Waltz for a Green Haired Girl: fanfic

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Postby CommanderEVE » 19 years ago

no-offence or any-thing but i think (only 80% shore) that Denkou is a boy

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Postby mr skunk » 19 years ago

Sparx wrote:no-offence or any-thing but i think (only 80% shore) that Denkou is a boy


Oh definetly. When I began writing this I had never seen a single episode of the Japanese, so I automatically assumed that Denkou was a girl in the uncut as well. When I figured out she started off as a boy, I was a bit frustrated, but I didn't want to change the story any. So, I guess it's an American-ized fanfic. No offense taken! :)
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Postby jeffbert » 19 years ago

mr skunk wrote:Oh definetly. When I began writing this I had never seen a single episode of the Japanese, so I automatically assumed that Denkou was a girl in the uncut as well. When I figured out she started off as a boy, I was a bit frustrated, but I didn't want to change the story any. So, I guess it's an American-ized fanfic. No offense taken! :)

Robots are often depicted as having different sexes in one version to another of the stories. Bem (last day of Earth) is a boy in the manga, yet, in the Jetter Mars version, there is no doubt that Bem is a girl.

http://en.tezuka.co.jp/anime/soft/te03/na-105.html

http://en.tezuka.co.jp/manga/sakuhin/subtitle/m025.html (see #53)

http://en.tezuka.co.jp/anime/sakuhin/subtitle/ts002.html(See #71)

Then there is Gum (pronounced 'Gamu').

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He was Ambassador Magma's son, but when the family appeared in the 2003, Gum was a teenage Girl, rather than a little boy.
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Postby mr skunk » 19 years ago

I supose if they had kept Denkou a boy in the English version, then he would have been a very.... um... "fruity" boy, for lack of a better word. It seems boys are made very pretty and girl-ish in some anime (not all...). But I think it might have been confusing and strange for a lot of Americans... :confused:

Neat links.
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