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View Poll Results: Higurashi Kai Episode 19 Rating
Perfect 10 38 48.10%
9 out of 10 : Excellent 26 32.91%
8 out of 10 : Very Good 8 10.13%
7 out of 10 : Good 6 7.59%
6 out of 10 : Average 0 0%
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Old 2007-11-20, 02:24   Link #141
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Keiichi can turn that poor baseball player inside out with idiotic arguments because Keiichi's will is strong. And so on.
Keiichi convincing Kameda has nothing to do with his will. He has done it before in Tatarigoroshi-hen, and his "Magician of words" power has show as early as Watanagashi-hen
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Old 2007-11-20, 08:52   Link #142
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Hanyuu is so cute it hurts im not surprised they had to tie Rena up eventually. THings are moving pretty fast and even if Rika only used the manga excuse to get ideas her friends are still united behind her and Hanyuu i think with her as an additon to the group they will be even stronger. Im looking forward to the show down and if Keiichi plays a large role again which im sure he will. We all suspected it but this is the last time around this is their last chance to get it right.
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Old 2007-11-20, 10:59   Link #143
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HMMM...both being horned girls why Lucy from Elfen Lied doesn't receive the same treatment like Hanyuu....
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Old 2007-11-20, 11:12   Link #144
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Perhaps it is because Lucy and Nana resemble imps while Hanyuu resembles a goat.
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Old 2007-11-20, 12:40   Link #145
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*sigh* very late, I hope i won't screw next weeks, or I won't last long...
Episode 19: Analysis

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Old 2007-11-20, 16:14   Link #146
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Keiichi convincing Kameda has nothing to do with his will. He has done it before in Tatarigoroshi-hen, and his "Magician of words" power has show as early as Watanagashi-hen
What's your point? Keiichi's willpower isn't something that that just lately appeared. It was always there.
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Old 2007-11-21, 00:03   Link #147
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What's your point? Keiichi's willpower isn't something that that just lately appeared. It was always there.
That's exactly my point. Keiichi's willpower isn't something that has always been there. It's a product of "learning from his mistakes" from the previous chapters. Becuase he learned from his past mistakes, he has a stronger trust towards his friends and the willpower to overcome problems. Rika talks about this in Minagoroshi-hen.
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Old 2007-11-21, 23:11   Link #148
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That's exactly my point. Keiichi's willpower isn't something that has always been there. It's a product of "learning from his mistakes" from the previous chapters. Becuase he learned from his past mistakes, he has a stronger trust towards his friends and the willpower to overcome problems. Rika talks about this in Minagoroshi-hen.
It isn't enough to have the weapon. You have to know where to aim it.
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Old 2007-11-23, 14:02   Link #149
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One thing that surprises me, incidentally, is that Hanyuu turned out to be a bokuko just like Rika. I hadn't noticed until this episode because Hanyuu hasn't been talking about herself much.
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Old 2007-11-23, 14:08   Link #150
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What is a bokuko?
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Old 2007-11-23, 14:10   Link #151
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Boku: masculine "I". (Keiichi uses "ore", which is informal, Rena uses her own first name (not incorrect, but not really common) while Mion uses "oji-san" ^^)
the usual "ko" is added at the end of a word to refers to a girl (or sometimes, to turn a character into female, like archerko)

in fact, it is because of hanyuu that Rika uses "Boku".
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Old 2007-11-23, 16:28   Link #152
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in fact, it is because of hanyuu that Rika uses "Boku".
Though Rika only does that when she's acting like a child; when she's serious she uses "watashi".

I wonder why Hanyuu uses "boku". As far as I know that pronoun can be used by tomboys, but Hanyuu certainly doesn't strike me as such.
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No, it doesn't have anything to do with "tomboy" or such. (see Ayu, in Kanon)
Reason behind this can be anything anyway.
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Old 2007-11-23, 17:11   Link #154
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No, it doesn't have anything to do with "tomboy" or such. (see Ayu, in Kanon)
Reason behind this can be anything anyway.
Yeah but Ayu's really weird. Still, "boku" has become more common among girls in the past decade, perhaps influenced by fictional girls who use "boku" to announce their unconventionality. Using "boku" would have been very strange for a girl in 1983 who wasn't boyish as I understand it. Of course perhaps Hanyuu uses "boku" because as Oyashiro-sama, she is thought to be male.
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Old 2007-11-23, 22:26   Link #155
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i thought they used boku because like it shows her rank... like greater than? Because they are revered as something else hence 'boku'
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Old 2007-11-24, 05:43   Link #156
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i thought they used boku because like it shows her rank... like greater than? Because they are revered as something else hence 'boku'
No way. If she was being crass like that she'd use "ore" and that's still not quite on the mark...

I think Davidj has it, but it's hard to tell for sure. Whatever, nobody's going to question a goddess' speech habits
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Old 2007-11-24, 05:47   Link #157
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Nope. AFAIK, for "big entities" royalties etc, such character uses "we" (ware) or some very archaic "I" (like Watakushi)

As for Hanyuu, Davidj probably pointed the correct answer: supposed to be a god (she says Kami, so god. Not Megami which is goddess), and so: Male.
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Old 2007-11-24, 06:02   Link #158
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"Boku" is sometimes used by girls who want to be part of group of boys or girls who hang around with boys more than with girls. As if these girls are "boys".

But it doesn't fit Hanyuu either
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Old 2007-11-24, 07:19   Link #159
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Nope. AFAIK, for "big entities" royalties etc, such character uses "we" (ware) or some very archaic "I" (like Watakushi)
Ah, right. I had a feeling there was some term I was forgetting, but the only thing that came to mind was "waga" and that's not the right part of speech at all.
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Old 2007-11-25, 17:30   Link #160
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Nope. AFAIK, for "big entities" royalties etc, such character uses "we" (ware) or some very archaic "I" (like Watakushi)
Just for the record, Watakushi is not really an archaic form, but the formal form of watashi (kenjougo). It is more humble than watashi (it would translate to something like 'my humble self'), and thus it is user by politicians in public speeches, in business meetings and the such.

Ware,waga and the such is more like mafia, big-corporation like. The pronoun normally used by royalty is "yo", and if you want to get your arrogance across ore is more appropiate, however all of these are male-oriented.

Watashi can be used by female's in most situations, with Watakushi being used in the more formal ones ones. It is more difficult for a female to get arrogance across and still remain formal, however using Watashi and forgoing keigo (formal speech) in a formal ocassion can do the trick.

A female using "boku" is just tomboyish. However there is a recent trend in otaku culture for females using boku and somehow being cute. I don't understand the specifics, but I've heard many of Mizuki Nana's recent songs with that idea.

BTW the reason of Rika using boku is precisely because she copied Hanyuu's speech. There is a TIP that deals with this specifically IIRC:
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