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Postby chibi_chan » Tue Jun 28, 2005 5:44 pm

I just got the 3rd vol. of Get Backers and I was so happy to read it and finish it today^^ all good things must come to an end, I guess.

They made Kazuki a girl. =_=

I doubt this was just a mistake made by the transslators, cause Shidou said: "he he...I think i'll let her fight Ginji" Shidou could not have mistaken Kazuki for a girl cause he's known him for a long time. So i'm wondering if anyone can show me scanlation site, or someone who has read farther then me tell me if they correct this?

Thank you for reading all through this^^
happy go luck monkey!
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akai tsuki wo nagameteta kara nakitai hodo boku no fuan wa
itsumo kioku no katasumi ni kasabuta mitai ni nokoru yo
itai kurai kirei datta kedo hikari no naka no boku no kage wo
ano takai kanransha de dareka ga waratta ki ga shita

hitsuji no kigurumi wo kita mama yaseta otoko no ko ga odokete
haku iki wo shiroku sasete inoru youni te wo awaseta
ano ko to sora no aida ni wa toumei na nanika ga aru kara
kitto negai wa todokanai sukoshi samuku naru yuuenchi

nanimokamo uso ni naru daremo inaku naru

boku no naka no boku wo itsuka katai GARASU bin ni tsumete
hi no ataru niwa no kadan ni koneko to issho ni umeyou
mizutamari ni utsuru kao wa tsumetai ame de gushagusha ni
chigireteitta ato ni tada no iro ni kawaridashita yo

maboroshi no BERU ga nari keshiki ga kasumi daseba
nanimokamo uso ni naru daremo inaku naru

boku no naka no boku wo itsuka katai GARASU bin ni tsumete
hi no ataru niwa no kadan ni koneko to issho ni umeyou
mizutamari ni utsuru kao wa tsumetai ame de gushagusha ni
chigireteitta ato ni tada no iro ni kawaridasu yo

yasashiku gin'iro no ame ga machi no subete ni furisosogu
michi no haji de sagashiteita boku wo yatto mitsuketa
isu no ue ni hana no ue ni ashi ga nai roba no senaka ni
komakai ame ga furisosogu boku no ue ni mo _____.
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Postby THE ANIME MAN » Tue Jun 28, 2005 6:37 pm

Actually, for the manga that was a correct translation. The manga, if you couldn't tell, takes a slightly different, and usually more perverted, take on the stuff that goes on in the anime.

It's also not as light hearted as the anime is in many spots. I'm up through #8 so far.
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Postby true_noir_chloe » Tue Jun 28, 2005 7:31 pm

ANIME MAN, are you saying that Shidou does not know that Kazuki is a guy, or he blissfully accepts him as a girl? I'm a bit confused. Would this be a case of a guy who acts like a woman? Such as the character in the "Blind Swordsman Zatoichi," where the younger brother went through life as a girl and just got used to acting like a girl? Sorry if I asked too many questions. I'd love to know how much more perverted this series gets.

[size=84][color=seagreen]YOU SEE


You see into the deepest part of me ---

beyond the fog I hide behind.

You cast your light upon the shadows

that stretch like cobwebs in my mind.

You ease the pain when I am hurting,

and morbid visions from my past

pierce into the realm of Reason

as though I danced on blades of glass.

You grant me strength when I have fallen

and, once again, I've lost my way.

You take my hand in Yours and lead me

into the promise of a brand new day.

You bring order to all my chaos,

yet set my well-laid plans awry.

You place me on a firm foundation ---

then give me wings so I can fly.

You sand away my roughened edges

and polish all the dullest parts

until I stand before Your presence...

a newly-sculpted work of art.

You see into the heart within me,

right through my motives and selfish will.

And yet, in spite of all You see

You say You love me even still.


