It seems as if there's some inconsistencies with Uraraka's name that I'd like to clarify. On the manga's Shounen Jump page, there's a character image that refers to her as Ochako, but that's about it. In her U.A. file, Kohei spells her name as Ochaco - which could appear to be a mistake, but in PV2 and her character visual on the anime website, her name is also spelled with a c rather than a k. I don't want to make such a drastic change to the Wiki on my own, so I just wanted to put this info out there. ^^;
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Ochako is the version used by the manga at least. Does anybody know what the Japanese raws say for her name?
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Damage3245 wrote:
Ochako is the version used by the manga at least. Does anybody know what the Japanese raws say for her name?
Ochako is the version used by the manga at least. Does anybody know what the Japanese raws say for her name?
Not very clear translation from Japanese to English. Overall, translating names between the two is a pain. Originally it was Ochako, but the anime came around and we got Ochaco, and from a Westerns perspective, you would think it would be "Ochako" with a "k". Now 99.9% of people who read the series uses "Ochako". Same goes for, "Shouto". From the Japanese, its not pronouced right in English."Shoto" (Show-toe) should be "Shouto".
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GamerTimeUS wrote:
Not very clear translation from Japanese to English. Overall, translating names between the two is a pain.Which is why it's nice when the author tells us.
GamerTimeUS wrote:
Originally it was Ochako, but the anime came around and we got Ochaco,Nope, cover of Chapter 22.
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GamerTimeUS wrote:
Damage3245 wrote:
Ochako is the version used by the manga at least. Does anybody know what the Japanese raws say for her name?
Not very clear translation from Japanese to English. Overall, translating names between the two is a pain. Originally it was Ochako, but the anime came around and we got Ochaco, and from a Westerns perspective, you would think it would be "Ochako" with a "k". Now 99.9% of people who read the series uses "Ochako". Same goes for, "Shouto". From the Japanese, its not pronouced right in English."Shoto" (Show-toe) should be "Shouto".Ochako is the version used by the manga at least. Does anybody know what the Japanese raws say for her name?
Really, 99.9%? So you're just assuming the vast majority of people only read the piroted scans?
And you wrong about the Japanese part, you do realize the writer is Japanese, and he's the one who writes all the names that are listed here with "ou" (Shout0) and "oo" (Tooru) with a single "o" (Shoto and Toru)? Furthermore, going by that logic Tokyo should be written "Toukyou" but that is not the case. Romanizing Japanese long vowels the way he does is nothing new, nor is it incorrect.
You're argument basically seems to be that even though we know how the author wries the characters names, and that's also how the official translation, which the wiki goes by writes the characters names, we should just ignore that because some people might find it a bit strange. That some people might find it jarring is not a convincing one to not do what we know for certain is the correct translation. By the same logic we should have wrong information on the wiki instead of proper translations if more people have read the incorrect version.
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The author writes the names in English in the manga. We even have some scans of the character profiles on the wiki. It's not that hard to find the names either.
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Maybe someone here should get in contact with Viz and tell them to change the names.
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GamerTimeUS wrote:
Maybe someone here should get in contact with Viz and tell them to change the names.
Maybe someone here should get in contact with Viz and tell them to change the names.
Viz isn't the one that has the names wrong. Viz is going with how the author writes the names, as they should, and as this wiki should also do.
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Then we need to take a vote to settle this.
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Rrmcklin wrote:
GamerTimeUS wrote:
Maybe someone here should get in contact with Viz and tell them to change the names.
Maybe someone here should get in contact with Viz and tell them to change the names.
Viz isn't the one that has the names wrong. Viz is going with how the author writes the names, as they should, and as this wiki should also do.
Viz uses Ochako but Kohei uses Ochaco. Even Funimation uses Ochaco and the actual names of characters
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Meshack wrote:
Viz uses Ochako but Kohei uses Ochaco. Even Funimation uses Ochaco and the actual names of characters
Rrmcklin wrote:
GamerTimeUS wrote:
Maybe someone here should get in contact with Viz and tell them to change the names.
Viz isn't the one that has the names wrong. Viz is going with how the author writes the names, as they should, and as this wiki should also do.Maybe someone here should get in contact with Viz and tell them to change the names.
I'm sure I've heard that Viz uses "Ochaco", but either way, we're in agreement about going with the way the Kohei writes it. But since a voting thread has been made, we don't really need to discuss it here anymore.
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