OS-tan Collections

Okay, I've tracked the OS-tan phenomenon for a while, and I understand some of their traits and why they're there.  For example:

95-tan's kimono is based on a wallpaper that was included with the Japanese version of Windows95.  Okay, that makes sense.

XP-tan's a little on the *ahem* "large" side because she (like XP) is more pretty than actually useful.  I agree with that one.

2K-tan is, in spite of her multi-fetish appearance, heavily devoted to work -- she's 2K Professional.  I got that.

But there's a couple of OS-tan traits I just don't understand at all, and I'm hoping somebody here can explain them.

The 98-twins:  Sechan is fixated on castrating people with a bottle opener.  o_o  Wait, what?  Is this some kind of commentary on Microsoft's ability to grab us by the scrotum?  And why a bottle opener?  I mean, I could make all kinds of Fraudian references about the "opening", but still ...

XP-Homers:  Homeko is ... well, sexually deranged, and poor Homeo is just confused.  Was there something about the Home editions of XP I never learned?  Were they susceptible to gay porn sites or something?

XP-tan's Largeness is actually due to some weird joke that arose due to her being a lot more of a RAM-hog than the previous systems - which became quite a meme in the community for a few years afterwards...



Get back to you on the two others.

I cant be cirtain, but I belive the XP home thing is based on Japanese society. Hikkimori/NEETS etc, people that have no job and stay at home are often otaku. Its sort of a social phenomenon over there... under the extream stress of japanese rat race etc (kids have killed themselves because they got an A-) people withdraw from society lock themselves away at home and often spend their time on the internet, playing MMOs, watching anime, drawing doujinshi and the like. Just watch "Welcome to the NHK"....

Anyhow, since XP Home is... as her name saggests the home version I think they modeled her after these social skill lacking live at home otaku perverts.

Also, clerification on what nejin said... XPpro's appitite is based on her ram consumption, and her outfit with how much skin it shows, impracticality etc shows her "more pretty then useful" side. As for XPpro being "thick" I think that just comes along with the eating.. I smell bacon I smell pork look out piggy I got a fork..

piggy went away (´･ω･｀)

Not that piggy, I ment XPpro.  :p

you also gotta remember, these were born from the slightly deranges image board futaba, so there's a bunch of japanese inside jokes that we don't quite understand (where did our translator run off to again...?) such as aka-cho-tin and the like.

that might explain the SE-thing. there is a TON of inside jokes that have nothing to do with the OS itself but much to do with the fandom.

Did we ever even have a translator in the first place? >_>

i think we had a translator before i joined....the one with the dancing banana avi. :3

He wasn't a translator, I'm pretty sure of that...

Gads, you people don't waste time, do you?  I'm grateful, just surprised.

I feel foolish after reading the hikikomori bit, since I was discussing it with a co-worker not too long ago.  And I knew about some of the puns in the names and props (Saba-saaba, negi-NEGiES, and so forth), but I hadn't heard that the bottle opener business was among them.  *Shrug.*  

Though I stand corrected on XP's breasts and appetite; thanks.

it's futaba, they're weird. that's pretty much all the explanation you need.

Quote from: "Chocofreak13"it's futaba, they're weird. that's pretty much all the explanation you need.

Even the craziest mind needs something that at least resembles a motive.  They didn't come up with some of these characters by drawing papers from a hat.

once again, we lack a translator. there's lots of inside joke of japanese culture that people from other lands can never hope t understand (without help). it's one of those moments when ya just gotta let it go. ^^

I figured that would be the case.  I've asked a friend who studied Japanese, and she couldn't give me much, either.  I thought about asking my sensei (who trained in Japan), but he barely understands computers; trying to explain the OS-tans would be more than his mind could handle.  And my wife has a Japanese pen-pal, but the lady barely reads English; getting her to understand my questions has proven to be impossible.  That's why I came to you people.

