The Problem of Saying Romanji Again and My Original Intention

I explained this at the beginning, but some people may have missed it, so I'll explain it one last time.

For example, Sendou Akira's akira seems to be this word, but I'm used to pronouncing it as akila. A friend who understands Japanese told me that the pronunciations of "ra" and "la" are the same.

Also, don't think I'm posting this stuff to show off.

You can tell the author's personality from the protagonist. I'm not a flamboyant person, and in my nearly 30 years, this is the first time someone has said I'm showing off.

Regarding the names, I want to say that many Japanese pronunciations sound awkward or unpleasant when shouted out in Chinese. For example, calling someone close to you by their given name, like "Akira," doesn't sound good at all. It's like the protagonist of Arifureta, Nagumo Hajime; does it sound good when others call him "Hajime"?

Another example is "how amazing." Japanese lacks such praise. Saying "how amazing" with an exclamation, I read it aloud every time I type it, and hearing these three words with an exclamation makes me feel like a kindergarten child is speaking.

It reminds me of the translated Japanese anime I watched as a child, where "how amazing" gave me a sense of chuunibyou or childishness.

Another example is "sayounara," which is Japanese for goodbye. Japanese people rarely say it because it implies a permanent farewell. When the protagonist said this to Sawamura before, it was with a joking tone using the meaning of a permanent farewell. No one can feel this layer when I type it in Chinese.

Another example is Sawamura's frequent humble "yeyeye." How should I translate this? The translation is "no no no," but Sawamura likes to use it as a modal particle, expressing humility and sometimes happiness. The audience also finds it cute, but I can't play the voice, so I'm also very desperate.

Later, after high school, Sawamura especially likes to shout

"YOSHI YOSHI YOSHI" as his exclusive catchphrase. This can no longer be translated as "very good." It has become Sawamura's synonym, an entrance line without any meaning. Sawamura himself has said that this is his line. Even if I translate it as "very good," I almost died of embarrassment when I shouted "very good, very good, very good" three times. It was like a chuunibyou outbreak, but shouting "yoshi" doesn't feel embarrassing.

Later, there will be Japanese memes, like "the air tastes good." Only a ghost would think the air tastes good, but in Japanese, "tastes good" and "fresh air" have the same pronunciation.

I write Japanese anime fanfiction because I want the original characters to be more like Japanese people, and I will try my best to restore their personalities. God knows how many times I watched Ace of Diamond to figure out the personalities of Sawamura, Narumiya, and others.

I don't want to use a lot of Chinese idioms and Chinese memes in the dialogue, and then have the Japanese characters understand the puns that are unique to Chinese.

Since the protagonist is Japanese, I want him to give people the feeling of a Chinese person slowly integrating into Japan.

That is, his living habits are like a Japanese person, but some Chinese elements will still appear. Later, the Japanese characters won't understand the protagonist's behavior, and then he will explain it to them, or simply show this side of himself behind people's backs.

It makes people feel the fusion of the past and present lives.

I want to bring these characters to life. If someone says that the Sawamura in my writing really looks like the Sawamura in the anime, I will be very happy and feel that my efforts and my portrayal have been rewarded.

If it doesn't look like him, then I'm still working hard to imitate and make him as close as possible to the original character. I myself know that the Sawamura I portray still has problems. For example, the Sawamura in Middle School probably wouldn't start sentences with "hahaha," but there is too little information about the Sawamura in Middle School, so I can only use these sparingly to flesh him out.

Otherwise, wouldn't the novel become the protagonist's one-man show? Or would the portrayal fail and Sawamura become another person? Or would the supporting characters only need to listen to the protagonist and then act? This is a failed portrayal for me.

It's like the Sawamura in my eyes has the impudence and impulsiveness when he lifts Miyuki up high, the slow reaction speed like a fool at ordinary times, the incomparable stability and reliability at critical moments, the usual cuteness, and the smugness when others praise him, the love of manga and other aspects, etc., etc. All of these together are the Sawamura I need.

Without such a Sawamura, Ace of Diamond would no longer be Ace of Diamond.

The same is true for other characters, like Narumiya Mei. I think Narumiya and Sawamura are very similar in many ways.

I don't want to write them as robots, nor do I want to turn them into Chinese people.

So the issue of romanization is not me showing off. I really think that stuff is meaningless. I would be very happy if someone said that my character restoration is high and the plot ideas are clear.

I don't want to write it either, but sometimes using Japanese pronunciation is more appropriate. If I can use Chinese, but for understanding, it would take dozens of words to explain the difference.

I myself feel like I'm padding the word count, so it's better to use a clumsy Chinese-style romanization, which can avoid others mispronouncing the Japanese-style romanization and can also catch the brief explanation in parentheses to know the expression of the translation, without the need for a long discussion to explain the pronunciation of a word.

So please don't talk about the issue of romanization for various reasons. If you like Japanese people thinking like Chinese people, you can skip the romanization or drop the book. My original intention is just to make the characters in the original work more like Japanese people.