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Rheine86 days ago

Hi! Thanks so so much for your very thorough, detailed, and even-handed comment!

I'm glad you enjoyed the story. ^^ It was a parody but also a love letter to "children games" shonen anime like Yu-Gi-Oh! and Beyblade.  I just love how high energy and dramatic they can get.

And I'm definitely glad that you noticed the name puns! I do love name puns. They're a big part of Ace Attorney for me. Although, because I don't speak Japanese myself, I had to resort to English puns using Japanese syllables.

You're absolutely right about that phrase sounding OOC for Yoyo, we'll update that!

Cheers!

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komehara80 days ago (2 edits)

You’re welcome!

because I don’t speak Japanese myself

Wait, somebody else wrote the Shichirin 七輪 joke then? It’s just on spot if Rin is written 輪 (wheel)! What about Furuya, which is usually 古屋 or 古谷, but could be exceptionally written as 振 (swing) 屋? Well, stats say it’s only 220 people in Japan… and I don’t see other Japanese puns. I suppose I may have read too much into it…

I get the pronunciation thing though. I’ve been working on Chinese names and since I didn’t have a sense for it, I ended up making phonetic English jokes (but that still sound like how Chinese speakers transcribe English names).

P.S.: I noticed Yo-Yo-Oh is not on your profile page, in case you forgot to show it (would be nice if itch had an option to always show games by default even if you’re just a collaborator, I tend to forget to show them)

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Rheine73 days ago

The Shichirin came from Ariana Grande's tattoo, which was spelled 七輪 and intended to mean 7 Rings, but meant a small grill instead. But yeah I wouldn't be aware of the word/kanji if not for articles like this.
https://www.businessinsider.com/ariana-grande-japanese-tattoo-still-wrong-2019-2

As for Furuya it was meant to stand in phonetically for "player" as in "yo-yo player", so that's a happy coincidence! 

And thanks for the reminder! I'll add it to my profile.

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komehara52 days ago

Aha! Bad Chinese character tattoos have been around for years, I wonder what tattoo artists think when they do this. Are they aware of it but don’t want to hurt their customer’s feelings? Just following the blueprint and no time to search if it’s correct or not on the net? (plus if you’re not knowledgeable it’s quite hard to search) Feeling responsible every time and having nightmares about it?

I see for Furuya, although without the Fu -> Pu I don’t think it really stands out. Another word for player in the context of (competitive) sports though, is “Senshu” 選手 (and “Kyousou” 競争 for competition), in case you want to inject that in a future competitive character’s name, it should be quite easy as they are common syllables.

Anyway, I checked the other names on a pure phonetic perspective and most of them make sense now! Still not sure if there are puns in the Western ones, maybe I’ll learn more about them in the full story!

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