What the actual fuck is this woman's last name? She doesn't have a gemstone motif at all and lapislazuli is a blue gemstone, when her "main" form is red. It's not even Greek.
>>14481276
Also please tell me I'm not the only who wants to pronounce her name as "Hecasha/ヘカシャ". It flows so much better.
>>14481283
Why not go full yankee with へけいしゃ?
>>14481305
That's actually how I pronounced it at first. It still feels like the best way.
The only characters whose names are pronounced differently in the west, though, are Cirno and Maribel. I'm pretty sure we'll all just use the Japanese way, it's not like us 2hufags even talk to each other regularly.
>>14481309
Sirno.
>>14481309
>Maribel
How do white ghosts pronounce it? Like Mary/メアリ?
>>14481325
"Maribel" is not the anglicization of "maeriberii" in the slightest. Her Japanese name makes zero sense.
>>14481325
Merry.
>>14481309
>The only characters whose names are pronounced differently in the west, though, are Cirno and Maribel.
So I'm really the only one who says "Moh-koo" instead of "Moh-koh"?
>>14481362
I do this.
>>14481362
That's not how you pronounce it.
Don't worry, I did that and pronounced "Keine" as "Cain" for god knows how long.
>>14481309
Cheerno ought to be close enough for anyone.
Her gem is obviously on her back, you stupid clod.
>>14481392
Adding an actual gem would be going too far. Hecatia is already on the cusp of being overdesigned with her fucked-up disco skirt, weird hat, three planets, chains, weird shirt, and bare feet. A gemstone on her back would be too much.
Though seriously why does she have bare feet? I'm not complaining about more delicious feethus, but it's the only part of her character design that makes no sense to me.
>>14481382
Isn't it keen? That said I just sat the negative geerman article
>>14481383
¡Sí, sí ese!
I thought her name is to tie in with LoLK's Japanese title Kanjuden, which translate into something about the Ultramarine orb (Eirin's drug) and Lapislazuli is a stone with deep blue color, right? Most Touhou titles have something relating to the games like Chireiden and Kishijou referencing the castle in those games, or Youmu and PCB's Youyoumu.
>>14481283
I don't use the English language outside of the internet so I just say Hecatia like, ヘカーティア pretty much but without the Japanese accent, more of an Italian one. It sounds nice to me.
To be honest, I've never liked how English sounds in general, but I had to learn it because it's the global language. Thanks, England.
>>14481309
>only Cirno and Maribel.
You forgot about
Furandoru Sucaretto
Patchouri Noreji
Arisu Murgurturdur
And finally MArisa instead of MaRIsa.
I'm glad English isn't my mother language so I don't have a retarded phonetic alphabet that gives me trouble whenever I try to pronounce anything in other languages.
>>14481283
It's Hykwyasha, shitlord. Get it right, racist, she's a sassy black woman who don't need no man!
>>14481729
>Arisu Murgurturdur
Why do i laugh at this?
Feels good to be Eastern European for a change. My tongue can shape both English and Japanese without sounding like my mouth is full of noodles.
That said, I have for some reason taken to calling Clownpiece "Kurapi."
>>14482189
>Crappy
Did that just decrease her appeal ever more, setting a new low to the already atrocious character?
>>14482223
I always read it as "Clappy" like the American stereotype.
>>14481729
Don't you mean Mahgatoroido?
>>14482237
Ah, I see. I'd go withCP.
>>14481399
Why need feet when you can fly?
>>14482223
No I still want her to bear my children.
>>14482223
>>14482189
i want to fuck that clown
>>14482189
Where do you get the mod for this?
>>14481276
But what if the Earth form is her main form? You don't know, you don't meet her on Earth.
>>14489801
This is a problem with characters who can transform at will between multiple forms, but Hell is a Spirit World in Touhou and she rules it, so I assume her Spirit World form is the "true" form.
Even if she has no "main" form, everyone's gonna treat the Spirit World form as the main one since that's what her art is.
God dammit ZUN, we need some official stuff on her. You say that her three forms have different personalities but don't even tell us what they are?
>>14490884
IIRC, they can't see each other, right? Or more accurately, no two bodies exist in the same world.
I find this slightly funny.
>>14495138
It is ironic, I agree
>>14481276
Just look at her design, she's dressed like a fashion american teen. No fucking logic. And it looks like shit.
She's one of the worst characters made (after sumireko) and the proof that ZUN starts to not give a fuck anymore.
>>14495835
She has the best outfit and the sexiest legs. She's not from Japan, so she doesn't need to look Japanese.
>>14495835
Fuck you, ヘカＴ a C U T E
>>14481309
>>14481729
>>14481763
retards.
>>14481330
>>14481283
>>14481309
>>14481729
All these names, basically the ones written in katakana, are pronounced with foreign pronunciation (most often in english, but it can be other foreign languages like french, spanish, italian, etc...). And if it sounds different in japanese, it's just their pronunciation and the fact that theirs sounds are different than ours.
