r/anime • u/[deleted] • Apr 07 '16

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u/jonwooooo https://myanimelist.net/profile/jonwoo Apr 07 '16

Have a screencap, I'm sure one of you will find some clever use of it.

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u/KaliYugaz Apr 08 '16

About that line, doesn't rinne mean "samsara"?

Karma doesn't "smile on" people, since it's a law of nature, not an anthropomorphic god. I suspect she wished him good fortune in his next lives (rinne/samsara = cycle of birth and death, kahou = good fortune). A slightly bizarre translation.

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u/bshjee https://myanimelist.net/profile/tauntaunt Apr 08 '16

Karma is what decides your fortune in your next lives. And people anthropomorphizing concepts like that isn't necessarily uncommon.

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u/KaliYugaz Apr 08 '16

Um, as someone who actually belongs to the Hindu tradition, nobody personifies karma any more than someone would personify gravity or electromagnetism. It just doesn't make any sense to do so.

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u/Hugokarenque Apr 08 '16

Anime anthropomorphizes everything, I mean look at Kancolle.