#A fun fact about Iyami is that he picked France at almost random
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I know I find a way to link just about everything to The Character but this time the topic at hand really has something to do with him: if youāve ever ran any Osomatsu-san or Osomatsu-kun material through an automatic translator, youāve probably noticed Iyamiās name gets translated as āsarcasmā or āI donāt like itā. The word iyami DOES have a meaning outside of being Iyamiās name, but neither of those are accurate translations of it: when applied to a person, iyami means something more along the lines of āindiscreetā or ābrutally honestā. As in, a person who speaks or acts in a way with no regard for other peopleās feelings. And, at his core, thatās Iyamiās most distinguishing personality trait! He has this name in the first place because he doesnāt comply appropriately to Japanese social conventions, which makes him come off as a very unpleasant person.
Weāre able to see this very clearly in his second ever appearance in the Osomatsu-kun manga. In it, Iyami is an old friend of MatsuzÅ and he shows up unannounced at their house right when theyāre about to leave to have dinner at a restaurant. They keep trying to make him take a hint and leave, but heās just unable to read between the lines. Instead, he makes himself way too comfortable and keeps making inappropriate jokes only he finds funny.
Anyway, I mentioned that foreigners in Japan get somewhat of a free pass when it comes to not understanding their indirect communication style because people assume things are different where they came from and they still have to get used to it, right? Interestingly enough, even if all of your family has been born in Japan but youāve moved to and lived in a different country for a significant period of time, people are also willing to forgive your social missteps more easily, under the assumption youāve absorbed different values while living abroad. Thereās even a term for people who had this experience: kikokusha, or returnee.
Thatās what Iyamiās insistence that he ājust returned from Franceā tries to invoke! Sure, he also associates living abroad with being fancy, but the fact he very specifically tries to get people to believe heās a returnee implies that thatās just the most convenient way he found to excuse the fact heās as blunt and bad at picking up hints heās being rude as he is. Unfortunately for him, though, people tend to catch up quickly to the fact heās lying about it.
#Reporting live#iyami#osomatsu san#Osomatsu kun#A fun fact about Iyami is that he picked France at almost random#You seeā¦ a few years before the events of Osomatsu-kun a fellow beggar was nice to him and shared his food with him.#And this guy just happened to be French. So Iyami was like āāI see the light now! I HAVE to move to France! Thatās where I belong!āā
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