Is there an official romaji spelling for the characters' names?

Oct 30, 2019 9:15 PM

diegontijo

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I've seen マイン's name written Maine/Mayne/Myne/Mayn and I don't know which is the correct one.

Oct 31, 2019 9:45 AM

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diegontijo said:
I've seen マイン's name written Maine/Mayne/Myne/Mayn and I don't know which is the correct one.

The official spelling for the English release is Myne.

Here is a tweet talking about romanisation from 2017-11-28 (a year before J-Novel Club got the manga license): https://twitter.com/miyakazuki01/status/935499259515826176 (note this is after the LN illustration and manga panel of her in universe name were shown)
Here is a thread that details "Maine" vs "Maïne" into "Myne" from when JNC got the manga license but not the LN license (you need to skim the whole thing): https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/1854/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-vol-1-discussion?page=1
Here is a blog post from the author on 2019-03-18 (just after JNC announced the LN license) where they talk about quof asking about romanisations:

For the last one here is a translation of the relevant section

Here are the origins of the other romanisations as far as I'm aware:

Mine - This is what Google translate gives
Maine - This is what the original WN translator used when they started in 2016
Maïne - This what the original WN translator used from mid 2017 onward with the reason for the change being that it should be pronounced "mine" not "main" so maybe this would help encourage that
Maïn - The first proper fan-translation group of the manga thought this was appropriate because it looks similar to the in-universe characters but isn't as horrible as "Main"
Main - This is the most direct translation of the characters: (マ=MA)(イ=I)(ン=N), plus the same reasoning as above for the first part. This is being popularised by Crunchyroll.

HurwitzOct 31, 2019 10:19 AM

Oct 31, 2019 10:29 AM

diegontijo

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@Hurwitz thank you very much for that content, it was very interesting!

do you know anything about the other character's names?

Nov 1, 2019 8:12 AM

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diegontijo said:
@Hurwitz thank you very much for that content, it was very interesting!

do you know anything about the other character's names?

I think Myne and Tuuli are the only ones that are 100% author chosen that we're publicly aware of (due to that blog post).
But given that J-Novel Club are the official manga/LN translators and have shown a willingness to email the author about character names we should treat the names they use as the proper names.
So comparing what MAL lists the characters as to what J-Novel Club uses we have:

MAL = J-Novel Club
Benno = Benno
Carla = Karla
Corinna = Corinna
Eva = Effa
Ferdinand = Ferdinand
Fey = Fey
Frida = Freida
Gerda = Gerda
Gunther = Gunther
Gustaf = Gustav
Lutz = Lutz
Maine = Myne
Mark = Mark
Otto = Otto
Ralph = Ralph
Turi = Tuuli

Where I've put in bold what differs.

HurwitzNov 1, 2019 8:48 AM

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Hurwitz said:

diegontijo said:
@Hurwitz thank you very much for that content, it was very interesting!

do you know anything about the other character's names?

MAL = J-Novel Club
Benno = Benno
Carla = Karla
Corinna = Corinna
Eva = Effa
Ferdinand = Ferdinand
Fey = Fey
Frida = Freida
Gerda = Gerda
Gunther = Gunther
Gustaf = Gustav
Lutz = Lutz
Maine = Myne
Mark = Mark
Otto = Otto
Ralph = Ralph
Turi = Tuuli

Where I've put in bold what differs.

It's funny that all of them have German names except of Tuuli and Myne

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