Actually, the dog _thought_ its name was Soichiro (whatever) from the
moment he was brought into the Otonashi household. It would respond
whenever Kyoko said, "Soichiro-san", much to the real Soichiro's ire (and
Kyoko's amusement). After his death, the dog became Soichiro permanently.

That was Viz... This is not so in the manga.  Viz likes to alter things

>from time to time.  Check out the NT subs, you'll see, she named the dog

for the man she once loved, AFTER he died.  It wasn't always named
Souichiro.  Mihoshi wonders how Viz got that translation from a completely
different story. o.o

Actually Mihoshi.. I disagree with you O_O

I have watched all the subtitled eps. The dog DID think it's name was
Souichiro, but Souichiro kept trying to get it to respond to "Shirow." After
his death Kyoko just gave up and started calling the dog Souichiro because
that's what he came too. There is this touching scene when she talks to the
dog after her husband has died...

But that's not what we're talking about... The dog, regardless of what it
did or didn't respond to, was NOT always named Souichiro.

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