: create


Input: [verb] DESIEN [static meaning] stop (doing something) [dynamic meaning]

Output: stop (someone acting)


Input: [verb] DITAVAN [static meaning] enjoy [dynamic meaning]

Output: come or cause to enjoy


Input: [verb] DORMIR [static meaning] sleep [dynamic meaning]

Output: fall asleep


Input: [verb] DUCIR [static meaning] head for [dynamic meaning]

Output: steer


Input: [verb] ĎIAN [static meaning] extend [dynamic meaning]

Output: propel


Input: [verb] FAILIR [static meaning] be necessary [dynamic meaning]

Output: run out


Input: [verb] FERIEN [static meaning] bear [dynamic meaning]

Output: lift


Input: [verb] GUEBREC [static meaning] fear [dynamic meaning]

Output: terrify


Input: [verb] HABER [static meaning] wear [dynamic meaning]

Output: put on


Input: [verb] HASCIR [static meaning] maintain [dynamic meaning]

Output: argue


Input: [verb] ȞIRAN [static meaning] flutter [dynamic meaning]

Output: shake vigorously


Input: [verb] IDURAN [static meaning] desire [dynamic meaning]

Output: fall for


Input: [verb] KEŤEN [static meaning] bear [dynamic meaning]

Output: beget


Input: [verb] LACEN [static meaning] dwell [dynamic meaning]

Output: move in


Input: [verb] LEILEN [static meaning] see [dynamic meaning]

Output: become aware of


Input: [verb] LIHALAN [static meaning] rise [dynamic meaning]

Output: raise


Input: [verb] MALTREN [static meaning] be sick [dynamic meaning]

Output: make sick


Input: [verb] MONNAN [static meaning] work [dynamic meaning]

Output: hire


Input: [verb] NACITAN [static meaning] carry [dynamic meaning]

Output: load up


Input: [verb] NOER [static meaning] rain [dynamic meaning]

Output: start raining


Input: [verb] NURIR [static meaning] grow [dynamic meaning]

Output: raise, rear


Input: [verb] OBRENIR [static meaning] sit in judgement [dynamic meaning]

Output: make a judgment


Input: [verb] PILLATIR [static meaning] blink [dynamic meaning]

Output: shock


Input: [verb] PLESTEN [static meaning] be spun (cloth, stories) [dynamic meaning]

Output: spin


Input: [verb] PRECUREC [static meaning] beg [dynamic meaning]

Output: impoverish


Input: [verb] PRENAN [static meaning] take [dynamic meaning]

Output: grab


Input: [verb] PSORER [static meaning] serve [dynamic meaning]

Output: enter the service of


Input: [verb] PUGAN [static meaning] end [dynamic meaning]

Output: finish


Input: [verb] RABRIR [static meaning] be delightful [dynamic meaning]

Output: delight


Input: [verb] RIDRIR [static meaning] laugh [dynamic meaning]

Output: burst out laughing


Input: [verb] SCADRAN [static meaning] ride [dynamic meaning]

Output: mount


Input: [verb] SCRIFEC [static meaning] know [dynamic meaning]

Output: learn


Input: [verb] SKADEC [static meaning] pay [dynamic meaning]

Output: punish


Input: [verb] SNUCAN [static meaning] obey [dynamic meaning]

Output: give orders


Input: [verb] SPURIR [static meaning] be subject to [dynamic meaning]

Output: surrender


Input: [verb] SUMERIR [static meaning] study [dynamic meaning]

Output: teach


Input: [verb] TEKER [static meaning] be standing [dynamic meaning]

Output: stand up


Input: [verb] TENEC [static meaning] have [dynamic meaning]

Output: obtain


Input: [verb] TROMIR [static meaning] go astray [dynamic meaning]

Output: trick


Input: [verb] TUORAN [static meaning] flow [dynamic meaning]

Output: pour


Input: [verb] ŤIBEC [static meaning] hurry [dynamic meaning]

Output: urge on


Input: [verb] VALTER [static meaning] be worth [dynamic meaning]

Output: evaluate


Input: [verb] VEŤURAN [static meaning] travel [dynamic meaning]

Output: depart


Input: [verb] ZENDAN [static meaning] indicate [dynamic meaning]

Output: signal


Input: [Spinner] A [Spinning how long?] About 7 years [What do you spin on?] Majacraft Rose

Output: My Traveling Woman shawl made out of BFL/Silk Lynne Vogel colorway singles. The yarn was so beautiful I had to knit something right away. The shawl showcases the colorway beautifully, plus it's super soft.

