Talk:Matthai Reese

Matthai vs Matthew
As I noticed the Johann vs John for Index, I would like to point out that マタイ is how Matthew (as in Saint Matthew) is written in Japanese. Source: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/マタイ. Here are the 12 Apostles for future reference: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/使徒.

Also, I think Matthai would most likely be written as either マッタイ (mattai) or マッサイ (massai) instead of マタイ (matai, Matthew). 112.205.208.182 11:13, December 1, 2010 (UTC)


 * Indeed, all my machine translators output Matthew as a result, does anybody else have input regarding this? I vote to change the name; quickly, before his chronological appearance in the anime.TheGreatEye 11:32, December 1, 2010 (UTC)

No, no. Japanese name マタイ (Matai) comes from Matthaios (Greek) or Matthaeus (Latin). Matthew is English, and pronounced マシュー (Mashuu) in Japan. --Klobis 14:01, December 1, 2010 (UTC)


 * What's unusual is: why would Kamachi choose マタイ over マシュー? I'm guessing that Kamachi wanted to point out a certain link between St Matthew and Pope Reese, who are both religious icons of their time. I shall be somewhat inclined towards changing Matthai to Matthew. heraldofmeridian♣ 14:14, December 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * I see, indeed, they give out the same translation though they are read differently.-TheGreatEye 14:23, December 1, 2010 (UTC)