Haruka just sounds better
anal with Haruka
>>285999251Understandable
Kamo-chan
Haruka, my beloved.
>>285999144What about her name in other languages?In French they named her Flora for example, in Spanish it's Aura, German is Maike, Italian is Vera etc...
Veronica Taylor just sounds better
>>286000290always bet on Big Ruke.
I have the japanese names for all 1,025 pokemon memorized & I literally don't even know the English names because I'm a true /a/non
>>286003174This but 1,025 pokegirls.
>>286003210Seriously, how does her hair work?
>>286003231She uses the aftermath of my morning blowjob to style it in place.
>>285999144the Deoxys film is the best one they ever did, alongside First and Heroes
>>286003452I like the bird movie because Misty is mad the whole time.
>>285999251fpwp
>>285999144Maybe if you're retarded. Everyone sane calls her May.>>286003174Wow, a faggot bigger than OP. Didn't know this was possible.
>>286004126Everyone is a secondary.
>>286004137The games are the primary medium of interaction with the franchise. The anime comes after. YOU'RE the secondary.
>>286004149In the games she's also Haruka.
>>286004165Nobody plays the games in Japanese. We are not speaking Japanese right now. /a/ is an English-speaking board.
>>286004149>>286004165Also the Ruby & Sapphire anime came out at the same time as the games.>>286004183I do.
>>286004195Ruby and Sapphire came out 24 years ago. That's not how it's worked for nearly the quarter of a century. And no, you do not. We in the Pokespe threads have translated ALL names to English and will continue to do so. Because that's basic fucking sanity.
>>286004224ok secondary
>>286004304You are not Japanese, and this is not 2ch.
>>286004126I have 1,025 sticky notes, each containing the Japanese name of each Pokemon, whenever I am playing a Pokemon so that I can rapidly apply them to the screen whenever a Pokemon's name pops up in the text box. And no I will NOT learn Japanese.
>>286002822ESLs like to pretend only the Anglosphere gets dubs, and that everyone else watches even the kiddiest of kodomo shows in "Grorius Nippon subs, torrented over 1000 times"
>>286003231original Sugimori implication was it was tied up under her bandana. anime didn't want to risk giving her a 'different' hairstyle by showing it loose without the bandana, so they gave her a fucked up reverse mullet thing so her hair looks the same with or without a hat.
>>286002829I can't not hear May whenever I see something else with her in it. I watched Ikkitousen recently and she voices one of the main characters in it, so you basically get to hear May talk about lesbianism and how good it feels when someone plays with her boobs. it's surreal
>>285999144>Haruka>spring mosquitoPass.
Misty was already a generational sexual awakening for most men, but May will always have my dick. I used to imagine her as my gf as young as preschool. Those terufuu images have legions of my sons and daughters spent to them, thank you May thank you Haruka for being so sexy and the best Poke Girl (and cutest sprite)
>>286004789It's spring aroma, actually.
>>286004645It's funny that they didn't care about doing this with Dawn.
>>286004623And even if they do admit they watched dubs they still desperately try to claim "B-but our dub voice actors are actually good! Practically as good as the original Japanese ones if not better! Only the American dubbers were shit I hate Americans so much!".
>>286002822In Spanish it's still May.>b-but SpainIrrelevant pozzed moroccan colony.
>>286002822in finnish dub she was still Mayusing foreign names sounds out of place with any show. where's my Pekka and Liisa...
>>286002822according to Bulbapedia, it was May in Latin American Spanish,Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, and Turkish;Maike in German;Aura in Euro Spanish;Flora in French;Vera in Italian;Bom-i in Korean;Siu Yuh and Xiao Yao in Chinese;and Haruka in Japanese and Thai.most of them are local variants of May, itself an English equivalent to Haruka (both pertaining to springtime).
>>285999144I agree, but Pokemon is like Dragon Ball where the western fandom for it has crippling dubfag syndrome where childhood nostalgia has gaslit them into believing the western versions of everything are superior.
>>285999144Why did they nerf her breasts in Diamond and Pearl?
