Reference Document




Calorie Mate
Weird bar-shaped shortbread-kinda nutritional bar. Think it shows up in MGS3.

77 Killing Moves: Galactica Shoryuken
Shoryuken is obviously Ryu's uppercut special from the Street Fighter franchise. The Galactica half of it is most likely a reference to the Galactica Magnum, the special move of Jun Kenzaki, the rival character in Ring ni Kakero.

77 Killing Moves: Upside-Down Neck Hanging Tree
The Neck Hanging Tree is another name [and the one more commonly used in Japanese] for the professional wrestling hold known as the Two-handed Chokelift.

The Death Omen Star
A reference to the Shichousei, from Fist of the North Star.

"Lupin, Lupin"
This line is a reference to the scene in the Lupin III movie, the Castle of Cagliostro, where Lupin and Jigen eat a bowl of meatball spaghetti and fight over eating it.

Counting Primes
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure 6: Stone Ocean. A reference to Pucci's method of calming himself, by counting primes. Saeko then counting off the digits of pi is just adding to the humor, presumably.

Substitute with a crazy pointy nose
The main character from the mahjong series, Akagi.

Spinning Piledriver (screw piledriver)
Zangief's signature move from the Street Fighter franchise. Saeko is calling for a screwdriver, but calls for one of these instead.

My hard-on resonates (furueruzo haado)
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure 1: Phantom Blood. The original line is "furueruzo haato," which was translated by fansub groups as "my heart resonates."

77 Killing Moves: 893-layer Limit Kick
893 is goroawase for "yakuza," and the -layer limit kick is Rurouni Kenshin's Futae no Kiwami. Presumably, the move is a mafia kick (yakuza kick in JP), or "Big Boot," as it's known in prowrestling

Gonorego from volume 1
Weird reference. Gonorego is a Japanese web flash animation series with a protagonist loosely based on the protagonist from popular and long-running manga series Golgo 13.

Mergury or Jubiter
clearly sailor moon. Even has the second season being called R or whatever

Hatto Motto
Hotto Motto premade bento chain

Steel Elbow Rhythmless Strike (Hijitetsu Mubyoushi)
Mubyoushi is a reference to Kenichi's signature strike from History's Strongest Disciple

77 Killing Moves: 100-hit Nail Punch
Toriko

Mission Impossible
self-explanatory

Nohto Aiphon
"Not iPhone." Presumably her secret move involves taking a flip phone and closing it onto Hiroshi's nipples.

Kochou Zone
Prince of Tennis, Tezuka Zone

Demon but actually an angel
Perhaps a reference to Akaya Kirihara from PoT; I don't watch that show

Final Rising Sun
A reference to Mudazumo Naki Kaikaku, AKA The Legend of Koizumi. Specifically, "Final Rising Sun" refers to the massive 26-page super spread at the end of an arc where Prime Minister Koizumi wins with Kokushi-musou against Super-Aryan-mode Adolf Hitler.

Ordering a smile
Japanese McDonalds [generally] have "A Smile" listed on their menus for zero yen. Just a cute little customer service thing.

"We give thanks to all ingredients of the world"
Toriko

Figs
Ichijiku (fig) is a brand of enema products in Japan.

"My HEART resonates! BEAT enough to burn! Descend before me! GOD of IT!"
Oh look it's the rest of that Jojo reference. In addition, the second part of the sentence, "Descend before me etc." is most likely a reference to a Pokemon Battle Revolution Let's Play series done by popular Nicovideo user Mokou, where he says, "Descend before me! God of critical hits!"
The video in question: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm9985019 timestamp 16:43

"I want to see you, I can't see you"
Ai is referencing the song "Aitai" (I Want to See You) by Miliyah Kato. Minor joke in that the song is from 2006, despite Ai calling it "the newest J-pop stuff," which Makoto then lampshades.

Houjou Three-Minute Cooking
A reference to Kewpie Three-Minute Cooking, an old cooking show that aired starting in 1962, still being aired today, apparently. The main theme that plays after the distinctive television sounds and the phrase "It is now lunchtime. Kewpie Three-Minute Cooking" are incredibly distinctive and well-known throughout Japan's generations. Shoutout to my mother for somehow saying the rest of the in-game reference more-or-less verbatim after I asked her if she recognized the first line in the car.

Maybe it's a shooting star... No, shooting stars are faster, yeah.
A reference to the final episode of Mobile Fighter Zeta Gundam. The line in question is said by Camille after he defeats Scirocco.

