Tag Alias: wakusei_no_samidare -> hoshi_no_samidare

Aliasing wakusei_no_samidare -> hoshi_no_samidare.

Reason: Alternate title. May want to throw in the charming English title, (The) Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer, as well.

Done.

Could someone care to explain why hoshi no samidare is the main title instead of wakusei no samidare? I don't know any Japanese, but the main title on the cover is 惑星のさみだれ with a smaller ほし over the 惑星, but isn't 惑星 wakusei (going based off translation websites)? So shouldn't the main title be listed as wakusei* instead of hoshi*?

I've actually been rather curious about this for awhile, given how some sites used one title while others used the other title.

NWF_Renim said:
Could someone care to explain why hoshi no samidare is the main title instead of wakusei no samidare?

I suspect it's because the furigana for 惑星 is given as ほし. You see this kind of thing a lot in song lyrics etc.

Soljashy said: I suspect it's because the furigana for 惑星 is given as ほし. You see this kind of thing a lot in song lyrics etc.

Yeah, if there's furigana specified, as far as I know we go with it. Since it's explicitly telling you how to pronounce the title.

See also 宇宙をかける少女 - Sora wo Kakeru Shoujo. Even though 宇宙 is usually read うちゅう (Uchuu), the furigana specify そら.

Furigana that don't match the reading of the "main" text essentially means "The words in furigana are what is said; the text the furigana is attached to is what is meant."