Not a 100% sure but it's probably because the main character originates from a small town and they have different accents like in Chihayafuru.
- paulsaid5 years ago1
Yeah I thought it maybe was something like that
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Why does how they speak sound so different
paulsaidApr 10, 202114 replies724 viewsDo the Voice actors and actress have an accent.
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- ZeroKashi5 years ago8
- justadhenz12845 years ago3
Northern dialect/accent if I'm not mistaken, it's a script thing and character origin, not a VA thing
- paulsaid5 years ago1
Oh, I see thank you.
- mikkabouzu5 years ago5
If I remember correctly, Setsu and his family are from Aomori, which is one of the most northern parts of Honshu. They are speaking the local dialect, tsugaru dialect. From my understanding it is considered to be one of the most, if not the most, divergent dialect from standardized Japanese. So much in fact that even native Japanese speakers struggle with it!
The voice actor for Setsu's brother is the same voice actor who does Arata in Chihayafuru (except it's the fukui dialect), so it seems like he has a lot of experience doing different dialects, or at least thicker dialects.
- paulsaid5 years ago1
Thank you for the explanation. :)
- mikkabouzu5 years ago3
My pleasure! Sorry if the reply came really late!
When I watched the first episode I immediately recognized the voice actor and wondered if they were speaking fukui dialect in this show as well, but after some research I found out the above. If you speak or study Japanese, it's really interesting to look into the different vocabulary between tsugaru and standardized Japanese. I speak sanuki dialect which is related to the kansai dialect, so for me I find this topic particularly interesting!
- vibes885 years ago
bro what you mean, i had a heart attack reading this
- paulsaid5 years ago
Apparently, you are the only one
- vibes885 years ago
who are you
- paulsaid5 years ago1
Deez
- vibes885 years ago
blocked