It's important, so I said it twice.
References a Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. commercial from 2008 for a product known as Tough Dent—a detergent to clean dentures with. The commercial in question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cHtNezvK3E

77 Killing Moves: Vice Grip Pinch
A reference to Hanayama Kaoru's Vice Grip move from Baki the Grappler.

Messatsu
Ai saying "Messatsu" and the sheer number of hits following make this a clear reference to one of the most iconic super moves in all of fighting game history: Akuma's Raging Demon, or Shun Goku Satsu. The line Ai-says following the move, "I am she who masters the fist" is almost verbatim Akuma's self-given title.

Manga based off of visual novels
Hiroshi seems to be reading manga adaptations of Minato Soft VNs, "Kimi ga Aruji de Shitsuji ga Ore de" (AKA "They Are My Noble Masters") and "Maji de Watashi ni Koishinasai!"

American maid
A reference to Stacy Connor, a character from the later installments of the Majikoi series. The reason for Saeko's inexplicable anger about Hiroshi not liking the character is most likely because they share voice actors.

"How to cook food that looks even better than the stuff from Gh_bli movies. Even a Princess Mononoke can do it."
Obviously for Studio Ghibli movies, which are somewhat renowned for how good the food looks in their scenes. The Princess Mononoke part is essentially just the book saying, "Even a feral girl raised by wolves could cook this food!"

"Every single iteration of a nationally popular RPG..."
Hiroshi is referring to the Dragon Quest RPG series; specifically a recurring event known as "puff-puff" that one can find in almost every single title of the series, which is exactly what you'd expect.

Ai-san's 100-Friend Plan
Most likely a reference to Majikoi's Yukie's 100-Friend Plan, but this seems to be a vaaaguely common thing throughout Japanese culture. Very vaguely.

77 Killing Moves: Tsujihameha
The iconic DBZ special attack. The latter part of the line refers to the Father-Son Kamehameha used by Gohan to defeat Perfect Cell.

"Nine strikes in an instant"
A reference to Kuzuryusen, a signature technique of the Hiten Mitsurugi style of swordsmanship from Rurouni Kenshin. The gist of the technique is that it hits all nine vital spots of the human body simultaneously.

Butt-Crunching Bug
A reference to Butt-Biting Bug (oshirikajirimushi), a character featured in a song with the same name from the 2007 NHK children's show "Songs for Everyone."

"There's no kicking in exam prep. There was once a time where I thought that."
The original line is "There's no kicking in boxing. There was once a time where I thought that," said in Baki the Grappler by the titular character. (Something about how boxing actually consists of "kicking the ground"?)

Raging Sister Storm
Original: Raging Storm, a special move used by the Geese Howard and Rock Howard in the SNK fighting game Fatal Fury, as well as making appearances in the King of Fighters series.

"Shove [my] hand up your ass and make your back teeth rattle"
A phrase said in the 1962 television program Tenamonya Sandogasa by the character Tokijirou, played by Fujita Makoto, as a threat made to whatever rapscallion he may have been up against at the time.

Koshinaka Attack
Koshinaka Shirou is a professional wrestler from Tokyo, known for his signature "Hip Attack," where he bounces his opponent off the ropes, jumps, and slams his butt into their face.

"Shall I tell you what you're lacking!? Passionelegance..."
A reference to a line that the character Straight Cougar says in the anime S-CRY-ed, while he clashes with the protagonist.

"Water that looks like something that a harp-playing princess from the Alps would drink... deflates your eyeballs."
A reference to the Italian food arc of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 4, when Okuyasu drinks the water from Tonio's restaurant.

Gizuato
Kizuato is a visual novel by Leaf originally released in 1996.

"Reverse your AT Field after being invaded by the thirteenth Dead Apostle, Azanael..."
AT Field and being invaded by the thirteenth iteration of something is a clear reference to Neon Genesis Evangelion. As for Dead Apostle part, that seems to be a Tsukihime reference. Never read it.

"Your next line is!"
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Battle Tendency. Hiroshi is riffing off Joseph Joestar's specialty of predicting an enemy's lines right before they say them, and them gasping in realization afterward.

Flames of Impregnation: Transfer Student
Apparently it's some nukige from 2005 called Honoo no Haramase Tenkousei.

