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   From: kishik@parkcity.ne.jp   
      
   "Manbow Papa"  wrote in message news:...   
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   > "Ken Arromdee"  wrote in message new   
   :e2211d$ueg$1@blue.rahul.net...   
   >>I recall finding out that Vampire Princess Miyu wears her kimono on the right   
   >> because wearing a kimono that way signifies death.   
   >>   
   >> Only, every picture of Miyu I can dig up on the net shows the kimono the   
   same   
   >> way as everyone else's.   
   >>   
   >> I've watched out for this in other places.  I haven't seen any kimonos on   
   the   
   >> right in Bleach, or on Botan in YYH, where one might expect it.   
   >>   
   >> 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 the proper way to wear kimono. Men wear kimono with   
   > the left side up, while women wear it with the right side up.   
      
   Correction. Men and women wear kimono in the same way.   
   Sorry, I was confused.   
      
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