| What do you prefer to call characters-- with their first or last name? eg Natsuki Subaru, Do you call him "Natsuki" or "Subaru"? |
| Depends on the show. Most of the time, it's first name, but most MHA and JoJo characters, among others, I call by their last names. |
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| Their actual name For example: Nakano, Nino. I just call this character with her "last" name, Nino. Edit: CuckooClock said: Nino is actually her "first" name... What I meant was if we're going by the Japanese naming standards, or something like that. |
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| Whichever one is most used within the anime. |
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Daxonzion- said: Their actual name For example: Nakano, Nino. I just call this character with her "last" name, Nino. Nino is actually her "first" name. .. |
| They are called by their last names more often than their first name, so as a listener it's more easier to remember that. Like everyone remember Kaneki instead of Ken from Tokyo ghoul, Dazai instead of Osamu from Bungou stray dogs. But in case of Natsuki Subaru, he is more often referred as Subaru in that show so it's easier to call him that. |
| I call them however they call 'em in the anime or whichever is easier to remember. |
| I also go by which name I can remember. |
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| I mostly call them by their first names. |
| I always call them by their given names regardless of how they are called in the Anime or Manga. |
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| I call them by whatever name I remember |
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| I would call them by their first names by the english stanndard. Goku's name is Son goku. But everyone calls him Goku by his second name. |
| My answer is same as Monochrosanity. I'm taking Araragi and Shinobu of Monogatari as example. Sure, Araragi has 'Koyomi' as his first name. But for most of times he's called 'Araragi'. The same case goes for Shinobu. |
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| Whichever one is used more in the anime is usually how I refer to them. |
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| It depends on what they are being called in the show. Some of them have nicknames. For example Rakeu Rekeureisyeo in Tower of God who has a name that is hard to call but he is always been called an alligator, gator or crocodile. I think it will be funnier to call nicknames if they have one. |
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| Depends on which one is used more in series cuz that it is more memorable. |
| Well, I'm not even sure what's the right first name or last name for most characters. But when I do, I prefer first names. |
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| It depends, for example in MHA I call everyone by their surnames (except for Deku), in Danganronpa I switch (I say "Kirigiri" instead of "Kyoko" but "Junko" instead of "Enoshima") and in the rest I usually call them by their first name |
| I am bad with names, so most of time I don't even remember their names. I usually glance at db and use the name which is frequently used in the anime, if I don't remember how they called in the anime then I use first name (In some cases the name with few letters, or easy to pronounce/type) |
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| It depends on the show. But I usually call them by the name that I learn first =))) |
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| Usually the name that gets used most in the anime. |
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| Depends quite a lot. Mainly by the name I remember and sometimes with their full name if I need to specify. But sometimes I don't remember both names. |
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| I call every character in Oregairu using their given names. Yukinoshita, Yuigahama, Totsuka etc. But I follow whatever the other characters call them tbh. |
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| Whichever name is easier to remember or gets used the most by the characters. |
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| It depends on which one they are referred to more in their show or which one is easier for me |
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Kiwii_121 said: by kusonogi himawari, you mean kunogi himawari? it's like you're adding crap to her family name, which is pretty funnyUsually whichever name the other characters call that character by, including nicknames. Kusonogi Himawari from xxxHolic is referred to by most of the characters as Himawari-chan, but there's also this one character that calls her Kusonogi, so I end up calling her by both names. Then there's the unnamed protagonist of Zaregoto, who has like 6 or 7 nicknames, and I try to use as many of them as possible whenever talking about him. That's also the case with the protagonist of my favorite show, Araragi Koyomi, whom I sometimes call Araragi, Ararara...ragi, Koyomi, Koyomin, Aragi (or try to misspell it on purpose, since that's a thing the characters in the show do). I often attach honorifics to characters, and those can vary too. If I don't know the name of a character, or if I don't like them, than it's "the character with [color] hair" -- that usually works too. |
| ehhh kinda depends for me it would usually be like: Japanese names? I'd probably use the last name Foreign names? I'd probably use their first name exceptions (for Japanese names) if there are multiple people in the show who share surnames (ie family members), I use the first name (for both foreign and Japanese names) if they have nicknames, I'd rather use those |
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| I just call them what they are called in the anime |
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| I prefer not to call them at all, so it is convenient. |
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| depends, usually the name i remember most lol |
| It's whatever sticks in my mind first. Sometimes their last name is used the most often so I remember the character by their interactions with the other characters. |
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| Whichever is mentioned by the characters in the show the most. |
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| Depends on what the characters in universe use |
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| It depends on what they're being called in the show. Usually the main character is called with their name for the most part so I go with that. |
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| It depends, for example I call Natsuki Subaru by his first name "Subaru" and Todoroki Shoto by his last name "Todoroki". |
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| The standard would be to use the family name if they were real people but nobody would know who you were talking about if you don't use their more well known names (Either first or last) sometimes with preface of which anime they're from. For example if I use Natsuki, am I referring to Natsuki Subaru, Natsuki Nakagawa, or other characters named Natsuki? The same could be said for first name for example Yui, am I referring to Yui from K-on or Yui from Oregairu? |
| Whichever suits better or whichever is more recognised |
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| Whichever which one is used the most. So with Subaru, I'd call him with his first same. |
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