Talk:Onigiri

message: I was trying to find the meaning of the term because it appeared in a Megaten video game(Nocturne). But there's not explanation for why it redirects here.
:Musubi is the same as Omusubi. It actually means knot, so it might have referred to some other type of knot than the rice snack. --GunnarRene 01:09, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why does 'Musubi' redirect here? 

message: My mother always taught me that you should never make completely spherical onigiri, unless you are going to eat them at a funeral.  (It would be rude or bad luck otherwise.)  We're from Hawaii, so I don't know if this is just a Hawaii thing.  Has anyone else heard of it?  I've seen a recipe or two on the internet that includes pictures of round rice balls, and if that's a bad thing we would do well to note it.
:I've definitely gone to places and had round onigiri (don't know if they were "completely spherical").  They seem commonplace in Japan...so I think this is either your family's or a Hawaiian custom.  --C S (talk) 09:29, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Onigiri shapes and sizes 

message: Why was it in the first few seasons of pokemon when Brock made onigiri they called them doughnuts?
Later Episodes referred to them as "sandwiches", so my guess is just crapy localizaton.164.116.71.226 20:11, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Some stupid Americans hate riceballs so much, that they re-paint them to look like sandwhiches, or call them doughnuts. RocketMaster (talk) 11:20, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  Reason for changes like that is simple - the editors think American/European kids don't know what "onigiri" is (and they're most likely right). Similar change was made in Sailor Moon, where an onigiri was called some kind of burger, if I remember correctly. -- 78.34.32.165 (talk) 14:54, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  pokemon 

message: The "In Culture" section of this article seems far too limited to references onigiri in Japanese anime, manga and video games ("culture" is indeed something far more broad).  These anime references are largely irrelevant and it seems the writer improperly assumes that the reader is aware of these characters or stories.
This section should be edited for increased relevance and unnecessary references to anime, video game and manga characters should be omitted.
:I think this whole section (which was apparently renamed "in popular culture" in response to the above comment) should be deleted.  Note that the articles on chopsticks or green tea or the myriad Japan-related topics do not have an "in popular culture" section.  Why should someone reading about chopsticks, for example, be subjected to trivia about manga or video game characters? 
:One reason that this section is so ridiculous is that like green tea or chopsticks, onigiri is very commonplace in Japan.  Any type of Japanese media is going to make plentiful references to onigiri.  This section only makes sense to people who are ignorant of Japan and think "onigiri" appearing in Pokemon or "Card Captor" is somehow interesting.  Such a person apparently knows enough to know the appearance of chopsticks in such anime is not interesting in the least.  I'm going to be WP:BOLD and delete the section. --C S (talk) 09:24, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  In popular culture 

message: Don't the characters in Spirited Away eat lots of onigiri? Can someone correct me if I'm wrong? I remember Chihiro and Lin eating them after they wash the stink spirit.... Smiley200 19:55, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Wasn't it Manjū? --Saintjust 00:25, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cultural References 

message: So it states in the article  Tohru Honda from Fruits Basket is depicted sometimes as an onigiri in the manga, but in the anime there is a little onigiri that is sometimes apart of the eyecatch.Smileyface 12 91 20:06, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Fruits Basket

message: The article has previously sorted each filling by alphabetical order. This is to achieve a NPOV perspective. Sorting the arbitrary list by by the internet survey (MyVoice) is both unnecessary and inappropriate. I have restored it to alphabetical order. Bendono (talk) 08:13, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree.  Also, in light of the dispute about this, I think it would be helpful to devote the list to fillings for which, individually, a reliable source is provided.  Reliable sources would include cookbooks and perhaps commercial manufacturer websites.  Omit claims about what is "typical" or "common".  --Una Smith (talk) 14:58, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Una, I totally disagree with you. Virtually every ingredient can be fillings of onigiri. You can easily find many recipes of onigiri in commercial websites. If you add "Curry onigiri" or "Bacon onigiri" found in the same source as Kimchi to the list and insist "this is the typical onigiri", it is extremely difficult to prove "it is not a typical filling" with a reliable source. Someone said this as Probatio diabolica. So some kind of "commonsense" is necessary. The encyclopedia should be the place readers unfamiliar with onigiri can find what is a typical filling and what is not. So it is very important to classify typical fillings and other fillings correctly. ―― Phoenix7777 (talk) 22:21, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems to me the content dispute will not end until either (a) the list is removed or (b) reliable sources are provided for each and every filling listed.  I would remove the list.  None of the sources offered so far re "typical" fillings is what I would call a reliable source. --Una Smith (talk) 00:08, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Sorting

message: Okay, the article is now fully protected for a few days, so there will be no edit warring on it while this content dispute is settled.  The section about varieties is now a subpage:  Onigiri/varieties.  Once the article can be edited again, and the dispute is settled, the section can be copied back to the article. --Una Smith (talk) 21:57, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: About the MyVoice survey:  did the survey give a list of choices, or were the survey responses free choice?  That makes a huge difference in the interpretation of the survey results.  --Una Smith (talk) 21:57, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Varieties 

message: it seems to me that triangular onigiri is actually a rounded tetrahedron (all 4 sides are triangular) than a triangular prism (2 triangular sides and 3 not-triangular sides). 72.74.77.66 (talk) 19:21, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  triangular onigiri 

message: A Taiwanese version of the triangular style onigiri is also sold in convenience stores in Taiwan and in Chinese is known as "三角飯糰" (Sānjiǎo fàntuán). Though currently they are not covered in the relevant article Ci fan tuan.
The more "typical" types of fantuan however might not really resemble the "typical" types of onigiri. — Hippietrail (talk) 10:10, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Taiwanese equivalent of triangular convenience store style onigiri 

message: — Assignment last updated by Megosh (talk) 16:11, 14 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: Japanese Translation