Talk:Kouichi Sakakibara/@comment-6052796-20140825160353/@comment-6052796-20140913183646

That's true, but the reason why most people do a western twist even on a strictly japanese show, is because despite a few things, myself included, we believe that it's not so different in Japan as it is in the west. It's pretty rare for someone in small town Yomi to have Lovecraft and King in their reading material.

The last name basis applies in the west as well. In the Spider-Man comics, even though Jameson underneath his gruff exterior, has bailed his employees out of trouble in numerous occasions; he has often refferred to most of them by their last names. If you took a shot every time he mentioned "Parker", more than "Peter" you'd be the world's first alcohol based calamity death. The only exception being Robbie Robinson, because they knew each other for a few decades.

Plus since the Surname in Japan unlike the first name, is often spoken first. It could just mean that they are close in their own way. Look at Ripley and Hicks in Aliens, despite waiting till the end of the movie to formally intoduce themselves, they have a very close relationship.