Talk:List of Darker than Black characters

message: Stop changing the romanisation of Hei's alias! If you refer to episode 11 of season 1, you will be able to see the actual Chinese characters used for his alias (timecode 04:57), which is 李舜生. The proper Hanyu Pinyin is Li3 Shun4 Sheng1, not whatever weird versions that people with no idea how 李舜生 should be read keeps changing it to. I am also aware of the romanisation offered by the translators, which is Lee ShenShun, and they are wrong and that fact can be easily verified if you check it with adapt speakers or online dictionaries. The proper romanisation for his name is obviously and definitely Li Shun Sheng according to the Chinese characters shown in the anime (as you can see in episode 11). Firstly, why Lee? Unless it is a romanisation of his name in his Chinese dialect (and that only happens for people of Chinese heritage living elsewhere). And why did people decide to switch his name around? He is not Shengshun.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.186.13.235 (talk) 03:32, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Romanisation of Hei's alias 

message: Why is the text on this page substantially similar to the text on http://kazhee.multiply.com/reviews/item/2?  --Iamunknown 07:25, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: On the subject of Coren Bot

message: Why is it that some of the other side characters/contractors, which played an important role, in some episodes not added? Some including Kenji or Shioko.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Erriderate (talk • contribs) 19:30, August 26, 2007 (UTC) 
Shoko added at bottom.  I propose Brita to be added, when someone find seiyu and a suitable picture. She has appeared in around 5 episodes so far(more than maki, yet he is included), and is a major participant of EPR's objectives.  Her remuneration is to give a kiss to the people she teleports, and cannot teleport a person's clothes.  Also is a nudist, no inhibitions about walking around nude, as she frequently does after she teleports.
58.110.144.218 11:14, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Conjecture is not admissible here. -Biokinetica 20:50, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

text: In episode 24, Brita kissed Amagiri after teleporting him, and responds to his protests by saying it's her remuneration. Also, shortly afterwards in the same scene, Amagiri offers her some clothing he took from the guards they defeated, but she says she'd prefer to be without. Rexas 11:33, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

text: If Gai and his assistant are to be added, someone make a note that most of the time, they did comical stuff. I agree on Eric, since he became an important character in the middle of the show. Can probably do that if no one's doing it. Ominae (talk) 23:17, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other important characters/contractors 

message: Alright, people keep adding different theories to the article from time to time, in spite of the fact that they've been always removed. I'd like to clear this out for now:
1. Yeah, Hei has a habit of overeating. But it's NOT his remuneration. In episode 4, Havoc states that Hei has always had a good appetite, referring to their shared time during South America wars. At that time, Hei wasn't even a Contractor. Also, in that very same scene, Havoc says that Hei is a very strange Contractor, and that he "doesn't even seem to have an obeisance/remuneration". You'd think that she'd recognise his stuffing of food as one, if it really was the case. 
2. The fact that Hei displays emotions, anger, sorrow, compassion, etc. This has lead some to think that gaining human emotions is his remuneration. This is untrue. Hei displays humane sensitivity all the time, even when he hasn't used his powers.
Lastly, it'd be very appropriate to discuss these additions beforehand on this talk page, instead of just filling in your random hunches straight to the encyclopedic article. Rexas 10:53, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hei's Remuneration 

message: Bai has the power to alter particles on the quantum level.  Electricity manipulation is the tip of the iceberg of her abilities - ie. just the beginning of her vast abilities.
the Grey haired doctor explains the reason why Heavens gate is impassible is because she changed normal particles into this impassible territory.  Also this same manipulation of matter on the quantum level can change people into contractors.
Can probably edit Pai and Hei.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by GinLime (talk • contribs) 08:56, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Besides being a heavy spoiler, it would also be very confusing to people who haven't finished the whole show, to read an article that only states Hei to be a human. In my opinion, we should leave the article as it is now, save for minor polishing. After all, throughout most of the show, Hei is as much of a Contractor as one can be. And it's also misleading to say that Bai's powers were "passed onto" Hei. Technically, they are the same person, while existing at the opposite sides of the Gate. The star BK201 belongs to Bai, and it is Bai, who uses her power through Hei, according to his intention. That is the reason why Hei doesn't need to pay for the contract. So, in theory, Hei is both a human and a Contractor, while the former fact should be left for anyone watching the show to discover on their own. Rexas 09:35, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bai / Hei's abilities 

message: Although I know that all people are not fully aware yet, but could it be possible that in episode two, in that scene where Shinoda Chiaki is seeing her parents get attacked by Contractors, the duo that attacked her parents are Pai and Hei? The figure that activates her Synchrotron light in that scene resembles Pai, and her partner right behind her resembles what would be Hei. Can someone confirm this? Erriderate 02:51, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Epi 2 scene 

message: I'm attempting to remove images of some of the less important characters, but I can only determine that based on the info in the sections. I'll need help from someone who knows more about the series. So far, I believe the Russian Intelligence images should be removed. It's kind of hard for me to determine who else. But the image under the Syndicate should stay; they seem to be the protagonists. ~Itzjustdrama C ? 20:33, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: That's interesting. I have discussed it with someone who knows the series better than I do here. However, the notification problem here is definately my fault. Well, if that's so then it might warrant images for all of them. Although the article might end up with excessive copyrighted images. I've seen the notice at the top and you guys are looking for group images. I'll restore the Police Deparment's image. ~Itzjustdrama C ? 14:59, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images 

message: Japanese seyu clearly say paburichenko that's Pavlichenko that should be Павличенко in Russian. However cyrillic signs show spelling Павлюченко that's Pavlyuchenko. Also Павлюченко is more common form of that family name —Chris Archer (talk) 14:09, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pavlichenko's Family Name 

message: "Xing" might be another code name. "Hei" is not Chinese, it is strange that the real name of Pai is a Chinese name. 220.104.44.217 (talk) 12:48, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  It is doubtful that the real name of Pai is Xing.  

message: The article says: "Hei" is the Chinese pronunciation for the Mandarin character "黒", meaning "black."
That doesn't make sense. I don't think there would be just one "Chinese pronunciation." Aren't there multiple pronunciations within China? (See Varieties_of_Chinese ) And would the character itself be Mandarin? Or would it be the pronunciation that was Mandarin? --Cloveapple (talk) 00:09, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Chinese pronunciation"