Talk:List of The World God Only Knows chapters

Chapter title references in The World God Only Knows

FLAG.03 - *"Baby You're A Rich Man" by The Beatles

FLAG.04 - *"Drive My Car" by The Beatles

FLAG.05 - "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" by The Beatles

FLAG.07 - "IDOL BOMB!" - Japanese Idol magazine "BOMB"

FLAG.08 - "UP TO BOY" - Japanese Idol magazine "UTB"

FLAG.09 - "Heibon" - Japanese magazine (publication suspended since 1987)

FLAG.10 - "Shining Star" - Japanese Idol magazine

FLAG.13 - "The Inside and Outside of a Big Wall (大きな壁の中と外)" - A novel by Arai Motoko (SF writer)

FLAG.14 - "Inside of Me (私のなかの･･････)" - A novel by Arai Motoko (SF writer)

FLAG.15 - "Open the Door (扉を開けて)" - A novel by Arai Motoko (SF writer)

FLAG.16 - "The Last Day (おしまいの日)" - A novel by Arai Motoko (SF writer)

FLAG.18~21 - "一花繚乱", "以心分心", "優勝烈敗", "一拳落着" - Pun of four-word idioms

FLAG. 22~27 - Title arranged with Akage no Anne-style title

FLAG.28 - "Rainy Days And Mondays" by The Carpenters

FLAG.29 - "If You Find Your Ways, it Always Rains (たどりついたらいつも雨ふり)" by Takuro Yoshida

FLAG.30 - "If the Rain Stopped (雨がやんだら)" by Yukiji Asaoka

FLAG.31 - "10% Expected Rainfall (10％の雨予報)" - Anime OP for Miyuki - by H²O

FLAG.32 - "Singing in the Rain". Lyrics by Arthur Freed and music by Nacio Herb Brown

FLAG.34 - "Demolish the Bricks (つみき くずし)" - TV drama

FLAG.35 - "The Dawn of Something (なにかの☆よあけ)" - Documentary show

FLAG.37 - "2年B組長瀬先生" - Parody of TV drama

FLAG.38 - "School Wars (スクール☆ウォーズ)" - Japanese TV drama / "TV drama OP"

FLAG.39 - "Eager Times(熱中時代)" - TV drama / "TV drama OP"

FLAG.40 - "Scrapped Teacher (スクラップト・ティーチャー)" - Parody of school drama / "Episode 1"

FLAG.41 - "In the Heart, the Sun Will Always... (いつも心に太陽を)" - Japanese title for "To Sir, with Love (1967)"

FLAG.43 - "Moon Child" - A song... But whose?

FLAG.44 - "The Half Moon is the Color of Love (ハーフムーンはときめき色)" by Minami Syouko

FLAG.45 - "The Moon and a Glove (月とテブクロ)" by Kinniku Shōjo Tai (KING-SHOW)

FLAG.46 - "Mr. Moonlight" by The Beatles

FLAG.47 - "彼女の彼" by Watanabe Misato

FLAG.48 - "Kanojo-Kanojo (彼女彼女の事情)" - Parody of Masami Tsuda's "His and Her Circumstances"

FLAG.49 - "Kanojo x Kanojo x Kare (彼女×彼女×彼)" - Parody of CROSS-NET's galge "彼女×彼女×彼女" (WARNING: +18 content)

FLAG.50~53 - **"H2O, Touch, Slow Step, Mostly Sunny" - Parodies of Mitsuru Adachi works

FLAG.55 - *"Help!" by The Beatles

FLAG.65 - "Girls Next Door" - Might be a reference to an American country music group.

FLAG.66 - "Nights in White Satin" by The Moody Blues

FLAG.67 - "Ride My See-Saw" by The Moody Blues

FLAG.68 - "Every Good Girl Deserves Favour" - Parody of The Moody Blues' sixth album.

FLAG.69~72 - Char siu, meatball, mochi, ramen - Ramen-related

FLAG.73~74 - Mozart's Songs

FLAG.75 - "Summer Wars" - Reference to the movie~

FLAG.76~79 - Shogi-related

FLAG.80 - "Pajama de Ojama" - Reference to Watase Yuu's one-shot.

FLAG.81 - "Shoujo Shounen" - A direct reference to Yabuuchi Yuu's gender-bender manga.

FLAG.82 - "Boku to Kanojo no XXX" - Parody of Ai Morinaga's gender-bender manga.

FLAG.83 - "Torikaebaya Monogatari" - Reference to this literary work.

FLAG.84 - "Pretty Face" - Gender-bender manga by Yasuhiro Kano.