QuoteEven the craziest mind needs something that at least resembles a motive. They didn't come up with some of these characters by drawing papers from a hat.

Do they now...? I'll have to go on a quest looking for that one...

Dont derail there Nejin...

Anyhow, theory on the can opener you can use to focus your search... Your aware that many futaba artists think or treat Hacchan as futanari right? Might explain why her sister has an obsession about removing them...

But isn't that rather the opposite - that her obsession with removing them led to many artists futa-ing her out of spite? Chicken or the egg...

No I think Hacchan ended up that way due to her boyish looks. But who knows? I think its more likely that Hacchan started of with that and Secchan came second. still, I echo earlier statements... why a bottle opener?

Conversations with a friend last night brought up two new questions.

"What happened to 2K's tail?"
What tail?
"That wallpaper you had last week showed her with a USB tail."
Oh, that.  I'm assuming it just got written out.  You've read enough comics to know how that goes.
"Oh, yeah.  Which reminds me, you getting to the shop this weekend? ... "

*Some time later.*

"Now, the dog-girl is NT?"
Close; Inu-T, but based on NT, yeah.
"Inu as in dog."
Right.  You're the DBZ fan; you know how the Japanese feel about puns.
"What's that she's chasing in this .gif?"
... looks like a faun or a satyr.  Hang on, let me extract the frames ...
"Why is she chasing a faun?"
... um, she's trying to reach Narnia?

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Thus the two new questions.  What did happen to 2K's tail (assuming it was supposed to be a tail in the first place), and what's with the faun I see in a few of these comics?  What's that supposed to be?  I would give appropriate graphics, but I'm typing this at work and my boss keeps eyeing me, so I can't go poking through the gallery right now.

The faun is a Futaba character named Hitsuji-kun. He's part-sheep and a butler, since 'histuji' means 'sheep' and 'butler'. He is a friend of Homeo's, and loves Inu-T. Not an OS-tan character, but is associated with a few.

Oddly enough, 2K-tan used to be portrayed as a futanari!

Quote from: "Aurora Borealis"The faun is a Futaba character named Hitsuji-kun. He's part-sheep and a butler, since 'histuji' means 'sheep' and 'butler'. He is a friend of Homeo's, and loves Inu-T. Not an OS-tan character, but is associated with a few.

Okay, that makes sense.  Crossover time at Futaba, I guess.

QuoteOddly enough, 2K-tan used to be portrayed as a futanari!

Used to be?  Judging from this Rule34 stuff the same friend brought me as a joke, I'd say she still is in some places.  So, a hermaphroditic nekomimi cyborg ... she really is multi-purpose, then.

crap, baka baka baka

^ He's referring to 2K-tan

Granted, most of her more interesting bits are the parts not touched on in such crap, but yes, I did mean 2K-san ... though baka definitely fits my friend.  And I'm stealin' that Chi-gif for my desktop.

Quote from: "Dragonbait"Granted, most of her more interesting bits are the parts not touched on in such crap, but yes, I did mean 2K-san ... though baka definitely fits my friend.  And I'm stealin' that Chi-gif for my desktop.

Not ze chi-gif!
also, i was referring to myself because my brain slipped up somewhere.

AURORA, YOU MISSPELLED ;___;
it's Shitsuji. i always loled a bit at that cause of the first part. :3

there's some speculation that Inu-T might like him back. :3

also, in Troubled Windows season two (the second flash animation) is is depicted that 2k can call up usb cables at will (like Poison Ivy from Batman, bringing ivy and such directly out of the ground).

... wait, what?  I've only seen two "Troubled Windows" flashes; one looked like an opening theme, one like a closing ("Xenopittan", I think), and no cables were involved.  Where can I find this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nmwjQnJhBQ

i call it "season 2". :3

Thanks.  Hmm ... looks like a .gif I've seen on this site, set to music.  Well, the first several seconds, anyway.  Interesting.  *Starts downloading.*

yep, i have that .gif. use it as a profile pic on another site. :3