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View Poll Results: How did you feel about Kotone's Official English Name?
I feel happy! 15 44%
I felt OK. 9 26%
I felt dissapointed. 7 21%
I FELT SHOCKED!! 2 6%
I didn't know that Lyra's Japanese name is Kotone! 1 3%
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Old February 2nd, 2010 (4:33 PM).
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Wow, it'sd Lyra. That is so.... lame.
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Old February 2nd, 2010 (4:50 PM).
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Lyra or Melody...it's hard to say which is better, hmm...
No it's not, Melody is much better. Lyra doesn't sound like an actual name you'd give a person.
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Old February 2nd, 2010 (5:04 PM).
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ok i think lyra is a horrible name for her. and ethan for hibiki also. i think she should be harper and he should be jimmy like in the pokemon chronicles episodes. im namin her harper in my hg
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Old February 2nd, 2010 (5:11 PM).
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What? It's Lyra? Lyra?!?!?! THAT NAME SUCKS!
I like Melody better.
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Old February 2nd, 2010 (7:23 PM).
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Lyra is a sexy name. It's not normal, it's got that dark appeal…
Exactly! I loved Lyra. Although I laughed a lot at the one who said Maria, because she looks like a female Mario. And it's true!! LOL

Now about the boy. I don't think I can call him Ethan, for me he is Gold until they give a name to Silver too (it isn't Kamon, plz). Jimmy is a name from a cartoon, and the games don't need to follow that show. It's most possible that this Jimmy from Pokémon Chronicles reappear and reveal his real name: Ethan James. (?)

P.S.: Soul is stupid, the one who made it up had no creativity at all, since there's no Heart. It's like the Green girl with new outfit being called Leaf. Where's the Fire?
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Old February 3rd, 2010 (12:20 PM).
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I felt OK =/

Lyra's good and fitting, but I thought Harmony or Melody would have fitted better. Ah well.
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Old February 3rd, 2010 (12:35 PM).
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Woo hoo! I knew Kotone's name would be one I liked! Lyra... I love that name! All you people who don't think that name's fitting for Kotone are psycho! I didn't like the idea of Harper... I don't like that name very much -_-... I'm sooo glad that Kotone's English name is Lyra!
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Old February 3rd, 2010 (6:30 PM).
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These are the guesses that I had for her name, most of them are string instruments, others are music-related words.

Harmony (Or any other one that uses it as its root)
Melody (Or any other one that uses it as its root)
Violet (Violin)
Lyra (Lyre)
Lindsey (Violin)
Hymna (Hymn)
Shelly (Chant)
Harper (Harp)
Kelly (Cello & Calliope & Clio)
Frida (Fiddle)
Midi (MIDI)
Euphonix (Euphony)

And lastly, "Soul".
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Old February 4th, 2010 (6:24 AM).
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Hmmmmm...... The name Lyra seems to fit this picture: hxxp://reka-chan.deviantart.com/art/SxM-Let-s-Battle-124547529 (note: you probably won't be able to understand this unless you know of the Megaman Starforce anime)
Oh, Lyra does fit much better with the purple hair. :O
She looks better like that anyway..

Lyra doesn't fit otherwise though, and Melody sounds way to cliche. (Although she does look like she could have a hippie for a mum)

The name Soul will never die out though, I know I'll still be calling her that. (No less cliche though. xD)
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Old February 4th, 2010 (10:15 AM).
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I personally love her English name. I prefer Kotone, but Lyra is rather fitting.
A constellation named after the lyre, a stringed instrument resembling the harp.. I really like it. :D
Although at first I wasn't sure if I liked it.. Maybe I just like it because I'm an astronomy freak..? ^^;

I also like how it's not a direct translation, kind of like how they got Dawn from Hikari.

My only problem is I'm going to have to get used to pronouncing it right. I keep wanting to pronounce it like "Leer-a" instead of "Lye-rah". Ahaha.. xD;
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Old February 4th, 2010 (10:20 AM).
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Aww its gonna change? I liked Kotone.
I dont like Lyra, id prefer it to be Kotone, in the 1/10000 chance i get to name her thats what i will name her
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Hey! Did you know that I'm preforming a solo called Lyra? It was made in the 1930's.
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Old February 4th, 2010 (5:34 PM).
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Eh, not bad I guess.

Oh my. That's the first thing that popped into my head after hearing "Lyra" (well reading, not hearing but w/e)

I love the name Lyra in general thought after the MMSF series I never thought of it quite the same... nonetheless it's a cute and pretty name!! And it suits "Kotone" as a translation. (just as good as Misty and Dawn, and way better than May. LOL)

I'm gonna pre-order the games in a couple days! Wheee~ (I think I'll name the character Lyra when I play as the girl) ^_^

...I have a giant Marill plush. it's like... lifesize. Maybe I should cosplay as Lyra... XD
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Old February 4th, 2010 (6:23 PM).
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What? It's Lyra? Lyra?!?!?! THAT NAME SUCKS!
I like Melody better.
Think of it this way, at least the female wasn't named Maria. Seeing as so many related her to Mario when they first saw her, the only thing to make the comparison worse for those who didn't like her (for her looks) was to have her name even more similar to one of Nintendo's leading game characters.

But Maria is a nice name, just maybe not for Lyra :|

For me, either Melody, Lyra, or Harper could have been chosen. I had said earlier I liked each one, but with Lyra chosen I personally don't think it was a bad move. Like stressed over many times it keeps the meaning of her Japanese name. Besides that, it's quite unique and fitting. It isn't really a childish name like some characters have been given before and it shows development it what could come in the future.

Then again, we are each given our voice of opinion, so it varies from person to person in this matter. I just don't think it sucks honestly, I'm sure with all of the names out there it could have been better, but it isn't all that bad considering it could have been worse. >_>;
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Old February 9th, 2010 (3:45 PM).
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yes im back on! anyway harper is a direct translation. kotone means sound of the harp so harper would fit her perfectly
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