"This presence... Saki?"
This took me a few searches to figure out. The name "Saki" or anything close doesn't appear in Tsujidou (I searched through the untranslated files). There's also no specific notable pop culture references to a Saki. However, there is a Naoe Saki 	in a related VN, who was once part of a biker gang in her backstory [apparently]. It appears that Makoto has had some intense scuffles with Yamato's mother from Majikoi.

Hirato's visual novels research
Ranse is obviously a reference to the Rance series (original JP: ランス→ラソス) and the Two Hart is To Heart (original JP: トゥハート→闘鳩, read "touhato" literally means "fighting doves/pigeons")

"But I can't help but cry."
A reference to a line from the extremely famous volleyball manga, Attack No. 1. Kochou's partner for the tournament in general seems like one big reference to the series, as her name is Nanba Atako.

OPEN THE GAME
References Daniel D'Arby's line from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 3: Stardust Crusaders, said as he starts his poker game against Jotaro.

Daipanman
A kid's show in Japan [that I watched for most of my childhood] known as Anpanman, a superhero whose face was a roll of red bean bread. He would help hungry children by showing up and feeding them pieces of his face and fought an ineffectual villain who was supposed to be a giant humanoid germ that was voiced by the guy who would eventually voice Frieza. As surreal as that description sounds, it's a pretty beloved TV show. I still have a few of the movies on VCR.

Tukkomi no Baku
Kaze Densetsu Bukkomi no Taku is a very old manga series from 1991 to 1997 about a bullied kid that gradually gains confidence by becoming a delinquent.

Your cigarette's backwards.
From the scene in Jojo's Bizarre Adventure part 2: Battle Tendency.

Bye-cha!
Arale Norimaki's standard farewell, from the manga series Dr. Slump by Akira Toryiama, of Dragon Ball fame.

Labuta in the eye of the storm
References Laputa, Castle in the Sky

Gold Taro-san
Referencing Kintaro, a boy from Japanese folklore who had superhuman strength and is well-known throughout Japan as a boy with a rather stocky physique.

I have no need for love
A reference to a line said by Souther from Fist of the North Star. Most likely also a play off of Ai's name, as it means love.

"Acting like a certain group of three people..."
A reference to an old game show called Super Jockey, where one of the segments involved having people dropped into baths of scalding-hot water in exchange for getting to promote themselves. Specifically, the "Don't look! Better not look! Better not!" was the phrase a certain comedy group called "Dachou Club" used to cue that they should be dropped into the water. The phrase has also apparently been used on the internet as a "Don't do this (but actually do this)" kind of thing.

Ending Skit: Woman who used to be a leader of a delinquent group that calls her husband "Master"
References Saki, Yamato's mother, from Majikoi.

Ending Skit: Nepepaah etc.
Renna is apparently singing Tsubame's image song from Majikoi.

MAKI ROUTE

Momma cells have initiated autophagy
A reference to the Toriko scene where his Gourmet Cells give him a time limit to eat anything that tastes good so he can win the fight. Something something mammoth jewel meat, I think.

Paikal X
A reference to a minor plot thing from Detective Conan, where the combination of Conan drinking a Chinese liquor called Baikal while he had a cold caused him to temporarily return to his original form.

Female biker gangs from around Nanahama and Kawakami
Referring again to Saki, Yamato's mother from Majikoi, who was a female biker gang member. The black-haired demon near the Tama River is, of course, Momoyo.

"Hiroshi-kun"
The raspy voice is a clear reference to the age-old children's TV show Doraemon, specifically the way he says "Nobita-kun" when talking to the main character.

Dokimeki Memorial
Tokimeki Memorial. Do you even have to look at this for that one? What?

Chicky Chicky Bang-Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Do_is Day and Que _era Sera
Grandma Miou apparently was a fan of Doris Day back in the day, well known for her song Que Sera Sera, which is vaguely mutilated-Spanish for "Whatever will be, will be."

Tanukiemon and all -emon related stuff
Again, these are Doraemon references. Specifically, Doraemon was a cat-shaped robot (that often got mistaken for being a tanuki because he lost his ears at some point) from the 22nd century who was sent back in time by the main character's descendent to try to make him into less worthless human being (he's an idiot that constantly gets bullied by the neighborhood bully Gian). His main thing was he had a 4th-dimensional pocket that contained lots of gadgets from the 22nd century. He lived in the main character's closet in his room.

Kabuki actor hair
The little "unfooorgivaaable" "yooohh" "pon" exchange is just a reference to extremely stereotypical kabuki theatrics.

