J, thought you’d find this article interesting.
Also, after reading this, I’m just going to assume you’re going to get the crap beat out of you when you travel to Japan and try to speak to the local town-folk.
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Funny. I had already noticed this. Anime language is either ultra casual or totally formal, with none of the in between that seems to be more natural Japanese. Fortunately I’m doing podcasts to try to get my pronunciation down.