#just taking some cheap shots no one will probs see cause i doubt a lotta people look at my tags anyway ;w;

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

@tehsharkster I agree with the problem of many names, tho tbh it wasn’t an issue a decade ago (I mean P1 had the problem of manga vs dramcd vs novel but really only the manga was known here for a good long while so everyone just kinda went with that....not that many people talked about it much anyway XP). 

It only became a problem starting with the P4 anime......maybe if Sogabe was able to finish both the P3/4 mangas by that time it could’ve/would’ve been different..... Or maybe they should’ve just gone with the DeSu2 route, I mean yeah they made a manga first (the one with the MC’s name as Hiro, but the main protag was Io irrc), but then they made the anime and re-adapted said anime as a manga (kinda surprised they didn’t do that with P3/4/4GA tbh.....I mean I’d buy it all over again tbh). Ya get the manga sales and the anime sales and everything is consistent. :D

Now as for Makoto the name.....Atlus isn’t as.....much of an asshole as we think they are. Yes there’s already a crap ton of Makotos, and Naoyas, and Kazuyas, and Akiras in the world and MegaTen..... But they all have different kanji (with the exception of two of the three Naoya/Kazuya pairs....but they want to make that a callback to the P1 manga so like....that’s different). Well different kanji between P3/5 and DeSu2....eff you if you are a fan of P2 tho:

(you don’t understand the catharsis I felt making that. Also yeah they have the same single kanji....actually this might be a great reference to how some view Makoto as a stalker in dungeon 2-3 lfkdjsa;fjaf oh I’m having fun with this, ajsldfjs;a they even have the same eye color *cackles*)

I mean they all are different and have different meanings (just looking at the Makoto part of the name, not their last name):

Makoto Yuki/P3MC (理):  logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth 

Makoto Niijima from P5 and Makoto P2 Stalker guy (真):  (logical) truth; reality; genuineness​; seriousness; just; right (ok I like the stalker P2 guy a lot more cause the IRONY of the meaning of this name ldskljfl;saf)

Makoto Sako from DeSu2 ( 真琴): She uses two kanji btw, and yeah one of them is the same as Makoto N and Stalker-to. Anyway you know what the first kanji is, so the second kanji means: harp; koto; string instrument

And in case y’all are wondering, none of them share the same kanji/meaning as Makoto Ito from School Days, which btw means truth, honesty and fidelity and y’all know there’s irony in that (if you don’t know why it’s ironic, bless you and don’t watch School Days.....unless you want a laugh and a dark deconstruction of harem animes then ok go watch school days). And btw Makoto is a name I really hate....mostly cause of School Days.....but yeah not keen on that name nor am I on Akira (cause.....I’m also not a fan of the movie Akira.....which I know is blasphemous in the anime community but.....it wasn’t a fun/enjoyable film and I resent both names because of that 8U). Also btw all the Megaten Akiras that are spelled with kanji are different (so that means two are different, the other two are katakana/hiragana I think). 

So basically.....Atlus cares.....just enough for the Japanese fandom since they can tell the difference.....as for the West? Rip to us. ;w;