Thread:Xehvary/@comment-27754788-20131009210302/@comment-27754788-20131017052009

I know we've reached a conclusion, but it seems some editors just won't let up about the "Her name should be 'Ryuuko'" business, because they've now gone for the rōmaji section of the Nihongo template, and only that template and not the character infobox where the spelling "Ryūko" is used in the rōmaji section. On top of that, I felt I was being insulted by the comment section of the article, where one asked why we don't understand that "Ryuko" is less accurate than "Ryuuko".

As such, I would like to make another statement in the defense of Aniplex's name spellings.

First off, I for one do understand that Ryuko isn't as "accurate" as "Ryuuko". I really do. Her name in kana is りゅうこ. In Hepburn rōmaji, りゅ is ryu and う is u. Put them together, and you get ryuu. Simple. However, this is considered less formal than ryū, which is what you get when using Modified Hepburn romanization, which is what Wikipedia uses. The reason some spell it "Ryuko" is because it's a less strict romanization that still looks similar to, and is easier to type than, the formal one: just take away the macron. This is exactly why some official English spellings for Japanese companies just remove the macron instead of going "accurate". It's why we have "Kodansha" instead of the more accurate "Koudansha".

Now, I also understand this does not apply to all Aniplex translated names in this series. I mean, we have names such as "Houka" (ほうか) and "Gamagoori" (がまごおり), which retain their "accurate" spellings, while we have "Aikuro" instead of "Aikurou" (あいくろう) and "Mataro" instead of "Matarou" (またろう) for others. I just wanted to use the Aniplex names because they were official and likely to be the most commonly used by casual viewers, not whether or not they were "accurate" or "correct". However, I never had any intention to ignore the "accurate" spellings on this Wiki. I figured they could just go in the rōmaji sections in the head template and right next to the names in the opener (Ryuko Matoi (纏 流子)), and that that would be the end of that. I was very sorely mistaken.

Frankly, I've never seen discussions over the romanization of names so fervent on Wikis such as this. I've tried putting my foot down before, but now I've reached the end of my ropes on what should have been a minor fix.

Allow me to leave you with one more point: the name of Ryu from Street Fighter is "accurately" Ryuu (リュウ), yet the English spelling of his name in the games and on all official merchandise is still "Ryu". Yes, even in Japan.

Think about that.