Hello and welcome to Buzz In! Your weekly trivia game show. I'm your host and here's the rules: Every week, you'll be given a series of questions about things in relation to Japanese mediums (anime, manga, vgs, etc.). For each question you answer correctly you get one card. The more questions you answer correctly, the more cards you receive!

Are you ready to begin round 19? Okay, here we go!

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All answers can be found using Google, so don't sweat it! However, there may be visible spoilers in the search results, so be prepared for that!

This round closes October 30th.
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At Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples in Japan, one will often find a site to purchase an omikuji, or a random fortune, for a small price. They hope to draw a blessing for the future, rather than a curse. Those who do draw a cursed slip tie it to a tree in hopes of negating their poor fortune ahead. But those who are blessed have much to look forward to... or so they say.

Maybe you're not superstitious, but a small offering will appease the Himitsu gods and maybe even grant you a blessing! But our omikuji will be slightly kinder than the ones at shrines. Anyway, here's how the game works:

1 card will buy you 1 fortune, so it must be a single card. You can only buy 1 fortune per round. Your fortune will be determined by a randomizer. Simple enough, right? Here are the possible results:

大吉 (daikichi, "great blessing") - 8 random candies
中吉 (chuukichi, "average blessing") - 6 random candies
小吉 (shoukichi, "small blessing") - 4 random candies
半吉 (hankichi, "half-blessing") - 2 random candies
半凶 (hankyou), "half-curse") - You don't win anything... but you do get to keep the card you used to buy your fortune. Basically, nothing happens. :,)
凶 (kyou, "curse") - You don't win anything, and you lose the card you used to purchase your fortune. :(
大凶 (daikyou, "great curse") - You don't win anything, you lose the card you used to purchase your fortune, and the next time you play, your entry will cost you an extra card. Bummer! Better tie that puppy to the nearest tree for better luck next time.

The cards used to purchase fortunes will all go into the Grabby Hands pile (unless you draw the half-curse fortune). If you drew a great curse in the last round you played in, please note that in your comment; we'll operate on the honor system since I will forget after awhile. :)

This round will end October 29th at 6:00PM EST.

It looks like Inuyasha is causing some trouble for poor Ranma... Well, while they get it sorted out, can you help me? I'm thinking of this old series but I can't remember its name...

Throwback Thursday (or #tbt) commemorates the anime, manga, and games of yore. (Yore = original debut in 2001 or earlier.) Based on the provided clue, can you tell me the title of what I'm thinking of and its original Japanese release year? I'll give you 3 random single cards for your trouble!

This manga tells several tales of terror featuring a girl with a mole under her left eye who has the power to make anyone fall in love with her. This power often drives people into jealous rages, leading them to kill each other and sometimes her too. She is doomed to revive and live this life over and over. Each tale in this series tells of a different life she has lived.

This round will end October 30th at 4:00PM EST.

Last round's answer: Fatal Frame aka Project Zero, released in 2001.