Gemeilia: Kokko & May

Gemeilia: Kokko & May (哥妹俩), simply known as Kokko & May, is a Malaysian Chinese comic series that created by Eddie See Yew Lee, began in 1997.

Gemeilia: Kokko & May tells the daily life stories of the two interesting siblings, Kokko See and May See. Apart from interacting with the See family members (such as their parents and uncle), Caihua Primary School (now Nankai Primary School) classmates and teachers, and also one shot characters are included into the stories, inspiring children to encounter ups and downs and also learning cultural characteristics beyond school textbook teachings.^[1][2]

Gemeilia: Kokko & May features a pair of male and female young siblings. The inspiration did not stem from Eddie See's own children, but rather from the concept of gender role balances. Since a mischievous young boy could lead to a wider variety of story developments, Eddie See chose the male character, Kokko See, as the primary lead of the narration. Initially, Eddie See intended to title the work “Xiong Mei Lia” (Chinese: 兄妹俩; trans. "older brother and younger sister", however, the Chinese character “Xiong” (Chinese: 兄; trans. "brother") is also a homophone of “Xiong” (Chinese: 凶; trans. "fierce/violent"), which disrupted the tone and rhetorical effect of the title. In the end, "Ge Mei Lia" was decided, and later changed to Kokko & May, making the series more accessible and memorable for English readers.^[1][2]