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Post by El_Diablo » Wed Apr 12, 2006 9:52 am

You don't need a pronoun to refer to yourself in Japanese.

Just "Name desu" is fine.

In normal speech, it would sound quite unnatural.

"Watashi no, Onamae wa, John Desu"

If you're going to say that, don't say "onamae". The "o" at the start is an honorific, and you wouldn't use that when referring to yourself.
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Post by TripleRach » Wed Apr 12, 2006 7:17 pm

For what it's worth, Gokuu tends to introduces himself with, "Ora Gokuu da. Son Gokuu!" And the next episode previews are, "Ossu! Ora Gokuu!"
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