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Pronouns for Kiruko
So few days ago I created Kiruko who despite looking a girl, is actually a male character who had his brain transplanted to his sister. As a result, I'm kinda confused with what gender pronoun use with Kiruko. In the first two episodes it is a mystery as Kiruko claims she is a woman but when Maru confesses to her, she claims she is a man in a woman's body. Still, in later episodes, Kiruko claims that she is actually Haruki, a guy as noted by his/her personality or chemistry when interacting with Maru so I'm lost with what to write in the article. Any idea?Tintor2 (talk) 18:20, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
- @Tintor2: I have watched the series, and i think it is better to just mention how she is mentally Haruki in the opening paragraph and use the pronouns she/her elsewhere on the page.
Lunar-akaunto／talk 12:46, 6 June 2024 (UTC)- Thanks. The recent manga chapters keep making emphasis on this when the character changes between the Japanese words "watashi", "boku" and "ore" to hide her true identity but when in a casual scene, Maru simply introduces himself as Kiruko's boyfriend to a man who believes that's Kiruko so I'm confused. Tintor2 (talk) 19:31, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
- I haven't read that far into the story yet, but I'm glad it's not that big of a spoiler :") Again, it's debatable as we could also use the pronouns he/him instead, but personally, i would lean towards using she/her because most of the characters in the story refer to her as a girl. Also, i doubt any reader would be confused by it, as you have already explained the same in the lead.
Lunar-akaunto／talk 05:51, 7 June 2024 (UTC) - Unrelated to this, but since you originally added the covers for Where Our Blue Is, do you suggest adding the back cover featuring Geto as well? It is substantially different from the two covers already present in the article, but I'm not sure since it might fall under grounds for deletion due to too many covers. Are you familiar with it?
Lunar-akaunto／talk 05:54, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
- I haven't read that far into the story yet, but I'm glad it's not that big of a spoiler :") Again, it's debatable as we could also use the pronouns he/him instead, but personally, i would lean towards using she/her because most of the characters in the story refer to her as a girl. Also, i doubt any reader would be confused by it, as you have already explained the same in the lead.
- Thanks. The recent manga chapters keep making emphasis on this when the character changes between the Japanese words "watashi", "boku" and "ore" to hide her true identity but when in a casual scene, Maru simply introduces himself as Kiruko's boyfriend to a man who believes that's Kiruko so I'm confused. Tintor2 (talk) 19:31, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
English sources
- Newspapers.com has an extensive archive anime/manga articles including movie reviews.
- J-Fan was a short lived UK magazine on anime.
- j-pop.com - Viz media's online magazine for anime reviews/features.
J-Fan was a print magazine only lasting two issues and the creator has made the two issues available for free online. I haven't seen any problems with it. Anime covered include: Patlabor 2, Project A-Ko, Irresponsible Captain Taylor, Madox-01, Ghost in the Shell (1995 film), Ranma, Hayao Miyazaki films, and a Koichi Ohata interview. It actually resolves an issue I had previously where I was searching for English language print sources for Project A-Ko. Harizotoh9 (talk) 20:54, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
Notice of reliable sources noticeboard discussion
There is currently a discussion at the reliable sources noticeboard about the reliability of Dani Cavallaro's work. Members of this WikiProject may be interested in joining as her publications are cited in multiple articles related to anime and manga. The relevant thread is at § Dani Cavallaro. Thanks! —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 23:00, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
- The discussion has come to a consensus to designate Cavallaro's publications as generally unreliable and phase out all citations of her work. I'd greatly appreciate people's help tagging and cleaning up on the many articles where she's been referenced. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 21:00, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
She is cited heavily on the following articles which will require heavy re-writing:
- Howl's Moving Castle (film) (GA)
- Princess Mononoke
- Angels in Neon Genesis Evangelion (GA)
- Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle (GA)
- Weaving a Story (GA)
- Misato Katsuragi (GA)
- Neon Genesis Evangelion (GA)
- Lilliputian Hitcher (GA)
- Kaworu Nagisa (GA)
- Splitting of the Breast (GA)
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (film) (GA)
- The End of Evangelion (GA)
- Kiki's Delivery Service
- List of Neon Genesis Evangelion movies
- Kyoto Animation
- The Day Tokyo-3 Stood Still (GA)
- She said, "Don't make others suffer for your personal hatred." (GA)
- Those women longed for the touch of others' lips, and thus invited their kisses (GA)
- The Castle of Cagliostro (GA)
- X (manga) (GA)
- Syaoran (Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, clone) (GA)
- Castle in the Sky (GA)
- Rei Ayanami (GA)
- Kimihiro Watanuki (GA)
- Hedgehog's Dilemma (Neon Genesis Evangelion) (GA)
- Both of You, Dance Like You Want to Win! (GA)
- Shinji Ikari (GA)
- The Beast (Neon Genesis Evangelion) (GA)
Grave of the Fireflies
A discussion regarding the plot summary for Grave of the Fireflies is taking place at Talk:Grave of the Fireflies#Plot section, revisited. Input from project members would be very much appreciated. Thanks, Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 11:48, 9 June 2024 (UTC)