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Anime Name In Jokes Explained

Anime and manga writers are notorious for the in-jokes and bad humour they use in naming people and characters.

Ranma

  1. wild horse
  2. chaos; confusion

Genma

  1. writing bear; bear that writes
  2. illusion

Saotome

  1. sa: change
  2. oto: male
  3. me: female
Ergo: changes from male to female

Kodachi

  1. grove or shrub of trees
  2. a woman's short sword/dirk/dagger

Kasumi

hazy, cloudy, misty

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