A milestone in my knowledge* of Japanese

[terajk]

While watching Utena, I heard first-person pronouns for the first time ever! Utena uses "boku;" (warning: link goes to TVTropes) Anthy is using "watashi."

ETA: Miki says "boku," too! And I think Kanae said "atashi." AND while I've heard "hentai" to mean "pervert" (I watch Ranma 1/2, OK?), I've heard it used for something closer to "weird" twice! After Utena's first duel she says her day is "hentai," and Miki uses it later when saying that something he said "didn't come out right."

I'm hearing "kimi" (a second-person pronoun), too.



*"Knowledge" is...a strong word. I learned my very first Japanese word from playing 75 hours of La Pucelle: Tactics. The word was "baka" ("idiot,") and I only learned it because the player character uses it ALL THE TIME.

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[recessional]

That is such an odd name for a game. oO;; (It means "virgin", it's often used to refer to Joan of Arc. Thus, "The Virgin: Tactics" makes me go oO a bit.)

[terajk]

It is an odd name for a game! The original Japanese title is "La Pucelle: The Legend of the Maiden of Light"; there are a lot of Christian imagery and references in it that the North American version censored. Something called "The Dark World" is called "Hell" in the Japanese version, and crosses on characters' clothes are removed. (The game is about a bunch of demon hunters associated with a church, and "La Pucelle" is the name of their organization.

"La Pucelle: Tactics" is very tongue-in-cheek: characters have names like "Father Salade" and "Culotte," and the "hero" is selfish and obnoxious and calls people "idiot" all the time.

[recessional]

Yeah, I got the feeling they were going for the pseudoXtian stuff, but even with that context it's. . . .v.weird!