Mystery of Denkou: SOLVED

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Mystery of Denkou: SOLVED

Postby Daichi » 17 years ago

By Daichi, of course. -bows arrogantly-

I rewatched the Japanese version because there have been so many debates about her. Yes, her.

The confusion comes from the feminine, yet somewhat androgynous child referring to herself using the term "Boku", which in Japanese is the male version of "I". Yet, other characters refer to her using feminine terms.

I wondered why this was. What, did she not have a gender? Was she a hermophrodite?

Ah, then it hit me. Denkou was raised from the moment of her birth by Skunk's gang, even if they had kidnapped her and were merely using her. The men all refer to themselves by the term "boku", so it makes sense that she would too.

In the English version, she doesn't refer to herself that way, because in the English language, there is only one term for "I", and to refer to herself as a specific gender would have required her to have spoken about herself in the third person. Still, perhaps if she had, she might have thought she was a "he"?


Well, there you go, guys. I finally figured it out.
Daichi, over and out.

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Postby Dragonrider1227 » 17 years ago

What does boku mean?

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Postby Fauna » 17 years ago

"Dragonrider1227" wrote:What does boku mean?


It's the Japanese term for "I", how boys refer to themselves. I believe the girl's version is "atashi".

As well, thank you for the update, Daichi! :) I was getting worried about her.

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Postby cybotron » 17 years ago

:lol: :lol: :lol: :ninja:
[sigpic]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/image.php?type=sigpic&userid=200&dateline=1323970671[/sigpic]Safe :ninja:

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Postby tonigirl1000 » 17 years ago

tHANKS DAICHI- HUG
She is too cute to be a guy- hugs- sorry guys- though some guys are guy cute- hugs
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Postby Innocent_Eyes » 17 years ago

Interesting...

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Postby CommanderEVE » 17 years ago

So it has been figured out. You could tell Denkou was a her just by looking.

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Postby Legeremain99 » 17 years ago

:D Hey Innocent Eyes...where'd you find your Avatar...It's adorable :D

-Legeremain99 :) :astro:

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Postby Innocent_Eyes » 17 years ago

"Legeremain99" wrote: :D Hey Innocent Eyes...where'd you find your Avatar...It's adorable :D

-Legeremain99 :) :astro:


I found it last night on some google site, I was gonna post the URL but it was too long, so I've posted the picture in the Astro movie thread. :)

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Postby tonigirl1000 » 17 years ago

Agree- hugs everyone


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