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[–] konata_izumi@ani.social 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

There are probably similar examples for Japanese characters in other series

yeah for example every name in komi san can't communicate is a japanese pun or a play on words that describes the character and they are also better left untranslated