>>286003466The birds are also just cool. The movie treats them as physical gods whose mere presence affects their environment, especially the weather.Although Pokemon as an anime franchise is kind of schizophrenic on the Legendaries. Sometimes they're effectively gods that can alter the cosmos and the nature of things, sometimes they're just stronger-than-normal Pokemon that come out of Pokeballs and get KO'd like the rest of the species out there.
>>286006174Haruka has nothing to do with spring, that's just a fuckup the English translators made that carried over to the other translations because they were all translated from English at the time. >>286004224Pokespe and its dubglish is so fucking obnoxious to read.
>>286006675something something physical-special split joke
May’s spats
>>285999144I remember the first time I saw her, it was without any context and I wondered where Misty was lol (at that time, I hadn't seen the end of Johto)
What kind of panties do you think May/Haruka wears? Are they also red haha.....
>>285999144One time I learned that Whitney's Jap name is Akane, and for a while I instinctively referred to her as Akane, because it rolls off the tongue better and she really does look like an Akane
>>286007156Akane's milk.... I like it
>>286006675Jealousy.
Dubshit is never okay.
>>286007085She doesn't, she wears spats.
>>286007156This is also something to keep in mind re: dub names, at least a decent amount of them are governed by the way the games translate names. Like, "Misty" is "Misty" because that's what they chose for her way back in Red/Blue/Yellow. For the most part, if you're annoyed at an English name in Pokemon, take it up with GameFreak, not the producers on the anime.
>>286007156>>286007197I've never not known an Akane who didn't have massive milkers
>>286007298do girls wear spats as underwear irl? didn't know that
>>286007548I don't know, but I hope so.
that abomination called 4kids not only raped the anime original dialogue but also ruined the characters names to hell with 4kids!!
>>286006675I miss when kodomo shows made their girls busty. Many kids became men thanks to girls like these. They deserve some eye candy too.
>>286007548Yes, spats are meant to be skintight and be worn without underwear. Underwear would just chafe.
>>286007991hmm since you can see her spats on her thighs that means she's technically showing her underwear this whole time oh my
>>286007834too many reports of sticky underwear maybe
>>286007991But wouldn't the spats rub against their skin?
>>286008257Not if they're tight enough.
>>286003452Manaphy movie was the best because swimsuits and the thought of peeking in the truck while they were changing got me excited as a young teen
>>286003231she has a pair of rabbit ears attached to her head
>>286008166Bro...
>>286009249dub: look guys there's a jelly donut stand over there!
>>285999144>Epic Haruka-HarukasSounds weird.
>>286010122Everyone talks about her boobs but for me, it's this right here.
Paizuru with Maike
>>286010205ah yes, the leg boobs
>>286010205Same. Haruka was 100% what gave me a spats fetish.Her tits are boring, everyone knows flat is justice.
>>286005915Mei still sounds like it could be a Finnish word. Ash was the worst because the Finnish Misty called her Ass.
>>286010122This is Mei and her Meippais.
>>286010122Haruka's HarukasMakes sense to me
>>286004137Delete this, koreans won't like it
She fucks her brother you know.
>>286010815As she should
>>286010815Exactly as what a good oneesan would do.
>>286010815With her spats on.
>>286010916As she should
>>286010641>Mei and MayThis means something I know it
>>286010975"May" is a mistranslation because the translators were retarded, so not really.
>>286010904Do onee-san's really?
>>286011175It's not an accient with those tits on them
>>285999251Does she use pokeballs as anal beads?
>>286011196You tell me
It's funny how every pokemon thread on /a/ is arguing over whether to call the girls Misty or Kasumi lol
>>286011385I wouldn't know, I don't have one :(
>>286011449That's what happens when retards unironically watch dubs.
>>286011522I imagine most of them just played the games and watched the anime as a kid
>>286011449Not the ones for the current anime, since nobody watches dubshit for that.
>>286011449>Meanwhile Erika kept her name in both regionsReally makes you think
>>286011564I did too, but then I grew up. Don't really remember much about the dub other than it being a lot worse than the Japanese original.
>>286011569Did they change the names in that dubshit?
