No.6 Discussion Board

EDIT: I was just gonna post this when I saw @Vox's comment, haha. See below for the link!


Ahh, thanks for starting this topic, @Aoyokai! Names in No. 6 are very interesting~

I hope it's okay if I comment on some points you raised there, since I researched most names in No. 6 a while ago. (Here's the post in case you're interested; it's mostly about meanings.)


In Yoming's case: the spelling of his name is a translator's choice on 9th avenue's part. If you use the Hepburn system, you would spell his name as Yômin with a long O sound (this is also the writing the English manga adopts, though they shorten it to Yomin). His name uses kanji: 楊眠. Not entirely sure where that -ng choice came from, but there you go.

Sasori's name is most likely a nickname, since it means 'Scorpion' and that's definitely the air he gives off; his character model resembles a scorpion too (presumably Rou named him and he likes to name people after animals: case in point, Nezumi. Funnily enough, they left 'Sasori' in the English manga, though they translated Nezumi and Inukashi... hm, I wonder if they missed it or if they consciously tried to get away with it and succeeded. Apparently 'Rat' was demanded on Kodansha Japan's side).

Elyurias is, I'm pretty sure, just as nonsensical in Japanese as it is in English. Which makes sense since it's an invented name, but it's strange it doesn't seem to have a deeper meaning whatsoever. (Unless someone has an idea! It does sound very close to SOMEthing to me, but I can't figure out what.) But yeah, it's not her real name anyway - which is just as well. That which we call a rose, by any other name etc

I think the idea of numbering the cities was to make them as equal as possible - though of course numbering already includes some kind of hierarchy, so there's that. I think it was stated they kept the name of No. 6 for now since that was easiest? But it's been a while since I reread Beyond, so please correct me if I'm wrong.

You're absolutely right, only the people in No. 6 have 'proper' names, or at least names with kanji (Karan and Riko in the West Block have their names spelled in katakana, which has no meaning other than pronunciation). And most names seem to relate to plants and nature somehow, it's very interesting.


I find it funny Asano picked a fennec fox of all animals with large ears, haha. They're so cute! Maybe it's a 'don't judge by appearance' kind of thing. I assume he has a long standing friendship with the man in the lab coat and that that's why he takes the nickname from him and no-one else. But it's still curious no-one seems to know the Mayor's name or that he doesn't have some kind of title other than Mayor.