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@The Mad Hatter I'm sure you know that I'm not actually skilled in the Japanese language, so whatever I create probably just sounds good, rather than being totally meaningful. I have tried that with some characters I've made, but at the end of the day, I'm no expert. That's not gonna be an issue for you, is that?


Nope. No issue. Just trying to help.
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I'm bored, so... I did things. I'm really trying to be helpful and not a pain in the butt. I'm not trying to be a smart-ass or anything. Just wanna make that very clear!


Yo, you got no problems. Correcting Japanese names isn't going to cause anyone to label you as a smart-ass XD

Though I'm not one to say anything because I literally just named my character "Bang Bang of a Thousand Guns"
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Throwing up a Discord on player request. Hoping it won't kill the OOC.

Here's the invite.
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Yo, you got no problems. Correcting Japanese names isn't going to cause anyone to label you as a smart-ass XD

Though I'm not one to say anything because I literally just named my character "Bang Bang of a Thousand Guns"


I noticed and chuckled at it, but also clearly saw that you definitely did it on purpose. We've got a dude called "Excited State", too. I assume that's completely intentional as well ;)
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I noticed and chuckled at it, but also clearly saw that you definitely did it on purpose. We've got a dude called "Excited State", too. I assume that's completely intentional as well ;)


I actually talked with Sloth about his name, and it wasn't the type of excited he meant for it to be, but kept it nonetheless XD

Btw, don't think we've ever met on the forum before. I hope we have a smashing time in this RP :D
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I actually talked with Sloth about his name, and it wasn't the type of excited he meant for it to be, but kept it nonetheless XD

Btw, don't think we've ever met on the forum before. I hope we have a smashing time in this RP :D

It's a good name
I once played with a chick who had - completely without knowing what it meant - named her character Gaisho (it can mean hooker/prostitute), 'cause they wanted it to sound like geisha, but not actually be Geisha.

I honestly wouldn't know if we'd "met" before. I've been RPing for ... jeesh, I guess it'll be 14 years soon.
I've played with so many people that I can't remember by far the most of them. Also, I suck at names and people change their avatars all the time, so I get confused
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No offense, but I think people usually ask if they need help with their characters' names. Just up and doing it does give off a smart-ass vibe, though I'm sure that wasn't your intention.

Especially since your help seems to be basically copy-pasting a pronunciation of a word into jisho.org and picking the top results. That's not exactly how Japanese people pick the kanji for their names. They don't just choose an existing Japanese word with multiple kanji that happens to be pronounced the way they want and go "okay, that works".

There's a plethora of kanji than can be pronounced "ten", and just as many that can be pronounced "shin", for example. You can, in theory, combine any of those kanji you happen to like to form a name and a meaning - like ten for heaven and shin for trust. And thus you'd get "heavenly trust". And so on and forth.

Also, for the record, "foreign minister" in Japanese is also pronounced "gaisho". Multiple words often have the same pronunciations, so just because one of those words is questionable doesn't mean everyone will immediately jump to thinking that's what was meant.

Tl;dr: Let's give people a lil break with their names, and offer help if asked instead, yeah?

Going to be working on a CS this weekend, hopefully!
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It's a good name
I once played with a chick who had - completely without knowing what it meant - named her character Gaisho (it can mean hooker/prostitute), 'cause they wanted it to sound like geisha, but not actually be Geisha.

I honestly wouldn't know if we'd "met" before. I've been RPing for ... jeesh, I guess it'll be 14 years soon.
I've played with so many people that I can't remember by far the most of them. Also, I suck at names and people change their avatars all the time, so I get confused


Kek. Actually ridiculous. I mean, they at least did what they set out to do: a geisha that isn't actually a geisha.

I'm pretty sure we haven't, cause I'm sure I'd remember the name "The Mad Hatter" if we ever did. But yeah, lots of peeps on RP forums and lots of changing and switching. Anyways, nice to meet you!
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Off topic, but the fact that this was what you used for the interest check gets a happy chuckle out of me for some odd reason.

Probably because I'm trash and actually enjoyed B Gata H Kei
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Off topic, but the fact that this was what you used for the interest check gets a happy chuckle out of me for some odd reason.