>>286011564That'd make sense if it was just them not being familiar with anything other than the handful seasons they watched dubbed as kids, but most of them also insist the dub was actually good and get outright angry when people don't use dub names.
>>286011642Same here. Honestly, after learning the Japanese names, they sound so much better and more natural than the dub names
>>286011737Don't they always? I know they changed Orio to "Orla" because you occasionally see some dubshitter somewhere call her that and it took me forever to realize it wasn't a typo.
>>286011737The only one I know for sure is Sango, who had her name changed to "Coral", which more often than not I can't even be bothered to learn her dub name
>>286011809>>286011816I know these two because faggot doujin translators insist on using dub names for some reason.Dub names with honorifics, even. It looks painfully retarded.
>>285999144Haruka is the Britanny of Japanese names.
>>286012096And it suits her perfectly
>>286010815milks him, even
>>285999144She's still a minor though.
>>286013096minorly cute
>>286013096OUT OF
>>286006932>Pokespe and its dubglish is so fucking obnoxious to read.You're an idiot. Why would English be obnoxious to read? We're typing in it right now.
>>286013219Before anyone says anything, I warn you. Arguing with dubfags is pointless. They've born in shit, swim in shit, eat shit, love eating shit and antagonize anyone who doesn't like shit. That's just the way they are and it can't be helped.
>>286006883>The movie treats them as physical gods whose mere presence affects their environment, especially the weather.I like how the movies will have the lesser legendaries feel closer to unstoppable forces of nature than standard Pokemon
>>286013625>Watch out guys, stay in the containment threads if you know what's good for you!Did you know that the anime threads here are the ONLY Pokemon subcommunity on all of 4chan that doesn't use dub names? /vp/, /v/, /vg/, /tg/, /toy/, /m/, /a/'s manga threads, etc all use dub names. You are trapped in a very small circlejerk and mistakenly believe you're somehow better for it. News flash, you're not.
>>286013625it doesn't make sense to translate 90% of the dialog but leave names unchanged. if you're reading english then translate it all. never understood why subtitle groups do this. fortunately the anime does have a group that does it properly too
>>286013709I was neat. Before the anime threw that away, and made them glorified fodder
For me, it was this episode that solidified Haruka as my second favorite Pokemon girl. It wasn't just her tits, her hips and legs were great too.
>>286013863hence all japanese names should be translated like american indian names
>>286006883>Although Pokemon as an anime franchise is kind of schizophrenic on the Legendaries. Sometimes they're effectively gods that can alter the cosmos and the nature of things, sometimes they're just stronger-than-normal Pokemon that come out of Pokeballs and get KO'd like the rest of the species out there.Games are little better in that regard, frankly.
>>286014011how many american indian animes are there?
>>285999144hmm
>>285999144It really doesn't. Haruka is one of the worst sounding nip girl names. It sounds like an old lady name, like Ethel or Gertrude. Lacks femininity.
>>286006932>dubglish is so fucking obnoxious to read.This is how you know you need to put the chinese cartoons down for a bit and go do something else for a while
>>286014219Shut your fucking mouth
>>285999144Eh, not really.
>>286014278Like browse Pokespe threads. Meowth that's right!
>>285999144No? What kind of name is "Haruka"? That's not a girl's name.
I like the ones where women get impregnated by pokemon.
>>286005523>>286004623>>286002822Taiwanese hereYes
Has pokemon gone down Aesthetically? Going back to Gen 1 recently I can't help but be surprised by how bold and striking it is from an art perspective. Even with the graphics being what they are.
>>286015276>Has pokemon gone down Aesthetically? Yes, horribly so.
>>286015276The human characters are back on track after the mistep that was SVThe Pokemon themselves...well, we're going to have to wait and see for Gen 10
>>286010122paizuri with Haruka>>286010641paizuri with Mei
>>286017018>victreebel PoV
>>286017195I don't remember if this happened in the original games but I recently player Let's go Pikachu or Eevee and when you get to Celadon city Brock comes out of nowhere and says "YEAH, I WANTED TO MEET THESE OTHER GYM TRAINERS". I know they changed the dialogue of the old man who was just hanging around the gym to less perv.