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What is your favorite thing you've made from your handspun?


Input: [Spinner] C [Spinning how long?] Approx. 19 years. I started knitting when my oldest was 1 and then I wanted to make my OWN yarn. It was a logical next step to start spinning. [What do you spin on?] Schacht Cherry Matchless, Louet S75

Output: Socks from handpainted superwash BFL - they were my first socks from handspun and the color repeat matched as if I had planned it that way - totally a happy accident

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What is your favorite thing you've made from your handspun?


Input: [Spinner] CK [Spinning how long?] I've been spinning for 2 1/2 years [What do you spin on?] Schacht Matchless and Ladybug, Jensen Tina II

Output: Is this a trick question? I have a shawl that I love, but I never wear it because it has mohair in it and it makes me itch terribly. There’s the sweater I’m in the process of making for which I am in deep love with the yarn, but has yet to be knit because I can’t finish the spinning.

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What is your favorite thing you've made from your handspun?


Input: [Spinner] E [Spinning how long?] I have been spinning in my imagination for about 45 years. My secret wish was granted about 5 years ago [What do you spin on?] Schacht Matchless

Output: Sweaters.

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What is your favorite thing you've made from your handspun?


Input: [Spinner] J [Spinning how long?] Started 15 years ago, took a big hiatus (8 years?), obsessively spinning for the past 7 years. [What do you spin on?] Schacht Matchless, Schacht Sidekick, Majacraft Suzie Pro

Output: Shawls and hats, working my way up to a sweater

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Input: [Spinner] K [Spinning how long?] About 12 years. [What do you spin on?] Schacht Matchless that I use to spin singles and my first wheel, a Louet S51 DT, for all my plying needs.

Output: Shawls of many colors and fibers mixed to make a unique piece of wearable art.

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Input: [Spinner] R [Spinning how long?] I've been spinning about 18 months but in the last 4 to 5 months mainly. [What do you spin on?] Schacht Matchless

Output: Small beautiful things.

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Input: Sue for privacy violations committed by Street View van, and lose. Crush original Terminator in hydraulic press and steal his arm. [Blows Your Mind By...]

Output: Pesky Humans...

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Input: Search "Worst band in the world," you are pushed to search results for the band Creed. Drop a Terminator in molten steel, he melts at a theatrically slow pace. [Blows Your Mind By...]

Output: If You...

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Input: Google Groups contains over 845 million messages, the world's largest body of written human conversation. Dept. of Defense tries to use SkyNet to remove a rogue virus from its computers. Turns out SkyNet is the virus! Bummer! [Blows Your Mind By...]

Output: Whoa!

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Input: YouTube You to burn [Blows Your Mind By...]

Output: Would Be Lonely Without...

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Input: Google Maps has mapped a chunk of Mars. The female Terminatrix in Terminator 3 is a composite of T-800 and T-1000 and is powered by an onboard "plasma reactor." [Blows Your Mind By...]

Output: Bet You Didn't Know

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Input: That vertical search engines like SourceTool can be squeezed out with bad advertising rates. That humans are eager to nuke each other into oblivion at the slightest provocation. [Blows Your Mind By...]

Output: Seems to Think...

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Input: Uses a secret algorithm to assign "quality scores" to advertisers' sites, on which it bases ad rates. Takes the concept of "cybernetic revolt" pioneered in films like 1927's Metropolis to the next badass level. [Blows Your Mind By...]

