Loveless

DevoVamp · Post by **DevoVamp** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 8:07 pm

AHH! OK, thanks Pudge!! Got it now!

Wendy · Post by **Wendy** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 4:50 am

I'm going to be only one to post here who doesn't like this show I guess.
And it's exactly because of those ears that makes me not like it.

I like normal ears
I can understand cat ears

But I mean...come on...four ears?

In_Gabriel_We_Trust · Post by **In_Gabriel_We_Trust** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:08 am

^
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Sorry. I didn't quite catch that.

has a house in Groanville

Wendy · Post by **Wendy** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:14 am

^ He's not joking actually

Baakay · Post by **Baakay** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 7:37 am

Uende wrote:But I mean...come on...four ears?

Hmmm.

Hadn't quite thought of it that way...

Of course, now, you must understand that I live with a man who is following in his father's footsteps. That is to say, the volume has to be turned up louder and louder as the days go on in order for him to catch it...

... wonder if the extra pair of ears might help

Wendy · Post by **Wendy** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:48 am

Baakay wrote:... wonder if the extra pair of ears might help

OMG! You just made me snort out loud here at work!

looks anyone?

I'm sorry, I have an overactive visualizing imagination and that was just funny!

In_Gabriel_We_Trust · Post by **In_Gabriel_We_Trust** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:22 am

Baakay wrote:That is to say, the volume has to be turned up louder and louder as the days go on in order for him to catch it...

Maybe he can pair up with my grandfather. The volume on his tv makes the THX-trailer sound like a mouse sneezing.

DevoVamp · Post by **DevoVamp** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:11 pm

LOL! Actually, I wondered about that, too. But, what made me wonder was not the fact that they had four hears (a human pair and a cat pair) but the idea that they loose them made me think twice.

I mean, deer loose their antlers, right? But, the blood vessels are all contained in the velvet, which is shed first. There is no blood flow to the antlers, or, if I'm remembering it wrong and there is, that blood flow stops when it's time for the deer to loose their antlers. The thing is, there are certainly no muscles and no nerves in the antlers.

Clearly, this is not the case with the cat ears in Loveless, since the characters frequently move their ears and their tails in order to express their emmotions, as another form of body language. This suggests that the ears and tails MUST have muscles, nerves, tendons, and blood vessels with active blood flow.

So, what I found odd was the idea that after sexual intercourse, all those conections must shut off completely, causing the tissue in the ears and tail to die, causing them to fall off. That seems unlikely.

Now, if the ears and tail were more like antlers, in that they didn't move and didn't seem to have all the nerves and connections and stuff, then it would seem much more likely (to me, anyway) that they would (or could) fall off.

Nevertheless, I still love the show to bits, and that little issue just makes me more curious about it, rather than disliking it. Anybody have any idea if the creator(s) of the show have ever explained this in an interview? Or, maybe one of us could write her/him a letter? Now there's a thought.......!

redwolf · Post by **redwolf** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 5:55 am

You said it for me... I find the fact that their ears suddenly fall off much stranger than having two pairs of ears.

Ah well, anything goes in anime/manga. (though a real explanation would be nice)

DevoVamp · Post by **DevoVamp** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:25 pm

Pudge wrote:
Rilezu cels are hand painted cels based on the original sketches, but were not used in the actual production of the anime. These cels are created for the sole purpose of providing collectors with a tangible cel for their collection. Rilezu cels often come with the original sketches used for the animation.

Ah! Got it! Thanks! My newbie-ness was showing there, for sure! LOL! I totally need money so I can spend it all on cels! LOL!