>>286005523>but our dub voice actors are actually good! Practically as good as the original Japanese ones if not better! Only the American dubbers were shitThat's a fact though
>>286017402If you're American. I don't know French and I haven't seen the French dub of Pokemon but I bet it's better. Because the American dub of Pokemon is just so awful.
>>286013863>never understood why subtitle groups do thisWhat do they do? Are you saying the English subs for the Japanese audio say Haruka instead of May?
>>286017877yes that's exactly what they doeverything except names are translatedthere is a subbing group that thinks this is retarded and fully translates everything, thank god
>>286017960Using localized names for characters and places in subtitles for the Japanese audio is not a normal thing for subbers to do but I'm not surprised a Pokemon subbing group would do it. Just watch the English dub at this point.
>>286018135They aren't even localized. They're just made up words. If you watch an anime with the original Japanese voice you can hear them saying the names and the subs are all fucked up.
>>286018135>Just watch the English dub at this point.why would you translate all dialog but leave names untranslated? doesnt make sense. just don't use subs at all if you want full japanese
>>286018263>why would you translate all dialog but leave names untranslated?you can't translate a name, if John smith goes to japan they aren't going to call him Yamada taro
>>286018379yes you canif an umbreon uses snarl why would the subs say "blacky, use bark out!"just translate it as "umbreon, use snarl!"
>>286017960By "subbing group" you mean "autist group that takes existing fansubs and edits them to replace all the names with dub names".
>>286018685more like corrects them
>>286018651>blacky, use bark outI'd be fine with that. Sounds like Pokemon.
>Jojo has groups that take existing subs and change the localized names to the names the characters are actually saying because it's annoying as fuck to hear one thing and read something else>Pokemon unironically has fucking groups that take existing subs and change the names the characters are actually saying to dub names because dubfags think it's annoying to hear one thing and actually read that thing instead of the dub dialogueJesus Christ just watch the dub if you need dubshit so badly.
>>286018797>because dubfags think it's annoying to hear one thing and actually read that thing instead of the dub dialoguewhy is that a problem when ALL OF THE OTHER DIALOG IS TRANSLATEDthey are speaking japanese, EVERYTHING you hear is japaneseso why use subs at all if nothing you hear matches what you read? why halfass it and only translate 90% of the dialog?
>>286013829News flash, most places other than 4chan is also filled with people that watch dubs and think this is acceptable. /a/ has always been a "very small cirlejerk that thinks dubs are for fags" and it's absolutely better than it.Fuck off to Facebook.
>>286018783so you're fine with laziness, got it"bark out" is not a move in english, that's an improper translation
>>286018797In the Jojo subs they did it because of the copyrights and it was annoying as fuck but kind of understandable. In Pokemon they want to make sure that the pokefags can read words.
>>286018948>and it's absolutely better than it.
>>286018949Is Pikachu a something in English?
>>286018906Do you think Detective Conan fags sit there watching subs and go "WTF WHY ARE THE SUBS TRANSLATING HAIBARA AS HAIBARA THAT'S NOT WHAT HER NAME IS IN THE MANGA?" or something?
>>286018996yes, it has the same name"100,000 volts" is not, that's thunderbolt>>286018997why dont you go ask them that? this thread isnt about detective conan
>>286018987Yes, dubshitter. You do not belong here.
>>286019171wrong, lazyfaggotif even the pokespe threads can get it done properly then you have NO excusei will forever call out circlejerks as i see them
>>286019124>yes, it has the same nameNo it's not. It doesn't mean shit in English. That's why you don't change it.
>>286019244>No it's not.how retarded are you??? yes it doesand often some japanese names are pants-shittingly stupidzapdos is "thunder"jolteon is "thunders"translate shit properly and nobody will get confused because nobody who speaks english and isn't terminally retarded calls zapdos "thunder"
>>286019356you also have fire, freezer, blacky, crab, etcpokemon names have always been stupid shit
>>286019356YES. Translate it stupidly because that it is the essence of Pokemon. Everything is pants on head retarded. Pikachu you don't translate because you know it doesn't mean anything and the Americans can kind of pronounce it. Haruka you translated because it's too weird and Japanese and we're too stupid and it doesn't sound cool enough.
