Topic: XXXHOLiC Manga Discussion (Spoilers may be present!) (Read 204258 times)

Sailor Yue-chan · « **Reply #80 on:** July 23 2006, 02:45 pm »

Quote from: meliwan on July 23 2006, 02:39 pm

Shizuka is Doumeki's given name. Watanuki asks Doumeki what his family calls him, and Doumeki responds "Shizuka". I don't think his family would call him by his surname.

Also, Kimihiro is Watanuki's given name.

I am 99.999999999999% percent sure on this.

yup. this is from ch 106. a very close to canonizing the pairing ^^

Becka-Chan · « **Reply #81 on:** July 23 2006, 03:45 pm »

Quote from: meliwan on July 23 2006, 02:39 pm

Shizuka is Doumeki's given name. Watanuki asks Doumeki what his family calls him, and Doumeki responds "Shizuka". I don't think his family would call him by his surname.

Also, Kimihiro is Watanuki's given name.

I am 99.999999999999% percent sure on this.

THANK YOU! Cheese. Mayhap I sould read the manga as well as watching the show ^_^

mela · « **Reply #82 on:** July 23 2006, 03:50 pm »

Quote from: Becka-Chan on July 23 2006, 03:45 pm

THANK YOU! Cheese. Mayhap I sould read the manga as well as watching the show ^_^

Hm, no problem!

To add on, just looking at Himawari we can tell Kimihiro is his given name, rather than Watanuki. She calls Doumeki by his surname, making him "Doumeki-kun". If she called Watanuki anything other than "Watanuki-kun" such as "Kimihiro-kun" or whatever, he'd probably have freaked out and been like "HAHAHAH HIMAWARI-CHAN LIKES ME MORE THAN DOUMEKI!" cos he's crazy that way and makes a big deal about Himawari treating him the same as Doumeki.

Capella · « **Reply #83 on:** July 23 2006, 09:53 pm »

Sorry, I was going by the DelRey translation. Did they get that wrong? Because they list characters with reverse name order (Sorata was Sorata Arisugawa, Arashi was Arashi Kishuu), and it was "Watanuki Kimihiro."

...I'm very confused now.

nefadol · « **Reply #84 on:** July 23 2006, 10:35 pm »

Quote from: Capella on July 23 2006, 09:53 pm

Sorry, I was going by the DelRey translation. Did they get that wrong? Because they list characters with reverse name order (Sorata was Sorata Arisugawa, Arashi was Arashi Kishuu), and it was "Watanuki Kimihiro."

...I'm very confused now.

Just means that Del Rey listed his name in the Japanese order, that's all. Not much for consistency though. >_>

augustserenade · « **Reply #85 on:** July 24 2006, 07:17 am »

Yup. Family name = Watanuki. Given name = Kimihiro. Del Rey keeps the names in the original Japanese order here.

And another possibility for the big Himawari mystery:

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mystery...http://chibiyuuto.livejournal.com/91715.html#cutid1

nefadol · « **Reply #86 on:** July 24 2006, 10:08 am »

That would be quite funny if true.Â Although I don't know about her on some levels.Â

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She can see Mokona and isn't surprised in the least about the things that Watanuki says.Â Not to mention the recent incident with the pinky swear.

Sailor Yue-chan · « **Reply #87 on:** July 24 2006, 07:13 pm »

you know, afer what yuuko told watenkuki ate the end of ch 113, the look on his face, i SO cant wait for the convo between watenkuki and doumeki ^^

its curious, watenuki has the worst case of denial, and its only cuz he's crushing on himiwari, but its always curious on how he ALWAYS reports to doumeki on the supernatural stuff, even before the eye incident ^^

then you got the almost canoning-serious funny convos, like whenever doumeki says something serious that MAY reveal how he feels, it turns into something that gets a rise out of watenuki XD

IE:
doum: If something [bad] were to happen to you...
watenuki... [fangirls go to the edge of their seat ^^]
doum: i wouldnt have anything to eat for lunch anymore.
watenuki: freaks out and yells with sharp teath etc

LOL i think its always about lunch/food too. such a cute pair there XD

_{[but not as cute as kurofai ^^]}

nefadol · « **Reply #88 on:** July 25 2006, 03:07 am »

Their relationship definately reminds me of Kazahaya and Rikuo, although I'd say Watanuki is far less naive and way more spastic. Doumeki obviously cares about him,

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who would give up part of their eye otherwise?

The same could be said about Watanuki, although his selflessness that hurts other people is something that he needs to work on. His fatal kindness kinda reminds me of Subaru in that regard.

Sailor Yue-chan · « **Reply #89 on:** July 28 2006, 04:18 pm »

hmm. this accured to me on the holic thread on fansub.tv's board...

watenuki has a diferent outlook on his power. he's still afraid of maicious spirits and stuff, but he;s nticing other stuff, that he probably never got the chnce to notice before IE the waves coming off the lder twin in the twins Rc, STUFF LIKE THAT. AS MUCH AS HE "HATES" being around doumeki, im pretty sure, doumeki's preense is alowing watenuki developp the better part of his power., simply by warding off bad spirits.

just a thoguht ^^

wetheril · « **Reply #90 on:** July 28 2006, 06:36 pm »

Quote from: Capella on July 23 2006, 12:19 pm

That is, his given name is Watanuki and his family name is Kimihiro. I think we're getting confused by the Japanese name order. Doumeki is Doumeki's given name. The other one would be his family name.

