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 Ominous Life |
Kyoko's husbands face? |
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Posts: 33 (12/07/02 04:30 PM) |
Hi
I was wondering hwy they never showed his face? though in one issue kyoko thinks godai looks like him when he finds her dog... So... i think i know what it means, but i won't say it for sounding like an idiot if i'm wrong. cheers |
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Posts: 2101 (12/07/02 08:42 PM) 2003 Rumic World Quiz Champion |
IIRC, he's supposed to be like the "perfect" husband or so, and since everyone has a different opinion as to how a perfect guy would look like, he's never shown.
WAAAHHH!! It's dark!! It's cramped!! I'm scared!! |
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Posts: 703 (12/08/02 12:36 PM) |
Its funny early in the manga when 'Mr Soichiro' turns around to look at Godai and he has the dogs face. lol
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Garbage Can Teleporter
Posts: 18 (06/27/08 08:42 PM) |
It's interesting that we all don't know how Soichiro looked!
As an old adage goes: "We fear what we don't know". Godai and Mitaka are not only competing with each other BUT ALSO competing with the *mysterious* Soichiro, who represented the ideal of Kyoko's heart. IF they both knew exactly how Soichiro was, they would feel secure and fearless on the path to her heart. But since Soichiro remained a mystery AND a memory, his "shadow" was too overwhelming to overcome. Godai -- in order to win her heart -- must overcome both his own fear and his sense of inferiority to a MYSTERY; that's the hardest part to achieve, and he has proved that he could ! |
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Ucchan's Okonomiyaki Patron
Posts: 219 (06/27/08 09:27 PM) |
I've always liked that plot device. It works on a couple of levels:
First, we don't see Soichiro, so he remains an enigmatic figure for the readers. That means that we don't have as much of a connection to him as we do to Godai and, to a lesser extent, Mitaka. He is a part of Kyoko's past whom she loved but we, as readers, are able to get behind Godai much more easily without the emotional connection to Soichiro. While we may feel bad for Kyoko for becoming a widow so young, we have an emotional connection to her, not her late husband. Secondly, of course, he is a mystery to Godai. He has someone to live up to whom he doesn't even know. Soichiro will always be on a high pedistal which Godai has to try to surpass. It's really intimidating and adds alot to his development. |
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Panty Thief
Posts: 36 (06/28/08 09:02 AM) |
Yusaku Godai gives us a very good and thoughtful expressions about this issue.
http//www.furinkan.com/features/ I agree with him. I have never been read or watched Maison Ikkoku to this day for some reason, so maybe I don't have the right to join this discussion. But I think I can understand what Takahashi meant by concealing Soichiro's face or appearance. |
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Obnoxious Alien
Posts: 251 (06/28/08 07:24 PM) |
I thuink mr soichiro (human) is tall. maybe he has the same eyes as mr. soichiro (dog..)
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Panty Thief
Posts: 38 (06/29/08 10:16 AM) |
RanmaFan1432 wrote: So, you think his eyes are "3 3"! hahaha. Some manga characters actually have these eyes, for example Nobita from Doraemon. |
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Obnoxious Alien
Posts: 255 (06/30/08 12:33 PM) |
I know, I watched Doraemon when [I was little...
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Garbage Can Teleporter
Posts: 24 (06/30/08 02:25 PM) |
In the manga, it was said that Soichiro looked NOTHING like Godai ---> he must be ugly LOL...
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Obnoxious Alien
Posts: 256 (06/30/08 05:50 PM) |
he must have had "the eyes"
3 3 . ---- lol
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Obnoxious Alien
Posts: 267 (07/02/08 12:57 AM) |
I don't know why but I always thought just because of the outline of his hairstyle I kept visualizing Perm from UY looking like Soichiro. But
realistically, like ryogasgirl said, RT prolly didn't show the face so we don't keep comparing him visually to Godai. Maybe he was really truly good
looking, maybe he was a....dog 3 3 lol. It's sort of fun to leave it up to our imaginations. Still can't get the freckle faced Perm image outta my
head tho
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Onsen Mark's Favorite Pupil
Posts: 82 (07/02/08 11:27 AM) |
Judging by what we can see of his face in different outlines and the photo from the yearbook, I'd guess Soichiro looked a lot like his father, except with
big round glasses instead of big square ones (and no mustache). I figured he looks like Dr. Shiina from Mermaid's Saga (when he's young in the
flashback).
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