diff --git a/XivCommon/Functions/ContextMenu/BaseContextMenuArgs.cs b/XivCommon/Functions/ContextMenu/BaseContextMenuArgs.cs
index 31ef8e5..47b9ee1 100755
--- a/XivCommon/Functions/ContextMenu/BaseContextMenuArgs.cs
+++ b/XivCommon/Functions/ContextMenu/BaseContextMenuArgs.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using Dalamud.Game.Text.SeStringHandling;
 
 namespace XivCommon.Functions.ContextMenu {
     /// <summary>
@@ -33,14 +34,14 @@ namespace XivCommon.Functions.ContextMenu {
         /// <summary>
         /// The text related to this context menu, usually an actor name.
         /// </summary>
-        public string? Text { get; }
+        public SeString? Text { get; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The world of the actor this context menu is for, if any.
         /// </summary>
         public ushort ActorWorld { get; }
 
-        internal BaseContextMenuArgs(IntPtr addon, IntPtr agent, string? parentAddonName, uint actorId, uint contentIdLower, string? text, ushort actorWorld) {
+        internal BaseContextMenuArgs(IntPtr addon, IntPtr agent, string? parentAddonName, uint actorId, uint contentIdLower, SeString? text, ushort actorWorld) {
             this.Addon = addon;
             this.Agent = agent;
             this.ParentAddonName = parentAddonName;
diff --git a/XivCommon/Functions/ContextMenu/ContextMenu.cs b/XivCommon/Functions/ContextMenu/ContextMenu.cs
index 13c2001..11a2ceb 100755
--- a/XivCommon/Functions/ContextMenu/ContextMenu.cs
+++ b/XivCommon/Functions/ContextMenu/ContextMenu.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Text;
 using Dalamud;
 using Dalamud.Game;
-using Dalamud.Game.Internal.Gui;
+using Dalamud.Game.Text.SeStringHandling;
 using Dalamud.Hooking;
 using FFXIVClientStructs.FFXIV.Component.GUI;
 using XivCommon.Functions.ContextMenu.Inventory;
@@ -135,15 +135,15 @@ namespace XivCommon.Functions.ContextMenu {
 
         private GameFunctions Functions { get; }
         private ClientLanguage Language { get; }
-        private GameGui Gui { get; }
+        private SeStringManager SeStringManager { get; }
         private IntPtr Agent { get; set; } = IntPtr.Zero;
         private List<BaseContextMenuItem> Items { get; } = new();
         private int NormalSize { get; set; }
 
-        internal ContextMenu(GameFunctions functions, SigScanner scanner, GameGui gui, ClientLanguage language, Hooks hooks) {
+        internal ContextMenu(GameFunctions functions, SigScanner scanner, SeStringManager manager, ClientLanguage language, Hooks hooks) {
             this.Functions = functions;
             this.Language = language;
-            this.Gui = gui;
+            this.SeStringManager = manager;
 
             if (!hooks.HasFlag(Hooks.ContextMenu)) {
                 return;
@@ -244,11 +244,11 @@ namespace XivCommon.Functions.ContextMenu {
             return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(Util.ReadTerminated(parentAddon + 8));
         }
 
-        private static unsafe (uint actorId, uint contentIdLower, string? text, ushort actorWorld) GetAgentInfo(IntPtr agent) {
+        private unsafe (uint actorId, uint contentIdLower, SeString? text, ushort actorWorld) GetAgentInfo(IntPtr agent) {
             var actorId = *(uint*) (agent + ActorIdOffset);
             var contentIdLower = *(uint*) (agent + ContentIdLowerOffset);
             var textBytes = Util.ReadTerminated(Marshal.ReadIntPtr(agent + TextPointerOffset));
-            var text = textBytes.Length == 0 ? null : Encoding.UTF8.GetString(textBytes);
+            var text = textBytes.Length == 0 ? null : this.SeStringManager.Parse(textBytes);
             var actorWorld = *(ushort*) (agent + WorldOffset);
             return (actorId, contentIdLower, text, actorWorld);
         }
@@ -301,8 +301,7 @@ namespace XivCommon.Functions.ContextMenu {
             for (var i = 0; i < this.NormalSize; i++) {
                 var atkItem = &atkValueArgs[offset + i];
 
