Another mystery case, another episode.
Well, what I wanted to talk about last week was actually the Kansai-ben, but kinda ran out of space to write. It has always somewhat fascinated me because it’s probably something you’ll never learn in a classroom for foreign language students. Basically, it’s the variety of Japanese spoken in the Western half of the Japanese main island. It was very confusing for me in the past, but I’ve gotten quite used to it as of late.
If you hadn’t already figured it out, Midori speaks in Kansai-ben. She’s voiced by Ueda Kana, who is from Osaka. Other Kansai speakers of the shows we do are Kinnosuke in ItaKiss, and Chris, after a few eps. Hikari (very occasionally) uses it in Special A. Her family is from Hiroshima? And the green-haired couple from Ninomiya. (I can no longer remember their names)
So, if you’re learning Japanese in a classroom, don’t be surprised if you suddenly discover that you understand absolutely nothing if you go to Osaka. But since you’re on this website, I kinda assume you watch anime, so you’ll at least know what the Kansai-ben sounds like.
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6:11 pm on August 26th, 2008
Thanks for your great work M.3.3.W =D
6:32 pm on August 26th, 2008
Thx fr the release.
6:47 pm on August 26th, 2008
Thanks
7:12 pm on August 26th, 2008
Thanks for the release.
8:03 pm on August 26th, 2008
nice background info
12:04 am on August 27th, 2008
Thanks.
12:43 am on August 27th, 2008
Midori sure is funny in this ep..
anyway.. dunno ’bout the currency Gil.. (never heard of it before O__O)
3:31 am on August 27th, 2008
the funny thing is, i haven’t even watched a wink off of this anime title and yet i’ve dL’d all episodes for the simple reason that m33w is doing it…
fanboyism ftmfw! ^_^
9:01 am on August 27th, 2008
Gil is the currency from Final Fantasy 😀
Thanx for the release
11:13 am on August 27th, 2008
Yes, if you don’t know what a gil is, your knowledge of final fantasy is severely lacking.
3:48 pm on August 27th, 2008
Yay such a cute and mysterious anime 😛 thanks for the upload!
2:14 am on August 31st, 2008
And yes, truthfully, Midori is funny and USELESS for this episode. I wonder what went wrong? XD And LOL, suddenly switching to Kansai-ben because she thought oji-san’s having a heart attack. It’s a total LOL. And I already miss Emiri katou’s and kana Ueda’s voice anyway. Thanks a lot M.3.3.W!!!