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   sanjian to Megane   
   Re: Kimonos on the right   
   18 Apr 06 08:16:54   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.anime.misc   
   From: millerkb@vt.edu   
      
   Megane wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   > arromdee@green.rahul.net (Ken Arromdee) wrote:   
   >   
   >> Was I imagining it?  Is there any case where Miyu (or another   
   >> character associated with death) wears a kimono with the right side   
   >> on top of the left? Or was this a rumor based only on bad translated   
   >> manga flipping?   
   >   
   > It's only worn that way by dead people and ghosts.  As someone else   
   > has pointed out, Miyu may be a vampire, but she is not dead.   
      
   Nor, for those who aren't familiar with Miyu, is she undead.  The japanese   
   myth is often a bit different, and the vampires are often various types of   
   natural creature, more like a werewolf or filipino Mananagal in that   
   respect.   
      
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