

At the start of _Episode 9 - Daughter of the Ebisugawas: Kaisei_ when Yasaburō
is having a monologue about how he was arranged to marry Kaisei before her
father called off the marriage after Yasaburō's father died, he says,

> By the way, my cousin's weird, un-tanuki-like name "Kaisei", was something
> my dad came up with.

What makes Kaisei's name "un-tanuki-like" in comparison to the other
characters?


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What is so "un-tanuki-like" about the name Kaisei?


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Common given names in Japan have a certain format since probably the Showa
period.

Old fashioned male names go something like " _something_ - _number_ -郎".
Kinkaku and Kinkaku's actual names are 呉二郎 and 呉三郎 (Kunijirou and Kunisaburo).

Female names usually go something like " _something_ -子" or " _something_ -美".

Kaisei breaks from this traditional name sense, which is why her name is un-
tanuki-like.


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