Output: Secret Sauce

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Input: Cuil The Matrix [Blows Your Mind By...]

Output: Lame Takeoff

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Input: suffers, invalid, victim, unfortunate [Alternative Terms(s)]

Output: a person who has . . ., who had

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Input: the deaf, the blind [Alternative Terms(s)]

Output: persons who are deaf persons who are blind persons who are hearing impaired persons who are visually impaired

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Input: deaf and dumb, deaf mute (These out-of-date terms were used to describe a deaf person who also could not speak. Many deaf or hearing-impaired individuals can speak, although their speech may be hard to understand. Deafness does not make a person dumb or ignorant.) [Alternative Terms(s)]

Output: a person who has a speech and hearing impairment, a person who is deaf

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Input: afflicted, crippled, maimed [Alternative Terms(s)]

Output: a person with a disability, or who is physically limited, motion impaired; can be specific, e.g.,with/who has paraplegia

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Input: dummy, dull-witted, retard, half-witted [Alternative Terms(s)]

Output: developmentally disabled

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Input: fits, spells, spastic, attacks [Alternative Terms(s)]

Output: seizures, with/who has cerebral palsy, epilepsy, etc.

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Input: confined to a wheelchair [Alternative Terms(s)]

Output: uses a wheelchair, wheelchair user

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Input: [Message] A New CategoryThe only reason I bring this suggestion up here, is because it could fit in all the sections (Movies, Comics, etc.) A miscellaneous category for both fandoms that are too small to warrant a category or ones that haven't been put up yet due to time constraints. That way, authors still have some place on this site that put these fics up. Posted at 2005-08-23 5:36 [Author]

Output: Plutospawn

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Input: [Message] This is something we've been trying to avoid from the beginning, actually. It's mostly based on my own experiences with MediaMiner--who wants to sift through a humongous Miscellaneous category for their obscure fandom? It's much better for the readers to have specific categories for each fandom, and doesn't lead to a bunch of mis-categorized fics when the specific category has been created. Also, in theory, a new category shouldn't take long to be added. We're currently a bit behind on them, because we're in the middle of revamping the tools we use for managing categories and characters, but once we're finished with that coding, new category suggestions should be able to be added to the database in a matter of hours. That should make it a lot more convenient to just suggest a new category for a fic that doesn't have one yet. Posted at 2005-08-23 19:19 [Author]

Output: SunTyger

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Input: [Message] So you're willing to create an entire new category for a single fic? Or would you prefer a broader category, say, instead of a section for just KotOR or Jade Empire, a category for Bioware games? Posted at 2005-08-25 16:39 [Author]

Output: Plutospawn

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Input: [Message] Not quite sure which forum to ask this in...But which catagory would The Ring/Ringu go in? I've got a fic, and there isn't a catagory already, but I know that it's a film and a book. Posted at 2005-08-26 11:12 [Author]

Output: TamerTerra

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Input: [Message] Sneakily, we have links. We can add a new category under one parent category, and have a link to it under another. (Harry Potter, for instance, leads a fascinating dual life in Books and Movies.) Just submit it as whatever feels most appropriate, and we'll work things out. Posted at 2005-08-26 23:41 [Author]

Output: Kemayo

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Input: [Message] Plutospawn, to answer your question, it depends on the specific fandom. Generally speaking, we'd like to have a specific category for every fandom, even if there's only a single fic in it. After all, just because there's only one fic now doesn't mean it'll be that way forever. In Books, we do things a little differently--sometimes we use an author's name for the category name. This is because some authors write in many different universes, none of which are exceptionally popular (in fanfic terms), and it's hard to pick a name for the individual categories (do we use the book name, the series name, the world name...?). For your specific example, we'd definitely want separate categories for KotOR and Jade Empire, as they're set in vastly different worlds, and "Bioware Games" would be an ever-expanding category that would get completely out of control over time. As usual, I talk too much. I hope this answers your questions! Posted at 2005-08-27 10:38 [Author]

