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XD There's your reaction, I was waiting for that one.

And it's nice to know that when I'm gone I've repeated myself enough that other people are repeating myself for me!

I find it funny though how it just seems like Viz keeps digging itself a hole. Its got to be at least 6 feet now.

And just for the record volume 5 is already out. It would be nice if more people tried to keep up on their info =P Google is your friend, I promise. You don't have to read every single post, but at least the one's on your page or the page before would be nice. That way there's less repetition. So its either read or search Google, either way gathering information yourself is greatly appreciated.

volume 5 is out? NOOO!!! It sucks to be an American when it comes to manga crying crying crying crying crying Is there a way to read the books without buying the japanese version and translating? Like i site that has the entire version in English? I'd google it but im really supposed to be doing science homework right now.(ewwwwww) I really should be doing that right now....oh yeah, and I think Takiko is a waaaaaay more orginal/better character then Miaka. Im so glad thar she can actually fight. No offense, but miaka was way to needy and weak for my tastes. I love how Takiko can hold her own in battle. umm...now to that science homework crying gonk xd (p.s. I fence)

Confusion over names... Someone remember me why I haven't actually murdered that translator yet. >_<

*stalks ebay to see if Perfect World was released* I believe it's tri-monthly~ ne?

You studied japanese for almost seven years?! Nice. Im...umm...very young...yeah, lets just say that. I would have been in elementary school 7 years ago so i wont be studying Japanese in the near future. My school only offers German, spanish, Italian and French as a second language choice. Maybe I could teach myself...(yeah right stressed xd )

I've just read through all the posts and thought I'd post my two cents...

I don't like that Viz is changing all the names to their Chinese equivalents. I didn't like it in the original FY, and I certainly don't like it now. It makes things much more complicated, especially when the anime gets involved. If they were to produce an anime for FYGK, they would more than likely bring it over to the US. When Pioneer had the rights to the FY TV series and OAVs, they used the Japanese names. When I first got into FY, there were only 3 volumes of the manga out in English, so I ended up seeing the anime and looking at FY websites and learning the characters, places, and things by their Japanese names. To see them in Chinese is odd. It sort of makes sense to leave the names in Chinese, since the Universe of the Four Gods that Takiko, Suzuno, Miaka, and Yui used was a translation, but since Watase-sensei chose to make their names Japanese, Viz should leave them that way. stare

Anyway, another thing... I'm worried about the ending. We all know from the FY:SS arc that the end of Takiko's story is not a happy one, at least to outsiders. I'm hoping that the end is something like what Nakago_Chan posted... that Takiko will be able to be reborn in the book. Watase's stories always have happy endings, so a tragic ending would be even more tragic. crying Although wouldn't there be some record of it if she had been reborn? Genbu was summoned 200 years before Suzaku, so she would have had time to have a whole new life even if she hadn't been reborn right away.

I hope that made sense. sweatdrop

The only Genbu warriors were the ghosts of Tomite and Hikitsu guarding the Shinzaho. You have a valid point about Takiko, though. But what if she remembered some of her former memories? In Eikou Den, that happened with the reincarnations of the Suzaku seishi.