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The story
On the 28th, TV personality Minako (43) revealed on her Instagram that she had gotten a new tattoo. After a year in which, as she put it, “emotions swirled like a storm and my surroundings changed like a tornado,” she said she had inked “the important words someone gave me that day” onto her body. On 5ch, the thread turned into a group effort to decipher the English text of the tattoo, and once someone floated the theory “Remember who you are,” a mocking summary of that phrase — “This is who I am” — spread through the thread like a catchphrase. Meanwhile, opinions were split on tattoo culture itself, and plenty of posters couldn’t resist pointing out that her title is forever “Big Daddy’s ex-wife.” The reactions never did settle into any kind of consensus.
Wed, Oct 28, 11:47 AM
Minako (43), a TV personality and the ex-wife of “Big Daddy” Kiyoshi Hayashishita (林下清志), drew attention on the 28th after announcing on her Instagram that she had gotten a new tattoo.
She began, “Earlier this year. So much really happened — my emotions swirled like a storm, and my surroundings changed like a tornado. My heart stayed clouded the whole time,” and continued:
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Read the original article
What people said
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOO wwwwwwwwwwwwwww ("w" is Japanese net-speak for laughter, like "lol")
Knew it had to be that lol
Because they forget after three steps (riffing on the old saying that birds forget everything within three steps)
True lol
That doesn't even explain anything anymore
Obviously — don't underestimate a keyboard warrior (lit. a "net Benkei," after the legendary tough-guy monk)
Wait, she's a TV personality?
This is who I am
Could've just used a marker instead
What's that even supposed to mean? Like "Who are you? Can't remember?"
It means "don't forget who you are," with a nuance of "don't lose sight of your true self or your own worth."
Oh, I see — thanks
Still don't get it
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"Don't forget who you are"
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"This is who I am"
Is that the chain of logic?
Wait, shouldn't this be answered with "what" or "how," not "who"?
Background and Key Points
Minako is a TV personality best known through coverage of her ex-husband, Kiyoshi Hayashishita (better known by his nickname “Big Daddy”), and the fact that her title gets appended with “Big Daddy’s ex-wife” every time she makes news tends to become a talking point in its own right, often treated as a gauge of her own name recognition. The English phrase the thread settled on, “Remember who you are,” is also famous as the line Mufasa says to Simba in The Lion King, and is widely quoted to mean “don’t forget who you are.” Where opinion split was over tattoos as a form of expression itself — some saw inking a life milestone onto one’s body in a positive light, while others dismissed it outright as “graffiti.” It’s worth noting that the exact full English text of the tattoo was never confirmed in the original report, so the thread’s interpretation remains speculation.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Entertainment/Sports News+) thread “Big Daddy’s ex-wife Minako: “I got the important words someone gave me that day tattooed” — reactions include “cute design”.”
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