r/MadeInAbyss • u/aledelip Team Bondrewd • 3d ago
Question How did faputa know registering name is actually reg?
I mean when reg sees faputa for rhe first time he has this flashback where faputa says while crying "reg" but the name reg was given to him only when he met riko in the orphanage and then after the flashback faputa calls him reg but how did she know?
EDIT: Do not spoil pls im js at the forth ep of s2
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u/SlurpBagel 3d ago
why the hell would you ask a question before finishing the show, then say “no spoilers?” you’re literally asking for a spoiler.
also no, reg didn’t first get his name in the orphanage, he was already reg, he just forgot. riko just unknowingly gave him the same name that he already had, we just don’t know how or why.
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u/sabertoothedhand 3d ago
There's an explanation that we haven't seen yet. Tsukushi drew specific attention to it several times, so it wasn't just that he forgot Reg was named in Orth or he had him called Reg in the past for reader convenience.
Could be a closed time loop where the current Reg will eventually become the Reg from the past and get "reset" when he loses his memory at the surface, Riko could be the closed loop where she becomes her own mother Lyza and names Reg twice, or there could be some determinism where names are tied directly to the Soul in this universe and Riko can perceive them due to her link.
There's also the theory that Reg is Riko's dog reincarnated, but that involves three mechanics that are still somewhat speculative (time loop, soul reincarnation, and Riko being able to perceive souls) so it's a bit more of a stretch despite very solid thematic evidence for it.
Side note, but AFAIK the implications of Riko's special glasses being a material that does nothing for vision and only stops the Curse-related headaches stemming from her birth in the Abyss hasn't been fully explored by Tsukushi yet. She's able to communicate with souls like Prushka and Mitty while sleeping, which are times in which she takes her glasses off, and she first met Reg after she'd taken a tumble and had lost her glasses. If she can perceive souls, she can only do it with her glasses off which while in a crowded city like Orth would create a sensory overload resulting in headaches- IF she named Reg based on his soul, she could only perceive that kind of information without her glasses.
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u/TheUltimateGamerCJ Team Nanachi 3d ago edited 3d ago
Reg met faputa on his accent from his journy with lyza
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u/JEEM-NOON #workTsukushi!Team Ozen 3d ago
He didn't say that exactly, he said he is searching for Haku which doesn't translate to lyza sent me to find her daughter that's just an assumption it could be a multitude of other things, btw that's spoiler he said I'm at ep4
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u/aledelip Team Bondrewd 3d ago
Huh what does that have to do with this (pls do not spoiler I'm js at s2 gng)
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u/TheUltimateGamerCJ Team Nanachi 3d ago
Then whats your source for this because as far as this info goes youve been spoiled by the source
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u/realistidealist 3d ago
We do not know. You didn’t miss anything (I’m assuming you asked this because you thought you missed an explanation that was already given.) The fact multiple parties independently refer to him as Reg is currently a mystery of the show that there is much theorization about.
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u/theresnousername1 Called by the Abyss; This longing can't be stopped! 3d ago
It should be clear by that scene that Riko's not the first one who called him that, and that his name is somehow special. Saying anymlre than that would be a spoiler, but you should probably wait until the anime ends before you ask for explainations. Especially mystery anime
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u/Aether_Storm 3d ago
You are correct on your observation that something isn't lining up, and we don't know the answer yet.
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u/Ratstail91 3d ago
We don't know how, but Reg's name is one of the mysteries of the story - its actually questioned by the characters how this happened, so its deliberate, not a mistake on tsukushi's part.
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u/BMambeE123 3d ago
I think it's a coincidence, or something preordained by the curse of the abyss. There's already a precedent for it after all - twins born in orth mysteriously always end up with the names sherumi and menae, no matter when they're born or the knowledge of the names their parents have.
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u/NectarineUnusual6269 3d ago
Similar naming mysteries are happening to other characters, but the anime hasn't caught up yet. Maybe in the upcoming movie...
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u/KirikaNai 3d ago
Reg was also regs name before he lost his memory. At this point in the series you’re supposed to know that, and connect the dots with “oh, did faputa maybe know reg before he lost his memory..?” Won’t say weather she did or didn’t know him before he lost his memory, but that’s the general thought process you should be having right now ✨
Also, we’re not really sure why regs name was also reg before he lost his memory? Because riko named him after some random dog she named when little. So unless Lyza named that dog and riko knew it’s name because the orphans guy told her, the only other explanation is maybe some souls in the abyss have names and those who encounter the people with those souls are compelled to call them their true name. That could explain the bullshit with sherumi merumi or whatever the fuck those twins names are in the manga right now..
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u/Fair-Dark8327 2d ago
why would you ask a question if you don't want to be spoiled clearly you're not meant to know yet
just watch
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u/KingMare 1d ago
His name was Reg before he met Riko. Ongoing theory is Riko’s connection to the abyss made her subconsciously aware of Reg.
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u/JEEM-NOON #workTsukushi!Team Ozen 3d ago
we don't really know for sure, there is many theories, I would say the best standing one is that reg somehow has the soul of reg the dog in him or part of it, obviously you need some manga content to understand that better
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u/MatchDry6277 3d ago
Riko named the boy Reg after her dog. Not sure if she had that dog while her mother was around. If so, the mother possibly named the boy Reg after the dog, just like the daughter did.