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A Translation of Watase Yuu's comments about
her drawing of Nakago in a Nazi uniform
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Translated from the Chinese manga by
Kai Ling Ng  

Corrections from the Japanese manga by
Tasuki no Miko 

* Comments in [] are Kai Ling's not Watase's
* Comments in {} are Seimei's.
* Comments in ++ are Tasuki no Miko's.


[Here's the translation of Watase Yuu's comments on 
the page where she drew Nakago wearing the uniform 
of a Nazi. Beware that this is translated from the 
Chinese version of the manga and may not be 
completely accurate. However, to my knowledge, the 
Chinese translations are usually pretty close to 
the original Japanese version in most things. My 
translation here, however, is as accurate as I have 
ever translated anything.]


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Vol.7 Pg 34

[Note: The comments are spread out on the page, some 
to the left of the drawing and some to the right. The 
sweatdrop may or may not be there... ^^; I think it's 
there but the layout in the chinese version, because 
it prints the text instead of writing them as Watase 
Yuu does, differs from the Japanese version so it's 
unclear what that sweatdrop means on the page. o.O If 
I made any sense at all...]

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One day, I had a dream, I dreamt of Nakago wearing the 
uniform of a Nazi. It really suited him! Why was gurasan 
to this in my dream? (sweatdrop)" 

+I don't know what "guransan" means though...^^;;;;;+

*sweatdrop*

Black-colored clothes, so handsome, I like. *sweatdrop*
But, please don't hate him! There are many people who 
say, "But he has a nice face." "Sadistic Nakago-sama." 
*sweatdrop* But, there are also others who have this 
opinion, "That sort of cool bearing, it's wonderful!" 
By the way, up till now, of all the characters in Fushigi 
Yuugi, the one I like most is him. As the author, why do 
I like all the baddie roles?

Carrying a whip suits this guy.

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{i have always found this picture to be distrubing
for what it initially seems to say (i cant read
japanese, or chinese even to get the explanation for
myself off the page so i only see the image). to draw
a parallel between the purpetrators of genocide and
the one who was genocided? such a connection is
obscene to me. sick.  but knowing what watase yuu
said, that that was not her reason for making the
picture - that helps.  i will never like the picture,
but i can understand a little that she drew it. i
have to admit, that the edited version i have (nazi
sybmol removed - by me) is very attractive. nakago
looks very good in the black suit *drools*. and i
understand that germany was allies with japan
(another fact i admit i try not to think about but
can never really escape) during that time.  im sure
that while i dont know since i havent asked, that the
japanese people as a collective whole must feel
remorse at least to a point for their involvement in
that horror.  it could explain some of the
fascination they have with it. nazi uniforms
nazi-styled uniforms are everywhere in anime. you can
hardly see a series without them showing up
somewhere. but when nazis are shown as themselves,
they do seem to be shows as the enemy. which is a
comforting thought for me. otherwise i could never
justify my own enjoyment of anime.}

{i think watase yuu meant the image to be both
aesthetically pleasing (he DOES look good in it) and
also thought-provoking. her dream must have been very
thought provoking to her to motivate her to draw from
it in the first place. and i see nothing in the
manga, free talks, or anime that supports saying that
the picture is a correlation between nakago himself
and the nazis. if anything, i see much evidence from
those things, and what watase yuu herself has said,
and even the comments next to the image, that point
to the contrary.  i find it hard to believe that she
would create a character formed out of an experience
in mirror to the holocaust, that she would bother to
make a point in the story how wrong that was, that
she would bother to comment and point out that nakago
is hurting and trying to avenge his people, that she
would bother showing him as a person with compassion,
and then that she would turn around and say oh look.
nakago = hitler. that is.. very distrubing. that
someone could conclude that is also very distrubing.
perhaps she meant for people to be distrubed by it so
they would think. maybe she didnt. maybe she just
made the picture like she said because of the dream.
because he looked nice in a black suit. -.-


{what i see though, is kutou was so very like germany.
a sick and perverse leader with complete power over
the country.  he hurt more than just the hin... his
bad leadership and desire for "racial purity" hurt
many and he desired war and conquering with and over
neighboring nations who were not even threats or
aggressors toward his own. he was power hungry and id
say mentally missing a few important things. he had a
perverted sense of what was right and morality. this
nazi like regime of kutou was exactly what nakago
himself infiltrated. for a time he did wear the garb
or a nazi, he rose in the ranks to be a leader of
nazis, and then, when he held a position from which
he could move, he turned and destroyed the nazis from
the inside.  in this way, yes, i can see nakago in a
nazi uniform. he certainly wasnt one of them, he
hated them to the bottom of his soul, but he played
the part so that he could destroy them.}

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Arigato Kai Ling and Tasuki no Miko! *shimmer*

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