Uh... right, yeah good point. Guess I was simply using wishful thinking, (boy do I do that alot) Though they do seem plausible in the least... but I can't remember if this is fan or official, Keko's duel, if I remember right is called "Inferuire" is that right?

That would indeed be a large favor , thank you. So what are the fan (now widely accepted) names for the duels?

Yasha wrote:

I know the original arc were named in the show. Gio says the BRS were named based on descriptions in one of the artbooks, I don't know which but I'll check if you want. And like I had originally thought, any duel name post-BRS is fan-made, but there was a lot of agreement among the fanfiction writers that they were so good they were almost canon.

This is all truth. As to the BRS names, here they are:

Wakaba: limite
Shiori: jalousis
Kozue: attache
Tsuwabuki: impatience
Kanae: alieation

I apparently neglected to copy Keiko's out of the artbook, I think it was the Art Collection, so that one Yasha would have to check.

...They had semiofficial names?  Cooool!

When I ran the UCJAS Revolution, I really wanted the subject lines of the emails announcing the duels to always be the name of the upcoming duel, so I made them up.  I still giggle over remembering the names I gave the second-season duels:

Labourer.  Semer.  Pleuvoir.  Pousser.  Croître.  Bourgeonner.  Fleurir.

Xu Yuan wrote:

Not a French expert, what do those mena anyway?

Yeah, explain! I may be Canadian, but my 7th grade french teacher preferred to teach the subject 'Days of our Lives' or perhaps 'Young and the Restless' to the subject of French. I learned a lot about some bitch getting possessed on some stupid soap opera, but no French.

I'm still mad!

The duel names from the Art Collection are as follows:

Kanae - alieation
Kozue - attache
Shiori - jalousis
Tsuwabuki - impatience
Wakaba - limite
Keiko - dependance

And I have looked around a bit, and so far cannot find the list of fan-made names for the last duels. If you like, think of some. I'm sure you can come up with good ones!

Yasha wrote:
Kanae - alieation
Kozue - attache
Shiori - jalousis
Tsuwabuki - impatience
Wakaba - limite
Keiko - dependance

Are these names in French? I know the meanings are similar to what they are in English, but would anyone mind translating for me? For instance I don't know what "limite" would be, other than maybe "limit" as in Wakaba had reached her limit? And that sounds er...wrong.

Lady Chani wrote:

And the last question I have to ask is if there's an easier way to figure out whose duel is which name than to go through and rewatch the series?

Those are in order.

Friendship - Saionji
Choice - Saionji
Reason - Miki
Love - Jury
Adoration - Nanami
Conviction - Touga
Self - Touga

Leroy wrote:

Friendship - Saionji
Choice - Saionji
Reason - Miki
Love - Jury
Adoration - Nanami
Conviction - Touga
Self - Touga

Just a question to throw out there, related to these duel names.

Does anyone else use these as sort of.....touch stones for the character when approaching fanfic/fanart/roleplaying/AMV/analysis whatever sort of fandom floats your boat?

I write/roleplay/draw Juri a lot, and whenever I do I remember her duel name and use that as sort of the....core of her character. What she always returns to, her motivation, her...touch stone is a really odd concept I know but its the best I can do. I also tend to think of Friendship as the key to  Saionji's character (I think I go into this quite a bit in the "Why Saionji is a Dick" thread).

Anyone else do this with these characters?

Glancing at Japanese Wikipedia, I noticed that it lists all the duel names. I did a little investigation, and apparently they're written in the booklet of the Complete CD Box. They're all the same as previously established, but the names of the four unaccounted-for duels are also listed! Yaaaay! ...right?

Except, uh... I'm not sure what to make of them. The Japanese fan reaction also seems to be "WTF, Yoji Enokido."

Saionji 1 （友情）amitie
Saionji 2 （選択）choix
Miki 1 （理性）raison
Juri 1 （恋愛）amour
Nanami 1 （崇拝）adoration
Touga 1 （信念）conviction
Touga 2 （自分）soi

Kanae （疎外）alieation
Kozue （執着）attache
Shiori （嫉妬）jalousis
Tsuwabuki （焦燥）impatience
Wakaba （限界）limite
Keiko （依存）dependance
Mikage （自覚）conscience

Saionji 3 （関係）relation
Miki 2 （誘惑）tentation
Ruka （友情）amitie
Juri 2 （選択）choix
Nanami 2 （友情）amitie
Touga 3 （選択）choix
Akio （革命）revolution

I saw that a while back too, and I was like, WTF?

I still refuse to acknowledge them.

Now that I think about it, I wonder if it wasn't just some misunderstanding, or misprint, or something. I mean, if they'd just reused the names of former duels, then yes, I'd suspect laziness. But reusing the names of the first two duels... twice? That can't even be the conscious decision of a sentient person, right?

Ah, if only we had Yoji Enokido's e-mail address. Failing that, I agree that fanon names would be better than this rather questionable canon.