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lanshappycorner · 10 months ago

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Every day I think about how it's not obvious unless you're reading khr manga in jp but Byakuran and Shoichi refer to each other as 白蘭サンと正チャン ............. byakuran"-san" and sho-"chan" but in katakana.......that's crazy......

fyi san and chan are usually written in hiragana but 10051 opt to use katakana...and like theres a lot of ways that you can interpret the usage of katakana but i do believe interpretations are very situational.

but in this instance using katakana implies CLOSENESS.

#RAINBOW FLAG EVERYONE!!!!#the usage of katakana for honorifics is seen as disrespectful if done to your superiors i believe #so for further context you have to think about the fact that Byakuran is in fact the leader of millefiore thus being in technicality .#shochan's superior but because of their prior bond shoichi addresses him in a way that can be seen as disrespectful to others.....#you cant really tell if youre reading in english or youre watching the anime because you cannot tell the form of address is in hiragana or-#-katakana just by listening! but its clear that their bond is very close from implications in the written text.#also if youre just listening you would think that shoichi is overly polite to byakuran because he uses -san but in actuality...#there is politeness but also....a lot more.#in other words theyre gay #everyone cheer #10051posting

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