Thread:Bagwis/@comment-12719-20171101073356/@comment-32644940-20171101115329

I've not heard about the licensed translated manga by Crunchyroll.

Yes, that's why I am also taken a little bit aback before whether I should use the macrons for their names or not. I would have understood if their names would be spelled as Ohga and Ryo, as opposed to Ōga and Ryō. However, I would argue though that both of their names use hiragana and not katakana writing.

Before I made any changes, I consulted some references to check whether my plan would be appropriate or not
 * Vowel/Diphthongs Pronunciation
 * Kanji to Romaji Converter (Try to type in 了 for Ryō, and おおが for Ōga)

Some references though tell us that some words drop the macron outside the context of language books.

If you ask me, I'll not strongly defend the spelling of Ryō given that it is the proper romanization of his name and that (/ou/) is clearly not (/o/). They are entirely different. On the other hand, with regards to Ōga's, I'm not pretty sure about that since the reference I gave above also gives us an idea that (/oo/ = /oh/ = /ō/; /ou/ = /ō/).

Well, what's your idea about this?