Essay: Fukiya Yuma and Honorifics
So as it turns out, part of the way you can tell how Yuma feels about you is her use of honorific. She doesn't really think about it when she switches from 'san' to 'kun' to no honorific at all for people she talks to, or whether she uses first names or last names.
In canon, she's pretty casual as it goes. Hisoka gets 'Hisoka-kun,' Tsuzuki is apparently called 'Tsuzuki-chan,' Tatsumi stays 'Tatsumi-san,' and Saya gets no honorific at all. Which makes sense--they know each other best. Buuuut that's a pretty good indication of how she addresses people in the same line of work, some of which she's known for years, one of which she's only met once before.
So basically, this is how Yuma uses those tags on your name. It's a pretty tangled explanation. D:
- everybody starts out as '-san.' If you introduce yourself with both first and last names, she'll use your last name unless you want her to call you by first name. Or, if she gets more comfortable with you, she'll switch to your first name.
If you're a cute young man she takes a liking to, it's '-kun.' If you're a cute young man and she's heard of you but never met you, it's still '-san.' Older men get '-san.'
- usually, Yuma calls other girls '-chan,' or '-san' if they're much older. She also uses '-san' if a girl younger/the same (physical) age as she makes an impression that disturbs her somewhat. Tomo is a good example of this--Yuma still calls her 'Takino-san,' or more rarely 'Tomo-san.'
- Yuma uses '-san' as a term of respect for insanely-powered people she's comfortable with. Examples: she calls Byakko '-san' instead of '-kun' because he's a shikigami; Tatsumi is also '-san' because he's her Scary Superior; Francescu is '-san' because she likes/trusts him enough to call him '-kun' but acknowledges his power.
She also uses it on those she feels uneasy about, like Kubota, Hakkai and Ryuuken. And also when Tatsumi turned into a second Tsuzuki. That was one of the camp doings that REALLY unnerved her, Tatsumizuki seemed pretty genuine to her but at the same time he was wrong, and she couldn't settle with the idea of him enough to call him by the familiar name she used for actual!Tsuzuki.
- Yuma uses '-sama' on really really powerful people she isn't familiar and comfortable with, or those she doesn't want to offend, like Queen Beatrice.
- Yuma will drop honorifics if she really feels she can trust you. Caesar and Hugo are a pretty good example here. Yuma talked with them enough to feel really comfortable--the circumstances were extra-wacky too, since she was in the body of Caesar's teacher--and so she moved from '-san' to '-kun' in a heartbeat. And then he told her to drop the '-kun' and she was quite willing to. Then she dropped it for Hugo, because she associates him with Caesar. And then she eventually told them about the shinigami thing.
Unfortunately, this doesn't happen with many people. :<
- However, the above only applies if Yuma is comfortable with you personally. Sora is the example to use here. Although Saya has dropped the '-kun' for him and told him their secret and Yuma respects that, Yuma doesn't know Sora as well as Saya does, because they interact less. So while she's willing to let Sora in on shinigami business and such, she doesn't drop the honorific and still calls him Sora-kun.
- On the other hand, if Yuma DOESN'T trust you at all? She'll never drop the honorifics. Even if you ask her to, like Caesar did. This would...pretty much apply to all the Nobodies, yes, even the ones she enjoys talking to like Namine, Roxas, Larxene and Axel. If she dislikes you...eh, I'd say the same goes, but it's a moot point since she'll do her best to stay away.
- I still don't know why Yuma calls Tsuzuki '-chan.' I think she might use honorific as a way of distancing herself from the other shinigami. Except Saya. Haha YnM issues.
- Exceptions may be attributed to the abundance of wormholes in canon-land. The end.
In canon, she's pretty casual as it goes. Hisoka gets 'Hisoka-kun,' Tsuzuki is apparently called 'Tsuzuki-chan,' Tatsumi stays 'Tatsumi-san,' and Saya gets no honorific at all. Which makes sense--they know each other best. Buuuut that's a pretty good indication of how she addresses people in the same line of work, some of which she's known for years, one of which she's only met once before.
So basically, this is how Yuma uses those tags on your name. It's a pretty tangled explanation. D:
- everybody starts out as '-san.' If you introduce yourself with both first and last names, she'll use your last name unless you want her to call you by first name. Or, if she gets more comfortable with you, she'll switch to your first name.
If you're a cute young man she takes a liking to, it's '-kun.' If you're a cute young man and she's heard of you but never met you, it's still '-san.' Older men get '-san.'
- usually, Yuma calls other girls '-chan,' or '-san' if they're much older. She also uses '-san' if a girl younger/the same (physical) age as she makes an impression that disturbs her somewhat. Tomo is a good example of this--Yuma still calls her 'Takino-san,' or more rarely 'Tomo-san.'
- Yuma uses '-san' as a term of respect for insanely-powered people she's comfortable with. Examples: she calls Byakko '-san' instead of '-kun' because he's a shikigami; Tatsumi is also '-san' because he's her Scary Superior; Francescu is '-san' because she likes/trusts him enough to call him '-kun' but acknowledges his power.
She also uses it on those she feels uneasy about, like Kubota, Hakkai and Ryuuken. And also when Tatsumi turned into a second Tsuzuki. That was one of the camp doings that REALLY unnerved her, Tatsumizuki seemed pretty genuine to her but at the same time he was wrong, and she couldn't settle with the idea of him enough to call him by the familiar name she used for actual!Tsuzuki.
- Yuma uses '-sama' on really really powerful people she isn't familiar and comfortable with, or those she doesn't want to offend, like Queen Beatrice.
- Yuma will drop honorifics if she really feels she can trust you. Caesar and Hugo are a pretty good example here. Yuma talked with them enough to feel really comfortable--the circumstances were extra-wacky too, since she was in the body of Caesar's teacher--and so she moved from '-san' to '-kun' in a heartbeat. And then he told her to drop the '-kun' and she was quite willing to. Then she dropped it for Hugo, because she associates him with Caesar. And then she eventually told them about the shinigami thing.
Unfortunately, this doesn't happen with many people. :<
- However, the above only applies if Yuma is comfortable with you personally. Sora is the example to use here. Although Saya has dropped the '-kun' for him and told him their secret and Yuma respects that, Yuma doesn't know Sora as well as Saya does, because they interact less. So while she's willing to let Sora in on shinigami business and such, she doesn't drop the honorific and still calls him Sora-kun.
- On the other hand, if Yuma DOESN'T trust you at all? She'll never drop the honorifics. Even if you ask her to, like Caesar did. This would...pretty much apply to all the Nobodies, yes, even the ones she enjoys talking to like Namine, Roxas, Larxene and Axel. If she dislikes you...eh, I'd say the same goes, but it's a moot point since she'll do her best to stay away.
- I still don't know why Yuma calls Tsuzuki '-chan.' I think she might use honorific as a way of distancing herself from the other shinigami. Except Saya. Haha YnM issues.
- Exceptions may be attributed to the abundance of wormholes in canon-land. The end.