Output: SunTyger

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Input: [Message] Anime categoryI noticed that a Slayers category in the Anime/Manga section is not availible. Is it possible to add it? Posted at 2005-10-01 23:57 [Author]

Output: Ryals-shoal

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Input: [Message] Of course! I've just added it now. If you have any more category suggestions, feel free to use our category suggest form, which is located at www.ficwad.com/suggest.php. Posted at 2005-10-02 21:03 [Author]

Output: SunTyger

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Input: [Message] I totally support not having a Misc. section for exactly the stated reasons. Several things I write are in incredibly tiny fics (to the point that I've been the ONLY person writing ff for something) and it's cool to have a whole, easily found catagory to one's self. Posted at 2005-12-16 17:32 [Author]

Output: Nightspore

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Input: [Message] naruto/tsunade 4ever!!!!! Posted at 2008-02-25 16:21 [Author]

Output: kagura111

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Input: [Name] Pig Ears [Description]

Output: Studies have shown that pigs have a surprising amount of intelligence! Maybe wearing these on your head will have some of those smarts rub off onto you. When all components of the pig set are equipped, you'll experience a delightful change.


Input: [Name] Pig Fork [Description]

Output: The most vital part of a pig outfit. When the dinner bell rings, no plate will survive. When all components of the pig set are equipped, you'll experience a delightful change.


Input: [Name] Pig Tail [Description]

Output: Will a pig's tail curl right back up again if you try to straighten it out? When all components of the pig set are equipped, you'll experience a delightful change.


Input: [Name] Panda Doll [Description]

Output: This panda is truly overjoyed about getting to tag along! Or maybe that is just some especially delicious bamboo. When all components of the panda set are equipped, you'll experience a delightful change.


Input: [Name] Panda Tail [Description]

Output: A panda eats, shoots and leaves. When all components of the panda set are equipped, you'll experience a delightful change.


Input: [Name] Panda Ears [Description]

Output: Wear these panda ears on your head to show your love for all things panda. When all components of the panda set are equipped, you'll experience a delightful change.


Input: [Name] Bazzi Head [Description]

Output: A costume in the shape of a familiar character that is equipped on the head.


Input: [Name] Dao Head [Description]

Output: A costume in the shape of a familiar character that is equipped on the head.


Input: [Name] Acorn [Description]

Output: A backpack in the shape of an acorn, the basic source of food for squirrels. When all components of the squirrel set are equipped, you'll experience a delightful change.


Input: [Name] Squirrel Ears [Description]

Output: Wearing squirrel ears on your head while fighting against zombies may be seen as slightly nutty. When all components of the squirrel set are equipped, you'll experience a delightful change.


Input: [Name] Squirrel Tail [Description]

Output: Can you leap over buildings and glide through the air with this tail? No, it's a Squirrel Tail, not a Flying Squirrel's Tail. When all components of the panda set are equipped, you'll experience a delightful change.


Input: [Name] Indian Warbonnet [Description]

Output: An Indian decorative costume. You can equip it on your character's head. When you equip the whole Indian costumes, there might be some changes.


Input: [Name] Indian Shield [Description]

Output: An Indian decorative costume. You can equip it on your character's back. When you equip the whole Indian costumes, there might be some changes.


Input: [Name] Indian Belt [Description]

Output: An Indian decorative costume. You can equip it on your character's waist. When you equip the whole Indian costumes, there might be some changes.


Input: [Name] Dinosaur Head [Description]

Output: Life, uh, finds a way. Put on this Dinosaur Head to be both terrifying and clever!


Input: [Name] Dinosaur Puppet [Description]

Output: Are dinosaurs allowed to be this adorable?! Take this little prehistoric buddy with you via an egg-shaped backpack.


Input: [date] 11/1/05 [text]

Output: Issues with sftp; couldn't login at all. We dug around forever until a forum post pointed out that SSH requires a valid login shell. Sure enough chshing the user to /usr/local/bin/bash fixed everything.