-                var nameBytes = Util.ReadTerminated((IntPtr) atkItem->String);
-                var name = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(nameBytes);
+                var name = Util.ReadSeString((IntPtr) atkItem->String, this.SeStringManager);
 
                 var enabled = true;
                 if (hasGameDisabled) {
@@ -347,7 +346,7 @@ namespace XivCommon.Functions.ContextMenu {
 
                 this.Items.AddRange(args.Items);
             } else {
-                var info = GetAgentInfo(agent);
+                var info = this.GetAgentInfo(agent);
 
                 var args = new ContextMenuOpenArgs(
                     addon,
@@ -426,7 +425,7 @@ namespace XivCommon.Functions.ContextMenu {
                     NativeContextMenuItem native => native.Name,
                     _ => "Invalid context menu item",
                 };
-                var nameBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(name).Terminate();
+                var nameBytes = name.Encode().Terminate();
                 fixed (byte* nameBytesPtr = nameBytes) {
                     this._atkValueSetString(newItem, nameBytesPtr);
                 }
@@ -452,7 +451,7 @@ namespace XivCommon.Functions.ContextMenu {
                 // a custom item is being clicked
                 case NormalContextMenuItem custom: {
                     var addonName = this.GetParentAddonName(addon);
-                    var info = GetAgentInfo(custom.Agent);
+                    var info = this.GetAgentInfo(custom.Agent);
 
                     var args = new ContextMenuItemSelectedArgs(
                         addon,
diff --git a/XivCommon/Functions/ContextMenu/ContextMenuItemSelectedArgs.cs b/XivCommon/Functions/ContextMenu/ContextMenuItemSelectedArgs.cs
index 1e15256..18bacbe 100755
--- a/XivCommon/Functions/ContextMenu/ContextMenuItemSelectedArgs.cs
+++ b/XivCommon/Functions/ContextMenu/ContextMenuItemSelectedArgs.cs
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 using System;
+using Dalamud.Game.Text.SeStringHandling;
 
 namespace XivCommon.Functions.ContextMenu {
     /// <summary>
     /// Arguments for the context menu item selected delegate.
     /// </summary>
     public class ContextMenuItemSelectedArgs : BaseContextMenuArgs {
-        internal ContextMenuItemSelectedArgs(IntPtr addon, IntPtr agent, string? parentAddonName, uint actorId, uint contentIdLower, string? text, ushort actorWorld) : base(addon, agent, parentAddonName, actorId, contentIdLower, text, actorWorld) {
+        internal ContextMenuItemSelectedArgs(IntPtr addon, IntPtr agent, string? parentAddonName, uint actorId, uint contentIdLower, SeString? text, ushort actorWorld) : base(addon, agent, parentAddonName, actorId, contentIdLower, text, actorWorld) {
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/XivCommon/Functions/ContextMenu/ContextMenuOpenArgs.cs b/XivCommon/Functions/ContextMenu/ContextMenuOpenArgs.cs
index 46a98d7..aa3a14a 100755
--- a/XivCommon/Functions/ContextMenu/ContextMenuOpenArgs.cs
+++ b/XivCommon/Functions/ContextMenu/ContextMenuOpenArgs.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Dalamud.Game.Text.SeStringHandling;
 
 namespace XivCommon.Functions.ContextMenu {
     /// <summary>
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ namespace XivCommon.Functions.ContextMenu {
         /// </summary>
         public List<BaseContextMenuItem> Items { get; } = new();
 
-        internal ContextMenuOpenArgs(IntPtr addon, IntPtr agent, string? parentAddonName, uint actorId, uint contentIdLower, string? text, ushort actorWorld) : base(addon, agent, parentAddonName, actorId, contentIdLower, text, actorWorld) {
+        internal ContextMenuOpenArgs(IntPtr addon, IntPtr agent, string? parentAddonName, uint actorId, uint contentIdLower, SeString? text, ushort actorWorld) : base(addon, agent, parentAddonName, actorId, contentIdLower, text, actorWorld) {
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/XivCommon/Functions/ContextMenu/CustomContextMenuItem.cs b/XivCommon/Functions/ContextMenu/CustomContextMenuItem.cs
index e7a7a7d..c70a356 100755
--- a/XivCommon/Functions/ContextMenu/CustomContextMenuItem.cs
+++ b/XivCommon/Functions/ContextMenu/CustomContextMenuItem.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using Dalamud.Game.Text.SeStringHandling;
 
