Oddy wrote:Mrs.ManpeiTakagi wrote:I have a few somewhat silly/obvious questions to ask. . .and I thought maybe some of my fellow Takagi fangirls could help me out. . .?
-Are the twins fraternal or identical? (some claim they're fraternal, some claim they're identical, and some, like me, aren't 100% sure. . .)
-Is their facebook page directly linked to them? (I can't type in Japanese, no it's not like I can leave them a personal message or anything, but I was just curious. . .LOL)
-Are they bilingual? They said they went to an American school when they were kids. . .and one of them (I think it was Manpei) mentioned that they once visited Hawaii while on vacation. So would that mean that they're at least semi-fluent in English?
I can try to answer (sorta kinda?)
-They are definitely identical twins. One of the magazine interviews I have 一卵性双生児 which definitely translates to identical twins (promise XD)
-I have no idea about the facebook page. I know that it gets updated with blog feeds, but sometimes pictures just get posted straight to the wall. It could still be management though. Their blogs are both partially maintained by their managers as well. When you post a comment on them there is a little message that tells you something like "management must approve the comment so your message will not appear right away"
-The bilingual thing I'm also not SO sure on...but they attended an International school when they were younger. Not all schools like that in Japan are specifically English (though most are). Sometimes Christian academies in Japan are also labeled as international schools o.O
- Ditto: 一卵性双生児 is "identical twins" (literally "born from one egg twins")
- Ditto: most Japanese celebrities' blogs are run partially through their management. I'm sure they look at their Facebook page all the time, though (^^')
- I don't know if they're bilingual either. I will say that in the translations I did, the interviewers referred to it as "international school" but MANPEI said "American school". And then he said they didn't speak Japanese during their time there very often. I talked to one of my coworkers and she said that most international schools are taught in English and that any other language isn't allowed. So I'm pretty sure it was English. HOWEVER, just because they knew English when they were kids doesn't mean they remember it! If they're like most Japanese, they remember a very basic knowledge and some key phrases in English as adults, but they forget English faster than any other subject~ haha XD