Probably because I'm trash and actually enjoyed B Gata H Kei


Oh, so that's what that is from! Never heard of the series, unfortunately. I was trying to find a pic that would work with the whole H = ecchi pun, but my Google Fu was pretty weak and I couldn't really find anything funny. That was one of the first ones I saw, so I figured I'd better just grab it before someone else beat me to the letter, heh.
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No offense, but I think people usually ask if they need help with their characters' names. Just up and doing it does give off a smart-ass vibe, though I'm sure that wasn't your intention.

Especially since your help seems to be basically copy-pasting a pronunciation of a word into jisho.org and picking the top results. That's not exactly how Japanese people pick the kanji for their names. They don't just choose an existing Japanese word with multiple kanji that happens to be pronounced the way they want and go "okay, that works".

There's a plethora of kanji than can be pronounced "ten", and just as many that can be pronounced "shin", for example. You can, in theory, combine any of those kanji you happen to like to form a name and a meaning - like ten for heaven and shin for trust. And thus you'd get "heavenly trust". And so on and forth.

Also, for the record, "foreign minister" in Japanese is also pronounced "gaisho". Multiple words often have the same pronunciations, so just because one of those words is questionable doesn't mean everyone will immediately jump to thinking that's what was meant.

Tl;dr: Let's give people a lil break with their names, and offer help if asked instead, yeah?

Going to be working on a CS this weekend, hopefully!


My bad. Will keep to myself now.
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Oh, so that's what that is from! Never heard of the series, unfortunately. I was trying to find a pic that would work with the whole H = ecchi pun, but my Google Fu was pretty weak and I couldn't really find anything funny. That was one of the first ones I saw, so I figured I'd better just grab it before someone else beat me to the letter, heh.


The show is all about a virgin high schooler trying to get laid 100 times before she graduates. But because she's a hapless virgin, she looks for another hapless virgin to bang as her first. Hilarity insues as they both try to deal with blatant sexual tension, love, and the comedic nature of anime school life.

So yeah. Good job hitting that H for Ecchi ;D
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We've got a dude called "Excited State", too. I assume that's completely intentional as well ;)


I actually talked with Sloth about his name, and it wasn't the type of excited he meant for it to be, but kept it nonetheless XD


Look man, for how admittedly little it was, I tried to be clever.

Just midway through looking into things I saw the translation of Kofun as "Sexual Arousal", had a good chuckle, and decided to keep it. I didn't know we'd be getting fluid kanji readers in this shit.
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Look man, for how admittedly little it was, I tried to be clever.

Just midway through looking into things I saw the translation of Kofun as "Sexual Arousal", had a good chuckle, and decided to keep it. I didn't know we'd be getting fluid kanji readers in this shit.


At least you tried.

Though the fact that the double entendre exists only serves to further the character rather than detract from it XD
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@SlothDon't worry, Shiryu will be sure to tease him relentlessly about it.
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My WIP, was working on my resume today so I wasn't able to get much done. but just to show that I am still interested. other than spelling and grammar if anyone has any issues or comments id be glad to hear them.

P.S. I am also unaware of how the Japanese language works so if the name is off or something I don't mind if you tell me about that either.

6/24/18 am done with Reo.

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P.S. I am also unaware of how the Japanese language works so if the name is off or something I don't mind if you tell me about that either.

Reo Yamamoto
嶺臣 山本


Wondering how you got Reo. Yamamoto sounds right, but even if I can't read one of those kanji, the other one doesn't ever read as "Re" in Japanese.

You might have accidentally stumbled upon a Chinese/Mandarin reading rather than Japanese. Kanji is pulled from the Chinese Lettering, after all.

Of course, I could also be totally wrong, but hey Kanji's difficult.
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Wondering how you got Reo. Yamamoto sounds right, but even if I can't read one of those kanji, the other one doesn't ever read as "Re" in Japanese.

You might have accidentally stumbled upon a Chinese/Mandarin reading rather than Japanese. Kanji is pulled from the Chinese Lettering, after all.

Of course, I could also be totally wrong, but hey Kanji's difficult.


It's actually completely correct that those two kanji would be pronounced as Reo/Leo. I'll just leave it at that.
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Awsome that website was telling the truth. Im also away from my computer for the weekend.
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It's actually completely correct that those two kanji would be pronounced as Reo/Leo. I'll just leave it at that.


Huh. Well then. Learn something new every day. What does the name mean when read as "Reo/Leo"?
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