 namespace XivCommon.Functions.ContextMenu {
     /// <summary>
@@ -11,22 +12,22 @@ namespace XivCommon.Functions.ContextMenu {
         /// <summary>
         /// The name of the context item to be shown for English clients.
         /// </summary>
-        public string NameEnglish { get; set; }
+        public SeString NameEnglish { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The name of the context item to be shown for Japanese clients.
         /// </summary>
-        public string NameJapanese { get; set; }
+        public SeString NameJapanese { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The name of the context item to be shown for French clients.
         /// </summary>
-        public string NameFrench { get; set; }
+        public SeString NameFrench { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The name of the context item to be shown for German clients.
         /// </summary>
-        public string NameGerman { get; set; }
+        public SeString NameGerman { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The action to perform when this item is clicked.
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ namespace XivCommon.Functions.ContextMenu {
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="name">the English name of the item, copied to other languages</param>
         /// <param name="action">the action to perform on click</param>
-        internal CustomContextMenuItem(string name, T action) {
+        internal CustomContextMenuItem(SeString name, T action) {
             this.NameEnglish = name;
             this.NameJapanese = name;
             this.NameFrench = name;
diff --git a/XivCommon/Functions/ContextMenu/Inventory/InventoryContextMenuItem.cs b/XivCommon/Functions/ContextMenu/Inventory/InventoryContextMenuItem.cs
index 3d3514c..74aa045 100755
--- a/XivCommon/Functions/ContextMenu/Inventory/InventoryContextMenuItem.cs
+++ b/XivCommon/Functions/ContextMenu/Inventory/InventoryContextMenuItem.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-namespace XivCommon.Functions.ContextMenu.Inventory {
+using Dalamud.Game.Text.SeStringHandling;
+
+namespace XivCommon.Functions.ContextMenu.Inventory {
     /// <summary>
     /// A custom context menu item for inventory items.
     /// </summary>
@@ -8,7 +10,7 @@
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="name">the English name of the item, copied to other languages</param>
         /// <param name="action">the action to perform on click</param>
-        public InventoryContextMenuItem(string name, ContextMenu.InventoryContextMenuItemSelectedDelegate action) : base(name, action) {
+        public InventoryContextMenuItem(SeString name, ContextMenu.InventoryContextMenuItemSelectedDelegate action) : base(name, action) {
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/XivCommon/Functions/ContextMenu/NativeContextMenuItem.cs b/XivCommon/Functions/ContextMenu/NativeContextMenuItem.cs
index 4843ae3..0b88ea4 100755
--- a/XivCommon/Functions/ContextMenu/NativeContextMenuItem.cs
+++ b/XivCommon/Functions/ContextMenu/NativeContextMenuItem.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-namespace XivCommon.Functions.ContextMenu {
+using Dalamud.Game.Text.SeStringHandling;
+
+namespace XivCommon.Functions.ContextMenu {
     /// <summary>
     /// A native context menu item
     /// </summary>
@@ -11,9 +13,9 @@
         /// <summary>
         /// The name of the context item.
         /// </summary>
-        public string Name { get; set; }
+        public SeString Name { get; set; }
 
-        internal NativeContextMenuItem(byte action, string name, bool enabled) {
+        internal NativeContextMenuItem(byte action, SeString name, bool enabled) {
             this.Name = name;
             this.InternalAction = action;
             this.Enabled = enabled;
diff --git a/XivCommon/Functions/ContextMenu/NormalContextMenuItem.cs b/XivCommon/Functions/ContextMenu/NormalContextMenuItem.cs
index 31bde81..ceac073 100755
--- a/XivCommon/Functions/ContextMenu/NormalContextMenuItem.cs
+++ b/XivCommon/Functions/ContextMenu/NormalContextMenuItem.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-namespace XivCommon.Functions.ContextMenu {
+using Dalamud.Game.Text.SeStringHandling;
+
+namespace XivCommon.Functions.ContextMenu {
     /// <summary>
     /// A custom normal context menu item
     /// </summary>
@@ -11,7 +13,7 @@
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="name">the English name of the item, copied to other languages</param>
         /// <param name="action">the action to perform on click</param>
-        public NormalContextMenuItem(string name, ContextMenu.ContextMenuItemSelectedDelegate action) : base(name, action) {
+        public NormalContextMenuItem(SeString name, ContextMenu.ContextMenuItemSelectedDelegate action) : base(name, action) {
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/XivCommon/GameFunctions.cs b/XivCommon/GameFunctions.cs
index dba04da..d49124c 100755
--- a/XivCommon/GameFunctions.cs
+++ b/XivCommon/GameFunctions.cs
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ namespace XivCommon {
             this.Examine = new Examine(this, scanner);
             this.Talk = new Talk(scanner, seStringManager, hooks.HasFlag(Hooks.Talk));
             this.ChatBubbles = new ChatBubbles(dalamud, scanner, seStringManager, hooks.HasFlag(Hooks.ChatBubbles));
-            this.ContextMenu = new ContextMenu(this, scanner, @interface.Framework.Gui, @interface.ClientState.ClientLanguage, hooks);
+            this.ContextMenu = new ContextMenu(this, scanner, seStringManager, @interface.ClientState.ClientLanguage, hooks);
             this.Tooltips = new Tooltips(scanner, @interface.Framework, @interface.Framework.Gui, seStringManager, hooks.HasFlag(Hooks.Tooltips));
 
             if (scanner.TryScanText(Signatures.GetAgentByInternalId, out var byInternalIdPtr, "GetAgentByInternalId")) {