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I keep seeing that they list “Love without friendship is like a shadow without the sun” as a Japanese proverb but I have not been able to find the actual Japanese saying. Anyone have it or know where it comes from?
I got nothing. Search results on Google absolutely reek of everyone copying it off everyone else. Wikipedia, Wikitionary and Wikiquotes have large (though obviously not exhaustive) lists of proverbs, and it’s not on any of them.
One page I found even claims “time flies like an arrow” as a Japanese proverb. Thought that was Latin. Tempus fugit et al.
Anonymous花より団子 anyone?
Or maybe 花より男子… xD
That one’s on Wikipedia. It’s the former. =P
What is the literal translation I’m only in chapter 3 :(
“Dumplings rather than flowers.”
Is the literal translation what you wanted to ask for, though? =)
花より男子 is also the name of a shoujo manga – it’s a pun. The translation of that is “Boys rather than flowers” (though the official English translation is “Boys over flowers”).
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