>>286019414that's why not translating the names is dumb, because untranslated names don't make sense in english>>286019445>defending lazinesshow do you manage to breathe?
>>286019510>lazinessI'm defending the respect to the source material. Which is stupid. But that is Pokemon.
>>286013096I wouldn't call that chest minor by any stretch.
>>286019445>Pikachu you don't translate because you know it doesn't mean anythingDubfags are genuinely retarded holy shit.
>>286019580does this pokemon scare you?
>>286019222The Pokespe threads are full of retarded dubfags and the translations there are honestly unreadable.But this is a thread about the anime and the anime has actual audio where the names you hear spoken are clearly different from the dub names.
>>286003210Why did Max think she was about to strip naked in public?
>>286015276Welcome to 2003
>>286019769>and the translations there are honestly unreadableif english is "unreadable" to you then just leave 4chan and go to 2ch, holy fuck>and the anime has actual audio where the names you hear spoken are clearly different from the dub names.again, why does this matter? EVERYTHING the characters say is different from what you read. that's the point of subtitles. why are names the ONLY thing left untranslated?
>>286019835If you want dub names so badly there's an entire internet out there for you where people worship dubs, just leave 4chan and go to those places.
>>286019835>why are names the ONLY thing left untranslated?you can't translate a name, Haruka is Haruka
>>286019835>again, why does this matter? EVERYTHING the characters say is different from what you read. that's the point of subtitles. why are names the ONLY thing left untranslated?This is how I watched English language television series when I was a kid and when I didn't know any English. But as an adult I can kind of adapt to what they're saying while reading subtitles even if they're speaking a language I don't know.
>>286019769This stance lacks any internal consistency. There's 0 reason why you would have an issue with the name being changed and hearing a different word than you're reading when it applies to every other word in that same sentence. I get it, you were indoctrinated by retards online but it's time you think for yourself anon.>>286019835You can't convince them, they've built up an identity of being a true weeb, "belonging", and not being a "secondary". There isn't a true rationale at play, just cope.
>>286019924>no unot how it works, bucko. and there's already a group that agrees, hence the fixed subtitles.>>286019948we're going in circles because you're too stupid to breathe.yes you can.
>>286019835Isn't it curious how literally every other anime with altered dub names has subfags on /a/ default to the original names, but with Pokemon you get you raging autists that refuse to let go of your shitty dub even when you're in the middle of watching subs and literally hearing the original names spoken.>>286019124Why don't YOU go ask them that and gain a bit of perspective instead of holing up in Pokefag threads and acting like your faggotry is some sort of /a/ standard?
>>286020064>actually using "weeb" as an insult on /a/You retards are something else.
>>286019948>you can't translate a namegigaretard all Japanese names have translated meanings, because how kanji and hiragana works having multiple pronunciations leads to multiple meanings. Proper names in Japanese is a form of poetry and wordplayWhen youve read a Japanese name in kanji on their business card, it's common to ask how it's pronounced to verify its exact meaning
>>286020149>Guy's I fit in on /a/ right? I'm a true wapanese!Comical.
>>286020150>all Japanese names have translated meaningYeah but you don't call them that in an official translation. And Pokemon doesn't even do that. They just name them whatever.
>>286020064it's unfortunate, really>>286020116why would *i* ask them that? you brought it up, you do your own damn homeworkand it's funny you bring up "standards" when the two pokemon communities on /a/ hold opposite viewpoints on thismaybe YOU should get some fuckin perspective
>>286020253Also Pokemon is written in kana.
>>286020253>And Pokemon doesn't even do that. They just name them whatever.Just because you're too stupid to know the meaning of the Japanese names in Pokemon doesn't mean they don't have them.
