Yajirobei's Name
Yajirobei's Name
I think Yajirobei's name comes from an early 19th century Japanese novel by Jippensha Ikku called Hizakurige which is sort of the Huckelberry Finn of Japan. One of the main characters is a fat peasant named Yajirobei. I'm pretty sure this is who Yajirobei's supposed to be loosely based on but I've never seen anything else that says so. Does anybody else have any ideas?
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Now they money's gettin stuck to the gum under the table
That's what ya get when ya misuse what I invent
Your empire falls and ya lose every cent
GZA/Genius
Protect Ya Neck
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Re: Yajirobei's Name
Well... Toriyama said that he wanted a very "Japanese" sounding name for the character... so it's quite possible...Tom Servo wrote:I think Yajirobei's name comes from an early 19th century Japanese novel by Jippensha Ikku called Hizakurige which is sort of the Huckelberry Finn of Japan. One of the main characters is a fat peasant named Yajirobei. I'm pretty sure this is who Yajirobei's supposed to be loosely based on but I've never seen anything else that says so. Does anybody else have any ideas?
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最近、あんまし投稿してないねんけど、見てんで。いっつも見てる。
最近、あんまし投稿してないねんけど、見てんで。いっつも見てる。