[ SECRET POST #2775 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2775 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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04. [SPOILERS for Saints Row 4]



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05. [SPOILERS for Hemlock Grove]



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06. [SPOILERS for The Walking Dead Game Episode 4: Amid the Ruins]



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07. [SPOILERS for Once Upon a Time]



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08. [SPOILERS for Graceland]



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09. [WARNING for rape]



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10. [WARNING for anxiety/depression]




















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Comments

same anon

[(Anonymous)]

not to mention that most anime fans do not even get the nuances of things like "chan" and "san" do begin with. I didn't get them even after a couple years of Japanese. I didn't get them until I lived in Japan and saw how they were really used.

For example, "chan". In reality, if you are a woman under 30 (and sometimes older if you're particularly young-looking or cute), most people are going to give you a "chan" if you're anything past acquaintances. It doesn't even mean anything beyond the fact that you are female and you are friendly with the person calling you that. It adds no special deep meaning, basically, and nothing is lost in an English translation if you just drop it.

Use of "san" is on the rise towards women because, I'd wager, many see "chan" usage as being sexist and/or condescending. So if a man calls uses "san" with a woman (especially if he's a teacher, for example) it's not because he has a special respect for her... it's because he doesn't want to be seen as sexist. It has way less to do with personal relationships and character dynamics and way more to do with general societal trends. What I'm saying is that in the context of anime, most times you can just drop them and write nothing in an English translation and nothing is lost.

//my two cents