>>286020116The difference here is that Pokemon games come out long before the anime adapts that part, so people have plenty of time to get used to the English names for new Pokemon and game-original characters. The only Pokemon that was anime-original for a long time was normal form Terapagos, and that was after Terapagos was already revealed via magazines.
>>286020371Bulbasaur somehow reflects to its Japanese name. Or Muk which is just nonsense.
>>286006932Haruka means "spring wind", moron.
>>286020268>homeworkHere's the actual answer, anon: Nobody on /a/ obsesses over sticking to localized names the way you Pokemon autists do. You'd know that if you actually used /a/ for anything other than Pokemon threads.This is why your reference here >>286013829 is "other boards on 4chan" and not "other threads on /a/".
>>286020491It doesn't, but I bet you'll just cite some shitty wiki and triple down on that.
>>286020521>provides zero evidence to the contrary
>>286020542I didn't see any evidence for >>286020491 either.
>>286020492no other franchise on /a/ is secondary to a series of video games that release before themyou would know this if you weren't a clueless retard
You'd think fags that cared more about video games than anime would stick to /v/ rather than /a/
>>286020542In the original gameboy they could only use hiragana and katakana which in out of context don't form Japanese words. That was because of the limitations of the console or laziness and it carried on to the modern games. It's was also easier to read for children because they can't read kanji.The official name of Haruka is just ハルカ which doesn't mean shit.
>>286020479Muk is just an orthographic variant of Muck, you can use your brain to figure out the rest.Of all 1000 pokemon, why would you do your own argument a disservice and choose Muk?
>>286020635>Defending being secondariesHoly shit, anon.
>>286020663Dubfags are not known for their intelligence, anon.
>>286020640so you have none. understood. >>286020591https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haruka_(given_name)
>>286011816I mean, Sango does mean coral to be fair
>>286020678>Guy's I fit in! I'm one of you, truly I am!
>>286020702None of these are in the game unless I missed some dialogue. It's just ハルカ hard HARUKA. And it's fine so just call her Haruka in the English translation and not fucking May.
>>286020757Trying way too hard.Maybe tell TPC to stop adapting the games if you don't want video game nonsense here.
>>286020678Are you actually arguing that adhering to any and all changes done to a localization makes you NOT a secondary? The official translations of the Jojo and Conan manga also use localized names, do you call people that refer to characters by their Japanese names "anime secondaries" too?
>>286020764Her name means "distant", it's very obvious if you look at Yuuki's name which similarly comes from 悠. The player characters in the games all have names that carry the same meaning.There's probably some interview from 2003 or something that confirms it, but it's pretty obvious just from looking at the names, especially in hindsight knowing all later games had similar related names.
>>286020663I'm an ESL so I didn't know the word muck. But why did they chose it? Just call them Betbeter and Betbeton.
>>286020801You lack reading comprehension.I don't give a shit about secondaries, or being a secondary or talking about anime with someone who likes videogames. The entire notion of "secondary-ness" is dumb as hell on an anonymous anime board.
>>286020764>GF clearly told the translators what the name meant>some autist 20 years later says "nuh uh" because the game for 7 year olds didn't include Katakanaby your logic, 'zenigame' has no translation because they didn't use the kanji for zeni and game in its name.
>>286020983>GF clearly told the translators what the name meantThey didn't at the time. There's lots of fuckups in early Pokemon translations because the translators were just guessing at meanings a lot of time.
>>286020928the games aren't for you, Mexican. getting real sick of these arguments always boiling down to "why didn't these AMERICAN translators try to accommodate my NONAMERICAN self?" yet another example of ESLs expecting America to do everything for them, and thinking American media shouldn't cater to American customers.
>>286021042that was only applicable because it was localised before TPCi existed. TPCi took over all localisation in 2000, before RSE were released.regardless, Haruka is a valid and common name in Japanese with an easily-found meaning. Only a retard or a bad-faith faggot would argue she uniquely has a name with no underlying meaning. remember, you still have not provided a shred of evidence that her name has no meaning.
