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| The third kanji in Marisa's name means "sand". |
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| Dollywitch:
I'm pretty sure Marisa is just a "nipponised" version of the western name. Given she's blonde(often how westerners are depicter) and a western style witch she's probably meant to be half american/european/english and half "oriental". That's one thing that's weird about Touhou, it sets out to be uber japanese but is filled with western fairy tale type stuff. |
| trancehime:
--- Quote from: Rosie Rune on June 08, 2009, 01:56:33 PM ---I'm pretty sure Marisa is just a "nipponised" version of the western name. Given she's blonde(often how westerners are depicter) and a western style witch she's probably meant to be half american/european/english and half "oriental". That's one thing that's weird about Touhou, it sets out to be uber japanese but is filled with western fairy tale type stuff. --- End quote --- So... does that mean Alice is 亜理州 instead of アリス? |
| Dollywitch:
I can't read that, but a name like "Alice Margatroid" is definitely british or european. |
| nintendonut888:
I think it's just that ZUN really liked blond hair back in PC-98 (when she was created). If you pay attention you'll notice that nearly half the PC-98 cast was blond. |
| Momiji:
--- Quote from: Rosie Rune on June 08, 2009, 02:14:19 PM ---I can't read that, but a name like "Alice Margatroid" is definitely british or european. --- End quote --- --- Quote --- * The name Alice is a reference to the main protagonist in Lewis Carroll's famous novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, as the majority of enemies in Mystic Square's extra stage are card soldiers of the same type seen in the Walt Disney animated movie version of the novel. The title of the BGM used in that stage also directly translates to "Alice in Wonderland". * Alice's last name is based on the character Miss Murgatroyd from Agatha Christie's book "A Murder is Announced". --- End quote --- From here. Her name's definitely spelled in katakana. As for Marisa, Touhou Wiki doesn't say much else except that her name's definitely weird, and spelled in kanji. |
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