Talk:Mishou Mai

Egret vs. Eaglet
Hello, hello. Here I am after many months to discuss the Wiki again, in this case about the choice to use the name Cure Eaglet as opposed to the more common Cure Egret. Just as most people do, I use and prefer the name Cure Egret, and I believe this is the correct name for her. I see that you mentioned she is called Eaglet in some games, and I have not played these games myself, but I did find a Dream Live card that clearly shows her name as Eaglet. However, I don't necessarily believe that means her name is Eaglet, particularly because other official products exist that show her name as Egret (that's the only example I could find after searching quite a bit--I'm certain I've seen other examples before but unfortunately I can't find pictures to prove it). This is not the first time there has naming contradictions on official products--for example, "Saura" vs. "Soular" has been seen on different official products, and the fans decided themselves which they thought was better and made more sense.

Aside from that, I think we just need to use common sense as well as researching the significance of either bird in Japanese culture when deciding which is the correct name for her. One would think that the more beautiful and elegant of the two birds would be the one more appropriate for Mai--an eaglet isn't nearly as elegant as an egret. Plus, while researching the significance of either bird in Japanese culture, I quickly came upon some information about egrets, but none about eagles/eaglets. For egrets, I found information on the Shirasagi no Mai, or White Heron/Egret Dance. Note that the "Mai" used there is the same as Mai's name, so this particular festival event may be what Mai's name is referencing. Also, even though most information you'll find on it says "heron/crane dance" in English, a search on Jim Breen's WWWJDIC for 白鷺 (shirasagi) turns up the defintion "generic name for herons with all-white plumage (including egrets)".

So, based on all of that evidence, I think that Cure Eaglet should be changed back to Cure Egret. Let me know what you think.

--Lovelyfighter 00:01, March 26, 2010 (UTC)