Comments on: Nymphet (Kodomo no Jikan) Cancelled aka. You Blew It Up!

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By: D

Sun, 02 Sep 2007 19:13:01 +0000

Just wanted to chip in the creator isn’t a male. It’s a female from what I’ve read about that person. They understand what the title means and wanted it to stay that way for one reason or another. Either way it’s sad that America fails so hard….

By: Robert Firth

Robert Firth — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 07:43:19 +0000

‘Kodomo no Jikan’ literally means “child’s time”, but it is used metaphorically to mean, approximately, “age of innocence”. In this context, it is clearly ironic, since the innocent is the 23-yr-old *virgin* male teacher.

By the way, the mangaka, Watashiya Kaworu, is female.

By: Senna

Senna — Thu, 31 May 2007 22:49:41 +0000

Not going to weigh in with any thoughts, but I believe that Kodomo no Jikan would literally translate to something like Child’s Time (kodomo=child/children, jikan=time).

By: Demian

Demian — Thu, 31 May 2007 19:25:26 +0000

Kodomo no Jikan means something akin to “Age of Innocence,” or so I’ve read. Take from it as you will.

By: Mutio

Mutio — Thu, 31 May 2007 12:58:09 +0000

“Somehow typical american” that’s what I first thought after reading the article. America, the land of censoring at its best, the land where pedophiles are put on public lists to be killed by some “avengers” later.
Irnoy? Well, that’s what you always here in staid news in Germany when it comes to such topics regarding America. So all in all I think that THIS is the reason why KnJ has been canceled. Sorry if I’m offending some of you, just wanted to say it from the German point of view.
And now’s the question where the censormania will go next..

By: Owen S

Owen S — Thu, 31 May 2007 10:27:21 +0000

Maybe “Kodomo no Jikan” has this pun that gives it the same meaning as “Nymphet”, but I could be wrong.

By: DiGiKerot

DiGiKerot — Thu, 31 May 2007 05:14:35 +0000

I’d imagine if the author requested that to be the title, he probably had a pretty good idea what it meant.

Oh, and for the record, the thing about the name change coming from the author came from a forum post by a Seven Seas rep months ago.

By: zoku88

zoku88 — Thu, 31 May 2007 03:51:03 +0000

Y’know, I’m not really sure. I was talking about the name change on my blog when some poster told me that.

By: Demian

Demian — Thu, 31 May 2007 02:12:12 +0000

That is curious. Did the creator understand that full connotations of that word, or was it just another bit of engrish in play? Seems like this manga really was doomed from the start.