Regarding hotaru's gender

Xhacker · Post by **Xhacker** » Sun May 02, 2004 7:25 pm

I guess we will find out if Hotaru's a he or she when Vol.3 comes out.

Junko · Post by **Junko** » Wed May 05, 2004 11:58 pm

Brad_Evans wrote:
Junko wrote: Yeah, though I think that fact has been known for a very long time. In the Japanese version, his name is "HOTARU" (A Japanese name oddly written in Roman characters), which itself gives some foreshadowing to that fact...
hue? where is that stated? ^^;;

that real world image looks like a girl to me, but well, Analysis said that IRL hotaru is female.

Where is what stated? That HOTARU comes from America? Well, first of all on the Japanese website I believe Piroshi told us that, also, if you have Analysis, it's gotta be in there, and that's been out for a while... And in song and story or something... And like I said, the name thing... And what exactly does Analysis say? I mean, the obvious assumption is that HOTARU is female irl, and it only really needs to say something specific if it's to the contrary, and if it's just a spot in a bio, does it really specify irl or not? Do you have Analysis? What exactly does it say? Feel free to scan/post in Japanese, I'll read it...

YashaOokami · Post by **YashaOokami** » Thu May 06, 2004 4:55 am

Wow talk about bad quoting,I didnt even say that part :

"In the Japanese version, his name is "HOTARU" (A Japanese name oddly written in Roman characters), which itself gives some foreshadowing to that fact..."

Junko · Post by **Junko** » Fri May 07, 2004 11:23 pm

YashaOokami wrote:Wow talk about bad quoting,I didnt even say that part :

"In the Japanese version, his name is "HOTARU" (A Japanese name oddly written in Roman characters), which itself gives some foreshadowing to that fact..."

^^;;; That's what I got for quoting what Brad_Evans posted. I fixed that now... ^^;

mvrckbass · Post by **mvrckbass** » Sat May 08, 2004 1:42 am

i dont get it how does Hotaru's name tell its gender (doesnt know the translation so bear with me)

Junko · Post by **Junko** » Sat May 08, 2004 4:11 am

mvrckbass wrote:i dont get it how does Hotaru's name tell its gender (doesnt know the translation so bear with me)

That wasn't what I was talking about... The name written the way it was foreshadows that HOTARU is a foreigner. It doesn't prove it by any means, but all Japanese people would go "Ah" in hindsight... ^^; But it's true that like "Tsukasa", the name "Hotaru" is gender/given-surname ambiguous... Especially if it's not written in kanji

Xhacker · Post by **Xhacker** » Sat May 08, 2004 9:58 pm

I'm confused. Let me guess, "Hotaru" can be the name of a male or female, just like "Tsukasa".

Junko · Post by **Junko** » Sat May 08, 2004 10:48 pm

Xhacker wrote:I'm confused. Let me guess, "Hotaru" can be the name of a male or female, just like "Tsukasa".

It can be a male given name, a female given name, or a surname, depending on how you write it. Being written in Roman characters makes it quite ambiguous... ^^;

Xhacker · Post by **Xhacker** » Sun May 09, 2004 3:55 pm

That's why Hotaru should be reffered to as an "it" until there is hardcore proof of "its" gender.

Elk · Post by **Elk** » Sun May 09, 2004 5:16 pm

Well, since there's no real stating her gender in the manga, I guess it would just be some ordeal that shouldn't be this big of a problem.

Drama & Anime tend to be quite off on their stories.. It's kind of like Tenchi Muyo, & how the story in each series of it, changes almost entirely.

But, as for the mean time, until Bandai states officially that Hotaru is a boy, I'll just go on thinking the avatar in pink with earings is a girl. >_>;

Xhacker · Post by **Xhacker** » Sun May 09, 2004 11:00 pm

This topic may be locked soon. Its just going in circles. I think that if you've noticed, 3 pages should be enough to answer Hotaru's gender. (which is still unanswered.)

Elk · Post by **Elk** » Mon May 10, 2004 12:15 am

Xhacker wrote:This topic may be locked soon. Its just going in circles. I think that if you've noticed, 3 pages should be enough to answer Hotaru's gender. (which is still unanswered.)

Bear is already keeping an eye on this; as for the gender issue, I still see it as a stupid little arguement, & I agree that it's just going in circles. If it wasn't mentioned by bandai or in the manga, it must not be that important to debate over.