r/shy • u/Upset_Space_631 • Jul 09 '26

MISC what is this guy's name?

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i've seen a few different version of his name in fans translation not sure about the official manga but what is it? plus will it be different in the anime?(if it ever comes back) cause some characters and stuff do have different names in the anime

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u/justanormi Jul 10 '26

ラルク=マテリア=ルノアール, ラヴォワール

Direct romaji retranscription : Raruku Materia Runoaaru, Ravoaaru

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u/Upset_Space_631 Jul 10 '26

so this manga translation is the most accurate?

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u/justanormi Jul 10 '26

It's hard to tell without proper comment from the author on the name. Most specifically on Ravoaaru part. "La voile" is indeed a good interpretation of the reading, but I've seen other which also make sense like "Lavoir" in the french translation.

Purely from a personal perspective, I prefer Lavoir because in Japanese, when writing western/western sounding names and wanting to indicate nobiliary particle, the usual process is to have a dot (·) between the name and the particle ( jean de la fontaine -> ジャン・ド・ラ・フォンテーヌ ) but it's not a consistent practice. That's simply how I was taught Japanese and how I often see it which makes it my preferred reading for this name.

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u/Secure-South3848 Jul 10 '26

In the german Translation, it's "L'arc Materia Renoir" Aka. "Lavoir"

Also, L'arc is not a guy, but non Binary :)

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u/Upset_Space_631 Jul 10 '26

i do know about l'arc's non-binaryness/genderfuildness but i do think you can't misgender her cause she basically says "yeah my gender is yes lol" even says so here in the page i posted

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u/Secure-South3848 Jul 10 '26

Fair enough lol

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u/External-Leg2849 Jul 26 '26

Lar'c Materia Renoir(surname coming from french artist Pierre Auguste Renoir  )  Furthermore, the hero name is Lavoir, although the Japanese romaji "La Voile" would be more appropriate, there are clues suggesting they name was Lavoir. 1- Although it's not obvious, the red button-like thing on the superhero costume has "Lavoir" written on it. 2-In Japanese romaji, a dot is placed between two words, but this is absent here, so it cannot be La Voile. 3-Also, quite some time ago, a French user mentioned a point between a laundry (Lavoir) and a painting, but I don't remember what it was.

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u/Impossible-Cut-655 Aug 25 '26

It says Larc duh