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Old 2011-05-27, 00:41   Link #10737
Sumeragi
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Originally Posted by NightGale View Post
Yeah, i know that one is a surname and the other a name, i meant that if the author went out of his way to make them sound similar it must mean something.
Not really. There's quite a few kanji that have the same sound, so thinking of using how you say a name to without referring to the characters will make you lost.



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Originally Posted by NightGale View Post
On a side note, are those the only kanji to write "Wish for control"? is that the only way of reading it? it may or may not say something about how much is a coincidence and how much is intended.
You have to look at it the other way: "Wish for control" is the only logical meaning that comes out of the specific kanji, not changing the kanji to fit the meaning.
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