Talk:Paranoia Agent/Archive 1

message: I might have missed something, but isn't the name "Lil' Slugger" from just the translated version of "Mōsō Dairinin (Paranoia Agent)"?  Why isn't the name "Lil' Slugger" taking a back seat to the actual name of "Shōnen Bat"?  They don't even mean the same thing.  This is not a matter of otaku elitism, nor is it a matter of extremism.  While the page we are reading is in English, "Paranoia Agent" itself is not an English work regardless of the translation and English dubbing.
Did I miss out on something?  Aside from the fact that it was released this way as "Lil' Slugger", is it actually endorsed in any other way to justify the change in the primary name as should be properly referenced (i.e. statements made by Kon, the production staff, or any other writers involved in the original production of the series)?--Anonymous Bob 12:28, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: A Broader Question With Regard To "Mōsō Dairinin (Paranoia Agent)" And Proper Naming Convention

message: Man! I can't believe how far this page has come since Mitsukai and I first expanded this page from the rather pathetic little blurb it used to be, to this big and well organized monster of a Wiki well befitting of this great series. Great job everyone on really turning this into what I think is one of the best animation Wiki's. This series deserved a good Wiki I thought, and I'm glad to see so many have chosen to really make it as intellectual and pieced apart as the series is.--Kiyosuki 09:43, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Wow!

message: I'm new to this series, only having seen it on its first run on Cartoon Network.  I'm particularly interested in the symbolism of cell phones in the series since they're obviously important, but no discussion of them appears in this article.
:Cell phones are used very heavily in Japan, where people of many ages and stations own them. Its just a common facet of life that seems to have no special symbolisim. Jack Cain 05:59, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cell Phones 

message: 68.113.19.113 added this to the main page.. which I removed. 
---The importance of the calculations was binary, if the end result was 0 it would all start over again, with dufferent people, if it was 1 then it would end----
Ravedave 02:29, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed info 

message: I have watched this series a couple times, and I think I managed to come up with a good addition. I believe that the various baseball bats of the story are symbolic of truth / reality. In the last few episodes, Maniwa finds Tsukiko's father's (very straight) bat, and refers to it as "an acient sword" used by the father to "destroy the lies he sees through". He subsequently uses the bat to battle little slugger. In contrast, Lil' Slugger's bat is specifically described as being bent, it is one of the first descriptions you have of him. His bent bat would symbolize lies, bent truth, and the fantasy he deludes people with. Also significant may be the cartoon in Mellow Maromi, where the Maromi causes the baseball playing child to lose his bat, and tells him to "take a rest". If anyone has any other examples of bats in the series, please post it here. I am planning to add this to the article under symbolism soon.
: No original research. --Sketchee 08:26, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bat Symbolism