this post was submitted on 07 May 2026
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I don't understand, is this a reference to something?
San-kyu-ni-san
It appeared on a car numberplate in anime movie, thanking Nissan for their colla ration and sponsorship.
Thank you! I was still a little confused so I did a little googling based on your comment and came across this old reddit post (which linked to this wikipedia page). 39 is a common text term in Japanese because phonetically the numbers read as "San-kyu" (as you wrote) which is the term used for "thank you."
My day is much improved by this information.
much more wholesome than my interpretation, that's for sure
Aikawarazu no omae ni 39
I thought it might be like 177013, but I can't even find the site that gets the correct response for that one.
Haven’t seen that number in a long while!
The rules are to keep things safe for work, so all I will say is to take what you're looking for, put an "n" in front, and look for it on the .net
yeah, it gives 404 there
It appears the original was removed then. There's a reupload, and also a copy site on .to that kept the number.
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Incidentally, the .to version is faithful, as both net and to give the same non-car related sequential art for 3923.
I don't wish to know that.