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    The note formatting doesn't do it justice so I'll just reproduce Pika's certificate here:

    Pika's Koseki (Family Registry) Certificate
    Permanent Residence
    Name
    Pokémon Square E. 10-2
    Pika Pikachu
    Registry Events
    ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀‎‎‎‎‎Registry Revision

    [Revision Date] Year 526 May 13th
    Person Recorded in Registry


    [Given Name] Pika
    [Date of Birth] Year 514 August 29th
    [Father] None
    [Mother] None
    Personal Events
    ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Birth




    [Date of Birth] Year 514 August 29th
    [Location of Birth] Tiny Woods
    [Notify Date] Year 526 May 13th
    [Notified By] Toto
    [Received By] Whiscash Pond, Head of

    Ended up going down a deep rabbit hole learning more about Kosekis thanks to this page lol, from what I can gather, they're basically a family record that all families are required by law to maintain in Japan.

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  • Goodness, I never knew Pokemon were this bureaucratic.

    tsukaai said:
    Ended up going down a deep rabbit hole learning more about Kosekis thanks to this page lol, from what I can gather, they're basically a family record that all families are required by law to maintain in Japan.

    We salute your efforts! It's always fun to learn some novel element of foreign culture/society via translated comics.

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  • My Name Change Certificate!
    Today henceforth, my name is officially Toto!

    Was it not? Was he fibbing about his name before? What was his name, or was he nameless?

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  • watsit said:
    Was it not? Was he fibbing about his name before? What was his name, or was he nameless?

    I believe it's the last one, as this also does lowkey confuse me as well. I think it's a situation where Toto is simply accommodating Pika's want for a name, as he would otherwise just refer to himself via his species name (maybe...?), but he just sucks at naming things and took the first half of their species names and called it a day

    Though in the end I'm sure Pika's also going to end up calling other Pokémon by their species name as is tradition in these PMD comics, so I'm wondering if there's a translation error on my part or if Tatsu just didn't put too much thought into it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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  • watsit said:
    Was it not? Was he fibbing about his name before? What was his name, or was he nameless?

    Yeah, I was a bit unclear on that too. It seemed like maybe Toto had a name before (since he did say "I'll tell you my name when I give you yours" on this page ), but chose to toss it in favor of Pika's offhand moniker. Him starting out nameless makes more sense, however.

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  • So he did not have a name. And that's why he was flustered.
    Figured it again when he mentioned his own name, since it sounded like he just made it up on the spot. And I know Pika said it first, but it sounded less of "I will be called the way you want me to be." and more "Wait what? I spent so much (ten minutes) time thinking about what to call me and you figured it so fast? We're practically soulmates already!" But it seems like here is the space to talk about how surprising it is, so I must add my comment as well.

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