Input: [date] 11/4/05 [text]

Output: truly beautiful women always reminded him of horses or maybe deer graceful animals with legs and eyes usually skittish often only glimpsed over fences or caught momentarily in someone's lights (not his)


Input: [date] 11/6/05 [text]

Output: walking down pearl st. with no capacity to buy anything does a lot to your perspective. not even a workable credit card in my pocket, or 5 bucks to spend on a drink - and there goes the traction you feel like you've got. $20 in my pocket and i'm the king of the world. w/out? tricky to decide what you're even doing there. all value/traction/liquidity seems to be encoded in dollars. cash or the ready access to debt.


Input: [date] 11/7/05 [text]

Output: it is after midnight a rustling noise outside and i turn on the light to see a momentary wind in the brown grass and the orange-leafed tree most days in this place they don't have weather they have something else with fewer teeth...


Input: [date] 11/14/05 [text]

Output: "when one door closes, another opens" – who makes this shit up, anyway?


Input: [date] 11/18/05 [text]

Output: Here is the problem with every anti-smoking campaign: Smoking, fundamentally, just looks and feels cool. Also: Addiction always creates an economy of need, and a specific kind of currency between addicts. This can take on very ugly forms, but it also (as in most drinking & smoking cultures) can take the form of a kind of reciprocal altruism. And smoking, like drinking, has tangible social benefits - only in a wider range of venues, especially including the workplace.


Input: [date] 11/26/05 [text]

Output: memory colors the present like the parallaxing layers of animation in a 2D sidescroller. behind every scene moves some other. loops of life distorted and torn by the passage of time and the slow chemical death of knowledge.


Input: [date] 11/30/05 [text]

Output: The analogy of unix system to physical security measures in a corporate office works especially because as an administrator, your visibility of either system is limited. This fits with power in general. It's much harder to see the failures of a system when you navigate it by exceptional means. You'll never know how secure a given machine is until you navigate it without root. The inequities of the social system are not manifest to the average CEO. They aren't even manifest to the average college student.


Input: [date] 12/16/05 [text]

Output: Hoppottermus Dreams: an apocalyptic vision


Input: [date] 12/24/05 [text]

Output: The life of an archivist must be sort of nightmarish. Like that king in Dunsany trying to conquer Time himself. Your whole life is dedicated to a noble, necessary impossibility. I guess it's a value, if not a dedication, that I share. The record, at least, should be preserved. Much else should be torn down and fed to the ravening ages. But I digress. [Small cartoon of a stick figure tossing a crown over the edge of a cliff to the bug-eyed, toothy, ravening Ages below, while a castle burns in the background.]


Input: [date] 12/31/05 [text]

Output: Distributed transcription projects are sort of a brilliant idea. Put up your images/mp3s, and a wiki for the transcriptions. Someone has already done this, right?


Input: [Episode] 01 [First Broadcast] 20090223 [Description]

Output: The White Tiger gets his name.


Input: [Episode] 02 [First Broadcast] 20090224 [Description]

Output: Balram finds work in a teashop, but his eyes are set on greater things. When the chance of a job as a chauffeur comes up, he sees a way out of his family's grinding poverty.


Input: [Episode] 03 [First Broadcast] 20090225 [Description]

Output: Balram quickly learns the ropes in his new position as number two driver and leaves his family, his village and his scruples behind as he sets his sights on promotion.


Input: [Episode] 04 [First Broadcast] 20090226 [Description]

Output: Balram's wealthy employers are moving to Delhi, but only one driver will be needed - Balram is determined to make sure the job is his.


Input: [Episode] 05 [First Broadcast] 20090227 [Description]

Output: Balram has made it to the city, and quickly learns that he will need some sharp survival tactics to make his way.


Input: [Episode] 06 [First Broadcast] 20090302 [Description]

Output: Balram comes up against the corruption at the heart of his wealthy employers' lives as a road accident leaves him taking the blame for Pinky Madam's drunkenness.


