Talk:Botchan

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Edited this page to make the English sound more natural - Prosfilae talkpage request. I haven't read the novel in question, so hopefully I didn't change any plot points! --Sir Ophiuchus 00:40, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Character names

One of the problems with articles like this is that there's no standardized list of names; each translation uses its own set of names. I'm tempted to use the names from the Gutenberg version; it may not be the best, but it is a published version that I have access to.--Prosfilaes 13:12, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Contradiction

The entry for Akashatsu in "Main characters" says "Soseki [. . .] wrote that 'if I were to assign an actual person to every fictional character that appears in Bochan, then Akasatsu would have to be me,'" but the entry for Uranari says "Most agree that Uranari, or some combination of Uranari and Botchan, is Soseki's representation of himself." Either one of these is wrong, or "most" people disagree with Soseki himself as to which character represents him (which strikes me as very unlikely).

If there are no objections I'll remove the "Most agree . . ." line. Istaro (talk) 04:00, 30 March 2008 (UTC)