Comments on: The secret of seating arrangements http://check.animeblogger.net/2007/02/13/the-secret-of-seating-arrangements/ Unsurprisingly Still Single Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:23:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Crisis_vyper http://check.animeblogger.net/2007/02/13/the-secret-of-seating-arrangements/comment-page-1/#comment-4917 Crisis_vyper Sun, 29 Jul 2007 18:08:41 +0000 http://check.animeblogger.net/2007/02/13/the-secret-of-seating-arrangements/#comment-4917 Interesting indeed, being an otaku for 7 years now and I never noticed the seating arrangements. You have eyes for inanimate anime object details. :) I sat near the main four almost all my high school life, but unfortunately nothing much happened at all. :'( Man now I wish I was an anime character of some kind.....:P Interesting indeed, being an otaku for 7 years now and I never noticed the seating arrangements. You have eyes for inanimate anime object details. :)

I sat near the main four almost all my high school life, but unfortunately nothing much happened at all. :'(

Man now I wish I was an anime character of some kind…..:P

]]> By: Weave http://check.animeblogger.net/2007/02/13/the-secret-of-seating-arrangements/comment-page-1/#comment-1258 Weave Sun, 29 Apr 2007 16:20:22 +0000 http://check.animeblogger.net/2007/02/13/the-secret-of-seating-arrangements/#comment-1258 What is that last pic from? What is that last pic from?

]]> By: TheBigN http://check.animeblogger.net/2007/02/13/the-secret-of-seating-arrangements/comment-page-1/#comment-350 TheBigN Mon, 19 Mar 2007 01:54:17 +0000 http://check.animeblogger.net/2007/02/13/the-secret-of-seating-arrangements/#comment-350 "I wonder what the appeal is in seating by the window? Personally, for the most part of my schooling I seated away from the window to avoid the heat." Obviously when you're bored, it's something to look at and see if anything more interesting is going on. Maybe it's easier/less annoying for someone to draw the seat near the window compared to rows of rows of seats. And wow chair conspiracy. "I wonder what the appeal is in seating by the window? Personally, for the most part of my schooling I seated away from the window to avoid the heat."

Obviously when you're bored, it's something to look at and see if anything more interesting is going on. Maybe it's easier/less annoying for someone to draw the seat near the window compared to rows of rows of seats. And wow chair conspiracy.

]]> By: ThirteenSugars http://check.animeblogger.net/2007/02/13/the-secret-of-seating-arrangements/comment-page-1/#comment-343 ThirteenSugars Sun, 18 Mar 2007 20:58:36 +0000 http://check.animeblogger.net/2007/02/13/the-secret-of-seating-arrangements/#comment-343 This article gave me tha laughs I need for the day. ^^ It actually made me wonder howcome I've never seen a main anime character be seated in front of a row before. I'm trying to think but I can't remember any. Anyway, I've probably experienced all sorts of seating arrangements in the high schools I've been in. I personally loved the one where we can sit anywhere we want to everyday. It's so fun! Cause then when you're early, you get to grab the seat nearest to your crush and know that some girls are plotting to kill you after class because they're so jealous of you. :) lol Although, I really didn't have to do that cause the guy I had a crush on is my notetaker in the class. ^^ This article gave me tha laughs I need for the day. ^^ It actually made me wonder howcome I've never seen a main anime character be seated in front of a row before. I'm trying to think but I can't remember any.

Anyway, I've probably experienced all sorts of seating arrangements in the high schools I've been in. I personally loved the one where we can sit anywhere we want to everyday. It's so fun! Cause then when you're early, you get to grab the seat nearest to your crush and know that some girls are plotting to kill you after class because they're so jealous of you. :) lol

Although, I really didn't have to do that cause the guy I had a crush on is my notetaker in the class. ^^

]]> By: xau http://check.animeblogger.net/2007/02/13/the-secret-of-seating-arrangements/comment-page-1/#comment-342 xau Sun, 18 Mar 2007 18:28:02 +0000 http://check.animeblogger.net/2007/02/13/the-secret-of-seating-arrangements/#comment-342 Anime and manga school classrooms are arranged differently than the high school classrooms that I have been in. Most of the manga and anime I have come in contact with have a similar classroom arrangement, with each student in their individual seat and small desk, arranged in a rectangular array. In addition, there are typically windows on one side of the classroom. My own observation has been that some plotlines involve the main characters 'daydreaming', getting 'distracted', 'fooling around' at one point or another during classtime. These events are typically crucial to character development, and are only possible if they sit far away from the sensei. Anime and manga school classrooms are arranged differently than the high school classrooms that I have been in. Most of the manga and anime I have come in contact with have a similar classroom arrangement, with each student in their individual seat and small desk, arranged in a rectangular array. In addition, there are typically windows on one side of the classroom.

