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⌈ Secret Post #665 ⌋

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[Ecstasy by Irvine Welsh]

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[Philip Quast, Cleopatra]

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[Hell's Kitchen]

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[Tin Man]

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[Waldo/Carmen]

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[Code Geass]

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[Cowboy Bebop, Spike/Vicious]

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[The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou]

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[NOT a repeat; was resized]

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[Andy Samberg/Mark Wahlberg, SNL]

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[CSI: NY, Yugioh]

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[ER]

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[William Fichtner]

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[Yugioh GX]

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[Jeeves&Wooster]

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[Tantei Gakuen Q / Detective Academy Q]

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[batman RP]

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[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]

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[Axis Powers Hetalia]

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[Transformers]

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[Boku no Pico]

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[The Podge & Rodge Show]

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[Ron Weasley/Rupert Grint > Draco Malfoy/Tom Felton; LOL]

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[Stargate: Atlantis]

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[Supernatural]

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[Babylon 5]

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[Yakitate!! Japan, Summire 16 Sai!!, Addicted to curry]

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[Blue Beetle (Paco) and Avatar (Sokka)]

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Okay, I am royally confused here. The person who got me into Death Note seemed to think that "Raito" was Light's name in Japanese, and that it was translated into English as Light because that's what the word actually meant (you know, because significant symbolism is significant). Now I'm hearing from several different people that Raito is a mistranslation, although in the movie adaptation of Death Note (w/o voice-overs), it sounds like everyone addresses him as Raito ... or something very similar. So, why the heck is Raito considered low-brow wapanese? Is it just an overblown fan-preference for the official dub, or are people who use the latter term being ignorant / disrespectful? Clarification would be love.

Actually, Light's real name in Japanese is 夜神月, which strictly speaking is "Yagami Raito." But Raito is the Japanese word for Light. I just... think it far more likely that a Japanese man named his son "Raito," again especially seeing as how everyone else in the series had normal, everyday names.

Mostly, it seems like a blown-out-of-proportion version of the Alice/Arisu debate (fun fact: Angelic Layer has a character named Arisu who had a doll with a Wonderland theme named Alice!), or maybe the Ahiru/Duck debate. Ahiru means "duck," but I just thought them translating her name into "Duck" for the English version of the series was unnecessary and prefer the original Japanese. With Light, I actually prefer Raito because it makes more sense to me as a name, but... you can see the response from fandom for going against the official. XD;

Ahh, thank you. I think I get it now. Although if it isn't "bad" Japanese, I don't really understand why many fans are so attached to the name change.

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