What sex is Tama-chan?

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Its simple... Boy or Girl?

  1. Boy

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  2. Girl

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    56.7%
  1. Kain

    Kain Plaything of Doom

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    This is something that i've been thinking about through out most of the series. When Keitaro is first given Tama-chan he calls it a boy but later on in the series Naru argues that its a girl and i think she dresses him/her in a bow.

    However after this Keitaro still tries to refer to him/her as a boy. Later on in the series on the chapter when Mutsumi returns to the story you can see that even Naru calls Tama-chan a boy. So it leves you wondering weither or not this clever little turtle is a girl or a boy.

    I thinks its a boy. I don't really know why i just do.
     
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  2. alkhoon

    alkhoon .: G.Heyer is my life :.

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    I think Tama-chan is a boy too. The way he acts. I dunno. Just everything about him seems to tell me he is indeed a boy. ^_^;
     
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  3. luvweaver

    luvweaver Ad Jesum per Mariam

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    Maybe it's the subbers/dubbers who put the gender to it. Anyway, in the kiss chapter, I remember a girl saying that Tama-chan had been her first kiss. And then Shinobu says (kinda shocked) "but it's a female... and you're a girl" or something like that. So this leads me to believe that Tama-chan is a female. A female turtle who likes human girls, uh...

    Ah what the heck, it's a flying turtle! who cares? :p
     
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  4. Azn_dudeX

    Azn_dudeX New Member

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    i though naru said that tama-chan was a girl that why they name her tama.
     
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  5. Kain

    Kain Plaything of Doom

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    This is true and for most of the series Naru refers to Tama-Chan as a girl but for some strange reason in some of them even Naru calls Tama-chan a "him". Its really hard to understand. Maybe the writer wrote that by acident.
     
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  6. The Jackal

    The Jackal New Member

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    and nobody took a moment to think that MAYBE NOBODY KNOWS?
    *grin*
    I think nobody knows, and its left for you to decide what you think, like the other charachters. and if you disagree with someone else then so be it. I mean, the charachters cant decide, you cant decide. ahmen.
     
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  7. Mochalex

    Mochalex New Member

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    I think Tama-chan is a girl. It kinda goes back and forth in the English translation of the manga, but I think the overall concensus is that Tama-chan's a girl. But here's the clincher: In one of the volumes there's a rendering of Tama-chan in a schoolgirl outfit. Translations aside, you know that the artwork was done by Akamatsu himself. Case closed.

    Edit: ...unless of course that was supposed to be Tama-chan in drag. :sweat2:
     
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  8. Novus

    Novus Gone

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    I'm thinking female. Of course, even I call it a him, but I still think it's female.
     
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  9. Yasuko

    Yasuko I beg your pudding?

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    I think Akamastsu said himself Tamago is a girl... somewhere.
    So yes... she's a she.

    (Bad translations are confusing)
     
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  10. Zanza

    Zanza .Net-ing & PHP-ing~*
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    I've always thought it was a boy.. I mean 'girl' doesn't suit it.. at all.. =/
     
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  11. Sen

    Sen Ero-ninja

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    i always tought of tama chan as a boy....but now that you mention it im not sure, i still picture it as a male tho :)
     
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  12. Novus

    Novus Gone

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    Wait, I had a thought. Do we care about sex or gender?
    Sex: a strictly scientific approach, i.e. reproductive organs
    Gender: behaviour and all that
     
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  13. Blue_TiGeR

    Blue_TiGeR New Member

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    Mmmmmmmm that flying mastermind turtle..."thinking"...well i think its a girl coz Su say's that...u know what i mean...she kinda know the answear's for everything :sweat2: ......
     
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  14. Leon Striker

    Leon Striker New Member

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    I think Tama is a girl beacause listen to her voice i hopea guydont sound like that and everyone refers to her as a girl! :anime:
     
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  15. Tenchi Urashima

    Tenchi Urashima New Member

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    who cares

    tamachan is a girl, but who cares its a turtle, who can scare motoko, a turtle, who loves a big turtele named gidget, a turtle
     
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  16. Teddz

    Teddz Sexy Swedish Love ♥

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    For your information, Tama-chan is as important as Bucchi in Rahxephon. Or the Cat in Trigun. It's a trademark for the series :)

    Well for the gender issue, I can guess that Tama-chan is a female. I really don't know, it's just something I prefer.

    - Teddz
     
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  17. Shinji_Ikari2k4

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    i think tamachan is a girl it's something that seta mentioned about gidget being a girl in vol 8 of the manga correct me if i'm wrong though it seems i need to read the mangas again (oh well what a shame (NOT!!!))

    But if my memmory is correct gidget was a boy even though keitaro said it's a girl

    anyone knows akamitsu's e-mail address :p why not ask him
     
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  18. chibivampysk8r

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    tama-chan is an it. i dont know what sex it is! so therefore tama is an it.
     
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  19. white demon

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    i think its a girl because remember how tama was kissing keitaro in his sleep yea and it was shinobu who tama kissed in the kissing chapter. so it leads you to believe its a guy but i think its a girl. shinobu is the best!!!
     
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  20. chibivampysk8r

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    i changed my mind. calling something or somebody an "it" is just plain rude. so therefore tama-chan is tama-chan. :anime:
     
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