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Anonymous Fri 05 Nov 2021 17:44:44 No.48604551 View View Reply Original Report

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So is he from an Italian based region or does he just call himself Giovanni to get that cool mafia street cred?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Nov 2021 17:45:57 No.48604555 Report

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>>48604551
Japtaly

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Nov 2021 17:47:48 No.48604569 Report

Quoted By: >>48604577 >>48604607 >>48604611 >>48604768 >>48604805 >>48606137 >>48606165 >>48606277 >>48607746

>>48604551
His name is Sakaki and he is obviously a yakuza boss
Giovanni is a retarded localized name

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Nov 2021 17:49:05 No.48604577 Report

Quoted By: >>48605160 >>48605480

>>48604569
He does give mobster vibes though desu.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Nov 2021 17:50:37 No.48604586 Report

Quoted By: >>48605249 >>48606178

Nah if he was from an Italian region his name would be pronounce Joe-vanni. Giovanni is just a play on Geo since he's the ground type leader.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Nov 2021 17:51:03 No.48604587 Report

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>>48604551
He runs the fucking casino. He's a Yakuza.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Nov 2021 17:53:36 No.48604607 Report

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>>48604569
Giovanni suits him better desu

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Nov 2021 17:54:29 No.48604611 Report

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>>48604569
Suck Cocky you fucking stupid bitch. Go fuck yourself, you person. I hate you and your Japanese names and games. Yakuza is the mafia for ramen-loving weebs, yakuzoba kuso katana. Buy Blu Rays, AMAZON-ready red bean paste breath penis boy.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Nov 2021 17:55:21 No.48604614 Report

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>>48604551
It's a localization.
The name was supposed to be an earth pun because Ground types.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Nov 2021 18:10:09 No.48604715 Report

Quoted By: >>48605160 >>48607276

>>48604551
Giovanni gives Italian vibes (therefor mafia vibes for no reasons) and is a pun on geo, as ground being his type. His original name is Sakaki though, so just a yakuza leader.

I can tell that the name Giovanni not only isn't a typical mafia name in Italy but isn't even from the right portion of the state (southern Italy is the mafia origin, while Giovanni is a typical north Italian name...not too mention it also sounds pretty funny and goofy af in Italian). Even his outfit is totally no mafia like for an Italian.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Nov 2021 18:15:50 No.48604768 Report

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>>48604569
Giovanni is the canon name.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Nov 2021 18:20:14 No.48604805 Report

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>>48604569
Geo is the latin word for ground
Gio sounds the same and is the pun for his name. Since it's an Italian name it doubles as being a mob boss.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Nov 2021 18:48:33 No.48605002 Report

Quoted By: >>48605507 >>48606083 >>48606103

>>48604805
b ROCK
MIST y
lt. SURGE
Erika - They didn't change the name
Sabrina - The American sitcom about a teenage witch named Sabrina was in the middle of it's run and a part of Friday night programming. (really I didn't check Bulbapedia before thinking that)

It was a Japanese guy doing the localization so I'll give them Koga for whatever they picked.

Considering Blaine's whole quizmaster thing and the timing of his first TV special, I'd actually go for being a reference to David Blaine than whatever Bulbapedia made up

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Anonymous Fri 05 Nov 2021 19:10:45 No.48605160 Report

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>>48604768
>>48604715
>>48604805
>>48604607
>>48604577
Too much cope

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Nov 2021 19:25:47 No.48605249 Report

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>>48604586
Stadium 1 read it that way, always wondered why it didn't stick

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Nov 2021 19:51:51 No.48605480 Report

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>>48604577
because yakuza

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Nov 2021 19:55:07 No.48605507 Report

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>>48605002
>Sabrina - The American sitcom about a teenage witch named Sabrina was in the middle of it's run and a part of Friday night programming. (really I didn't check Bulbapedia before thinking that)

Sabrina is from '62 comic
and it's sa-BRAIN-a

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Nov 2021 21:05:38 No.48606083 Report

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>>48605002
>>Considering Blaine's whole quizmaster thing and the timing of his first TV specia
It's got to be Steven King's Dark Tower isn't it? There's a riddle obssesed AI in that called Blaine

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Nov 2021 21:07:24 No.48606093 Report

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>>48604551
It's actually a brilliant name because it fits his character perfectly while also being a pun and not sounding completely retarded.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Nov 2021 21:09:57 No.48606103 Report

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>>48605002
I just figured they named him Blaine because it sounds kinda like Blaze.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Nov 2021 21:14:01 No.48606137 Report

Quoted By: >>48606160 >>48606390

>>48604551
His name is Sakaki you blithering retard.

>>48604569
Nah, it's a good choice. Kanto in and of itself, despite being based on the actual Kanto region, was intended to also be evocative of places like Florida and California. Giovanni captures the essence of who he's supposed to be well, so it's a good localization.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Nov 2021 21:16:48 No.48606160 Report

Quoted By: >>48606174

>>48606137
>despite being based on the actual Kanto region, was intended to also be evocative of places like Florida and California.
Do Amerimutts really

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Nov 2021 21:17:43 No.48606165 Report

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>>48604569
the Yakuza are faggots and losers. The Mafia was way cooler, and the only cooler thing are narco gangs. Japanese organized crime is a joke compared to European crime (Albanians/Russians/Jews/Southern Italians), too.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Nov 2021 21:19:08 No.48606174 Report

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>>48606160
That's not something I just thought of and put on /vp/ just to do it. I remember reading that from a quote on a picture of Kanto's in game map released as promotional material. Someone else has probably seen it too.

But, to answer your question.
>Are Americans so incapable of appreciating Japanese culture that they think Kanto is also supposed to be an American place.
No, retard. We're not.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Nov 2021 21:20:01 No.48606178 Report

Quoted By: >>48606252

>>48604586
Yeah Jee-uh-vah-nee just makes it sound like he's some wannabe loser from New Jersey.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Nov 2021 21:29:01 No.48606252 Report

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>>48606178
And Sakaki sounds like he's a 5'1 Jap manlet

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Nov 2021 21:33:00 No.48606277 Report

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>>48604569
The japanese names sounds like caca so no i prefer the chad Giovanni

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Anonymous Fri 05 Nov 2021 21:33:43 No.48606283 Report

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>>48606252
Always was

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Anonymous Fri 05 Nov 2021 21:50:38 No.48606390 Report

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>>48606137
>despite being based on the actual Kanto region, was intended to also be evocative of places like Florida and California

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Anonymous Fri 05 Nov 2021 21:55:07 No.48606433 Report

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>>48604805
The name is derived from the Latin Ioannes and Iohannes, which are forms of the Greek name Iōánnēs (Ἰωάννης), originally borne by Hellenized Jews transliterating the Hebrew name Yohanan (יוֹחָנָן), "Graced by Yah", or Yehohanan (יְהוֹחָנָן), "Yahweh is Gracious"

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Nov 2021 22:08:08 No.48606527 Report

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>>48606390
probably just some pr statement, the same quote was talking about how the campaign was supposed to be evocative of a boy's summer collecting bugs in the woods. it's probably just the "feeling" they wanted to capture

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Nov 2021 22:13:44 No.48606577 Report

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>>48604551
Have you never heard of the Axis Powers?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Nov 2021 23:53:26 No.48607276 Report

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>>48604715
There are a bunch of high profile Cosa Nostra members with that name, it's not stereotypical but also far from unbelievable.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Nov 2021 00:43:21 No.48607746 Report

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>>48604569
Salaki in Greek means suit jacket. Based nips.

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