>>286020928Well, to my english ears both those sound really dumb, and don't convey anything about the pokemon (which admittedly isn't necessarily a bad thing).Betbeton seems to translate to sticky/slimy (which also aren't pleasing sounding names). You're ESL, but in english nounizing a verb or adjective tends to sound really stupid, which is probably why grimy got converted to a technically non-word Grimer.It's also why Thunders sounds stupid for Jolteon as well.
>>286020833The official translations of Jojo use localized names because Araki likes to use licensed properties to name his characters, and so that has to be adjusted. People clearly understand that Funny Valentine's Stand is called "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" and not "Filthy Acts at a Reasonable Price". But the changes have to be made to avoid litigation. People are inevitably going to compare an adaptation to the source material. The Elden Ring manga threads here discuss the game and its story, even though the manga is a completely silly gag manga that just does whatever.And the same is true for Pokemon. No, I'm not going to refer to anime-original characters by their dub names. Sango is "Sango", not "Coral". There was a joke with Sango and Onyx eating sandwiches and rice balls because they took the flimsy codenames "Sandwich" and "Onigiri". That joke doesn't make sense with their names translated. But I WILL refer to the names of characters and moves that appeared first in the games by their names in the games, because that's the source material.And before you ask "why didn't you play the game in Japanese", I played it with English text, just like how I use English subtitles when watching anime. As I would expect anyone to.
>>286020983I can concede that they meant "spring" but that still doesn't excuse the American translators naming her May. Because she's Hikari. That's just her name okay.
>>286021138>youNo, I'm >>286020919I'm just pointing out that the meaning of her name has nothing to do with the name the localizers picked because the localizers did, in fact, just fuck up and guess wrong.
>>286017018>>286017195My name's Victreebel btw Not actually a victreebel
>>286021246They didn't mean spring either, they meant distant.
>>286021246>Because she's Hikari.I dunno man, my May looks kinda odd.
>>286021255>in factin your uninformed opinion*you're not gonna confidence trick me, faggot. back up your argument or sit&spin. >>286021295Haruka includes the kanji for both. it's multilayered. >>286021246not according to the Pokemon Company, who named her.
>>286021204>That joke doesn't make sense with their names translated.News flash, the anime has jokes that take game characters' names into account as well.
>>286021398>back up your argumentHave you dub retards unironically never realized that the gen 3 protagonists are supposedly somehow the only characters that have completely random ass names that have nothing to do with anything, while all other protagonist pairs have related ones?
>>286021402Well, sucks for them. I'm not changing the names I've used for characters for 3+ years before they appeared in the anime.>>286021488Not him, but what does "Ethan" and "Lyra" have to do with anything?
>>286021603>Not him, but what does "Ethan" and "Lyra" have to do with anything?Hibiki (響き) and Kotone (琴音).Their localized names supposedly refer to "echo" and "lyre", but like a lot of localized names, they're so poorly done it's very hard to recognize a connection unless you look at their Japanese names and try to see how they could potentially relate to the English ones.
>>286021603Dumb secondaries like you should experience the actual source material and not localized trash.
>>286021488moron. Brendan's Japanese name has a dual meaning of bravery and distance, and May's Japanese name has a dual meaning of spring wind and distance. I'm pretty sure in Japanese spring wind is also symbolic of bravery and valour.
>>286021766But I did. Unless you want me to play them in Japanese, in which case I'm not doing that, because I don't speak Japanese. That's why I use English subs. And Pokemon games don't have voice acting anyway. Are you thinking clearly?
>>286021813>Brendan's Japanese name has a dual meaning of bravery and distance, and May's Japanese name has a dual meaning of spring wind and distance.No, it does not, your faggot English wiki put that there because they try extremely hard to push the idea that the English localizers didn't make a mistake. No Japanese website has ever suggested this because it's not a connection anyone would make unless they're working backwards from the localization with the default assumption that it can't have been wrong.>spring windI remember it used to say "spring flower" for the longest time, I guess someone finally pointed out to them that "haruka" is in fact not a word for "spring flower", and they needed to find some other random word that started with "haruka" and meant something spring-related.
