FMP Manga Volume One - English Version

"Rated 15 and older: violence, risqué humor, nudity, alcohol and tobacco use."

Moderators: KiLlEr, HELLFIRE, Taurec

User avatar
Mirrormere
Feather Pillow
Feather Pillow
Posts: 5
Joined: Sun Jun 19, 2005 3:22 pm
Location: Texas, USA
Contact:

FMP Manga Volume One - English Version

Post by Mirrormere »

Greetings, sentients!

I am fairly new to FMP! (well, really to the anime world in general) and have some questions about something I found in the English version of the Volume 1 Manga. For those of you who have not read it, the following may contain spoilers. Engage ECS!

[ecs] On page 62, at the end of MISSION: 02. the panel to the lowest left of the page shows Sousuke poking his head around a wall and Mizuki coughing in the foreground. Then there is a ballon to the left of her with a question mark in it. [/ecs]

Can someone explain? I am not sure what exactly this means and it is bugging me big time. :glock:

Also, if it is not too much trouble, I have a manga question in general. I have seen drawings of characters (not FMP!) where it looks like a little ghost is coming out of his or her mouth. What the heck is this? It seems that the character has usually had the cr@p scared out of him. The little ghostie is bugging me almost as much as the above. I crave answers!

Sorry for such nooobie questions! Thanks to anyone who can help!
-"I am gray. I stand between the candle and the star. We are grey. We stand between the darkness and the light." -Delenn

User avatar
Weltall Elite
Catapult
Catapult
Posts: 930
Joined: Wed Mar 16, 2005 2:03 am
Location: Florida
Contact:

Post by Weltall Elite »

It's a Japanese superstition that you sneeze when someone is talking about you. Evidently, Mizuki went back and made the changes to what she wrote on the wall. Or at least Kaname's comment was directed at her.

User avatar
PookaKitten
Iron Pipe
Iron Pipe
Posts: 338
Joined: Sat Aug 23, 2003 10:35 pm
Location: If I knew, I'd let you know too
Contact:

Re: FMP Manga Volume One - English Version

Post by PookaKitten »

Mirrormere wrote:Also, if it is not too much trouble, I have a manga question in general. I have seen drawings of characters (not FMP!) where it looks like a little ghost is coming out of his or her mouth. What the heck is this? It seems that the character has usually had the cr@p scared out of him. The little ghostie is bugging me almost as much as the above. I crave answers!
I think the ghost coming out of the mouth implies they died, or as you said, scared to death, but not physically dead. The ghost probably represents the person's soul.

Samantha
Kaname: "Sousuke, you are the only person I trust."

User avatar
KashimArbalestAS
Crossbow
Crossbow
Posts: 636
Joined: Thu Jun 23, 2005 7:45 pm
Location: Where I am needed as a soldier of Mithril

Post by KashimArbalestAS »

You can find the sneezing a lot in the Rurouni Kenshin mangas. It says that you sneeze when someone talks ill of you, like when Sano, Kenshin, Yahiko, and Kaoru were talking ill of Saito, Saito seems to have sneezed 4 times, each for each person who talked ill of him. I'm not sure if that example is exclusive to Rurouni Kenshin though, of sneezes in tandem compared to the number of people.

It seems when Sousuke was spying on Mizuki when she sneezed, he still believes her to be a criminal...
Aku Soku Zan

Kaname Chidori-Undying Flower
Teletha Testarossa-Goddess of the Sea

User avatar
Mirrormere
Feather Pillow
Feather Pillow
Posts: 5
Joined: Sun Jun 19, 2005 3:22 pm
Location: Texas, USA
Contact:

Post by Mirrormere »

You guys are awesome! Thanks for the info. This is truly a most excellent forum. God bless!
-"I am gray. I stand between the candle and the star. We are grey. We stand between the darkness and the light." -Delenn

User avatar
Weltall Elite
Catapult
Catapult
Posts: 930
Joined: Wed Mar 16, 2005 2:03 am
Location: Florida
Contact:

Post by Weltall Elite »

Aw, shucks. :oops:

:-P

Post Reply