| [ ComicsAnim ] in KIDS 글 쓴 이(By): typhoon (♥한윤수♥() 날 짜 (Date): 1996년05월05일(일) 14시46분22초 KST 제 목(Title): Meaning of names in Maison Ikkoku http://anime.berkeley.edu/Anime/MI/DOCS/minames From: chik@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Chikashige Hayashi) For all Maison Ikkoku fans out there: Do you know that all the main characters except Otonashi Kyoko are uniquely and quite interestingly named with numbers? The following shows how: ICHInose Hanae - ICHI means #1, she lives in room #1, NIkaido Nozomu - NI means #2, he lives in room #2, Room #3 is empty because MItaka Shun - MI means #3, he does not live at Maison Ikkoku, YOtsuya ? - YO means #4, he lives in room #4, GOdai Yousaku - Go means #5, he lives in room #5, ROPPongi Akemi - ROKU means #6, roppongi is written ROKUhongi but pronounced roppongi, she lives in room #6, NANAo Kozue - NANA means #7, YAgami Ibuki - YA means #8, KUjou Asuna - KU means #9. Nikaido is a quite interesting character, but, unfortunately, he does not show up on the TV series. Many plots that Nikaido is involved are rewritten and Nikaido is mostly replaced by Yotsuya-san, which is interesting because Nikaido hates Yotsuya-san. BTW, does anyone know Yotsuya-san's first name? I couldn't find it in the manga or I did not look for it well. This has been presented just for your input. Takahashi sensei is the greatest. Chik VTAS -- -. .-. .-. .-. .-. .- | Yoonsoo Hahn (한 윤 수) ||X|||\ /|||X|||\ /|||X|| | Department of Biological Sciences, KAIST |/ \|||X|||/ \|||X|||/ \| | (EMAIL) yshan@sorak.kaist.ac.kr (T) 042-869-5261 ' `-' `-' `-' `-' ` | http://bioneer.kaist.ac.kr/~yshan (P) 015-427-6466 |