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Didn’t think I’d have to make this post here but Here we Go!

The new anime Bungou to Alchemist, Shinpan no Haguruma just aired.

and it’s based on a fantastic game, I have nothing but high hopes for the anime going forward.

BUT

This time around, the characters are tied much closer to the actual authors, and both the writers of the game and the lovely people running the English wiki rely on their works and more importantly, their google search results being clear.

It’s an unspoken rule in the Japanese fandom to Not Tag Posts with Full Names.

Let me say that again.

Tagging posts with the characters’ full names is not okay.

“But Peach!” I hear you say. “It doesn’t do any harm!” It does. It makes accessing information about the actual authors much more difficult, not to mention a fanartist literally dissapeared because of it once.

Well then, how do you tag Bungou to Alchemist posts?

Using shortened forms of their names (Like Dazai -> Dzi or Akutagawa -> Aktgw) is commonly used, or even just tag them with one name (Just BunAl Dazai or Just BunAl Akutagawa)

This series is older than just the anime, and it’s thrived because of the information we can gather. Please be respectful of the people working on Bungou to Alchemist, as well as the authors themselves.

tl;dr: Don’t tag Bungou to Alchemist posts with full names.