Pokemon is a game/anime from the 90's when localization was standard practice, and having started that way they weren't going to stop 3 games in. English fans are going to be familiar with the translated names from the game, so it makes sense to keep it that way in the anime, yes even with subtitles.This may be difficult for some of the autists in this thread to hear, but translation isn't a science, it's an art. Sometimes you have to take liberties, get creative, and maybe (gasp) have a little fun with it.
>>286004183I play the games in japanese because its good for learning to read.
>>286021865>Unless you want me to play them in Japanese, in which case I'm not doing that, because I don't speak JapaneseAnd that's why you will always be a secondary, secondary-kun.Her name is Haruka btw. And yes, it did say so in the game I played.
>>285999144Haruka's Harukas
>>286021956Then why use subs at all? The entire argument here is over the names used in subs. How many times were you dropped on the head as a kid?
>>286021923>And Pokemon games don't have voice acting anywayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCDodM9OQvw>Atashi Haruka
>>286021923So what name could they have given her in English that alludes to distance.
>>286022027>Pokemon Masters
>>286021982>Then why use subs at all?I don't. Where did I say I did? How many times were you dropped on the head as a kid?>The entire argument here is over the names used in subsNo, it was about what names you refer to characters as, you dumb secondary. How many times were you dropped on the head as a kid?
>>286022062The only modern Pokemon game worth playing.
>>286022073>Involving himself in a conversation about subs when he doesn't use subsPeak head-up-ass behavior.>How many times were you dropped on the head as a kid?>How many times were you dropped on the head as a kid?The clear brain damage explains your behavior. How sad.And "May" is better, by the way. "Haruka" isn't feminine at all.
>>286022097No gachashit is worth playing.
The new Inazuma Eleven game allows people to switch between localized names and the original names, Pokemon should really start doing the same. It would put an end to this "I must have dub names in my subs because I played a video game once" faggotry.
>>286022220Yet you're opposed to people having the choice between localized and original names in subtitles?
>>286022220>>286022283Pokemon should just switch to using the Japanese names in the translated games period and drop all the localized ones.
>>286022338That is not going to happen.
>>286022283Just stick with the dub if you're that much of a dub autist.
>>286022414So that's a yes then?
>>286021923Haruka can be written with any of these kanji春香 = spring, fragrance春花 = spring, flower晴香 = sunny weather, fragrance遥花 = distance, flower春佳 = spring, good/fine/etc遥 = distant悠 = permanenceYuuki can be written with these雪 = snow幸 = joy由紀 = origin, age/chronicle由貴 = origin, precious由岐 = origin, fork (in the road)由樹 = origin, greenery (springtime shoots)友紀 = friend, age/chronicle夕希 = evening, hope有希 = possession/ownership, hope勇気 = courage, spirit有機 = possession/ownership,祐樹 = blessing, greenery雄輝 = masculinity雄樹 = masculinity, greeneryas you can see, both have elements of springtime and rebirth/energy involved in them. you have been officially BTFO.
>>286022414Learn Japanese if you're that much of a Japanese autist.
>>286022535I did.
>>286022512>trying THIS hard to avoid acknowledging the possibility of the translators making a mistakeIsn't it curious how no Japanese fans make this connection between Haruka and Yuuki's names and the concept of spring, though?
>>286022733>isn't it fascinating *shit I made up on the spot*your continued refusal to cite even one shred of evidence for your claims will be taken as a concession you're full of shit and are just baiting at this point.
>>286021923There are definitely people named Haruka where it's written 春花
>>286022356They can at least do if for the human characters. The Pokemon themselves can keep their pun names
>>286022869Yes. But while 春花 is a word that means "spring flower", it's not pronounced "haruka", but "shunka".
>>286022689Then why do you care what subs and dubs do when you don't need them?
>>286022961I reiterate, it's not going to happen.
>>286023024I don't. I just call you a retarded secondary.
>>286019124I promise you that if you go into a Conan thread and start calling people secondaries for writing Shinichi because "it says Jimmy in the manga" you'll be called out for trolling because nobody could possibly be that retarded.
>>286023028Yes, but they SHOULD do that There is the occasional character that manages to keep their name from the Japanese release
