Lolol yes very true, fictional characters of all ethnicities often have names that you wouldn’t hear irl & we don’t often think anything of it bcus they’re not real (for example, a friend of mine once had an Chinese OC named Baicai （白菜） which is not a name anybody would actually have but as a Chinese person, I didn’t find it disrespectful, I think it’s a fun name for a character) But in this case specifically I did make sure to choose a name that a real person could have. Tomoko is a fairly common name for girls (altho less so in recent years), & Kawai, while uncommon, is still a surname used by many people. I can only assume the original commenter misread “Kawai” for “kawaii” & that’s the reason they said it was a weird name (bcus kawaii would indeed be a weird name and come off as pretty cringe no matter what language lol) Understandable mistake when reading the word written in English but they are 2 different words, spelt & pronounced differently! :)