2013-06-15, 23:55 | Link #3061 | |
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2013-06-15, 23:56 | Link #3062 | |
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2013-06-16, 00:42 | Link #3064 |
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Join Date: Feb 2004
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Yeah, "she" feels like an easier fit in this case, since gender pronouns are so hard to circumvent in English (although I noticed that the official subs have done a great job so far of not using any gender pronouns at all in reference to him/her/it). I figure we can all agree that Pitou is definitely not fe/male in the same way as the human women in the show.
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2013-06-16, 00:58 | Link #3065 | |
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As to Neferpitou I don't think there's any harm in just using the she pronoun. If we get into the discussion with Chimera Ants they could probably just be considered gender neutral. But agree with others that it's just easier to work with Neferpitou being assumed to be female.
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2013-06-16, 01:27 | Link #3067 |
Staring into your soul.
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well togashi has expressed interest in making a manga about transvestites, and he always has androgynous characters in his works, also the HxH databook where people take info on certain things,has already been proven wrong with the manga itself, so i dont think we can't be sure about anything untill stated in the manga.
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2013-06-16, 02:07 | Link #3068 |
Amor Fati
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The problem with Pitou--two databooks do indeed clarify him to be "male." What's more is that Pitou uses a gender specific pronoun to refer to himself..."boku." Though to be fair, historically, "boku" was initially a humble pronoun used in deference to authority. Considering that Pitou serves the queen, it wouldn't be out of place. Also, it is a term that recently has been used by some tomboyish girls in Japan, though it is very rare.
The official word is that Pitou is male. With breasts. Sometimes, Togashi does not draw Pitou with breasts: Spoiler for Not a spoiler, but an image of Pitou from a future manga chapter w/o breasts:
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2013-06-16, 02:18 | Link #3069 |
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Location: Kobe, Japan
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If people want to call Pitou a female despite Togashi saying otherwise because it's more comfortable for them, that's their business. But I don't quite understand this notion of couching it in the fact that the Chimera Ants are gender-neutral. Not only are they not gender-neutral, there's no reason they would be gender-neutral - real ants aren't, nor are any of the beasts these ants are feeding the Queen.
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2013-06-16, 03:05 | Link #3071 | |
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I think she'd do alright, though would probably have to revert more than she'd be comfortable with. Think she'd be tough enough to beat the snot out of plenty of the Chimera Ants. Though who knows against what is coming next.
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2013-06-16, 03:22 | Link #3072 |
Staring into your soul.
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the databooks had some retcons, if i remember correctly, to the point character nen classification had been changed, the zoldyck family tree had been modificated, and not tho mention killua's brothers names, also togashi is known to lie in the afterwords and interviews when talking about future events or character traits/characteristic(tough this is something a lot of mangakas tend to do).
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2013-06-16, 03:51 | Link #3074 | |
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With the exception of the queens and males. Either way, this is one thing I about which I won't cede to Word of God. Referring to her as a her is just better for me. |
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2013-06-16, 05:06 | Link #3077 | |
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Location: Indonesia
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That said, I think this arc is such a missed opportunity. If Togashi really knew his things, we can get plenty of hot and cute ant-ladies for Gon & co to fight . A full army (or in this case, colony) of hot female enemies who are smart, fierce, relentless and can’t be taken lightly would've been a unique element for a shounen manga. One Piece already tried that with Hancock’s female tribe, but they end-up being a joke (including Hancock, the tribe’s very leader). Reproduction incapability doesn't negate them being females.
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2013-06-16, 06:13 | Link #3078 | |
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2013-06-16, 06:38 | Link #3079 |
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Join Date: Aug 2011
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That annoying rabbit Rammot can use Nen.
The fight with chimera ants was hard enough before. Now that they know how to use Nen it's gonna get harder. In any case this should make things much more interesting. It not good the royal guards are awake.
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2013-06-16, 06:46 | Link #3080 | |
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Also, not many shounen series has enemy in the form of a large group of competent women before. Usually, it’s only a small group of 2-6 girls or (like my previous One Piece example) dumbed-down large group of women.
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