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Why are words in japanese media sometimes written or spoken in
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Why are words in japanese media sometimes written or spoken in English, even when everything else is in Japanese?
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Kakyoin is a jap too. Why did he write in english?
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Because it's fun and exotic, like how people will get tattoos of moon runes.
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The English phrases have a certain je ne sais quoi.
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>>139339066

because they actually are talking english
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For that matter, what language are they even speaking in Stardust Crusaders? They travel through like 10 different countries and have no trouble speaking to anyone along the way.

Is Joseph a polyglot?
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>>139340271
>Is Joseph a polyglot?
At this point, probably.

But most likeley they are just speaking English
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>>139339880
The difference there is that je ne sais quoi is an actual French saying that sounds weird when translated to English. There's no reason for BABY STAND to be in English when both of those words are perfectly translatable to Japanese.
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>>139339066
Try writing that in Japanese. You will end up cutting off your own hand.
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>>139339066
Being a colonized nation for over a generation will do that to a defeated nation. Its more surprising they just havnt gone full english as a main language yet.
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>>139341030
It's chic.
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>>139339066
Kakyoin was having a dream where his native language was English.
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>>139340271
English.
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>>139340326
>implying they're not speaking Glorious Nihongo
Haven't you learned anything from anime?
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>>139339168
He wrote it so that the other crusaders, specifically Joseph and Avdol, would understand
Araki is also a big westaboo
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