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Reverse the order of Japanese names

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The guideline doesn't say "Japanese names should be written in the Japanese order", it says "Character tags should be the same name and name order that are used in the original source material." Both orders are used in post #8398810, Japanese order when it's written in kanji and western order when it's written in romaji.

It's strange that we use the romanization that official sources use but not the order that official sources use.

mock said:

The guideline doesn't say "Japanese names should be written in the Japanese order", it says "Character tags should be the same name and name order that are used in the original source material." Both orders are used in post #8398810, Japanese order when it's written in kanji and western order when it's written in romaji.

It's strange that we use the romanization that official sources use but not the order that official sources use.

In that example the ones in Western order are clearly translations, and the Japanese ones are the "original" ones.

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