mandy-
another thing about uniforms i read some where once is that in i think Bolveria(some misc. old german country state) they used the salior uniforms for the schools there. and that i beleive a one of Japan's higher ups liked the idea of the complete uniformaty of them that he tok the idea back to japan wiht him. i have to find the book again but i beleive that might be another reason too. just soem help
Thanks for that mandy. Yes, there's the uniformity issue as well. The good part about uniforms is that everybody wears them so there's no fashion issue and everybody is the same.
My mom said that people generally had two uniforms so you could switch them and one can be washed while you're wearing the other one. Another neat thing is that if you wear a hole into the elbow area you can bring it to the school store and they'll replace the sleeve and it'll look like new again. Let's say you got a growth spurt during the second year of junior high and so your skirt is no longer regulation length, the hem is actually folded in so you get the thread pulled out and viola! Your skirt is longer! But that was about 40 years ago, I don't know if the uniforms are fixable like that any more.
Mayori-
Hey^_^ um are you sure
That scene in the final episode where Hitomi is standing waiting for the train and sees Van takes place one year later?? Cuz if so......why does hitomi look the same?? And why don't her friends know she gave up tarot cards??? (oh i'm so confused)
Vut I totally agree with the people putting in japanese when writting in english!
well thats all.
May
I'm pretty sure it's a year later. The reason being that the year she went to Gaea with Van was her freshman year. At the train station the girls referred to Hitomi as "Hitomi-senpai" which is used only for elder students. Example: Hitomi and Yukari call Amano "Amano-senpai" because he's a senior and their elder. But let's say Yukari is older than Hitomi by a couple months, but they're in the same grade (which they are), Hitomi would NOT call Yukari "Yukari-senpai" since they are the same year students.
In brief: "senpai" is only used from a younger student to an elder student. Therefore Hitomi had to at least be one year senior to the girls at the train station.
Why does Hitomi look the same? Maybe because she wanted to. I still look the same. I've been sporting the same pony tail and bangs for the past *thinking* five years at least. I also haven't grown any taller since…the last four years. I'm not sure if it's been a year, just that it's been at least one school year for Hitomi from her return to the scene of her at the train station.
Her friends probably didn't know that Hitomi gave up tarot cards because they're younger than her and maybe she didn't share what happened to her to others, or at least not those particular girls.
I hope I answered your questions well.
That's fine that you, as well as others, use Japanese in with English, I just hope the grammar is correct. :-P
Anyways, thanks for leaving a message.
Lola P
sounds like you had good train experiences in Japan . . . my friend was squashed in with a group of guys, and she kept getting "bumped", and when she got off, there was, um, something thick n'icky on her skirt . . . makes me shudder!
I'm glad too. LOL. It probably can get pretty unsanitary and *cough* "bumpy" with some of those gross guys. In fact that's been a subject of one skit in a Japanese show similar to Mad TV or SNL. There was this guy who my sister and I always called "Hen na ojisan", since that's his theme song, who was picking his nose. He couldn't rub it off of his fingers so he flicked it off. It landed on one of the standing handles suspended from the ceiling. A man entered the train and grabbed that handle and noticed the booger. Hen na ojisan didn't see this and was yawning. Can you guess what happened next? The guys flicked the booger off and it landed inside Hen na ojisan's mouth! That's really gross, I know. *shudder*
Anyways, thanks for the message.
If anyone wants me to clarify anything, meaning I did a poor job of explaining, just write it in again and be specific. Thanks.