Hi I'm not that far into my study and I've encountered something a little strange. In the manga One Piece there existes a character called Ulti and she is written うるティ. Why would you mix hiragana and katakana in one word? My hypothesis is that the author wanted to stress the 'ti' sound of the last syllable. Is this correct? Most other characters in the series are just written in katakana even someone like Nami (ナミ) who could've been written with a Kanji. So if my hypothesis is correct why would you not write the name entirely in katakana?
by Sakaralchini
