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* Everything is meaningful in ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]''. ''Everything''.
* Samatarou's mother Venus from ''[[Kamisama Kazoku]]'' is the [[Love Goddess]].
* ''[[A Certain Magical Index]]'':
* In the series ''[[To Aru Majutsu no Index]]'' the main character, Kamijou Touma, is a major user of this trope. His last name Kamijou has three significant meanings. It is mainly translated to "La Persona Superiore a Dio" in Italian, meaning "The One Who is Superior to God", another translation is "The One who Cleanses God and Purifies the Devil", many characters take these meanings literally because his [[Power Nullifier|Imagine Breaker]] negates everything his right hand touches. The significance of the right arm is the fact that "God's Right Seat" is considered a position higher than God himself. The third translation is taken quite literally, it can also be translated to {{spoiler|"The Invisible Demon"}}, alluding to {{spoiler|the demonic-looking entity being restrained by Imagine Breaker inside Touma's body, with said entity manifesting every time Touma's right arm is cut off}}.
** Touma Kamijou fits this trope several times over. "Touma" has the same pronunciation as "Invisible Demon", {{spoiler|probably referencing the entity sealed inside him}}. "Kamijou" likewise has the same pronunciation as "Above God", {{spoiler|and the aforementioned entity is apparently more powerful than God}}. Finally, the full name is pronounced the same way as "The One Who Purifies Gods and Slays Demons". {{spoiler|Touma at one point talks a god into a [[Heel Face Turn]], and other gods claim that he has the role of restraining them from harming the world. Aleister Crowley, one of the main villains, claims that Touma's [[Anti-Magic|power]] was originally a spiritual item meant to hold back demons.}}
** The [[Cutesy Dwarf]] teacher Komoe-sensei is another example, in that 'ko' means 'small' and [[Moe]]...
** Local [[Anti-Hero]] Accelerator. His kanji name is Ippōtsūkō which means "one-way road", alluding to his esper power of [[Superpower Lottery|vector manipulation]], which subconsciously repellingrepels all inbound projectiles right back at their source,. makingAlmost him [[Nigh Invincible]] unlessall his attackerbattles knowsconsist how to abuse it ([[Sadist Teacher|Kihara]]), can cancel it out ([[The Hero|Touma]]) or can simply preventof him activating itwinning ([[Moralitywithout Chain|Lasta Order]])scratch.
* ''[[Husky and Medley]]'': Both of the main characters' "names" are chosen by the 2ch anons following the story, mostly for ease of reference. "Medley" likely refers to the fact that the text messages she sends to Husky are often randomly selected from among the anons' suggestions, making her part of the conversation a medley of various forum users.
* Chifusa from ''[[Manyu Hikencho]]'' is notable for having a name one accent away from "Chibusa" ([[Gag Boobs|udders]]).
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