What does this caption card say?
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What does this caption card say?
This is a caption card that I got as part of a grab-bag lot of Tenshi ni Narumon sketch materials. These are used from time to time to punctuate the zany conversations among the "family" of eccentrics at the center of this series.
The katakana on the right is easy: it's ノエル "No-e-ru" or Noelle, the female protagonist's name (the one who has the halo and is trying to become an angel). The middle character is also easy: の "no" the Japanese possessive.
The kanji on the left are the devil. Also, is it read right to left: "Noelle's [something]", or left to right: "[Something]'s Noelle"? I assume the first option, as the question mark is underneath the [something].
For animation oddity freaks, the caption was done on rice paper with a very broad brush, then taped to a standard piece of genga stock. The rice paper hangs over each side of the genga sheet by about an inch.
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Re: What does this caption card say?
It's not that bad, sensei. Both characters pop up often.
The first character, 運, is luck. The second character, 命, is life. Taken together, it's "fate".
The translation is "Noelle's fate is...?"
(That was fun! I really enjoy this stuff...gives me a chance to brush up on kanji.)
The first character, 運, is luck. The second character, 命, is life. Taken together, it's "fate".
The translation is "Noelle's fate is...?"
(That was fun! I really enjoy this stuff...gives me a chance to brush up on kanji.)
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Re: What does this caption card say?
The kanji is read as "unmei" aka "fate".
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Re: What does this caption card say?
OK, so "What will Noelle's fate be?" The caption card is labeled "#27" which could mean it's for Step 26 (TnN gengas past Step 5 are labeled +1 because of the mysterious missing episode). In which case, the caption is quite apropos as this is the series finale that settles her angelic status once and for all. Oddly (I'll go back and check one last time) the caption doesn't seem actually to be used in that episode. Thanks for the help, CB and Rekka!