Why in "Fukkatsu no F" the words order are inverted?


Phrases like "ore no shugyō", "my training" (training of me) , the person
comes first and the noun second, but in phrases like "Fukkatsu no F" or
"Fukushū no Gōruden Furīza" the order is inverted.




As you suggested, "Fの復活" would be far more straightforward and simply means
"The Return of F", but "復活のF" is not a typo, of course. In "復活のF", the main
noun is "F", and 復活の is a phrase that modifies "F". Think of it as something
like "F, The Resurrected" or "Returning F".

Basically you can re-analyze this title as "復活するF" or "復活したF", as if the
modifying part were a normal suru-verb. This is probably not a part of the
"standard" Japanese grammar, but you may occasionally find this pattern in
book or movie titles because it's shorter and somehow looks cooler due to its
nonstandard appearance. As chocolate said, 進撃の巨人 (lit. "Advancing Giants") is
another good recent example of this.




As you suggested, "Fの復活" would be far more straightforward and simply means
"The Return of F", but "復活のF" is not a typo, of course. In "復活のF", the main
noun is "F", and 復活の is a phrase that modifies "F". Think of it as something
like "F, The Resurrected" or "Returning F".

Basically you can re-analyze this title as "復活するF" or "復活したF", as if the
modifying part were a normal suru-verb. This is probably not a part of the
"standard" Japanese grammar, but you may occasionally find this pattern in
book or movie titles because it's shorter and somehow looks cooler due to its
nonstandard appearance. As chocolate said, 進撃の巨人 (lit. "Advancing Giants") is
another good recent example of this.

