{"id":1196,"date":"2013-02-03T09:49:09","date_gmt":"2013-02-03T09:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/avery.morrow.name\/blog\/?p=1196"},"modified":"2013-05-15T01:16:05","modified_gmt":"2013-05-15T01:16:05","slug":"the-tao-of-maruko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avery.morrow.name\/blog\/2013\/02\/the-tao-of-maruko\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tao of Maruko"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chibi Maruko-chan is a Japanese children’s TV show full of pathos. For example, here’s the episode I’m watching now, starring Momoko Sakura (“Maruko”) and her best friend Tomo-chan:<\/p>\n

Tomo-chan: (to herself) If Momoko becomes a movie star, she won’t be friends with me anymore!<\/em><\/p>\n

Momoko: Tomo-chan, what’s wrong?<\/p>\n

Tomo-chan: Oh, nothing! Good luck with your audition!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This show is targeted at 3 to 8 year olds.<\/p>\n

Here are some Sayings of Maruko<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Maruko: “I always forget what I have to do for other people, but I never forget what other people have to do for me.”<\/p>\n

Hiroshi: “To live is to forget. If we humans remembered everything, we’d be so sad that we couldn’t go on living. That’s why God lets us forget.”<\/p>\n

Noguchi-san: “Heh heh heh. People who laugh quietly to themselves are so much deeper than cheerful people, cause we don’t let our feelings out. Even if you think it’s a defect of mine, it’s really my strong point… heh heh heh…”<\/p>\n

Maruko: “If only we had a Cold Bank. On days when you don’t want to catch cold, put it in the bank, and take it out when you really need it.”<\/p>\n

Maruko: “Who needs Christmas cards? People who would get angry if you don’t send them cards aren’t good friends anyway.”<\/p>\n

Fujiki: “I may be a coward, but I never lie to myself!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chibi Maruko-chan is a Japanese children’s TV show full of pathos. For example, here’s the episode I’m watching now, starring Momoko Sakura (“Maruko”) and her best friend Tomo-chan: Tomo-chan: (to herself) If Momoko becomes a movie star, she won’t be friends with me anymore! Momoko: Tomo-chan, what’s wrong? Tomo-chan: Oh, nothing! Good luck with your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/avery.morrow.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/avery.morrow.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/avery.morrow.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avery.morrow.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avery.morrow.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1196"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/avery.morrow.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1418,"href":"https:\/\/avery.morrow.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196\/revisions\/1418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/avery.morrow.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avery.morrow.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avery.morrow.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}