(Ms.) Tomo Kimura’s Translation/Tokyo Notes

Takarazuka

Official English site info is here. The Japanese site has lots more photos of the stars.

Shinigami Names and Human Names

In the original, Shinigami names are written as a combination of hiragana and katakana, whereas their human names are written in kanji. To make a similar distrinction, I made “Takuto Kila” the Shinigami name, and “Takuto Kira” his human name.

Takuto not being told the truth about his condition

It is not uncommon for this to happen in cases of cancer diagnosis. In such cases, the doctor will tell the patient’s family the truth first. If the family decides not to tell the patient about the cancer, the doctor will tell the patient something like “You need an operation for bad stomach ulcer (but it’s actually stomach cancer).” This could result in an intense family conflict later, when the patient realizes they are terminally ill.

Yamanaka-ko

This is a big lake near Mt. Fuji

Hissatsu Shigotonin

There were a number of series on the same theme.
The Japanese wikipedia entry on this series is here.

Went to the post office to pick up my copy today.

And I’m working on the final chapter of Full Moon right now.