Input: [Episode] 07 [First Broadcast] 20090303 [Description]

Output: As his employer's marriage falls apart and his business dealings become even more corrupt, Balram begins to dream of the glittering prizes that his new life offers.


Input: [Episode] 08 [First Broadcast] 20090304 [Description]

Output: Temptation stares Balram in the face as he sees just how deeply his employer is mired in the corruption of the city.


Input: [Episode] 09 [First Broadcast] 20090305 [Description]

Output: Balram's fateful decision has been made and now is the moment when he passes the point of no return.


Input: [Episode] 10 LAST [First Broadcast] 20090306 [Description]

Output: Balram has made it out of the darkness and into the dazzle of entrepreneurial success. The cost has been high, and could be even higher in the future, but for the White Tiger the price has been worth it.


Input: [English] wood common noun ( timber common noun) [Spanish] madera common noun [Esperanto]

Output: ligno common noun

English–Spanish dictionary : Translation of the word "wood"


Input: [English] wood common noun ( forest common noun; timber common noun; timberland common noun; woodland common noun) [Spanish] bosque common noun [Esperanto]

Output: arbaro common noun

English–Spanish dictionary : Translation of the word "wood"


Input: [English] firewood common noun [Spanish] leña common noun [Esperanto]

Output: brulligno common noun

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Input: [English] logwood common noun [Spanish] campeche common noun [Esperanto]

Output: kampeĉo common noun

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Input: [English] woodcock common noun [Spanish] becada common noun; chocha common noun [Esperanto]

Output: skolopo common noun

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Input: [English] wooden adjective [Spanish] de madera adjective [Esperanto]

Output: ligna adjective

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Input: [English] wooden adjective ( lifeless adjective; listless adjective; mundane adjective; unexciting adjective) [Spanish] decaído adjective; lánguido adjective; mortecino adjective [Esperanto]

Output: malvigla adjective

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Input: [English] wood‐louse common noun ( sow‐bug common noun) [Spanish] cochinilla de humedad common noun [Esperanto]

Output: onisko common noun

English–Spanish dictionary : Translation of the word "wood"


Input: [English] woodpecker common noun [Spanish] carpintero common noun; pico common noun; pito common noun [Esperanto]

Output: pego common noun

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Input: [English] wood‐sorrel common noun ( oxalis common noun) [Spanish] acederilla common noun; aleluya common noun [Esperanto]

Output: oksalido common noun

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Input: [English] woody adjective [Spanish] selvoso adjective [Esperanto]

Output: arbarriĉa adjective

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Input: [Word] AD [Definition]

Output: Anno Domini – referring to the number of years after the birth of Jesus Christ – used as a time reference.

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Input: [Word] allegiance [Definition]

Output: Loyalty to something – for example, to a leader, a faith or a country.

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Input: [Word] armed forces [Definition]

Output: The army, navy and air force which defend a country in times of peace and war.

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Input: [Word] arrested (police) [Definition]

Output: Taken by the police to a police station and made to stay there to answer questions about illegal actions or activity.

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Input: [Word] assault [Definition]

Output: The criminal act of using physical force against someone or of attacking someone – for example, hitting someone.

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Input: [Word] bank holiday [Definition]

Output: A day when most people have an official day off work and many businesses are closed. A bank holiday can also be called a public holiday.

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Input: [Word] baron [Definition]

Output: A man who has one of the ranks of the British nobility. The title was particularly common during the Middle Ages.

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Input: [Word] BC [Definition]

Output: Before Christ – referring to the number of years before Jesus Christ was born – used as a time reference.

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Input: [Word] bishop [Definition]

Output: A senior member of the clergy in the Christian religion, often in charge of the churches in a particular area 164

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Input: [Word] boom [Definition]

Output: A sharp rise in something – very often in business activity or the economy.

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Input: [Word] brutality [Definition]

Output: Behaviour towards another which is cruel and violent and causes harm.

