I think Bang is Silverfang's real name.
I don't know if Krayz intentionally got the sisters' names wrong or what.
I think Bang is Silverfang's real name.
I don't know if Krayz intentionally got the sisters' names wrong or what.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
Not intentionally, but I didn't bother to look it up on the internet.Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
Last edited by KrayZ33; Thu, 05-16-2019 at 01:59 PM.
Their names are written in katakana in the manga, which means they are their actual names. If those were only their hero names, it would've been written in kanji because they are Japanese words/titles.
Peace.
I don't understand what you are saying. Why would the Japanese write their Japanese names in katakana?
Yeah, that makes little sense.
Because Japanese people sometimes just do that. Even if they are Japanese words, they would write them in katakana to distinguish them from other names that sound the same. Remember Light? His name was written in Kanji (tsuki, meaning moon), but they put the katakana Raito on top. Wacky things like that can and do happen. They would only do that for people's names though, which confirms that Tatsumaki and Fubuki are their actual names.
From wikipedia:
Japanese names (日本人の氏名 Nihonjin no Shimei) in modern times usually consist of a family name (surname), followed by a given name. More than one given name is not generally used. Japanese names are usually written in kanji, which are characters usually Chinese in origin but Japanese in pronunciation. The kanji for a name may have a variety of possible Japanese pronunciations, hence parents might use hiragana or katakana when giving a birth name to their newborn child.
Peace.
It doesn't confirm anything, because you don't know that's the author's intent.
Even your wikipedia quote only says "usually".
Who's calling her Hurricane? The CR sub says Blizzard.
Last edited by DarthEnderX; Thu, 05-16-2019 at 10:56 PM.
Light is a very bad example for your argument, because 月 doesn't convey the 'raito' pronounciation at all. It's basically a singular jukujikun ( https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/jukujikun ), aka Light's parent's chose a kanji that somewhat shares the meaning, but is pronounced entirely differently from the kanji that's being used.
I'd wager Fubuki et al's names are written in katakana for stylistic reasons more than anything else. I dunno, are they even Japanese in-anime? If not, it could be a way to give them a more international aura.
I used Light as an example because it shows that parents can and do stuff like that when naming their children, which includes relatively less crazy actions like using katakana or hiragana to name your child.
It's a lot more likely that the names are their real names because they are in katakana (because I repeat, people do that quite a bit in Japan) versus doing it for stylistic reasons. When you write a Japanese word in Japanese media, you will use kanji (with hiragana as furigana for works with younger audiences), not katakana. That just doesn't happen. I can't think of an example for it, at least.
It would make even less sense to use katakana if they are just hero names/titles, because hero names are given to convey a trait of the hero him/herself, which are encapsulated in the kanji (because 2 words can sound the same but mean different things in Japanese, kanji prevents confusion due to that). If you write that in katakana, you rob the meaning from the hero name/title, weakening or even negating its function.
And to drive my point home that Hurricane and Tornado are bad choices for their names, Fubuki is NOT even Hurricane. It's Blizzard... Those 2 things are very different.
Peace.
What shinta says makes complete sense though.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
I don't still understand it. They are Japanese words, so they should be written in hiragana if they aren't written in kanji (or if it's a chuuni kanji that nobody knows how to pronounce). However, if it's something fancy like a hero name, it would make sense they could use katakana since it's apparently used to mimic the Western italic effect, special effects, robot voice, and such things. So, to make it mark an artificial name, like a hero name, would be highly natural.
I guess I just can't understand it because I haven't much studied the Japanese language.
In any case, both sisters take their hero business far too seriously, so it wouldn't surprise me if once upon the time, when they were born, they were given regular Japanese names, but later they changed their actual names in the government citizen register into their hero names. So, Fubuki and Tatsumaki would be both their real names and their hero names.
Woops ignore the hurricane comment. It was due to a bad wiki search.
Either way, "usually" versus "extremely uncommon to never" is an easy choice.
Peace.
*shrug*
It seems consistent with the rest of the series to me, so I'm fine with it the way they're doing it.
I'll just have to wait until I see a flashback of them interacting as kids before they became heroes and see if they still call each other that.
Episode 7
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Yeah, a pretty good analysis. Maybe Saitama should actually do it. He would look cooler defeating monsters when people or cameras are present to see it. His first attempt was only so-so, though.
He bummed out his oponent
Now we are waiting for more action.
All the things I really like to do are either illegal, immoral, or fattening. And then: Golf.
Nice episode. Although i feel a bit sorry for the other finalist, because he *is* strong. Just not cartoonishly strong like Saitama.
Saitama's water polo carbonation fist techniques are pretty ultimate, though. Nothing more soul-crushing than being knocked out by a butt-thrust from a guy who can't even put on his belt properly.
10/4/04 - 8/20/07
The final fight was awesome, I loved it when he pointed out that Saitama was clever for "protecting" his head.
They should've added more jokes for the semi-finals though, that was somewhat tedious/boring to watch
The most interesting scene goes to the small bit about the monster-cells.
Last edited by KrayZ33; Tue, 05-21-2019 at 03:39 PM.
Honestly, I'm disappointed at how much content they cut out from the manga. They're really rushing everything this season. If you haven't yet read the manga, you should do so, at least to keep up with the anime. Pretty much all these monster fights so far have been shortened by like half.
10/4/04 - 8/20/07
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