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In episode 6 of _Poyopoyo Kansatsu Nikki_ , several stray kittens suddenly
turn up at Moe's house, and her family nurses them until they can find a
foster home. They also decide to give names to the kittens.

So, Moe suggests they name the kittens after flowers. Hide, her brother,
replies that he thinks death comes sooner to those who have a flower's name.

![Hide: "But don't they say that you die earlier if you have a flower's
name?"](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NR5gi.png)

I've never heard this legend before; even Moe seems surprised (replying, "Do
they?"). Is this based on a real legend (Japanese or otherwise), or is Hide
misinformed?


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Does the "flower's name" myth have a real-world basis?


In the manga, Hide says:

![That's what he said!](https://i.stack.imgur.com/CUqy8.jpg)

Which roughly translates to "but doesn't that sound a bit untimely?" Which
probably refers to the fact that flowers lead short lives. Perhaps drawing
indirectly from what Lord Capulet says in _Romeo and Juliet_?

> "Who said death lies on her like an untimely frost upon the sweetest flower
> of all the field?"

Luckily, the dad suggests: ![Father has the best
ideas](https://i.stack.imgur.com/EAnG7.jpg)

"Fruit would be better." Perhaps referring to the kittens being young, while
keeping with flower subject.


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