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Input: [Word] by-election [Definition]

Output: An election held in a parliamentary constituency or local authority area to fill a vacancy (see also General Election).

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Input: [Word] cabinet (government) [Definition]

Output: A group of senior ministers who are responsible for controlling government policy.

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Input: [Word] casualties (medical) [Definition]

Output: People who are wounded or killed (for example, in a war).

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Input: [Word] charter (government) [Definition]

Output: An official written statement which describes the rights and responsibilities of a state and its citizens.

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Input: [Word] chieftain [Definition]

Output: The leader of a clan in Scotland or Ireland.

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Input: [Word] civil disobedience [Definition]

Output: The refusal of members of the public to obey laws, often because they want to protest against political issues.

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Input: [Word] civil law [Definition]

Output: The legal system that deals with disputes between people or groups of people.

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Input: [Word] civil service [Definition]

Output: The departments within the government which manage the business of running the country – people who work for the government can be called civil servants.

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Input: [Word] civil war [Definition]

Output: A war between groups who live in the same country.

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Input: [Word] clan [Definition]

Output: A group of people or families who live under the rule of a chieftain and may be descendants of the same person – a term used traditionally in Scotland.

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Input: [Word] clergy [Definition]

Output: Religious leaders, used here to describe religious leaders in Christian churches.

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Input: [Word] coalition [Definition]

Output: A partnership between different political parties.

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Input: [Word] colonise [Definition]

Output: Inhabit and take control of another country. People who colonise are called colonists.

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Input: [Word] commemorate [Definition]

Output: Show that something or someone is remembered.

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Input: [Word] conquered [Definition]

Output: Beaten in battle. 165

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Input: [Word] constituency [Definition]

Output: A specific area where the voters who live in that place (its constituents) can elect an MP to represent them in Parliament.

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Input: [Word] constitution (law) [Definition]

Output: The legal structure of established laws and principles which is used to govern a country.

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Input: [Word] convention (government) [Definition]

Output: An agreement, often between countries, about particular rules or codes of behaviour.

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Input: [Word] criminal law [Definition]

Output: The legal system that deals with illegal activities.

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Input: [Word] decree (law) [Definition]

Output: Official order, law or decision.

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Input: [Word] democratic country [Definition]

Output: A country which is governed by people who are elected by the population to represent them in Parliament.

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Input: [Word] devolution [Definition]

Output: The passing of power from a central government to another group at a regional or local level, which can then be called a devolved administration.

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Input: [Word] dialect [Definition]

Output: A form of a language spoken by a particular group or people living in a particular area.

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Input: [Word] domestic policies [Definition]

Output: Political decisions that relate to what is happening within a country (as opposed to in another country).

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Input: [Word] electoral register [Definition]

Output: The official list of all the people in a country who are allowed to vote in an election.

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Input: [Word] electorate [Definition]

Output: All the people who are allowed to vote in an election.

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Input: [Word] eligible [Definition]

Output: Allowed by law.

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Input: [Word] ethnic origin [Definition]

Output: The country of birth, someone’s race or the nationality of someone when they were born/the customs and place from which a person and their family originated (or came from).

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Input: [Word] executed [Definition]

Output: Killed as a punishment.

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Input: [Word] first past the post [Definition]

Output: A system of election in which the candidate with the largest number of votes in a particular constituency wins a seat in Parliament.

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Input: [Word] franchise [Definition]

Output: The right to vote.

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Input: [Word] General Election [Definition]

Output: An event in which all the citizens of a country who are allowed to vote choose the people they wish to represent them in their government. 166

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Input: [Word] government policies [Definition]

Output: Official ideas and beliefs that are agreed by a political party about how to govern the Country.

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Input: [Word] guilty [Definition]

Output: Found by a court to have done something which is illegal.

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Input: [Word] heir [Definition]

Output: Someone who will legally receive a person’s money or possessions after their death. The heir to the throne is the person who will become the next king or queen.

