On Thu, 15 May 2003 20:33:56 +0100, Shez
<see.sig@nospam.demon.co.uk.invalid> wrote:

>Once upon a time in the faraway land of uk.media.animation.anime, James
>Marshall <marshall@astro.umd.edu> said:
>>>One the otherhand, Motoko is pretty
>>>big in general for her age so maybe I don't notice it as much,
>>
>>Yes, I think she is.  She seems taller than the small group of girls I've
>>seen her with and I assume they're classmates of hers, if not in academic
>>school then in her kendo school/club.  I thought she was older than she
>>is, too.  Naru once said that Motoko gained full mastery of her art at 15
>>so I knew she was at least that old, but I was a little surprised when I
>>realized that Motoko was addressing Naru as a senior.
>
>Motoko is younger than Naru and rather self-conscious about her height
>at times, for instance on a bus one day she realises she's taller than
>Keitaro and becomes conscious of people staring at her, as she's been
>forced to wear a pretty dress that day.

She's tall for a Japanese girl, yes.  In fact, she's so tall that I
wonder whether she has a gaijin grandparent.  (Which might be part of
why her height makes her so self-conscious, actually - people are going
to think that even if it isn't true...)

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