On Sat, 25 Nov 1995, Mihoshi wrote:

: Otonashi Kyoko
:       Manager of Maison Ikkoku.  "Maison" implies a mansion or elegant
: house.  In reality, Ikkoku-kan (-apartments) is a run-down building always
: on the verge of falling apart, especially one particular hole between
: Yotsuya's and Godai's room, and sometimes another hole between Godai's
: room and Akemi's room.  Kyoko is a young widow.  Her former husband was
: named Souichiro.  He left her a mangy white dog which she renamed
: Souichiro.

The dog was named thus, even when her husband was still alive.

Nope, when her husband died, she renamed the dog to Souichiro so that the
memory of her husband would live on.  She loved her husband so much, that
renaming the dog to his name was a way, if only slight, to keep him from
dying.

Actually, the dog _thought_ its name was Soichiro (whatever) from the
moment he was brought into the Otonashi household. It would respond
whenever Kyoko said, "Soichiro-san", much to the real Soichiro's ire (and
Kyoko's amusement). After his death, the dog became Soichiro permanently.

That was Viz... This is not so in the manga.  Viz likes to alter things

>from time to time.  Check out the NT subs, you'll see, she named the dog

for the man she once loved, AFTER he died.  It wasn't always named
Souichiro.  Mihoshi wonders how Viz got that translation from a completely
different story. o.o

Er, no, the dog *did* THINK its name was Souichiro from the beginning.
It was NAMED "Shiro", or Whitey, though.  Yes, she did rename the dog
after Souichiro (her husband) died.

* Damon begins to wonder if he should be arguing about Maison Ikkoku on
the FFML instead of writing his Maison Ikkoku fic.  ;)

Damon Casale, scyth@prolog.com / scyth@andrew.cmu.edu
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