FLAG.85 - "Twinkle Twinkle Idol Star" - Parody of Hikaru Toyama's manga.

FLAG.86 - "I Are You, You Am Me" - Parody of Hisashi Yamanaka's children literature.

FLAG.87 - ***"Princess Debut" - An otome game developed by Cave.

FLAG.88 - "Body Jack - Tanoshii Yutai Ridatsu" - An adult OAV, original work by To Moriyama (Naoki Yamamoto).

^Credits to myself for the finds and verification.
^* Credit to YourOtaku from MangaFox.
^** Credit to Kugapil from MangaFox.
^*** Credit to Infinix from TVtropes.org

BishojoMeister (talk) 04:34, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

I do have to ask, is there a reliable source that points any of these out? If not, they unfortunately are original research. 「ダイノガイ千？！」^{? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000} 19:26, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

I do acknowledge these are my original research, but I do have reasons to say that some of these were intended by the author. His blogs like this and this. He has quite a hobby in music, film and games. Although these won't be enough for everything... You got to admit The Beastles references are right. Please don't put tags on it! Ha,ha,ha. I'm just kidding. I could contact the author—if I can—to ask him, would do justice for you? BishojoMeister (talk) 04:00, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

You're certainly free to try and contact him and have him confirm it, but in order for it to be usable as a valid source, he must confirm it on his blog or in some other public announcement. 「ダイノガイ千？！」^{? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000} 18:42, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Mr. Wakaki has responded on his blog entry. I am thankful that he has read and replied it. But this doesn't mean these are correct. BishojoMeister (talk) 02:43, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Very cool that you got a reply; unfortunately, Google Translate garbled the text just enough that it's rather difficult to ascertain exactly what he was trying to say (I'm assuming that you can read Japanese, though, so maybe not such a problem for you...?). And exactly what do you mean by "this doesn't mean these are correct" - are you talking about your list above? 「ダイノガイ千？！」^{? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000} 16:43, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

I can't read Japanese either. But this is what he said about the chapter titles.

F2-F5 The Beatles
F7-F10 Names of Japanese Idol Magazines
F13-F16 Titles of Arai Motoko's novels
F18-F21 4 word idioms
F28-F33 Song titles with the word "rain"
F33-F35 Names of Japanese drama and programs in hiragana
F36-F41 Titles of dramas and movies where the teacher is the protagonist
F43-F46 Song titles with "moon"
F47-F49 Things with both "Her" and "His" inside. "彼女の彼" is Watanabe Misato's song.
F50-F53 Titles of Adachi Mitsuru's works
F57-F64 Chinese characters 2 Phrase
F66-F68 Moody Blues
And he says The Beatles references are right.

Anyhow, when I said "these aren't correct", I meant the original list I've constructed. The list is under clarification with a valid source from the author himself.BishojoMeister (talk) 03:50, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

All right, cool. If you need help translating the page, then, you may want to ask User:Doceirias if he can spare a few minutes, or just post a general request at WT:ANIME. 「ダイノガイ千？！」^{? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000} 17:36, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

FLAG.73~74 - "The Escape from the Seraglio", "The Magic Flute" - References to Mozart's operatic pieces.

FLAG.102 - "Devil May Cry"

FLAG.105 - "Love Triangle Letter" by Triangle (Japanese pop group).

FLAG.106 - "Three of a Perfect Pair"*⁴, album/song by King Crimson.

FLAG.107 - "Run Run Run"*⁴ by the Velvet Underground.

FLAG.108 - "Venus in Furs"*⁴ by the Velvet Underground.

FLAG.110 - "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

FLAG.112 - "Absolute Girlfriend" - An allusion to the shojo manga Absolute Boyfriend by Yuu Watase.

FLAG.113 - "A・I" - A reference to the sci-fi film A.I. Artificial Intelligence. Based on the short story "Super-Toys Last All Summer Long" by Brian Aldiss.

FLAG.114 - "Apollo"

FLAG.115 - "Debris of the Sun" by Yutaka Ozaki.

^*⁴ Credit to TV Troper(s).

The list is also being updated at TV Tropes TWGOK article under the Shout Outs folder. BishojoMeister (talk) 17:36, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

Flag 18-21 Japanese 4-word idioms

一花繚乱 from 百花繚乱(many flowers blooming in profusion, gathering of many beautiful women/talented people)

以心分心 from 以心伝心(tacit understanding)

優勝烈敗 from 優勝劣敗(survival of the fittest)

一拳落着 from 一件落着(settled issue, case closed)

In his blog, Wakaki said that Haqua arc titles styled from Akage no Anne titles NecocYaotl(talk) 14:57, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

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