Talk:Yao/@comment-5118935-20130531130114/@comment-4886768-20130531152103

I know about the multiple readings, and about the game files’ names. I’m just saying that if it weren’t for the game files’ names there would be no reason to believe they’re read Nanabi and Hachibi, as all proof supports Nanao and Yao readings. The guy who made the game himself also supports on his official website a dōjinshi that has a “Nanao” reading, so it’s hard to say what his intention is. Nanabi and Hachibi readings would only make sense if, like I said before, there is some sort of mythological reference to them, but I couldn’t find any.

Think about it this way: a Japanese player seeing those kanji would read them as Nanao and Yao, if Torotoro’s intention was to call them Nanabi and Hachibi, then there would be furigana or their names written in hiragana inside parantheses; but as far as I know there’s none of that. So if players are supposed to know that they’re read as Nanabi and Hachibi, there must be a mythological reference (which I couldn’t find).