Father from an old financing company commercial
A series of commercials for the company Aiful ran in the early 2000s, mostly about a middle-aged father being convinced to take out a loan so he can spoil his cutely whimpering chihuahua.

Poof spell
The original Japanese was nifuramu, which is apparently the name of some reoccuring spell in the Dragon Quest series that removes monsters from the battlefield. The localizations translate the spell name as "Poof."

Acceleration module
This is a reference to Joe Shimamura, the titular cyborg from Cyborg 009. He had a module that allowed him to move at speeds so fast that his surroundings essentially became paused, turned on by a switch in his teeth.

"The correct answer is the opposite of what you're thinking right now. But that was a big mistake."
This is apparently a quote from Setzer Gabbani, from Final Fantasy VI.

Ride! Ride the wind!
A line said by the winners of the 2011 Japan International Birdman Rally, a competition where people ride homemade gliders, hanggliders, and human-powered aircraft and see how far they can get.

Ryouko scene with Tiara
The "onetwothreefourfivesixseveneightnine" thing is again a reference to Kuzu Ryusen from Rurouni Kenshin. Her saying, "I'll be sure to bring you happiness" is a reference to Kaworu's line to Shinji in Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Death-Houkoudan
Hibiki Ryouga from Ranma 1/2 has a move called "Shishi Houkoudan," with "Shishi" meaning "lion." Ai's version subs out the kanji for lion with the kanji for death twice over.

Perika
Referencing Kaiji when the titular character is forced to work off debt in the mines, paid in a currency called pelica.

Golgom RX
Both parts of the motorcycle's name are references to the Masked Rider Black series, which ran in the late 80's. Golgom is the name of the enemy organization, and RX is the title appended to Masked Rider Black for the sequel series.

You're lying dondokodooon
Another Masked Rider reference, this time to Blade, which aired in the mid-00's. The line in question is said by the main character Kenzaki Kazuma, and is apparently somewhat of a meme in Japanese internet community for whatever reason.

"How about you explain yourself?"
This line and the following exchange are the lines said by Dr. Nitro from the show Montana Jones. Dr. Nitro is the somewhat bumbling genius inventor working for the series villain, and he always gives the excuse of "if I had a little more time and money..." to the villain when his inventions inevitably fail.

"Yeah, we've only just started climbing."
A reference to the titular line from the manga Otoko Zaka.

"All will disappear before my summer break!"
References, "King Crimson! All will disappear before my stand!" said by Diavolo from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 5: Vento Aureo. I guess it's technically Giogio's for that one. The Hirato line afterward is likewise a reference to Gold Experience Requiem from the end of Vento Aureo.

Keseran Pasaran
A kinda-weird Japanese cryptid that's supposedly just a puff of white feather-like material that floats on the wind.

"This is the taste of a liar!"
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 5: Vento Aureo, when Bruno Buccellati licks Giorno in the tram car.

Murofushi
Koji Alexander Murofushi is a Japanese olympic athlete, having won several gold medals in the hammer throw.

"Your cells haven't evolved enough. You should go to the south pole."
Most likely a reference to the Ice Hell arc of Toriko.

Tenha Kassatsu
This is the technique that Kenshiro uses in Fist of the North Star to counter Souther's inverted vital points.

Haryarinpa
A reference to a series called Harimogu Harley (localized as Harley Spiny) who was a weird hedgehog thing that shouted "haryarinpa" and tackled people when he got angry.

"You could definitely become a great young detective if your body shrunk down tomorrow"
A reference to Detective Conan (Case Closed in localization), where the main character is a high school detective whose body gets shrunk down and he continues to solve cases with the body of a child. He has a lot of awfully convenient skills such as jet ski driving, helicopter piloting, gunplay, etc. that he always justifies with "My dad taught me how to do it in Hawaii."

"Are you this store's master?"
Something something Fate/Stay Night when Saber is first summoned.

Bath infused with dragon sweat
In the Doraemon movie Mugen Sankenshi (something like "Three Swordsmen of Infinity") the heroes (Nobita, Gian, Suneo) set out to slay a dragon [in a dream-based video game] to bathe in its blood to become immortal (a la the myth of Sigurd/Siegfried from Nibelungenlied). They can't really bring themselves to kill the dragon after defeating it, and the dragon allows them to take a bath infused with its sweat out of gratitude, which will allow them to ressurect just once after death.

