hamliet:
Well, I donāt know about the parallels in terms of names since I canāt speak Japanese and donāt know what the lettering is, but yes, I would like to see more parallels beginning soon! We clearly didnāt drop the Todoroki Touya plotline like I thought we were, so Iām hoping it gets some steady development.
Tenya and Tensei do have a connection in their names, but itās actually not justĀ ātenā. Because of Japanese naming order, theyāreĀ āIda Tenā. If youāve read Vigilantes, youāll also notice Tenseiās agency is calledĀ āTeam Idatenā. Idaten is the Japanese name for Skanda/Wei-Tuo – among other things, a fast runner. That part of the godās image became so prevalent in the Japanese imagination that it became a colloquial way of sayingĀ āgreat runnerā.Ā
Basically their names are big puns.
The official translator for MHA wrote a full thread about that here!Ā
Touya and Shouto and Enji do have a similarity in their names too, but itās actually not the sounds:
ēåø (Enji) -> ā½ (fire) radical in
ē (clearly)
ēē¢ (Touya) ->
ā½ (fire) radical in ē
ē¦å (Shouto) -> ā½ (fire) radical in ē¦
While Natsuoās looking left out here, letās once again take the first character in Shoutoās name andĀ do the same thing with Natsuo and Shouto:
å¤é (Natsuo) -> é¹ (small bird) component in é
ē¦å (Shouto) ->
é¹ (small bird) component in
ē¦
Yes, the similarities to Shoutoās family (or at least the male members) are all in the first character, ē¦. Interestingly, while the radical is ā½ (fire), the dictionary says its components are é¹ (small bird) andĀ ę° (hero).Ā
By using the second character in Shoutoās name,
å
, you can connect him to the rest of his family members:Ā
å· (Rei) -> ā¼(ice) radical in å·
å¬ē¾ (Fuyumi) ->
ā¼
(ice) radical in
å¬
ē¦å (Shouto)
-> ā¼ (ice) radical in
å
And finally, because Natsuo is once again looking left out, you can still connect him to someone else in his family:
å¬ē¾ (Fuyumi) ->
ā¼¢
(go slowly, winter) radical in å¬
å¤é (Natsuo) ->
ā¼¢ (go slowly, winter) radical in
å¤
(Besides the fact that Fuyumiās å¬ is winter and Natsuoās å¤ is summer).Ā