Rocket Monster Gold
Literally this reads "Rocket Monster Gold" (i.e. Pokemon Gold). However, it is also a pun on the name of the leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-il. (Kim, the Korean reading of the character for "gold", is a very popular Korean surname.)
The furigana read "Getto da ze!", the original tagline for the Pokemon games (translated as "Gotta catch 'em all!" in the West).
However, the kanji shown mean "abduct".
Pika- is clearly a Pikachu reference, while -don appears to be the Japanese rendering of the æ´ž (-dong) suffix on the names of North Korean missile tests. (The normal Japanese reading of this kanji is dou.)
"Evil"
in korean
User Comments:
Ketsuban commented at 2008-10-20 12:01:00 » #16786
I've tagged the puns a casual English-speaker might not notice, but I still don't really get it.
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Anonymous commented at 2009-01-12 18:51:13 » #27497
I corrected your "Pocket Monsters Gold" to read "Rocket Monster Gold"...otherwise, good work on the translation and explanations...
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Anonymous commented at 2009-01-12 20:10:19 » #27504
The character on the hat, "ak" means evil.
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Anonymous commented at 2009-11-11 19:27:40 » #151299
um,thanks for telling us what the note meant >_>.its long :)
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Anonymous commented at 2009-12-17 02:47:19 » #179114
Long, but very informative, and appreciated on an old favorite.
How does AK mean evil?
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Anonymous commented at 2010-05-29 03:24:17 » #316187
FYI, "pika-don" (literally "flash-boom") is sometimes also used as onomatopoeia for a nuclear explosion.
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Anonymous commented at 2010-07-26 02:14:17 » #378600
Kim Jong Ketchum strikes again...
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Hybrid commented at 2010-09-16 23:39:24 » #439572
Ak, as in aku, which literally means "evil".
Yes, just like in Samurai Jack.
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Anonymous commented at 2011-01-24 19:03:20 » #594265
Stay out of the tall grass in North Korea.
Actually it's probably best to just stay out of North Korea.
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Wilren commented at 2011-07-31 00:10:43 » #830416
Nukeachu, I choose you!
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