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moezychan:
This thread is for the one and only Meiling Li. I checked this entire board, and not one thread is dedicated to her. I feel that she should be acknowledged because she really is an important part to the story, and even though she isn't my favorite character, she is one of my favorite characters especially after episodes 43 Sakura's Farewell to Meiling and episode 60 Sakura's Precious Friend!

To start this thread off, there is one thing I've always wondered from the show. In Japanese culture, it is proper etiquette to call a person by their last name. The only exceptions to this is if you're close family, very good friends, or in love with each other, so why did Sakura and Tomoyo always call her Meiling-chan, but she would call them Kinomoto-san, or Daidoji-san? Also, they called Syaoran in the beginning Li-kun until after episode 57 Sakura Syaoran and the Elevator, then Sakura called him Syaoran-kun.

I think it might be because Meiling and Syaoran both have same last name and this avoids confusion, but then why didn't they call her Li-chan? This is my theory. I would love to hear what you think.

c3d:
hmm i agree on your theory moezy-chan and probaly it is correct.
To avoid confusion.

But maybe they dont call Meiling by her last name because she's a foreigner, but then Syaoran is too... *ok scratch that*

Your probaly right moezy-chan, but maybe she is a girl?? *shrugs*

But i stick to your theory moezy-chan =]p~

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Meiling to me, wasnt as an important charater because she alwaysed annoyed me XD
cause she annoyed Syaoran!
Her being all lovey dovey with Syaoran annoyed me because he didnt lover her back, and didnt get the hints XD.

But i learned to appriciate Meiling like you moezy-chan, after episode 59.
After she got heart broken, she didnt stay  mad at
 Syaoran and she loved him so much that she got over him and didnt spite him after it. She still loves him *as a friend and cousin now* and still there for him no matter what like from the beginning.

After that i respected her and i find her kawaii because of that ^^

Cherry tiger:
About the name, I like to think of it as another mystery about name callings in CCS... another one is that everyone, including Chiharu, calls Yamazaki by his last name instead of his first.

It could be because they didn't want to call two people of the same name. Calling them both "Li" even if it is "Li-chan" would probably cause confusion (Maybe someone would think that Sakura could be calling Syaoran in a cute way... Lol!!). It probably eases things a bit if they call Meiling by her first name. And since Meiling doesn't mind, I suspect that Meiling might've prefered it if they called her Meiling.

Even though Meiling was used in the anime to "spice" things or make the series longer, she'll always be a memorable character. Her presence in the anime may be irritating to some, but I see her as an equally important character cause not only do we realize how kind Syaoran can be to the people he cares about, we also realize that love can sometimes be the most painful thing in the world.

Nya... >.>

moezychan:

--- Quote from: Cherry tiger on September 30 2005, 02:36 pm ---(Maybe someone would think that Sakura could be calling Syaoran in a cute way... Lol!!)

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That might be the reason! Arigatou Cherry tiger-chan! And for such a good analysis, hai, cookie!


--- Quote from: Cherry tiger on September 30 2005, 02:36 pm ---Even though Meiling was used in the anime to "spice" things or make the series longer, she'll always be a memorable character. Her presence in the anime may be irritating to some, but I see her as an equally important character cause not only do we realize how kind Syaoran can be to the people he cares about, we also realize that love can sometimes be the most painful thing in the world.

Nya... >.>

--- End quote ---

Arigatou, that's how I feel too! She brought the show some life and I believe she showed the most growth.

c3d:

--- Quote from: Cherry tiger on September 30 2005, 02:36 pm --- we also realize that love can sometimes be the most painful thing in the world.

Nya... >.>

--- End quote ---

yeah i felt so so sorry for her, when she went to Tomoyo's house and cried all night.
To see how she really loved Syaoran and cry her eyes out was sad ><

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