Pachinko places for 4,000 yen a ball
Reference to the Bog Arc in Kaiji

End-of-the-century legendary sexual predator
Probably a play on the PS1 Fist of the North Star game, with the subtitle "Seikimatsu no Kyuuseishu Densetsu," which literally translates to something like "end-of-the-century savior legend"

Melancholy of Koshigoe Maki
Obviously a reference to the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. The sunny-sunny fun time is also just me giving a garbage literal TL to Hare Hare Yukai.

Suction scene with Maki and cake
Big reference to Joseph's first fight against Wham in Jojo's Bizarre Adventure 2: Battle Tendency.

Tiara during volleyball
When she says, "Embarrassin', lemme tell ya~" she actually says "Maicchingu," the catch phrase of the titular character of Miss Machiko (roughly means "embarrassing"). The main thing for the manga is that Miss Machiko is an elementary school teacher that frequently finds herself in various sexually revealing situations.

"Dai is wrapped! He can't flee!"
Obviously a pokemon reference.



RENNA ROUTE

Bald man grinning at daughter
Probably supposed to be Jun from Majikoi, considering the word used is "hageotoko"

The whole Azu-nyan thing
K-on or whatever.

The World
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 3: Stardust Crusaders. The name of Dio's stand, and Hiroshi's little inner monologue after that part is a reference to Polnareff finding that he's taken a step back instead of forward when confronting Dio.

Duralumin
Reference to Yotsuba from Yotsubato naming her teddy bear the same.

Geass
Code Geass obv.

"Does anyone have a Death Note? A Dictator Switch would be fine too."
The Death Note part is obviously a reference to, well, Death Note. The Dictator Switch is a reference to a relatively infamous chapter/episode of Doraemon where Nobita gets sick of Gian always bullying him and says he should just disappear. Doraemon gives Nobita a gadget called the Dictator Switch which future-era dictators use that essentially makes it so a person never existed at all and only the person who used the switch remembers them. The episode's essentially an aesop that you shouldn't ever wish another person didn't exist, and it ends with Nobita regretting doing so after one thing leading to another and he's erased literally every single other person from existence. It's all fixed in the end of course, 'cause how on earth would that be a kid's TV show otherwise.

"Awaken! The cosmos within me!"
Saint Seiya reference.

"Shiniiiiing... Fungeeeerr!!!"
Reference to Shining Finger, Domon Kasshu's signature attack from Mobile Fighter G Gundam.

"Aaaaaah～～～～tatatatatatatatatah!!"
Bruce Lee sounds. Or Fist of the North Star sounds.

"I haven't seen something make a sound like this since Unit-01."
Referring to Unit-01's berserk mode from Neon Genesis Evangelion.

"Moon Wannabelazy Power・Make Uuuup!"
Reference to Sailor Moon's transformation phrase.

"Deposition!"
A reference to the transformation phrase of Space Sheriff Gavan.

"My Lord... Forgive me, for I use no gimmick or trick."
The transformation mantra from an old 90s anime called Saint Tail. I actually trawled through a full episode of this to see what the fansubs used for the line. 90s anime is weird.

Sa_ae-san
Sazae-san. Duh duh duh.

"Are you talking about Grilliiiiiiiin!?"
The line from Dragonball Z when Goku loses it after Frieza mentions blowing up "that earthling."

The whole Kuki rant from Renna
Obv a reference to Monshiro from Majikoi, as well as the Kukis in general... Is this even a reference if it's in the same setting?

Shounan Martial Arts Tournament
Hana says "Shounanichi Budoukai," à la Dragonball. The "Watch your feet" thing is a reference to Yamcha losing to Shen during the tournament. Again, I don't read dragonball or whatever so I had to go trawl through the manga to see what the wording/context was. Chapter 174, in case you were wondering.

Second Impact, Lance of Longinus
The lance of longinus is an actual thing (the spear that pierced Christ's side; also appears in Hellsing, etc.) but since it appears alongside the Second Impact line it's probably supposed to also be a Neon Genesis Evangelion reference.

Humankind! Listen well!
Reference to Shinryaku Ika Musume or whatever.

The tale of, "I came here for my boyfriend to find him locked in an embrace with some girl with giant boobs-degozaru.
Reference to the episode titles of Ninja Hattori-kun.

ＹＥＳＹＥＳ♪
Probably a reference to Terrence D'Arby's stand Atum in Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 3: Stardust Crusaders.