Last-Name Basis/Anime and Manga: Difference between revisions

** The only reason anyone would know Mustang's first name is the fact that Hughes seems to always refer to him on a [[First-Name Basis]]. Roy also seems to be the only person to ever address Hughes as Maes.

** There are two Armstrongs. It could get potentially confusing.

**** Well, nobody except Olivier, but they're siblings, so that doesn't count.

** Late in the manga, Hawkeye smokes out Envy impersonating Mustang by claiming that:

*** They almost exclusively use one another's ranks, only rarely bothering even with surnames, to the extent that Riza addressing some other colonel or Roy being promoted to general or something would pose a minor emotional challenge, although there are enough lieutenants around that Roy can't identify it with her so closely. In this case at least this serves rather like the Mulder and Scully situation [[Properly Paranoid|mentioned below]].

** The only person in the military who's refer to by his first name is Edward. The only person who doesn't is Mustang.

** Also possibly worth mentioning, in the few scant minutes of screen time Ayumu had before being nicknamed after her hometown, she was called "Kasuga" by Yomi. Would she have continued to be called by her family name instead of her given name had Tomo not been quite so clever? The world may never know...

* Signum of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' always refers to Fate as "Testarossa". Since Signum calls everyone else by their first name, and she and Fate are close friends, this seems to be treated as a term of endearment and/or respect for her long-time rival.

** In the [[Nanoha Striker S|StrikerS]] supplementary manga, Subaru initially calls Teana "Lanster-san," and Teana refers to her as "Cadet Nakajima" while explaining that they do not need to become friends. After Teana meets Subaru's sister Ginga and learns more about her, she decides to start calling her Subaru, [[Tsundere|claiming that it makes no sense to call her by her last name now that she knows her sister]], and Subaru decides to start calling her "Tea". Erio and Caro initially have a bit of trouble calling each other by their first names.

** An interesting use occurs with the Lieze twins; they request that Nanoha and Fate refer to them by their given names- Aria and Lotte- when addressing them individually, and calling them "Lieze" when speaking to both of them.

** No, Kyou uses Youhei too, she calls everyone by their first name.

** It's also a subtle plot point in Kyou's route. Tomoya calls her Kyou but Ryou Fujibayashi, which she tries to get him to change because he feels he isn't as close to her as Kyou and loves her sister instead. He does start calling her Ryou, but... Well, it ''is'' Kyou's route.

** [[Fanon]] often has Zechs give her a cute nickname, such as "Lu", when they become a real couple.

* in ''[[Kare Kano]]'', the two leads continue calling each other "Arima" and "Miyazawa" after they've {{spoiler|''slept together''}}. They don't get to "Soichiro" and "Yukino" until a few months later.

** Bakura is a definite example in the manga and Japanese anime, with his given name being Ryou. The dub may or may not be an example as he is never given a second name, so it's possible his first name is intended to be Bakura.

* Shuichi in ''[[Gravitation]]'' continues to refer to boyfriend Eiri Yuki as simply 'Yuki' (no honorific) even after learning that it isn't his real surname.

** Rukia Kuchiki's a bit of a complex case; because all of them outrank her, nearly everyone within the Gotei 13 (aside from Renji, Byakuya and Hanataro - the latter because she preferred as such) calls her Kuchiki, and due to her lone wolf demeanor at most points, she only (if ever) interacts with them while on-duty. Since Rukia's still a noble, if the -san (Mister, Miss, Mrs), or -dono (Lord, Lady) honorifics are in use, then they're being polite and respectful. As for Rukia herself, due to her upbringing as nobility, she tends to be respectful towards those of higher status or rank than her, addressing her superiors by rank and surname (i.e. "Captain Hitsugaya" and "Lieutenant Matsumoto"), sometimes with the -dono honorific (i.e. "Lord" Kaien and "Lady" Miyako).

** Orihime herself tends to address everyone except Tatsuki by their last name.

* The first episode of [[Digimon Adventure]] lists the full Japanese names of the characters, but Izzy (Koushiro Izumi) is the only one whose Americanised name is based on his Japanese surname. Even his parents call him Izzy.

** Actually "Izzy" has a potential logical (albeit weak) explanation: when he was first learning to talk, "Koushiro" turned into "Izzy" (don't ask me how but it could happen) and it stuck.

* The typical mode of address in [[Muhyo and Roji]]. Tohru Muhyo allows Jiro "Roji" Kusano to call him "Muhyo" instead of "Executor Muhyo".

* [[First-Name Basis|First Names]] are a rarity to begin with in ''[[Legend of Galactic Heroes]],'' but absolutely ''nobody'' calls Yang Wen-Li by his given name (except his father, in a single flashback). Even his friends whom he calls by their first names call him "Yang." His wife just calls him ''anata'' (roughly, "darling").

** Reinhard calls Kircheis by his last name because as a child he decided that it sounded better than his first name (Siegfried). Kircheis, however, calls Reinhard by first name (with the appropriate honorifics, of course).

* [[Lucky Star|Kagami Hiiragi]] realizes how much time she spends in Konata's class after a short scene showing her own class calling her Hiiragi while Konata's calls her Kagami.

* In [[Mahou Sensei Negima]], Kazumi Asakura usually goes by "Asakura", which is strange, given that practically everyone else in the class calls each other by their first names.

* In ''[[Lupin III]]'', (Arsene) Lupin the Third and (Daisuke) Jigen might as well have [[Only One Name]] for all the times anybody's used their given names in the show. Goemon Ishikawa the Thirteenth and Fujiko Mine, on the other hand, mainly go by their first names.

* Yamato of [[Ultimo]] refers to his crush Sayama by her last name, and at one point, while thinking about what life with her would be like in the future, realizes that her name would not be "Sayama" any more.

** When {{spoiler|Hiramaru gets together with Aoki}}, he notices that she's still calling him by his last name, while he uses an abbreviated and highly affectionate version of her first name. {{spoiler|His editor}} claims that's proof that he's just a friend she has for tea, {{spoiler|in order to manipulate him into becoming depressed enough to write well}}.

* Considering how close most of the ''[[Wandering Son]]'' cast is, it's odd that most of them refer to certain characters by their last names. To a new reader or viewer, you might even think the names are their first names, especially since several other characters are on a [[First-Name Basis]] with everyone. Shuichi is always Nitori, Yoshino is always called Takatsuki, and Saori is called Chiba by almost everyone but Sasa.

* The main character of [[Dawn Tsumetai Te]] is only ever referred to - by his friends, his [[Love Interest]], and his [[Jerkass]] [[Mad Doctor]] handler - by his family name.

 

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