Japanese pronouns, Kamen Rider-wise
Sep. 17th, 2011 06:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
estiroseSo, unwinding from a long day by watching KR Kiva.
It's been a while since I've watched the series (believe it or not) and I pulled a random episode, coming in on Taiga and Wataru arguing in episode 42.
All I can say is that while I fully expect Wataru to be using the younger, non-tough, non-mature "boku" (I) even in the middle of an argument, I keep forgetting it's Taiga's favorite "I" as well. While Taiga does use the occasional "ore" (tougher, teenager-young adult, slightly impolite I), he's verrry fond of "boku", even in the middle of arguments with Wataru about Wataru's choice of sides, where you'd expect him to be using "ore".
I'd have to recheck the earlier KR series, but most everybody (primary and secondary Riders) used "ore", including Godai, I think. And I can't imagine Tsukasa or most of the newer Riders using "boku" either, though I can't remember pronouns on most of them (good excuse to rewatch?). But interestingly enough, Ryoutarou, Wataru, and Taiga all seem to use that. (Wataru and Ryoutarou, I'd expect to be the types anyway; Taiga's a bit unusual.)
It's been a while since I've watched the series (believe it or not) and I pulled a random episode, coming in on Taiga and Wataru arguing in episode 42.
All I can say is that while I fully expect Wataru to be using the younger, non-tough, non-mature "boku" (I) even in the middle of an argument, I keep forgetting it's Taiga's favorite "I" as well. While Taiga does use the occasional "ore" (tougher, teenager-young adult, slightly impolite I), he's verrry fond of "boku", even in the middle of arguments with Wataru about Wataru's choice of sides, where you'd expect him to be using "ore".
I'd have to recheck the earlier KR series, but most everybody (primary and secondary Riders) used "ore", including Godai, I think. And I can't imagine Tsukasa or most of the newer Riders using "boku" either, though I can't remember pronouns on most of them (good excuse to rewatch?). But interestingly enough, Ryoutarou, Wataru, and Taiga all seem to use that. (Wataru and Ryoutarou, I'd expect to be the types anyway; Taiga's a bit unusual.)
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Date: 2011-09-18 02:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-18 03:27 am (UTC)That being said, it is kind of jarring for him to be yelling at Wataru and still using "boku".