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His early school uniform in the series consists of a short-sleeved white uniform shirt and dark blue slacks, later colored black. However, the dress code changed in the 2004 strips of the ''Kitakou'' series (and the Kitakou Pure game) and Noto started to wear a different uniform, consisting of a brown vest worn over the white shirt and burgundy slacks with a matching tie. | His early school uniform in the series consists of a short-sleeved white uniform shirt and dark blue slacks, later colored black. However, the dress code changed in the 2004 strips of the ''Kitakou'' series (and the Kitakou Pure game) and Noto started to wear a different uniform, consisting of a brown vest worn over the white shirt and burgundy slacks with a matching tie. | ||
| − | In the period in which he snaps and becomes "Black Noto", he begins to wear the second girls' uniform as well, which consists of a red sailor-style dress with a black necktie and trim. In addition to the dress, he wears a red ribbon on his hair (attached to a detachable ponytail extension). | + | In the period in which he snaps and becomes "Black Noto", he begins to wear the second girls' uniform as well, which consists of a red sailor-style dress with a black necktie and trim. In addition to the dress, he wears a red ribbon on his hair (attached to a detachable ponytail extension). He originally wore a white lace petticoat underneath the dress, but it was done away with in later appearances. |
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Revision as of 21:22, 2 May 2010
Noto Kanazawa (金沢のと, Kanazawa Noto) is the main character of the series Advance! Kitakou Broadcasting Club, created by Hidekaz Himaruya (at the time credited as Kazuyoshi Himaruya). He was also the original mascot of the website Kitayume, which was named after the series. However, both Noto and Kitakou would later take a backseat to Barjona Bombers, and later to Himaruya's best-known series, Axis Powers Hetalia.
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Appearance
Noto is a petite young man, described as looking and sounding very feminine. This has caused him to be mistaken for a girl to comedic effect, further exploited when he is depicted crossdressing as a female in the series or in other pieces of official artwork. His neck-length hair is generally colored a dark or medium brown, while his eyes are green.
His early school uniform in the series consists of a short-sleeved white uniform shirt and dark blue slacks, later colored black. However, the dress code changed in the 2004 strips of the Kitakou series (and the Kitakou Pure game) and Noto started to wear a different uniform, consisting of a brown vest worn over the white shirt and burgundy slacks with a matching tie.
In the period in which he snaps and becomes "Black Noto", he begins to wear the second girls' uniform as well, which consists of a red sailor-style dress with a black necktie and trim. In addition to the dress, he wears a red ribbon on his hair (attached to a detachable ponytail extension). He originally wore a white lace petticoat underneath the dress, but it was done away with in later appearances.
Profile
Noto debuts at the start of the series as the new student at Kitakou High, having longed to enroll at the school ever since he was seven years old due to it having been first place in the broadcasting club competition, and him having won a broadcasting tournament in junior high. However, when he arrives at the school, he finds that the club has been abolished and a strange ninja student has attempted to comment suicide due to it. Though they manage to convince the president of the student council to bring the club back, Noto soon discovers that running the broadcasting club is harder than it seems.
He is a first year student in the Chemical Engineering department, and his favorite food is Mamador, a type of bean paste snack food.
As the series progresses, there comes to be two different "types" of Noto:
White Noto
Early in the series, Noto is generally characterized as an easygoing, yet timid and pitiful character who finds himself unable to utilize his talents in the broadcasting club. He also winds up constantly bullied by the students around him, and forced into going along with what others think due to his meek nature.
He crossdresses for the first time in chapter 6, due to playing the lead in a drama that the club planned to film. However, this winds up gaining him many unexpected followers (combined with his already feminine appearance).
Black Noto
At some point due to a certain incident, Noto's darker side emerged, causing a complete change in his personality.
He debuts in Barjona in this incarnation, having become tired of being bullied and treated as weak. Noto proceeds to enact his revenge by stripping others and committing various indecent acts. Compared to his earlier personality, this Noto is much more arrogant and short-tempered, making sure to make his points known and taking advantage of others when he can. He is also initially drawn to look older and more masculine to emphasize his changed nature, but soon becomes simply harsher-looking.
It is at this point in time that he starts to wear the red girls' school uniform and dub himself "Noto-sama".
Noto eventually became toned down over time with his cruelty (to where he simply stripped others), and it appears that he might have fully reverted back to his original personality and look in the 2007 Kitakou strips (as the "Black Noto" era has been removed from the site). However, this version of Noto seems to have become the best-known due to his crossover appearances in Hetalia and the Noto-sama series of games.
Relationships
Toyama
Wakasa
Yamato
Hinaji
Sunki
Tsuko
In other series
Barjona Bombers
To come.
Axis Powers Hetalia/Hetalia: Axis Powers
A feudal clan character modeled after Noto appears in a footnote to the unfinished Sengoku-era strip The World at War and the Fool of Owari. He is referred to as Kanazawa-han and is said to be a moody and depressed type who would rather paint. It appears that he is more inspired by Noto's earlier, more innocent depiction.
"Black Noto" later shows up in the deleted aftermath to the 2007 Christmas Rampage story, having become angered at Christmas and vowing to get his revenge on it, taking Yamato along with him in his quest. The two strip Seychelles of her towel, harass Santa Claus, and proceed to storm a castle that the nations are staying at in an attempt to strip them (in revenge for stealing screentime). But the two find that the nations are already nude, and wind up stripped themselves. Though Noto becomes upset, France tells him that by next Christmas, he'll "be sure to have a smile on his face".
Noto's next appearance is a cameo in the 2008 April Fools event, where it is detailed in a hoax news report that he, Yamato, and Prussia wound up arrested for indecent conduct at the "World Academy W" campus (setting of the game Gakuen Hetalia). He later appears to wish the audience a happy April Fools, after France tricks Spain into stripping.
In the games
To come
Trivia
- Much like a good deal of the other Kitayume characters, his full name is an injoke referring to the prefecture he is modeled after: Kanazawa is the capital of Ishikawa Prefecture (his hometown), which was formed from the merger of two historical provinces of Japan, Kaga and Noto. Ishikawa Prefecture is also home to a peninsula named after the Noto province. Furthermore, the Ishikawa Prefecture is situated between the prefectures of Toyama and Fukui, while the two characters modeled after those provinces are childhood friends of Noto (though Wakasa sees him as a rival in the way of her affections for the other boy).
