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by toysdream
Wed Nov 22, 2006 4:02 pm
Forum: Anime and Manga
Topic: Unicorn: This is what it means to be UC...
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The hero's first name actually uses the same kana as the Indian name "Banerjee," although that's usually a family name rather than a given name. I can't find any Google matches for "Banarge" with those kana, but I suppose it's possible, and who knows what wacky spellings the crea...
by toysdream
Wed Nov 22, 2006 5:02 am
Forum: Anime and Manga
Topic: Unicorn: This is what it means to be UC...
Replies: 77
Views: 35521

At risk of extending this digression... Although the bagina variant that bluemax151 mentions isn't listed in the gold-standard Kenkyusha dictionary, judging from a quick google.co.jp check it actually seems to be the most common kana rendition. In this case, maybe there actually is an implied joke i...
by toysdream
Wed Nov 22, 2006 1:17 am
Forum: Anime and Manga
Topic: Unicorn: This is what it means to be UC...
Replies: 77
Views: 35521

On the other hand, it's nice to see the novel keeping to the tradition of funky names that could double as sexual or anatomical references. Except the previous ones weren't actually anatomical references. If Quattro's last name were what you're thinking of, it would be written with the kana wa-gi-n...
by toysdream
Tue Nov 21, 2006 9:16 pm
Forum: Anime and Manga
Topic: Unicorn: This is what it means to be UC...
Replies: 77
Views: 35521

"Full Frontal" is just plain stupid. Shoot me now.

But speaking of Quattro, I just realized something about the hero Banerjee. The kana used to write his name (banaaji) are a slight rearrangement of Quattro's last name (bajiina). Maybe everyone in this story is a Char.

-- Mark