I'm surprised many fans of anime and manga outside Japan know the word, "おにいちゃん(onii-chan)". You know, Japanese is a language that has many kinds of designations. I showed them about "I" on this entry. The naming of a big brother also has variety. You can find it in Hetalia.

お兄さん(Oniisan)

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I got a mail from a friend, and it was written a interesting thing.

By the way, have you seen those Oyabun sketches Himaruya posted on his blog? He seems to be selling the third volume, doesn't he? The question is: How did Japanese fans react to this? The Western Fandom finds this very hilarious and people now call him salesman. I'd like to see ( Read more... )