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I got drug into this series entirely against my will. This is a language reference guide more than a character guide so it's slanted more towards people familiar with the series and wanting to use it to understand Japanese characterized speech patterns than towards those looking for character insight. Statements made about characters or their relationships are more about their reflection via linguistic strategies. But maybe it'll offer insight into the characters too. Also useful if you're writing a fic or RPing and wonder "Crap, do I -san or -senpai this person?"
The guide assumes some basic familiarity with first person Japanese pronouns (watashi vs. ore, kare vs. aitsu, kimi vs. temee, etc.) and knowledge of what keigo (formal speech) is and fundamental kouhai-senpai dynamics, with full keigo to them assumed unless otherwise noted. I've also tried to include generalized notes where appropriate. I might make assumptions for certain defaults; will note them. Feel free to ask any questions.
Sources include the manga, anime, games (PSP, 2 3DS games, Cross Colors), CD dramas and novels. Haven't seen the stage shows. Will note if something is exclusive to one source or seems off. Will cite incidents of linguistic interest.
If your desired character's not listed yet, let me know and I'll try to do them sooner, otherwise I'm just sort of going in order of when they show up. Kind of. Some characters show up earlier but don't have a lot of dialogue or a span of interactions to analyze until later so it'd be fair to just call it random. If they're a minor character I probably won't do them unless they have distinct speech patterns worth analyzing (see Miyaji), or I'm otherwise asked. It's no problem if asked, in fact in an age where subs largely drop honorifics and chose localization over accuracy I'll be stoked to know fans cared about this stuff. It's just this page would be very long if I did every Tom, Dick and Harry.
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The guide assumes some basic familiarity with first person Japanese pronouns (watashi vs. ore, kare vs. aitsu, kimi vs. temee, etc.) and knowledge of what keigo (formal speech) is and fundamental kouhai-senpai dynamics, with full keigo to them assumed unless otherwise noted. I've also tried to include generalized notes where appropriate. I might make assumptions for certain defaults; will note them. Feel free to ask any questions.
Sources include the manga, anime, games (PSP, 2 3DS games, Cross Colors), CD dramas and novels. Haven't seen the stage shows. Will note if something is exclusive to one source or seems off. Will cite incidents of linguistic interest.
If your desired character's not listed yet, let me know and I'll try to do them sooner, otherwise I'm just sort of going in order of when they show up. Kind of. Some characters show up earlier but don't have a lot of dialogue or a span of interactions to analyze until later so it'd be fair to just call it random. If they're a minor character I probably won't do them unless they have distinct speech patterns worth analyzing (see Miyaji), or I'm otherwise asked. It's no problem if asked, in fact in an age where subs largely drop honorifics and chose localization over accuracy I'll be stoked to know fans cared about this stuff. It's just this page would be very long if I did every Tom, Dick and Harry.
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