Puar's Gender

Maphisto86 · Post by **Maphisto86** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 1:00 am

I know many will be wondering why the hell I have asked this question and I'm sure most have not bothered in asking themselves such a question. Puar appears to have no applicable gender since Puar... well ya know. Still Puar's personality seems rather feminine though in Wikipedia and other sources Puar is refferred to as male. So what is this sexual organless, shapeshifting, floating cat's gender?

Chuquita · Post by **Chuquita** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 1:21 am

I'm pretty sure Puar's male. In one of the first dragonball ending credits, there's one scene where everyone crossdresses, and Puar's shown with the guys.

Super Sonic · Post by **Super Sonic** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 1:54 am

I know that the old Ocean dubs of DB/DBZ they mistakenly referred to Puar as female, but in the Ask Toriyama letters in DB, he says Puar's male. But as people wonder, in the story, they don't refer to Puar really by any gender-specific pronouns.

Maphisto86 · Post by **Maphisto86** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 2:13 am

Yeah I came accross an article in Wikipedia about Puar (I know it's Wikipedia but I like their articles) and it states how Toryiama referred to Puar as male but Puar's gender is never set in stone in the manga. It's all confusing...

I geuss it's best left up to the fans to decide

.

Jerseymilk · Post by **Jerseymilk** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 2:33 am

Actually this question has been asked about a thousand times here, well okay I exaggerate, more like a couple at least. Anyway, so it's not really as odd a question as you think.

I know that in one of the Q&A sessions in the DB manga, Toriyama did answer the question and state that he thought of Puar as male. I just can't remember which volume now.......

I also remember that the question was reprinted in one of the first issues of American Shonen Jump as well. Going to see if I can at least track that down.....

Tyro · Post by **Tyro** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 7:02 am

I looked in the back of Volume 2 for literally 2 seconds and found the question. Go me!

DragonBall Vol. 2 Akira Toriyama's "Ask me anything" corner.

Q. I Like Pu'ar. I told my brother that Pu'ar is a cat and he told me that Pu'ar is a mouse. Who is right?

A. Actually, Pu'ar is neither a cat nor a mouse, but I draw him a little bit like a cat.

Mystic Jack · Post by **Mystic Jack** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 8:46 am

I'm quite certain he's male. I think he went to school with Ooolong and something tells me he wouldn't pick on girls. (Besides stealing their panties

) therefore making me convinced he's male.

Olivier Hague · Post by **Olivier Hague** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 9:32 am

Tyro wrote:Q. I Like Pu'ar. I told my brother that Pu'ar is a cat and he told me that Pu'ar is a mouse. Who is right?

A. Actually, Pu'ar is neither a cat nor a mouse, but I draw him a little bit like a cat.

Then again, that's a translation. Maybe Toriyama didn't confirm anything, in the original Japanese.

(for the record? male)

Maphisto86 · Post by **Maphisto86** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 10:34 am

No they're probably right... Akira Toryiama considers Puar to be male. It is crazy then that the English dub refers to Puar as a "her". As I said before even though A.T. has stated more then once that he thought Puar is a guy that it was never really stated one way or the other in the manga...

. That's awkward considering most fans I have talked to think Puar is a girl but alas Puar doesen't seem to have any real.... um... "gender specific anatomy"

. Yeah that's politcally correct enough!

The Tori-bot · Post by **The Tori-bot** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 10:44 am

I've always thought of Pu'ar as male. He/she/it uses male speech and nuances in the Japanese version.

Jerseymilk · Post by **Jerseymilk** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 10:55 am

Maphisto86 wrote:No they're probably right... Akira Toryiama considers Puar to be male. It is crazy then that the English dub refers to Puar as a "her". As I said before even though A.T. has stated more then once that he thought Puar is a guy that it was never really stated one way or the other in the manga... . That's awkward considering most fans I have talked to think Puar is a girl but alas Puar doesen't seem to have any real.... um... "gender specific anatomy" . Yeah that's politcally correct enough!

Actually, I've heard Oolong say "he" in the dub too at least once. It was later on with Funi's dub cast though. Yes it seems the original dub made a lot of incorrect assumptions that *still* plague DB fandom. "Bardock P.H.D." anyone? XP

I know myself actually always thought of Puar as male and I know of other people I've talked to that had that opinion too. I think the main reason many people think he's a girl is because of the high-pitched voice. Though as I've argued before, he has a high-pitched voice because he's a little, cute cat-thing. It's the same as with Chip and Dale or Nermal from the Garfield cartoon. All males.