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Postby Mave » Tue Jun 28, 2005 9:16 pm

Considering that both Kazuki and Shidou are among the leaders of the Ura Shinjuku, I would assume that Shidou always knew Kazuki's gender. I personally think there was a mistake in the translations since the manga scanlations I've read always referred to Kazuki as a 'him'.

As for the sexual perversion aspect, from what I've read (~Vol 5-6?) there is no sex but some female characters have ridiculously huge chests, wear the most skimpy clothes ever and Ban has a habit of 'grabbing' these females with his hands. This is probably why I stopped reading the manga.

I'll give the anime a chance though despite the subtle shonen-ai hintings (which from what I understand, isn't present in the manga at all).
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Postby THE ANIME MAN » Wed Jun 29, 2005 4:11 am

Mave wrote:Considering that both Kazuki and Shidou are among the leaders of the Ura Shinjuku, I would assume that Shidou always knew Kazuki's gender. I personally think there was a mistake in the translations since the manga scanlations I've read always referred to Kazuki as a 'him'.

As for the sexual perversion aspect, from what I've read (~Vol 5-6?) there is no sex but some female characters have ridiculously huge chests, wear the most skimpy clothes ever and Ban has a habit of 'grabbing' these females with his hands. This is probably why I stopped reading the manga.

I'll give the anime a chance though despite the subtle shonen-ai hintings (which from what I understand, isn't present in the manga at all).


That is correct, the Manga isn't shonnen-ai-ish at all, however its more perverted in a sexual way. However, the anime was more shonnen-ai-ish then the manga.

true-noir-chloe wrote: ANIME MAN, are you saying that Shidou does not know that Kazuki is a guy, or he blissfully accepts him as a girl? I'm a bit confused. Would this be a case of a guy who acts like a woman? Such as the character in the "Blind Swordsman Zatoichi," where the younger brother went through life as a girl and just got used to acting like a girl? Sorry if I asked too many questions. I'd love to know how much more perverted this series gets.


In the manga its a girl, in the anime it was a guy. The two take different twists on the characters. If you want perverted messed upedness then read the manga. If you want Shounnen-ai-ish then watch the anime.

Its kinda like Scryed and Samurai Deeper Kyo. The manga is not the anime and the anime is not the manga. The two are completely seperate entities to themselves cause each tells a different story even if they have the same characters.
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Postby Debitt » Wed Jun 29, 2005 9:25 am

I actually think they do correct this later on. ^_^ I need to read GetBackers myself, but a friend of mine mentioned it to me when we were talking about translations screwing up character's genders (ha ha, guess how that one started. XD) But anyways, she said she wrote a letter to TokyoPop concerning the mistake and it was fixed by the next volume. ^^
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Postby chibi_chan » Wed Jun 29, 2005 5:00 pm

ah, thanks Kokoro-san^^

In the manga its a girl, in the anime it was a guy.

So you are saying Kazuki's a girl in the manga? I've seen scans of the manga with Kazuki without his shirt on and he's definatly a guy.
happy go luck monkey!
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akai tsuki wo nagameteta kara nakitai hodo boku no fuan wa
itsumo kioku no katasumi ni kasabuta mitai ni nokoru yo
itai kurai kirei datta kedo hikari no naka no boku no kage wo
ano takai kanransha de dareka ga waratta ki ga shita

hitsuji no kigurumi wo kita mama yaseta otoko no ko ga odokete
haku iki wo shiroku sasete inoru youni te wo awaseta
ano ko to sora no aida ni wa toumei na nanika ga aru kara
kitto negai wa todokanai sukoshi samuku naru yuuenchi

nanimokamo uso ni naru daremo inaku naru

boku no naka no boku wo itsuka katai GARASU bin ni tsumete
hi no ataru niwa no kadan ni koneko to issho ni umeyou
mizutamari ni utsuru kao wa tsumetai ame de gushagusha ni
chigireteitta ato ni tada no iro ni kawaridashita yo

maboroshi no BERU ga nari keshiki ga kasumi daseba
nanimokamo uso ni naru daremo inaku naru