I believe it was the other way around. Watanuki is the family name. Kimihiro is his given name. Doumeki is the family name as well, and Shizuka is the given name. You can tell this, particularly with Doumeki, because

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In the manga, the chapter where Watanuki dreams of Doumeki's grandfather as a young man, he had asked about "Shizuka". Basically, only close friends and family members will call people by their given names.

Capella · « **Reply #91 on:** July 28 2006, 09:16 pm »

Quote from: wetheril on July 28 2006, 06:36 pm

I believe it was the other way around. Watanuki is the family name. Kimihiro is his given name. Doumeki is the family name as well, and Shizuka is the given name. You can tell this, particularly with Doumeki, because

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In the manga, the chapter where Watanuki dreams of Doumeki's grandfather as a young man, he had asked about "Shizuka". Basically, only close friends and family members will call people by their given names.

Yes, the others corrected me. I only read the Del Rey translations, so I haven't gotten to that chapter (and those translations aren't very clear about whether the names are family or personal). I apologize for stating incorrect information - I should have checked my facts more thoroughly (really, what posessed me to check using the notes at the end of Tsubasa 1? Other than the fact that they were right next to me and I expected them to be consistent with the XXXHOLiC translation, being done by the same guy and all...).

Kuro-puppy · « **Reply #92 on:** July 29 2006, 02:44 pm »

ep 16 was great, i think i have become a WatanukiXVestal supporter now ^_^

and did anyone else notice the very tiny TRC crossover in this ep?

Sailor Yue-chan · « **Reply #93 on:** July 29 2006, 03:13 pm »

Quote from: Kuro-puppy on July 29 2006, 02:44 pm

ep 16 was great, i think i have become a WatanukiXVestal supporter now ^_^

and did anyone else notice the very tiny TRC crossover in this ep?

i dont remeber

what was it ^^;;

Kuro-puppy · « **Reply #94 on:** July 29 2006, 03:22 pm »

Quote from: SailorYue-chan on July 29 2006, 03:13 pm

i dont remeber what was it ^^;;

when Watanuki is buying the hairpins for the Vestal Sprite, on the package of the hairpins you can see the words 'Piffle Things'

oh and i put the direct download of the episode up at my topic

Sailor Yue-chan · « **Reply #95 on:** July 29 2006, 03:26 pm »

oh that. i submitteed that on the tvrage guide as a genereal multi clamp reference since acording to capella, tis apeared in many other nanimes and mangas

wetheril · « **Reply #96 on:** July 29 2006, 04:44 pm »

Quote from: Capella on July 28 2006, 09:16 pm

Yes, the others corrected me. I only read the Del Rey translations, so I haven't gotten to that chapter (and those translations aren't very clear about whether the names are family or personal). I apologize for stating incorrect information - I should have checked my facts more thoroughly (really, what posessed me to check using the notes at the end of Tsubasa 1? Other than the fact that they were right next to me and I expected them to be consistent with the XXXHOLiC translation, being done by the same guy and all...).

Sorry, didn't mean to put you on the spotlight again. ^^ I have to say, the Del Rey translations for Tsubasa are some of the worst I've seen. I hadn't read theh Holic ones...but now that you've mentioned it's the same guy, that's got to be bad news.

Capella · « **Reply #97 on:** July 29 2006, 08:48 pm »

Quote from: wetheril on July 29 2006, 04:44 pm

Sorry, didn't mean to put you on the spotlight again. ^^ I have to say, the Del Rey translations for Tsubasa are some of the worst I've seen. I hadn't read theh Holic ones...but now that you've mentioned it's the same guy, that's got to be bad news.

So I've heard. I still find them enjoyable to read, though, so I do. If I like the series that way, it's okay to read it, right? I've just never felt like reading online translations for XXXHOLiC the way I do for Tsubasa.

Emiko · « **Reply #98 on:** July 29 2006, 11:36 pm »

Quote from: Kuro-puppy on July 29 2006, 03:22 pm

when Watanuki is buying the hairpins for the Vestal Sprite, on the package of the hairpins you can see the words 'Piffle Things'

oh and i put the direct download of the episode up at my topic

That's a TRC crossover, huh? I thought it was just Clamp using the name Piffle again. It's appeared in a few other Clamp works, hasn't it?

Meeh, I don't know. I'm not a Clamp expert >_< Lol.

Kuro-puppy · « **Reply #99 on:** July 30 2006, 12:56 am »

it could be that Clamp is just using the name Piffle again, but then again XXXHolic and TRC crossover with eachother a lot in the manga's so......

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AuthorTopic: XXXHOLiC Manga Discussion (Spoilers may be present!) (Read 204258 times)