

I've been using "Marry" up until now, but it just occurred to me that I don't
know for sure if that's the best choice.

As I understand it, the spelling of her name varies a lot across translations.
I've seen "Marry", "Mary", and "Marie" being used. Also, in Japanese, her
given name is 茉莉, which I've seen get read as both まり and マリー.

So, is there a particular spelling that is more commonly used or more official
than the others? Or are they about the same? How do the translators' choices
for her name compare between the songs, the manga, the light novel, the anime,
and other supplementary material?


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How do you spell Marry Kozakura's name in English?


Looking at the [official website](https://www.mekakucityactors.com/) for
Mekakucity Actors, Marry is a valid Romanized spelling of her name. Usually
when there is discrepancy over how a name is Romanized across different media
it is because there is no single official version, or the else the spelling
changed over time, or else there just wasn't much care taken in localizing the
name (either because the translators weren't familiar with the origin or
target language, or because different translators had different opinions and
were allowed to do what they wanted).

So the answer to your question is that any / all spellings in official media
are valid, with the more recent ones probably being the "most official". When
it comes to names translations and readings are much less cut and dry. Even
the Japanese spelling マリー is a non-standard way of reading the kanji in her
name, which is also fairly common with Japanese names.


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