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Originally Posted by Lucarion
Indeed. ^^ It can also mean"accomplished" but the "dragon" reading is the most appropriate one of all since Tatsuya was directly compared to one. He is the Great Black Dragon of the Mahouka verse, the Yotsuba's demonic guardian and the one who everyone dreads. He shares many traits with the dragons in fantasy which strengthens his Satan parallels, and there's also the fact that "Shiva" or "Siva" is a popular name for dragon characters in various JRPGs.
The character's names in Mahouka sometimes reflect their role in the story. ^^ And both the readings of Tatsuya's name fits him perfectly. As both the "accomplished master" and the "dragon".
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The 101 Battalion really took that up to eleven when they came up with Tatsuya's alias. Dragons aside, I love how the characters for Ooguro (大黒) are the same as the first two from Daikokuten (大黒天), aka,
Mahākāla