{"id":1453,"date":"2010-10-31T21:41:17","date_gmt":"2010-10-31T13:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/?p=1453"},"modified":"2010-10-31T22:17:34","modified_gmt":"2010-10-31T14:17:34","slug":"hinomoto-oniko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/2010\/10\/31\/hinomoto-oniko\/","title":{"rendered":"Hinomoto Oniko"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n \u00e6\u2014\u00a5\u00e6\u0153\u00ac\u00e9\u00ac\u00bc\u00e5\u00ad\u0090<\/a> (ri ben gui zi<\/em>) is a common disparaging term in China for Japanese people, dating back to the Sino-Japanese War(s). After the recent Diaoyu\/Senkaku<\/a> geo-political drama, the term has seen a resurgence in popularity in China, where the anti-Japanese movement comes back in fashion every so often.<\/p>\n Some creative Japanese folks noticed that \u00e6\u2014\u00a5\u00e6\u0153\u00ac\u00e9\u00ac\u00bc\u00e5\u00ad\u0090 can easily be parsed as a female Japanese name “Hinomoto Oniko”<\/strong> and the mo\u00c3\u00a9-fication project<\/a> began.<\/p>\n A Japanese blog (that has since been made private) translated some responses obtained from Chinese netizens. Most of the reactions can be summarized as, “What is this I don’t even-” but one guy calmly said, “Please give her long straight black hair.”<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n