Though you wouldn't initially think it, due to their culture... the Japanese often don't distinguish between male and female. This is often a point of comedy in many manga series where a character will be traveling to meet someone contacted by mail or some other form of medium where gender is not immediately obvious.
A whole two-part episode of Detective Conan was predicated on this concept (it's no wonder the English adaptation: "Case Closed" never completely caught on - the series often doesn't make much sense without translators' notes all over the place - though the series is a great series... you just have to be tolerant of the fact that you're not going to be able to solve some things without extensive knowledge of the Japanese language/culture).
That said - the name: "Hinata" is the same kanji as "Hyuuga" - meaning "Toward the Sun" or "A Place in the Sun."
It is interesting - because Hinata's name is, itself, a yin-yang balance with her character (Hyuuga Taoist theming). Her character is, generally, the rawest expression of Yin. Gentle, yielding, and non-confrontational. Yet her namesake is that of Yang.
In one of the "prototype" drawings of Hinata, she is shown in the shadow of a hill that Naruto is sitting on, watching the sun rise.
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Of all the characters - I'd say Hinata has had the most attention paid to the little details. There's intentional design behind everything.
Though the tl;dr version:
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Apparently, it's both masculine and feminine. Though interpretations of meaning seem to be all over the place - but agree it has to do with the sun.
if the name of the a boy is hinata... 100% sure that boy will be gay like adam lambert or something. if the name of the girl is hinata... 100% sure that boy will be more gay like charice so pick hinata as a boy's name instead.
Though you wouldn't initially think it, due to their culture... the Japanese often don't distinguish between male and female. This is often a point of comedy in many manga series where a character will be traveling to meet someone contacted by mail or some other form of medium where gender is not immediately obvious.
A whole two-part episode of Detective Conan was predicated on this concept (it's no wonder the English adaptation: "Case Closed" never completely caught on - the series often doesn't make much sense without translators' notes all over the place - though the series is a great series... you just have to be tolerant of the fact that you're not going to be able to solve some things without extensive knowledge of the Japanese language/culture).
That said - the name: "Hinata" is the same kanji as "Hyuuga" - meaning "Toward the Sun" or "A Place in the Sun."
It is interesting - because Hinata's name is, itself, a yin-yang balance with her character (Hyuuga Taoist theming). Her character is, generally, the rawest expression of Yin. Gentle, yielding, and non-confrontational. Yet her namesake is that of Yang.
In one of the "prototype" drawings of Hinata, she is shown in the shadow of a hill that Naruto is sitting on, watching the sun rise.
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For more on what I'm talking about regarding Hinata, Taoism / Yin-Yang, etc:
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Of all the characters - I'd say Hinata has had the most attention paid to the little details. There's intentional design behind everything.
Though the tl;dr version:
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Apparently, it's both masculine and feminine. Though interpretations of meaning seem to be all over the place - but agree it has to do with the sun.