My own observation has been that some plotlines involve the main characters 'daydreaming', getting 'distracted', 'fooling around' at one point or another during classtime. These events are typically crucial to character development, and are only possible if they sit far away from the sensei.

]]> By: Seleria http://check.animeblogger.net/2007/02/13/the-secret-of-seating-arrangements/comment-page-1/#comment-324 Seleria Sun, 18 Mar 2007 06:42:22 +0000 http://check.animeblogger.net/2007/02/13/the-secret-of-seating-arrangements/#comment-324 Very interesting... In addition to the animes mentioned above, Pita Ten and School Rumble also adhere to your theorem. In both animes, the Sakura seat is occupied by Kotaru (Pita Ten) and Tenma (School Rumble), both of whom are main characters. Other important characters occupy the other Big Four seats. I wonder what the appeal is in seating by the window? Personally, for the most part of my schooling I seated away from the window to avoid the heat. Very interesting… In addition to the animes mentioned above, Pita Ten and School Rumble also adhere to your theorem. In both animes, the Sakura seat is occupied by Kotaru (Pita Ten) and Tenma (School Rumble), both of whom are main characters. Other important characters occupy the other Big Four seats.

I wonder what the appeal is in seating by the window? Personally, for the most part of my schooling I seated away from the window to avoid the heat.

]]> By: Kellis http://check.animeblogger.net/2007/02/13/the-secret-of-seating-arrangements/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Kellis Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:52:25 +0000 http://check.animeblogger.net/2007/02/13/the-secret-of-seating-arrangements/#comment-49 @chicho: Well, I left out <i>Negima</i> because <i>every character</i> in the class was significant, in one way or another. Also, I don't have a good source for it. I'm still trying to figure out manga-scan legalities, and I don't have the first series on fansub (before it got licenced), and the current 2006 series don't really use the usual desks-and-chairs. @chicho: Well, I left out Negima because every character in the class was significant, in one way or another.

Also, I don't have a good source for it. I'm still trying to figure out manga-scan legalities, and I don't have the first series on fansub (before it got licenced), and the current 2006 series don't really use the usual desks-and-chairs.

]]> By: chicho http://check.animeblogger.net/2007/02/13/the-secret-of-seating-arrangements/comment-page-1/#comment-48 chicho Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:38:50 +0000 http://check.animeblogger.net/2007/02/13/the-secret-of-seating-arrangements/#comment-48 Pretty interesting theory, I had wondered myself if there was in fact some sort of correlation between seat position and plot importance of the character... but you forgot to mention one manga/anime that goes deep into the sitting arrangements: Negima! Pretty interesting theory, I had wondered myself if there was in fact some sort of correlation between seat position and plot importance of the character…

but you forgot to mention one manga/anime that goes deep into the sitting arrangements: Negima!

]]> By: Kellis http://check.animeblogger.net/2007/02/13/the-secret-of-seating-arrangements/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Kellis Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:18:32 +0000 http://check.animeblogger.net/2007/02/13/the-secret-of-seating-arrangements/#comment-46 @jello: Back in Singapore, most of the time (in my classes, at least) it was pick-your-own. We just grabbed whatever seats we wanted at the beginning of the year, and then we stuck with it for the most part. Occasionally there would be some (very minor) shuffling, mostly if the teacher wanted to keep an eye on someone or other, but I've not personally had to vacate a seat I chose. I usually chose the second seat from the front nearest the doors, and it was amazing how much I could get away with, since I appeared to be outside the teacher's normal field of view. Then again, it could be because of that lack of presence thing. @jello: Back in Singapore, most of the time (in my classes, at least) it was pick-your-own. We just grabbed whatever seats we wanted at the beginning of the year, and then we stuck with it for the most part. Occasionally there would be some (very minor) shuffling, mostly if the teacher wanted to keep an eye on someone or other, but I've not personally had to vacate a seat I chose.

I usually chose the second seat from the front nearest the doors, and it was amazing how much I could get away with, since I appeared to be outside the teacher's normal field of view. Then again, it could be because of that lack of presence thing.

]]> By: jello http://check.animeblogger.net/2007/02/13/the-secret-of-seating-arrangements/comment-page-1/#comment-45 jello Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:05:35 +0000 http://check.animeblogger.net/2007/02/13/the-secret-of-seating-arrangements/#comment-45 It makes me wonder how other places and other countries arrange classroom seating. Pretty much every school I went to had some sort of Alphabetical arrangement be it front-to-back or left-to-right. Basically so it was easier for the teacher to take roll. They could just look up and down, see who wasn't there and mark accordingly. It makes me wonder how other places and other countries arrange classroom seating. Pretty much every school I went to had some sort of Alphabetical arrangement be it front-to-back or left-to-right. Basically so it was easier for the teacher to take roll. They could just look up and down, see who wasn't there and mark accordingly.

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