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I invited a bunch of people to a small party:

 A. ㇏(う_う)ﾉ

B. (°ヘ°)


C. (イ◠‿◠)


D. ¯_(シ)_/¯


E. (メ°皿°)ﾉ

Everyone made it and we all had a great time.

I was the second person in the room. She came first, he was last and you came just before me.

In what order did everyone arrive?

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    And did any of them flip the table? – Rand al'Thor Nov 03 '17 at 22:19
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    @Randal'Thor ┬─┬ ノ( ゜-゜ノ) – Ambo100 Nov 03 '17 at 22:21
  • Maybe my mind is too perverted on a Friday evening, but when I read "She came first, he was last and you came just before me." my mind thinks something completely different than what is being implied. ;p Nice challenge btw, especially since I tried to learn Japanese a bit since about two weeks ago with online tutorials. I watch a lot of Japanese anime and sometimes movies lately, and although I suck with languages overall, I'd like to learn reading and speaking Japanese. :) – Kevin Cruijssen Nov 03 '17 at 22:57
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    @KevinCruijssen ,I want to assure you that the wording was entirely innocent! Thank you, I hope you keep trying, I'm still a beginner but it gets less daunting along the way. – Ambo100 Nov 03 '17 at 23:03
  • I'm fairly certain native speaker will actually be at a disadvantage with this puzzle. – Ambo100 Nov 03 '17 at 23:25
  • @Ambo100 So... no tables were flipped then? – SpectralFlame Nov 04 '17 at 04:48
  • @SpectralFlame For the purpose of this puzzle, no. But if it was someone, my money would be on E... – Ambo100 Nov 04 '17 at 16:09
  • Why didn't you invite Lenny? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) – Kruga Nov 06 '17 at 09:55

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The order is

D, C, A, E, B

This is because

I (イ) was the second person in the room. She (シ) came first, he (ヘ) was last and you (う) came just before me (メ).

In which the characters in the faces are part of the Japanese writing system: イ = I, シ = SHI, ヘ = he, う = u, メ = ME.

This puzzle works best if you pronounce the character names with an English accent, and not in the way they are actually pronounced in Japanese (for instance, "う = u" sounds different from "you" in Japanese).

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