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silver_omicron
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The funniest thing just occurred to me. Or maybe it's really stupid.
In the "Death Note" title, the A, T, and second T are turned on their side. Is this any significance? Is ATT a word in Japanese? Completely, random. 
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marie-antoinette
 Posts: 4136 Location: Ottawa, Canada |
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I don't know for sure, but I'm going to assume that it's just a stylistic thing.
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sailorspazz
 Posts: 195 Location: Portland, OR |
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It's subliminal advertising for AT&T....
But seriously, it can't be a Japanese word since that isn't a possible combination of sounds to make a word in Japanese. It could possibly be an acronym for something, but honestly I think it's just a stylistic choice to make the title look more special. I mean, come on, who would read a series about a guy writing stuff in a notebook if it doesn't look EXTREME!!!!11!ONEONE |
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violented16
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Well the "E" in Death is backwards too. So maybe shinigami just can't spell
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blind_assassin
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I know the joke is fairly obvious but I was actually going to make the joke until I thought "nawww, it's too easy". |
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silver_omicron
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Actually, that's pretty good, I never thought of it. I realize that it probably is stylistic, but you never know! |
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blind_assassin
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My mind works in a very retarded way. Any time someone says something I automatically ask myself "Is there any way to make a joke out of what they just said?". If it resulted in anything other than stupid humour then I'd consider it to be a serious problem. |
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Theorys
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If you read it backwards: Let "ET" be a phallic symbol for a certain male organ. "O" kinda can be interpreted as a certain bodily orifice. "HTAE" looks like an other phallic symbol... "D" looks exactly like a mouth. 
(eh...where does Viz get these people to do the translations from? seems they are a really bored lot) 
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sailorspazz
Posts: 195 Location: Portland, OR |
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The logo appears the same way in the Japanese version, so it's not just Viz messing around with stuff, the original mangaka decided to make it look all fancy. |
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jetz
 Posts: 2148 Location: Manila, Philippines |
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I think so too. A lot of titles are written in different, weird styles, such as xxxHOLiC and Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle (I can't remember how it's written exactly). |
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jigoku_hime
 Posts: 78 Location: twinkle twinkle little stars... |
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I agree. I think the way Death note was written gives the title more impact...and ofcourse style 
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fighterholic
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I think that's how they designed the title for the manga, so they probably just stuck with the title design for the show as well. Death Note isn't a Japanese word at all, but I'm sure that the arranging of the letters refers to something within the series, say for example the shinigamis.
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KyuuA4
 Posts: 1361 Location: America, where anime and manga can be made |
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Death Note shinigami are aware of Fonts. Yet, they haven't upgraded their notebooks to the Internet. Go figure.
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Hiryu77
 Posts: 16 Location: Why here,of course. |
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The N is also slightly tipped toward the O.
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Theorys
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HAHA. I never noticed it but you're right. The N is someone leaning over and the O is...well...using a little twisted imagination will get ya there. |
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