Plus Tori-bot brought up a really excellent point that I'd forgotten all about. Puar does indeed use "male speech" in the original Japanese.

Duo · Post by **Duo** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 2:01 pm

Olivier Hague wrote:
Tyro wrote:Q. I Like Pu'ar. I told my brother that Pu'ar is a cat and he told me that Pu'ar is a mouse. Who is right?

A. Actually, Pu'ar is neither a cat nor a mouse, but I draw him a little bit like a cat.
Then again, that's a translation. Maybe Toriyama didn't confirm anything, in the original Japanese.

(for the record? male)

Viz isn't perfect, but they aren't a bunch of hacks. They wouldn't mess something that simple up, especially since it was back in the earlier volumes long before the likes of "Djinn" and "Hercule".

Pu'er is Male.

The Tori-bot · Post by **The Tori-bot** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 2:04 pm

Duo wrote:
Olivier Hague wrote:
Tyro wrote:Q. I Like Pu'ar. I told my brother that Pu'ar is a cat and he told me that Pu'ar is a mouse. Who is right?

A. Actually, Pu'ar is neither a cat nor a mouse, but I draw him a little bit like a cat.
Then again, that's a translation. Maybe Toriyama didn't confirm anything, in the original Japanese.

(for the record? male)
Viz isn't perfect, but they aren't a bunch of hacks. They wouldn't mess something that simple up, especially since it was back in the earlier volumes long before the likes of "Djinn" and "Her-cule".

Pu'er is Male.

Why put a hyphon in Hercule?

But that's O-T...

If anyone disagrees, go to: http://puarismale.com.

Duo · Post by **Duo** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 3:16 pm

Whatever do you speak of? Perhaps you should read my post again?

BlueSky · Post by **Kaboom** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 3:26 pm

Duo wrote:Whatever do you speak of? Perhaps you should read my post again?

You're welcome.

Oh, and I just noticed your sig.

I like making an impact.

Mike D · Post by **Mike D** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 3:29 pm

The Tori-bot wrote:
Duo wrote:
Olivier Hague wrote: Then again, that's a translation. Maybe Toriyama didn't confirm anything, in the original Japanese.

(for the record? male)
Viz isn't perfect, but they aren't a bunch of hacks. They wouldn't mess something that simple up, especially since it was back in the earlier volumes long before the likes of "Djinn" and "Her-cule".

Pu'er is Male.
Why put a hyphon in Hercule?

But that's O-T...

If anyone disagrees, go to: http://puarismale.com.

You forgot "Vegerot".

SSj Kaboom wrote:
Duo wrote:Whatever do you speak of? Perhaps you should read my post again?

You're welcome.

Oh, and I just noticed your sig.

I like making an impact.

Speaking of sigs, I agree with you. Movie 4 was alright.

Super Sonic · Post by **Super Sonic** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 12:16 am

Duo wrote:
Olivier Hague wrote:
Tyro wrote:Q. I Like Pu'ar. I told my brother that Pu'ar is a cat and he told me that Pu'ar is a mouse. Who is right?

A. Actually, Pu'ar is neither a cat nor a mouse, but I draw him a little bit like a cat.
Then again, that's a translation. Maybe Toriyama didn't confirm anything, in the original Japanese.

(for the record? male)
Viz isn't perfect, but they aren't a bunch of hacks. They wouldn't mess something that simple up, especially since it was back in the earlier volumes long before the likes of "Djinn" and "Hercule".

Pu'er is Male.

True. And I have to say I prefer "Djinn" to TokyoPop's "Bunny" or "Plum".

Drunken Master · Post by **Drunken Master** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 12:50 am

In one of the Q&A sections of my viz manga, Akira says something along the lines off..."For what it counts, I made him to be male".

Not an exact quote though, and I'm too lazy to quote the exact thing, but it's true.

Post by **desirecampbell** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 1:53 am

Drunken Master wrote:In one of the Q&A sections of my viz manga, Akira says something along the lines off..."For what it counts, I made him to be male".

Not an exact quote though, and I'm too lazy to quote the exact thing, but it's true.

I believe that quote is "I've always thought of him as male". And then he laughs. What a weird dude.

Drunken Master · Post by **Drunken Master** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 4:37 am

Yeah, yeah! That's it. Heh, I was kinda off.