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Input: [Word] House (history) [Definition]

Output: A family (for example, House of York).

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Input: [Word] House of Commons [Definition]

Output: That part of the Houses of Parliament where MPs who are elected by the voting public debate political issues.

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Input: [Word] House of Lords [Definition]

Output: That part of the Houses of Parliament where people who have inherited their place or been chosen by the government debate political issues.

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Input: [Word] household [Definition]

Output: A home and the people who live in it/something that relates to a home. (For example, household chores are tasks that are done around the house, such as cleaning and cooking.)

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Input: [Word] Houses of Parliament [Definition]

Output: The building in London where the House of Commons and House of Lords meet.

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Input: [Word] illegal [Definition]

Output: Something which the law does not allow.

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Input: [Word] infrastructure [Definition]

Output: Structured network that is necessary for successful operation of a business or transport system – for example, roads or railways.

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Input: [Word] innocent (law) [Definition]

Output: Found by a court not to have done something illegal.

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Input: [Word] judge [Definition]

Output: The most important official in court. The judge makes sure what happens in court is fair and legal.

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Input: [Word] judiciary [Definition]

Output: All the judges in a country. Together, they are responsible for using the law of the land in the correct way.

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Input: [Word] jury (legal) [Definition]

Output: People who are chosen to sit in court, listen to information about a crime, and decide if someone is guilty or innocent.

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Input: [Word] legal [Definition]

Output: Allowed to do so by law.

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Input: [Word] legislative power [Definition]

Output: The power to make laws.

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Input: [Word] liberty [Definition]

Output: Freedom. 167

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Input: [Word] magistrate [Definition]

Output: A person who acts as a judge in a court case where the crime is not a serious one.

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Input: [Word] marital status [Definition]

Output: Information about whether a person is single, married, separated or divorced. This is often asked for on official forms.

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Input: [Word] media, the [Definition]

Output: All the organisations which give information to the public, i.e. newspapers, magazines, television, radio and the internet.

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Input: [Word] medieval/Middle Ages [Definition]

Output: In history, the period between 1066 and about 1500.

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Input: [Word] monarch [Definition]

Output: The king or queen of a country.

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Input: [Word] national issues [Definition]

Output: Political problems that can affect everyone who lives in a country.

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Input: [Word] nationalised [Definition]

Output: Bought and then controlled by central government – relating to an industry or service that was previously owned privately.

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Input: [Word] nobility [Definition]

Output: The people in a country who belong to the highest social class, some of whom may have titles – for example, Lord, Duke, Baron.

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Input: [Word] office, to be in [Definition]

Output: To be in power in government.

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Input: [Word] Olympics [Definition]

Output: International sporting event held every four years

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Input: [Word] opposition [Definition]

Output: In the House of Commons, the largest political party which is not part of the government is officially known as the opposition.

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Input: [Word] Pale (history) [Definition]

Output: Part of Ireland governed by the English.

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Input: [Word] party politics [Definition]

Output: The shared ideas and beliefs of an organised group of politicians.

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Input: [Word] patron saint [Definition]

Output: A Christian saint who is believed to protect a particular area or group of people.

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Input: [Word] penalty (law) [Definition]

Output: Punishment for breaking the law.

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Input: [Word] Pope, the [Definition]

Output: The head of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Input: [Word] practise a religion [Definition]

Output: Live according to the rules and beliefs of a religion.

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Input: [Word] Prime Minister [Definition]

Output: The politician who leads the government.

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Input: [Word] prohibit/prohibition [Definition]

Output: Make something illegal. 168

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Input: [Word] proportional representation [Definition]

Output: A system of election in which political parties are allowed a number of seats in Parliament that represents their share of the total number of votes cast.

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Input: [Word] Protestants [Definition]

Output: Christians who are not members of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Input: [Word] public body [Definition]

Output: A governmental department or a group of people who represent or work for the government and who work for the good of the general public.

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Input: [Word] public house/pub [Definition]

Output: A place where adults can buy and drink alcohol.

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