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Trigoelin wrote:I'm a Japanese who finishes this game a little while ago.

About "Iwanako",I recommend renaming her.
Because It is such a Impossible name in Japan that one name doesn't hit with Google except handle names.

Most names of a modern Japanese woman consist of dissyllabic or three syllables,for example,"Emi"or"Shizune." The name of four or more syllables is extremely rare, and I have seen only "Sakurako"(it mean 'a girl like cherry' )or "Kaoruko"('a girl smells sweet').
Besides,though "Iwanako" is a meaning "Girl like a char"in kanji, it is not thought that the char isn't suitable to express the female name in Japan.

If special effects in the story are not expected in using the name, I think it had better to rename her at the stage of the demo version.

By the way,there is a animation "Legend of galactic heroes" in japan and one of its protagonists named "Reinhart Von Loengram".Though he is great protagonist,many Germans seem to laugh at his name because it is very odd name in modern Germany.

SABAN wrote: Odd names are okay, no?
The girl is not important to the story anyway.

And people these days seem to like giving children stranger and stranger names, consider Iwanako's name as an example of naming children in modern society: strange, unique, sounds stupid and doesn't make sense.

Aura wrote: Iwanako has her own life to live... I wonder if we meet her again...

WASSHOI wrote:Just felt like posting this quote from Aura;

Aura wrote: Iwanako has her own life to live... I wonder if we meet her again...

You can take that however you you guys want. Basically seems like it can fall on either side for now. I just hope that if she is introduced again that the story wont completely shift to her.

Rozen wrote:

WASSHOI wrote:Just felt like posting this quote from Aura;

Aura wrote: Iwanako has her own life to live... I wonder if we meet her again...

You can take that however you you guys want. Basically seems like it can fall on either side for now. I just hope that if she is introduced again that the story wont completely shift to her.

I think Aura is trolling

Anon wrote:For some perspective, the Japanese novel Death Note: Another Note, the Los Angeles BB Murder Cases feautures Americans named Beyond Birthday, Believe Bridesmaid, Quarter Queen, and Backyard Bottomslash. The protaginists wonder if there may be more than one person with that last name in a particular neighborhood, implying it's not unusual in any way.

Is planting a culture-sensitive non-sequitor landmine in your drama a good idea?

WASSHOI wrote:

Rozen wrote:
I think Aura is trolling :)

Well, he could but but he seemed fairly serious about his answers on the Q&A thread I was in (though I still don't know if he was just trollin with Misha's disability, still made me laugh hard though when he replied so short. Came off as the most casual "yes" ever in my mind when I read it.)

I wasn't sure if they would like me posting the link here before (since they did the thread on Fakku rather than here, thought it was for some reason or another) but Crud posted it so;
http://www.fakku.net/viewtopic.php?t=18556&start=0

Read through it and see what you think about it. I'm not one to make a big deal over subtle hints like that, but I figured you guys may like it.

Aura wrote:
Some of the noncommittal answers I gave were because I don't want to reveal much about the content of the full game, not trolling.

WASSHOI wrote:Just felt like posting this quote from Aura;

Aura wrote: Iwanako has her own life to live... I wonder if we meet her again...

You can take that however you you guys want. Basically seems like it can fall on either side for now. I just hope that if she is introduced again that the story wont completely shift to her.

Silver Seraph wrote:
From this discussion, my original idea of having her become a main girl is a bad idea. But I'm sure that a lot of people are just curious as to whatever happened to her - which is why I thought of a way to put her back in.

I think a simple meeting with her would suffice. Perhaps the dream sequence can occur after that, or not. And is it so bad just for them to still be friends? Of course keep her a minor character like on the level of Akira. I'm not saying she should be in every route. Perhaps keep her on Kenji's side, or just a random girl.

Just think about it devs, okay?

Silver Seraph wrote:Perhaps keep her on Kenji's side, or just a random girl.

Akira wrote:

Silver Seraph wrote:Perhaps keep her on Kenji's side, or just a random girl.

Would be funny if she did turn up and then she and Kenji ended up getting together

Akira wrote:

Silver Seraph wrote:Perhaps keep her on Kenji's side, or just a random girl.

Would be funny if she did turn up and then she and Kenji ended up getting together

Guest wrote:

Akira wrote:

Silver Seraph wrote:Perhaps keep her on Kenji's side, or just a random girl.

Would be funny if she did turn up and then she and Kenji ended up getting together

If I was Hisao, I'd feel insulted to have a girl who liked me go for Kenji of all people. Besides, no way is Kenji going to have a relationship again. Not with a woman at least.