>>14481400
you pronounce her like this http://en.touhouwiki.net/images/8/8c/Pronunciation_KeineKamishirasawa.ogg
>>14481362
You're probably not alone when you look at all these retards who keep mispronouncing everything.
And you should stop. It's pronounced mokō, same for youmu, it's pronounced yōmu.
http://en.touhouwiki.net/images/d/d8/Pronunciation_FujiwaranoMokou.ogg
http://en.touhouwiki.net/images/6/6e/Pronunciation_YoumuKonpaku.ogg
So many people keep pronouncing "two hoes" and this is the most cringy thing. It's pronounced like "t'oh, oh".
(you guys should check the vocal pronunciation for all the characters on the touhouwiki, some people would look less stupid thanks to that.)
Talking about mistakes, no one ever noticed the romaji transcriptions fail from the official names.
Rumia is actually Lumia.
Doremy is actually Dreamy.
I still dont understand why the fandom kept these mistakes when they figured all the others out, since they don't say: "Fuziwara", "Saigyouzi", "Kotiya", etc..
Anyway, for the japanese pronunciation, here's some tips for the noobs:
1) Don't pronounce any "hoe" sounds. The u is mostly pronounced "ɥ" (like the french "u"). (there are some variations but you shouldn't count on it)
2) The "ou" is not pronounced "hoe" either, it's pronounced like a long "oooh". You actually transcript it with ō.
And that ō is used in tōhō, yōmu, mokō, etc... But also in Tōkyō. People don't even write Toukyou. And if you say "2 K'you" people will assume you have a brain disease. And it's actually the same for all the others "ou" or "ō" sounds.
3) Foreign names are meant to be pronounced with the original accent, japanese people can't imitate all the sounds, but we don't have to replicate their pronunciation mistakes. And so many people make these mistakes. E.g. pronouncing waifu instead of wife. It's as stupid as pronouncing "kurowassan" to say croissant.
>>14495948
This post is so autistic and retarded at the same time
>>14495981
>butthurt because was called a retard because of the shit he posted at the begining of the thread.
It's not because you're a retard that everyone else is.
>>14481276
>these noses
>these mouths
Dear God
>>14495948
>Rumia is actually Lumia.
Oh man. Her name always sounded weird to me, like it made her Persian or something.
>>14496030
No, it's autistic because you worte a wall of text as a response to few anons jojing. But it really hurts that someone can write this huge wall of text without knowing his shit.
Kotiya, Fuziwara - is the only CORRECT romanization of their names. It uses the only OFFICIAL romanization system - Kunrei-shiki. I just can't believe that a person with nay knowledge about Japanese wouldn't know about this system. You talked so much about pronunciation yet you don't know that ち / チ is not exactly "chi", し / シ is not exactly "shi", じ / ジ is not "ji". I don't see how "fandom figured out those mistakes" when they just switched to Hepburn romanization.
>>14495948
I like to say Doremy because it also sounds like Do Re Mi, like that one song from the Sound of Music
>>14495948
If "Doremy" is supposed to be "Dreamy" then I would have expected ZUN to write it as ドリーミー (doriimii)
>>14495948
By your logic, Cirno would be Chillno.
>>14495948
>Rumia is actually Lumia.
>youkai of darkness
>named after light
What.
>>14495948
Keine, you are a horrible teacher.
>>14497703
Would you rather she were named after Rumi?
Japanese pronunciation is easier for portuguese speakers, some minor stuff aside
>>14490884
>but Hell is a Spirit World in Touhou and she rules it
I thought there were multiple hells, thus the three bodies?
>>14495948
KANE?
bad end
HECATIA IS A LATIN NAME
IN LATIN, "TI" IS PRONOUNCED LIKE A "Z"
JUST LIKE "LUCRETIA" EVOLVED INTO "LUCREZIA"
SO HECATIA IT'S ACTUALLY PRONOUNCED "EH-CAH-ZEE-A"
REEEEEEEEEE
>>14508365
Bad end MKII
>>14505099
>>14490884
>but Hell is a Spirit World in Touhou and she rules it, so I assume her Spirit World form is the "true" form.
She's a god in Hell, but Hell exists for the Earth, the Moon, and Otherworlds / Spirit Worlds. She just uses a different body for each world while her main spirit is in Hell. You could probably say Hell is considered an Otherworld as well, but it still doesn't mean any one form is the "main" one when they're basically just representatives. Plus, as a god she can change her form to whatever she wants anyways.
>>14508384
... they don't speak Latin in Latin America, m8
>>14509080
Except they do you fucking idiot, they speak Latin dialects.
>>14509080
>>14509108
Oh boy, here we go.
>>14509944
I'd really like to fuck the ヒケイシャ. She's got that great punk rocker chick look going on. I bet she's easy, too. I'd love to get some bareback action from her, only to find that it's sloppy seconds.
How does it feel to be the worst extra stage boss in the history of Touhou?
>>14510249
Ask Mamizou
