Mitsuo/Saburou Question

[Klomonx]

((Is this a Monkey Arc question? It's not about the monkey arc specifically, just a random side character. Um. Ugh if I put this in the wrong place just. I dunno.))

So, I use the dreaded GingaWiki for image sources for WWiW (are we surprised? No.) and as I'm at a part of my story that involves Saheiji's group, I've come across a weird anomaly. The Wiki lists both Mitsuo and Saburou, however Mitsuou's page links to a blank page under the category 'up for deletion' which makes me think he's one of those characters who either doesn't exist or his name was changed.
So I look at the lovely GS name listings, and lo and behold both Mitsuo and Saburou are on that list:

- Mitsuo 三男
Three Male

- Saburou 三郎
Third Son

The fact their names are so similar makes me think that this might be the case...? Can this be confirmed?

[Kit]

Jan 9, 2015 23:09:20 GMT -7 Klomonx said:

((Is this a Monkey Arc question? It's not about the monkey arc specifically, just a random side character. Um. Ugh if I put this in the wrong place just. I dunno.))

So, I use the dreaded GingaWiki for image sources for WWiW (are we surprised? No.) and as I'm at a part of my story that involves Saheiji's group, I've come across a weird anomaly. The Wiki lists both Mitsuo and Saburou, however Mitsuou's page links to a blank page under the category 'up for deletion' which makes me think he's one of those characters who either doesn't exist or his name was changed.
So I look at the lovely GS name listings, and lo and behold both Mitsuo and Saburou are on that list:

- Mitsuo 三男
Three Male

- Saburou 三郎
Third Son

The fact their names are so similar makes me think that this might be the case...? Can this be confirmed?

The only one I know of to be involved in the monkey arc is Mitsuo, who is a puppy whose mother was killed by the monkeys. He and his sibs were on the run just after her death, when Jerome found them, who was then found by Yukimura, who took the puppies in to train them Colosseum-style. He threw them into a pit with the baby monkey Pepe, and had them fight to learn to kill monkeys, since he'd secretly just fed Pepe's parents to the three puppies, and Weed's group.


(Image from GB's FIG, since I'm lazy.)

There may well have been another Saburou in the monkey arc, as it's a common name, but the only one I know of is the Shikoku Ken who saved Rocket and his brothers from being beaten on a regular basis, when they were puppies, by sacrificing himself to the bullies and telling the brothers to live strong - which is ultimately the reason Rocket joins Weed's group, when Jerome's speech about being willing to risk his life for Weed makes him realize he meant for them to live to the fullest, and not just survive.


(Again lazy, so you'll have to deal with Chinese from GB's FIG, sorry.)

Neither are characters you can use, if it's in Tokimune's time, unfortunately.

[Tora]

There is a Saburô in Monkey Arc (thanking GingaPedia for this):

[Klomonx]

Kit
Tora
The link is broken(? it's in Finnish), but there is a picture. He looks like generic dog #544 but...
vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/ginga/images/2/2e/Mitsuo.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100901071527

(or better yet just link to this ginga.wikia.com/wiki/Sabur%C5%8D_%28Yukimura%27s_minion%29 )

EDIT:

I looked it up in the RAWS, here's a link to the page, very early on in volume 34.

[Tora]

Hmm, the pic worked when I put it up... Wierd.
But yes, that's the dog I linked to.

[Klomonx]

I looked it up in the RAWS, here's a link to the page, very early on in volume 34.

^ Bump because of this.

[Kit]

Jan 29, 2015 7:36:43 GMT -7 Klomonx said:

I looked it up in the RAWS, here's a link to the page, very early on in volume 34.

^ Bump because of this.

Yup, it says Saburou. I think he's just a really minor dog that doesn't even show up outside that scene, though.