Editing Talk:Suzumiya Haruhi:Volume3 Lone Island Syndrome (section)

== retreating behind and clutching Nagato's shoulders ==

<i>I turned and saw Asahina covering her mouth with her hands. Nagato stood behind Asahina, who was slowly retreating behind and clutching Nagato's shoulders.</i>

How would you imagine it? Asahina is slowly retreating behind and clutching Nagato's shoulders. Well, Nagato stands behind Asahina-san, so for Asahina to clutch Nagato's shoulders she is to face Nagato at the first place. But that would mean she's looking exact to the opposite direction from the corpse. And by "retreating behind" she would only get close to the corpse, and would not be able to clutch Nagato's shoulders anymore. We're translating this text into Russian and somebody guessed this sentence might mean the following: Asahina-san fainted (and started to fall behind), but Nagato clutched her shoulders and supported her. Unfortunately, my lack of japanese language skills makes it impossible for me to check the guess. -- [[User:91.76.47.83|91.76.47.83]] 03:06, 27 May 2007 (PDT)


I assume it means that Asahina came into the room first, followed by Nagato.  When she saw the body, she freaked out and retreated behind Nagato.  It's just said a little awkwardly (at least in English — I can't read Japanese, so I'm not sure how it is there). -- [http://myanimelist.net/profile/JadeMatrix JadeMatrix], 10 December 2008