Thread: Rank the girls/characters in LH

1.Kitsune
2.Kanako
3.Naru
Ill just do 3, it pretty much conflicts alot with everyone elses...fun!

Haha, i understand, no hard feelings
I like her personality though, she is not necessarily mean though, just driven and wouldn't hold bak

ooo motoko number one in my list 8]
then all the other girls rank 2nd (y) haha
but in a more accurate way.. >8] 1.motoko 2.naru 3.haruka - in every way possible about ranking them..
ohh unless we talking bout singing voice, kitsune is on top of my list (y)

p.s. long live love hina! bahahaha

Originally Posted by hinarei

Kitsune's "southern belle" English accent rankles with many viewers on here and around other forums, but I hoped her Osaka accent was authentic. Glad to have it confirmed And glad to see you're coming to your senses at last

Su too. She's got a sort of quirky Osaka-ben. I think the seiyuu is from Osaka, putting on a funny accent.

Originally Posted by hinarei

Love Hina isn't the most subtle of series though. Can't believe you wrote that

Hey, I said it's more subtle than I thought, not that it's subtle

You know, a funny fact, alot of times the characters with Osaka-ben are voiced by either seiyuus without them or if they are from Kansai, they would soften the accent. This all to make it more understandable. Although this has been happening less and less the last couple of years, might that be due to the huge amount of kawaii talk in anime lately.
(kawaii talk is like super exaggerated slang. for example rinrin of Koihime, "Sou Nano Ja")

Suu's seiyuu is from Osaka, but if you look up some interview of her, her Kansai-ben might be a bit thicker in them, or is it just me

Can't find any interviews. You got any links?

i had some downloaded, lemme go look for it

post 'em when you find 'em, Yon. Be an interesting listen.

Its not always easy to discern accents, with some far more exaggerated than others. I knew Suu's seiyuu was from Osaka but couldn't make it out in the Japanese dub. Quirky voice though, yep. Quirky girl, so I guess it fits

Can't find them -_-' i'm fearing the worst
but did find this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTUxujHn_N4

Can't tell her natural voice when she's in character though! I did find a few portfolio-style samples on her management's website, but they're characters too. Even if Osaka-ben isn't her normal voice, she puts it on well!

True, but she is an Osaka native, so i can't see her normal accent not being anything else than Osaka-ben

That's generally a fair guess, of course, but there are quite a few people in the city whose accents are fairly standard. Considering she's a seiyuu, there's a chance she's been trained to speak standard. Just guessing, like!

Ah ofcourse, but have you seen her in any other major role where she didn't speak Osaka-ben.
So i take it, that's her forté, so probably her main accent.
However people do say that it's hard to find a Seiyuu who can speak good yet understandable Osaka-Ben. atleast understandable to the average joe there

It get's me quite confused though, as i noticed when i speak Japanese, i tend to mix Keigo with Kanto-ben and a hint of Osaka-ben.
You should've seen the people when i was in Tokyo last spring, they though i was some kind of comedian or something

How is it generally in Japan, do people speak in their respective dialects when interviewed on TV?

Over here, it used to be so that especially schooled people tried to hide their accents and speak standard Finnish in situations like that. (Not so much any more, and also, many differences between dialects have diminished.)

Originally Posted by Shisho

You should've seen the people when i was in Tokyo last spring, they though i was some kind of comedian or something

LOL, thanks for sharing!

Originally Posted by Katajainen

How is it generally in Japan, do people speak in their respective dialects when interviewed on TV?

Depends, if it's part of their act, like most comedians, they will talk in Osaka-ben no matter what.
Some more mainstream artists, like actors and musicians, will try and speak a more general accent.

Seiyuu's will probably speak in their respective dialects

Originally Posted by Shisho

It get's me quite confused though, as i noticed when i speak Japanese, i tend to mix Keigo with Kanto-ben and a hint of Osaka-ben.
You should've seen the people when i was in Tokyo last spring, they though i was some kind of comedian or something

You speak keigo? Why on earth would you do that, unless you're serving customers?

And what Osaka-be do you use? Have you spent time in Kansai or something?

Keigo because it was taught by my teacher..ex-teacher.
Osaka-ben, don't know, probably picked it up from all the comedy shows i watch.
Most of them Gaki no Tsukai

Ah, Gaki no Tsukai <3

And just cos you know keigo doesn't mean you should have to use it XD I spent ages revising it all when I first got to Japan, but had sooo little reason to use it that I totally forgot it.

it just naturally comes out of my mouth
I am naturally quite polite

After great hardship, and much thought...

I now place Mutsumi at number 3.

That is all.