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french american using a japanese name Were you even given permission to do so?????

Are you referring to the katakana in my display name here? You do realize that I just took it because that's the Japanese version of Ingo's name, right? Unless ノボリ has a very deep, complex meaning and sacred usage in Japanese culture, I don't think I've actually borrowed anything disrespectfully from that culture.

It's only a problem if I try claiming that this name isn't at all Japanese and I made it up myself. That's called "cultural appropriation". But I never claimed that any of my names were of my own making.

And then, my own personal opinion, I believe it would be wrong if I took a name of a deity or a spiritual figure from any culture or religion. But I'm doing none of those, am I?

"Were you even given permission to do so?????" Am I going to have to call the president of Japan and ask if I can use the Japanese version of a character I kin's name? /s

Also why are you staying anonymous if you think you have a correct opinion? Who are you hiding your account from like this?

Lmfao, you're not actually serious about your opinion or having a real debate at this rate, that's so funny. /s

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hi i was expecting something worse bc the TL;DR does make you sound ignorant (coming from a japanese person) but almost every pokémon character's name is culturally insignificant. ノボリ comes from the word 上り, which literally just means "down", just like how "ingo" comes from the word "ingoing". anon i know you were well intentioned but a lot of pokémon characters have either loan words or Fake Names as their name


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