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dragon4dudes · 2012-03-27, 05:02

Whirlwind of death! Although I can't really see Ryo spinning. Unfortunately, I haven't a clue what he'd do instead.

Sherby~ · 2012-03-27, 17:27

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Originally Posted by dragon4dudes

Did we come to a consensus on what type of blade Ryo decided to use?

Ryou always uses a katana.

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Originally Posted by ijuinkun

Well if it's longer than 30 cm, we can have the awesome dramatic effect of Kyonko being pierced right through with it and the point coming out of her front . . .

Yup. But, it makes me wonder why Kyon had a wound on his front side if he was only stabbed with a short knife. Weird...

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Originally Posted by dragon4dudes

Whirlwind of death! Although I can't really see Ryo spinning. Unfortunately, I haven't a clue what he'd do instead.

Same here. I'll ask Kaisos about it later.

Sherby~ · 2012-04-01, 22:57

Alt!Yuuki. Enjoy.

Spoiler for Kaisos called him 'Moe-kun':

Ithekro · 2012-04-01, 23:55

Or "how to break Kyonko's heart".

LordZero25 · 2012-04-11, 19:14

if kyon is "john smith" what is the nickname that kyonko will use??

Sherby~ · 2012-04-11, 20:31

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if kyon is "john smith" what is the nickname that kyonko will use??

As far as I know, there's no clear consensus yet. But at this point, we're using "Jane Smith." (But I'd rather have "Jane Doe", personally.)

Ithekro · 2012-04-12, 02:41

Usually "Jane Smith". Though I've seen one version were it was still "John Smith". It got a rather interesting reaction.

GDB · 2012-04-13, 12:50

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Originally Posted by Sherby~

As far as I know, there's no clear consensus yet. But at this point, we're using "Jane Smith." (But I'd rather have "Jane Doe", personally.)

Jane Doe seems like it'd only work if Kyon had used John Doe, which that's the term for an unknown, unidentified person. Wasn't Kyon's goal just to use a generic sounding name (albeit a foreign one)? Smith is much more generic than Doe.

dragon4dudes · 2012-04-13, 15:40

Compare John Smith to John Doe.

Sherby~ · 2012-04-13, 17:04

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Jane Doe seems like it'd only work if Kyon had used John Doe, which that's the term for an unknown, unidentified person. Wasn't Kyon's goal just to use a generic sounding name (albeit a foreign one)? Smith is much more generic than Doe.

I guess, but at the same time, "Jane Smith" doesn't sound as generic to me as "John Smith" does.

Ithekro · 2012-04-13, 17:24

That is probably because there isn't a common generic female name. Jane Doe is one, but it isn't generally a real name. John Smith is a very generic name, but it is a real name (use to be common as well).

However, the most common English woman's name is Mary.

So to match John Smith, would likely be Mary Smith.

ijuinkun · 2012-04-13, 23:52

We could always use "Joan Smith", playing on the fact that in Japanese, "Joan" sounds much more like "John" than in English . . .

Sherby~ · 2012-04-14, 00:37

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Originally Posted by ijuinkun

We could always use "Joan Smith", playing on the fact that in Japanese, "Joan" sounds much more like "John" than in English . . .

I don't think that'd really work, since "John" and "Joan" are pretty much said the same way in Japanese. That'd be pretty confusing.
And "Mary Smith" sounds pretty good to me, but I don't know how important it'd be to keep the first names similar.

I dunno, we need to get Kaisos in here for his input. There's actual activity going on in here for once, it'd be nice to see.

Tyabann · 2012-04-14, 03:03

"Mary Smith" would be fine, but wouldn't preserve the similar sounds between "John" and "Kyon".

There really isn't one single way to do this.

NoemiChan · 2012-04-14, 03:15

Just make it Ms. John Smith...

Ithekro · 2012-04-14, 09:24

We could be weird and go with Kohn Cohen.
(When did Kyonko become Hebrew? And why is she using two last names?)

dragon4dudes · 2012-04-14, 16:32

This has been discussed before in this very thread. I don't think we ever came to a consensus.

ijuinkun · 2012-04-14, 20:51

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I don't think that'd really work, since "John" and "Joan" are pretty much said the same way in Japanese. That'd be pretty confusing.
And "Mary Smith" sounds pretty good to me, but I don't know how important it'd be to keep the first names similar.

Um, I think that was the point--that "Joan" sounds almost identical to "John" and in Japanese it sounds even more alike than in English. I was intending for it to be an "in joke" playing on the similarity, possibly coupled with a gag where young Haruki gets the two confused.

Sherby~ · 2012-04-15, 01:01

Do you guys think it's more important to make the name as generic as possible, or to have a name similar to either "Kyon" or "John"?

Tyabann · 2012-04-15, 01:03

I'm good with Joan.

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This has been discussed before in this very thread. I don't think we ever came to a consensus.

I think we're lucky that we never got to Vol. 7... else we'd have even worse things to argue about.

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Ithekro Gamilas Falls Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Republic of California Age: 46	That is probably because there isn't a common generic female name. Jane Doe is one, but it isn't generally a real name. John Smith is a very generic name, but it is a real name (use to be common as well). However, the most common English woman's name is Mary. So to match John Smith, would likely be Mary Smith. __________________

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Tyabann Homo Ludens Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Canada Age: 34	"Mary Smith" would be fine, but wouldn't preserve the similar sounds between "John" and "Kyon". There really isn't one single way to do this.

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