.hack//legend of the twilight Let's meet offline

NnT042 · Post by **NnT042** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 11:34 pm

Um, yeah. I don't think they meant for anyone to seriously believe Hotaru==guy. Even her seiyuu was under the impression she was voicing a girl. ^^
It's just a funny side-story with little connection to the plot (either of them; udeden's anime and manga are very different) other than taking it as a background. Something like how //GIFT was not a real episode, just a long (tortuous) buildup to a fanservice shot =P

ACROSS · Post by **ACROSS** » Fri Sep 03, 2004 9:41 pm

Could anyone reseed this please?

Post by **d5t** » Fri Sep 03, 2004 10:23 pm

There's allready 1 seeder, I'll reseed it if it ever falls to 0.

Ryu32 · Post by **Ryu32** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 10:20 pm

I recall Hotaru being on the the female side of the hot springs in the episode "Trap of the Hot Steaming Water" of .Hack//Legend of the Twilight, so I would figure Hotaru's a girl.

Ichida · Post by **Ichida** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 9:34 pm

My theory is that the IRL Hotaru really is a boy, but he just decided to play a female character in za Warudo. The others probably said that Hotaru in-game looked male to further annoy Shugo.

Post by **Helbaworshipper** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 6:39 am

No, offline Hotaru's character is a girl. Look at the slipcover picture and you'll have the proof Hotaru is a girl. I believe there is a topic about that slip cover as well.
http://forums.dothackers.net/viewtopic.php?t=1053

Ichida · Post by **Ichida** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 5:40 pm

How do you know Hotaru isn't just a really feminine boy? That's how Hotaru was described by Shugo.

Post by **Helbaworshipper** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 6:51 am

Storm wrote:I have two comments on the radio drama (I cannot listen to it myself until I am in a postion to download it... I cannot from this military public terminal...).

I do not see how Ouka can be Mireille's sister. At 18 or so, I cannot bring myself to believe that Mistral is anything other then a young early mid twenties mother. I cannot believe that she had Mireille during the game and had a daughter 18 years before that, putting her in her forties, at least.

Am I wrong? Well I don't know. I've heard, "Ouka is her sister." I've heard "Ouka is her tutor." Which is real? <shrugs>

Also, the .Hack//Encyclopedia states that Hotaru is a girl. There is another book as well... argh... the title is .Hack//The World Almanac, I believe. It also states Hotaru is a girl.

That's the proof you need.

Ichida · Post by **Ichida** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 8:17 am

To be fair, //Analysis is fanmade; they probably never saw this. As for the others... Well, consider that this was done officially, so why would they defy their own character designs unless it was meant to be well-hidden up to this point?

Belthazar · Post by **Belthazar** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 3:34 pm

Ichida wrote:why would they defy their own character designs

For the shock factor. Because the fact of the matter is, up until the point that this radio drama was made, Hotaru was undeniably a girl.

unless it was meant to be well-hidden up to this point?

I'll say it's well-hidden. They specifically say in the radio drama that Hotaru's avatar is male. However, every single scrap of evidence in the series itself up until that point says that without a doubt, Hotaru is certainly playing a female character. Even when one goes back over the series while thinking that Hotaru is male, all of the evidence still points to the fact that Hotaru is female.

Stop trying to rationalise the drama with respect to everything else that we've seen. It is blatantly non-canon, and only serves to make everyone go "whoa! I never knew that!"

And then there's the "slipcover" image (although in the Tokyopop version, it's at the back, before the advertisements... and curiously enough, the two halves of the image appear to have been swapped). This is an image drawn by the original manga-ka himself. The man who invented the character in the first place. And Hotaru is most certainly a girl, and not a bishounen.

Post by **Helbaworshipper** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 6:11 pm

Belthazar wrote:
Ichida wrote:why would they defy their own character designs
For the shock factor. Because the fact of the matter is, up until the point that this radio drama was made, Hotaru was undeniably a girl.

unless it was meant to be well-hidden up to this point?
I'll say it's well-hidden. They specifically say in the radio drama that Hotaru's avatar is male. However, every single scrap of evidence in the series itself up until that point says that without a doubt, Hotaru is certainly playing a female character. Even when one goes back over the series while thinking that Hotaru is male, all of the evidence still points to the fact that Hotaru is female.

Stop trying to rationalise the drama with respect to everything else that we've seen. It is blatantly non-canon, and only serves to make everyone go "whoa! I never knew that!"

And then there's the "slipcover" image (although in the Tokyopop version, it's at the back, before the advertisements... and curiously enough, the two halves of the image appear to have been swapped). This is an image drawn by the original manga-ka himself. The man who invented the character in the first place. And Hotaru is most certainly a girl, and not a bishounen.

Well quoted, Hotaru will never be a strange Tsukasa case...

DS Kite · Post by **DS Kite** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 9:00 am

It is very obvious that Hotaru is a girl. In character and in real life. It even shows in the picture in the back of the 3rd book.

HeavyBladeRena · Post by **HeavyBladeRena** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 2:35 pm

So is hotaru a girl or a boy last time I looked she was a girl??

Post by **d5t** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 3:09 pm

HeavyBladeRena wrote:So is hotaru a girl or a boy last time I looked she was a girl??

Hotaru is a boy IRL

Belthazar · Post by **Belthazar** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 4:23 pm

Stop feeding the flames, d5t - there is really no way that this drama is supposed to be canon. Hotaru consistently acts and dresses like a girl through the entire course of the series, and the drawing we have of her (by the manga-ka, no less!) shows her as a girl.

rocky · Post by **rocky** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 7:01 pm

maybe the whole mystery of dot hack is that hotaru is a boy.....lol.....and if he is a guy hes gotta start actin like one or hes gonna get his but kicked(if he was real)

Post by **Helbaworshipper** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 5:45 am

Hotaru is a girl, according to everything but that TV drama. Stop talking about the whole male or female thing. Hotaru is a female, stop making the mystery really be that way. Hotaru is female, period.

Access · Post by **Access** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 11:00 am

Rocky, that post was incredibly prejudiced.

I'd rather not say what I believe, for fear of being eaten alive by either party.

rocky · Post by **rocky** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 12:58 pm

sheesh calm down it was just a joke....

another thing helbaworshipper dont try to tell me what to think......

Post by **Helbaworshipper** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 5:15 pm

I wasn't trying to say what to think, I just don't like the fact that someone would joke about it like that. I'm done with my little posting episode...*nods and leaves*