... doesnt 'ao' mean 'blue' in japanese...?

his ass is NOT blue. he is PURBLE

thank you to velveteen-vampire this post is educational now. his ass CAN purple

actually, hes purble because of a glitch in rpgmaker that recolored his sprites! hes intended to be blue, hence the name

PaRappa the Rapper OST - Love Together

Thinking about how when my oldest brother took Japanese classes his professor was like your pronunciation is really good 😊 but you need to watch movies that aren't about the Yakuza because you sound like a criminal

somewhere in this beautiful world there is a man who sounds like Paulie Walnuts because he learned English by watching the Sopranos

#our teacher complained we all spoke like anime characters because of course we did

There's a great YouTube channel by a native speaker who teaches you how to speak Japanese the way real people speak and it's amazing how many things are common in anime, but really not in real life spoken Japanese. Some odd stuff, like the "ka?" sentence ender, is also normally only literary, but used in dialogue in anime.

He talks about it here a lot, with examples of more natural speech, not as textbook/literary/overly precise that doesn't sound unnatural.

[musical introduction in the beginning of both.]

Sound on

“Now I got no idea what they’re saying but they sound mean!”

“Is this why those anime nerds prefer subs to dubs?”

*vibrating with excitement* oh boy is there a lot to unpack here

First off, where each of these performers are from. Asuka is famously from the Kansai region and Io is from the Kanto region. Osaka v. Tokyo have New York v. Texas levels of beef.

Second, ‘baka’ is a mild insult in Kanto-ben (Tokyo-dialect) Japanese, but a MUCH heavier insult coming from the Osaka native. “Dummy” vs “Moron” is probably a fair comparison. Although Asuka’s almost feral levels of how heavy her accent goes probably elevate this to “DUMBASS”.

Finally, the fact that Io’s final retort is subtitled as ビッチ! instead of “Bitch!” is obviously funny for the reversal, but 'bi-t(softened version of the usual 'tsu’)-chi’ has a VERY DIFFERENT MEANING in modern Japanese.

Io didn’t just call Asuka a bitch. She called her a /slut/.

ETA: And, of course, Corey 'I love other people’s problems’ Graves on the side, with “I know what baka means! :D ” is just the cherry on top.

i took a class on interwar japanese culture in undergrad and we learned about how class-s relationships and culture were basically promoted and encouraged by japanese moral guardians in the early decades of the twentieth century who wanted young women to essentially “practice” being someone’s wife in a way that did not involve fraternizing with men before marriage. so the obvious solution was to have girls and young women “practice” with each other. obviously the expectation was that these relationships were emotionally intense but NOT sexual, and unambiguous homosexuality was looked down upon. but of course same-sex attraction will happen in pretty much every society so many of these class-s girls would just go ahead and become romantically/sexually involved anyway. then the class-s subculture went on to influence and shape the origins of the yuri genre in the postwar era. it’s just funny how a lot of yuri tropes can be traced to an attempt to discipline women to perform traditional gender roles that in many cases just completely backfired

For anyone who's curious the subs here aren't what's actually being said either. The japanese being spoken is "Excuse me mister." (literally "Excuse me, father.") "I'm pretty sure I've seen you somewhere before" "Well, I am on TV sometimes." "I knew it, you are a celebrity!" "No, not really" "Can I take a few pictures of you?" "Sure"

♩ 星野源 (Gen Hoshino) - ドラえもん (Doraemon)

From Doraemon the Movie: Nobita’s Treasure Island OST

♩ Dream Ami - Lovefool -好きだって言って-

People say fanfic is worthless

But fanfic makes writers research obscure facts about niche plotlines and worldbuilding, which is useful once you’re reincarnated into the specific piece of fiction that you obsessively fixated on, so HAH!

Names of the Homestuck cast in Japanese for those in need

Another list, this time of the entire cast’s names, for those of you who need ‘em for reference. If anyone sees anything that sounds off, or if I’m forgetting someone in the list, let me know! :)

B1 Kids:

B1 Guardians, etc.:

B2 Kids:

B2 Guardians, etc.:

A2 Trolls:

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