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Drac



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 7:57 pm Reply with quote
Alright this one is just insane.
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Akaryu



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:10 pm Reply with quote
I don't think ACE have Haoshoku Power.
His Dad, Roger and "Dad" Whitebeard have it tho.
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nhat



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:33 pm Reply with quote
I think a lot of people miss the underlining message that a lot of anime and shonen have and only remember of the fights or situation of the story.

The underlining theme in a lot of shonen is to always try and never give up. These type of shonen are a good inspiration to live and remember by regardless of how common and cliche it is in this genre.
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TitanXL



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:45 pm Reply with quote
More like the villain of Shaman King
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Araki



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:48 pm Reply with quote
Akaryu wrote:
I don't think ACE have Haoshoku Power.
His Dad, Roger and "Dad" Whitebeard have it tho.


He had. It was made clear in their flashback, when Luffy was about to be killed.
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zerochitentoppakai



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 9:10 pm Reply with quote
gahd why not just say it was named after The Shaman King.
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Cutiebunny



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 10:13 pm Reply with quote
I, for one, am glad that the crazy names aren't exclusive to Americans anymore. Here's to hoping that some Japanese parent will name their son "Ultraman". Wink
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Spotlesseden



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 11:21 pm Reply with quote
Hao is a real Japanese name or is that Chinese?. it's not like she names her baby Haoshoku.
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InnocentSorrow59



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 12:57 am Reply with quote
Epic. XD I love her reasons too, wanting her son to be an exceptional person and all.

Screw it, I'm naming my kid Ace one day.
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Ulinox



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 1:34 am Reply with quote
Spotlesseden wrote:
Hao is a real Japanese name or is that Chinese?. it's not like she names her baby Haoshoku.


I don't know about Japanese or Chinese, but Hao is a fairly common Vietnamese unisex name meaning "good".
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mufurc



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 2:51 am Reply with quote
Spotlesseden wrote:
Hao is a real Japanese name or is that Chinese?. it's not like she names her baby Haoshoku.

I don't know about Chinese, but in Japanese it's like naming your kid Overlord. It's a tiny bit awkward. Expect the poor kid being bullied for the rest of his life.
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 4:05 am Reply with quote
Now all she needs is another child then name it after the Knights Who Say Ni!

So when she calls her children, she'll shout: Ni! Hao!
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Lightning Leo



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 9:45 am Reply with quote
This is great in my opinion, there's nothing wrong with giving your kid an unconventional name if it's meaningful, inspiring and positive, and not particularly outlandish. Convention is overrated. Razz

It's certainly better than the parents who bestowed the relatively innocuous name "Ima" upon their daughter... when their family name is "Hogg". Shocked You can do much, much worse if you really put your mind to it.
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genman



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 4:49 pm Reply with quote
Having a half-Japanese boy, I remember looking at names and Hao isn't too unusual. I chose the name "Leo" or "Rio" or "璃央". Names ending in "o" are fairly common.

We were thinking Hazuki 葉月 as one choice (means "August").

Anyway, one kanji rendition could use characters like 葉緒 (Leaf-Together) and it doesn't seem too weird. Google turns up some hits on this name...
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mufurc



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 4:57 pm Reply with quote
genman wrote:
Having a half-Japanese boy, I remember looking at names and Hao isn't too unusual. ... Anyway, one kanji rendition could use characters like 葉緒 (Leaf-Together) and it doesn't seem too weird. Google turns up some hits on this name...

Thing is, according to her blog she chose these kanji: 覇王

Which is quite firmly in the "WTF WHY DO YOU INFLICT THIS ON YOUR CHILD?!" category. (Even the mother admits it's a seriously weird name.)
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