Talk:Mashiro Arisu

This character should be renamed from Arisu to Alice as she is an obvious reference to Alice from the "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", she even mentions Wonderland herself. --Geo (talk) 03:28, 29 July 2017 (CDT)
 * It's officially written as "Arisu" in-universe. --Ainz ( talk 03:41, 29 July 2017 (CDT)
 * A standard case of Engrish. Same as Haru's name which is alternating between Haru and Hal in-universe.--Geo (talk) 05:04, 29 July 2017 (CDT)
 * Except Arisu is a common name in Japan. And the spelling "Hal" only appears once, in an ending sequence, and we don't have much reason to believe an ending montage is "in-universe". 10:08, 29 July 2017 (CDT)
 * Except Arisu is nowhere near a common Japanese name. And then again, both Arisu and Haru are spelled in katakana, which is not a common way to write down common Japanese names, but rather a way of transliterating non-Japanese words or names. They are pretty much intended to be Alice and Hal. The first one is proved by the clear reference to Wonderland, the second one is a reference to HAL9000 AI, just the same way as all of the other main characters' names are referencing something related to artificial intelligence and computers: Astra, Watson, Ai (AI), Cloud. When it comes to Haru, it's a clever play when a transliteration of HAL sounds just like a regular Japanese name. --Geo (talk) 10:29, 29 July 2017 (CDT)