Why is Ahagon embarrased with her name? And how does it match her appearance?


Ahagon doesn't like her given name and introduced herself as Umiko. And Kou
said her name matches her appearance.

[![New Game! Chapter
15](https://i.stack.imgur.com/EWAOy.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/EWAOy.jpg)

Why is she embarrassed with her name? And how does it match her appearance?
She pretty much always looks like this

[![Ahagon Umiko's
expression](https://i.stack.imgur.com/e8Jcu.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/e8Jcu.jpg)




While I had a feeling it was because it sounded like a kaijuu monster, I had
no official confirmation until now. If you look at page 111 of the [New Game!
illustration book Fairies
Story](https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B01MU07KJF/ref=dp-kindle-
redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1), it has an introduction of Umiko's setting,
where it specifically states that

> she has a complex about her name sounding like a kaijuu.

Note that Ahagon is a relatively rare name that comes from Okinawa. Most
people would not be familiar with the name and if they've ever watched
something like Ultraman as a kid, they might first think it's a kaijuu name,
which is probably why it's become a complex for her.

Explanation about kaijuu If you look at the list of [kaijuu of the Ultraman
series](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E6%80%AA%E7%8D%A3%E4%B8%80%E8%A6%A7),
you will see there are 98 monsters that end in "-gon". (Others include "-don",
"-ton" "-mon" "-ron", and I believe it stems from how many dinosaurs end in
"-don", so these endings give that same feeling of something large and
powerful.) It is a common game to add or change the end of a name to make it
sound like a kaijuu. In English, I suppose it would like like adding
"-(s)aurus" so the end of names to make them sound dinosaur-like".

As for "matching her appearance", I believe so because it she is Okinawan, and
has a deep suntan. Okinawa is a tropical area of Japan, where it is warm most
times of the year and with beautiful beaches, therefore it is full of heavily-
tanned people. A bit stereotypical, but that's what a person would expect to
see from an Okinawan.




While I had a feeling it was because it sounded like a kaijuu monster, I had
no official confirmation until now. If you look at page 111 of the [New Game!
illustration book Fairies
Story](https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B01MU07KJF/ref=dp-kindle-
redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1), it has an introduction of Umiko's setting,
where it specifically states that

> she has a complex about her name sounding like a kaijuu.

Note that Ahagon is a relatively rare name that comes from Okinawa. Most
people would not be familiar with the name and if they've ever watched
something like Ultraman as a kid, they might first think it's a kaijuu name,
which is probably why it's become a complex for her.

Explanation about kaijuu If you look at the list of [kaijuu of the Ultraman
series](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E6%80%AA%E7%8D%A3%E4%B8%80%E8%A6%A7),
you will see there are 98 monsters that end in "-gon". (Others include "-don",
"-ton" "-mon" "-ron", and I believe it stems from how many dinosaurs end in
"-don", so these endings give that same feeling of something large and
powerful.) It is a common game to add or change the end of a name to make it
sound like a kaijuu. In English, I suppose it would like like adding
"-(s)aurus" so the end of names to make them sound dinosaur-like".

As for "matching her appearance", I believe so because it she is Okinawan, and
has a deep suntan. Okinawa is a tropical area of Japan, where it is warm most
times of the year and with beautiful beaches, therefore it is full of heavily-
tanned people. A bit stereotypical, but that's what a person would expect to
see from an Okinawan.