boku no naka no boku wo itsuka katai GARASU bin ni tsumete
hi no ataru niwa no kadan ni koneko to issho ni umeyou
mizutamari ni utsuru kao wa tsumetai ame de gushagusha ni
chigireteitta ato ni tada no iro ni kawaridasu yo

yasashiku gin'iro no ame ga machi no subete ni furisosogu
michi no haji de sagashiteita boku wo yatto mitsuketa
isu no ue ni hana no ue ni ashi ga nai roba no senaka ni
komakai ame ga furisosogu boku no ue ni mo _____.
song: Hontou no Uso by PLastic Tree lyrics:anime lyrics
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Postby Shao Feng-Li » Wed Jun 29, 2005 5:11 pm

Eh, I say skip the manga and anime all together and save yourselves the trouble, but that's just me.
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Postby chibi_chan » Wed Jun 29, 2005 5:34 pm

Eh, I say skip the manga and anime all together and save yourselves the trouble, but that's just me.

I would if this was any other manga, but i've already seen ther anime and love it to death. So to me it's like I gotta read the manga it just doesn't feel right if I don't, plus I hear it goes farther then the anime so thats another reason.
happy go luck monkey!
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akai tsuki wo nagameteta kara nakitai hodo boku no fuan wa
itsumo kioku no katasumi ni kasabuta mitai ni nokoru yo
itai kurai kirei datta kedo hikari no naka no boku no kage wo
ano takai kanransha de dareka ga waratta ki ga shita

hitsuji no kigurumi wo kita mama yaseta otoko no ko ga odokete
haku iki wo shiroku sasete inoru youni te wo awaseta
ano ko to sora no aida ni wa toumei na nanika ga aru kara
kitto negai wa todokanai sukoshi samuku naru yuuenchi

nanimokamo uso ni naru daremo inaku naru

boku no naka no boku wo itsuka katai GARASU bin ni tsumete
hi no ataru niwa no kadan ni koneko to issho ni umeyou
mizutamari ni utsuru kao wa tsumetai ame de gushagusha ni
chigireteitta ato ni tada no iro ni kawaridashita yo

maboroshi no BERU ga nari keshiki ga kasumi daseba
nanimokamo uso ni naru daremo inaku naru

boku no naka no boku wo itsuka katai GARASU bin ni tsumete
hi no ataru niwa no kadan ni koneko to issho ni umeyou
mizutamari ni utsuru kao wa tsumetai ame de gushagusha ni
chigireteitta ato ni tada no iro ni kawaridasu yo

yasashiku gin'iro no ame ga machi no subete ni furisosogu
michi no haji de sagashiteita boku wo yatto mitsuketa
isu no ue ni hana no ue ni ashi ga nai roba no senaka ni
komakai ame ga furisosogu boku no ue ni mo _____.
song: Hontou no Uso by PLastic Tree lyrics:anime lyrics
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Postby Shao Feng-Li » Fri Jul 01, 2005 4:37 am

EDIT: Never Mind.
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Postby Debitt » Fri Jul 01, 2005 9:49 am

=/ Unfortunately Shao, this is a thread about the series itself, not the morals or ethics in it and not how "gender appropriate" Kazuki is, so I reccomend you give it a rest. If you don't feel the series is good to read, then don't read it. Obviously chibi feels different.

I was going to check out the manga yesterday at the book store, but they didn't have volume one. :waah!: Why does every vol. 1 have to disappear when I wanna read it?! T_T
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Postby Mave » Fri Jul 01, 2005 11:08 am

I consider the job done when I've reported the contents of a title. I expect everyone to take responsibility for their own educated choices.

There is a reason Kazuki looks like a girl. I can't say I find it justifiable but it doesn't bother me unless they overplay the Kazuki/Jubei or Ginji/Ban theme.
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Postby Shao Feng-Li » Fri Jul 01, 2005 11:15 am

Sorry guys. I just worry about you all sometimes. :(
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