"Good morning!" "Oh... morning." " I've only got 326 yen left!" " What?" "But there's more than a week left till payday!" "take me out to lunch!" " I don't know what "fine" means." "right?" "Just show off your shoulders and you'll get Shibuya!" "Ah!" "it's embarrassing." "Stop!" "My 10 yen!" "Man!" "Luke-kun is so popular." "Compared to someone else..." "Don't compare me!" "So kanji has a Chinese reading and Japanese reading." "the character "gyoku" (stone)..." "Kintama - testicles" "You use the Chinese reading for jewel (hougyoku)..." "And Japanese reading for rice flour dumpling (shiratama)..." "But the textbook says it's actually "kin"?" "Next is the character "koi" (love)... it's "kin"." " The Chinese is "renal" (love)..." " It's "kin"!" "I get it!" "Kin" and "tama" together means testicles!" "what's the difference between the Chinese and Japanese readings?" " Huh?" "Why does kanji have two ways of reading it?" "well that's..." "You're actually prepared for a lesson?" "Don't say "actually"." "Japan did not have an alphabet." "So they all had to memorize the names of things." "right?" "So that's why they started to learn Chinese kanji... we call a mountain "yama"." "How do you write it in Chinese kanji?" " "San"." " Then this character's reading will be yama" and "san"." "there are Chinese and Japanese readings." " Chinese people sure are helpful!" " Not that much." " It's actually pronounced "shan"." " "Shan"?" "That's right!" "Don't steal it so halfheartedly!" "They didn't steal!" "They learned!" "Cease this fighting." "Are we not a circle of friends?" "who knows the Chinese reading for "wa" (circle)?" "The popular Italian." " "Rin"." " Yep." "Can you write another kanji that uses "rin"?" "Okay." "the "sha" in "sharing" (wheel) is..." "This one." "it's that character." " Huh?" "manga?" "I remember the furigana from above the kanji." "(Furigana - hiragana placed above kanji for easier reading)" " Inuyasha!" " Akira!" " Cobra!" "(Furigana - hiragana placed above kanji for easier reading)" " Arare-chan is cute!" " Ninja Hattori-kun!" "that's how foreigners learn kanji." "okay okay!" "then..." "Can you read this?" " "Maji" (serious)." " "Honki" (seriousness)." "It's written "maji" in manga!" " What's this?" " Doujinshi." "(Doujinshi - fanzine)" "Doujinshi?" "(Doujinshi - fanzine)" "(The comic contains incorrect readings of the kanji)" "I'll give all of my body to fight." "(The comic contains incorrect readings of the kanji)" "People call me the "Tsundere Detective"." "I won't let my enemy die." "enemy) enemy)" "The "maji" (serious) and "deka" (big) furigana used is a reading the manga author made up." " It isn't the right reading." " Isn't it okay for the author to use it?" "Even if I wrote it?" "What?" "You wrote this? I meant someone who wrote manga for money." "Luke got 300000 yen for it." "Three hundred thousand?" "For this?" " It sells well at comic book markets." " Isn't that more money than you make Haruko?" "Hey Luke!" "What if I help you with your manga?" "Why are you helping him?" "You don't get it!" "You need to understand how" "Japanese feel to write manga that will sell!" " How Japanese feel?" " It's okay!" "You just need to give me half." "Half?" "A rip off!" "let's make a manga palace together!" " I can't draw." " No no... 60/40 is fine." " I can't communicate with my Japanese." " Huh?" "what are you talking about?" "Shitsukoi." "(Shitsukoi normally means "to be insistent")" "It's probably "insistent"..." "(Shitsukoi normally means "to be insistent")" "Huh?" "To be insistent? shitsukoi is an incorrect kanji reading)" "shitsukoi is an incorrect kanji reading)" "Haruko!" "Teach me how to make women fall for me!" "Fall for you... you mean seduction?" "I'm on the edge of the cliff!" "I'll draw a lot of manga if you can help me Haruko!" "Nihonjin no Shiranai Nihongo (The Japanese the Japanese Don't Know) Episode 4" "That's the first time I've heard of an Italian who can't confess his love." "usually anime or games) usually anime or games)" "He can't communicate to the girl in Japanese." "Probably because he's just using standard polite Japanese." "There's no standard Japanese anymore." " What used to be standard Japanese is called common Japanese now." " Common Japanese?" "What are you planning?" "This doesn't look like just a regular student consultation." "Haruko-sensei is doing it for her students!" "What?" "This exposed American looking woman?" "Isn't it great for her to show off her personality?" " Show off personality..." " Yep!" "Stop overestimating yourself!" "Please stop looking down on me!" "Please stop looking down on me!" " Are you okay?" " I'm fine!" "This way." "Welcome home lady!" "What!" "?" "They're calling us "lady"!" " They always call me that at home though." " Huh?" " So cute!" " Really?" "Thank you very much." "There are a lot of foreign otaku too." "Akiba is where otaku from all the over the world want to visit." "(Akiba is short for Akihabara)" " What is this!" "?" " I don't know!" " Haruko!" " Ellen!" "You're planning to rip him off on the doujinshi?" "Hey!" "It's nothing." "Nothing!" " Diana-san!" " Catherine!" "Katori!" "Luke!" "Which one is she?" " Grab the doujinshi profits?" " Yep." "That's why she's helping Luke." "Haruko is ripping him off!" "That's what I thought!" "Where has that rip off artist gone?" "Hmm?" "Bob?" "Bob?" "Bob?" "Bob?" "Ayase Miki-san." "She never says much and always looks angry." " Maybe she's "tsundere"?" " It's all "tsun"!" "I haven't seen any "dere"." "(Tsundere means someone with a tough exterior but loving on the inside)" " Maybe because my standard Japanese is cold?" " Standard Japanese?" "(Tsundere means someone with a tough exterior but loving on the inside) my Akiba friends said it sounded cold." "("Desu" and "masu" are standard Japanese endings)" "Knew that was it." "Standard Japanese sounds a little cold between Japanese too." "but foreign too!" " So Miki-san is probably nervous." " That's it." "look at this." "A confession." "Follow this and you'll be okay." " Are you sure this okay?" " Who do you think I am?" " The Love Master is working to get Luke to expose his true self." " Expose?" " Luke wants to say he loves her." " Love?" "be bold!" "Okay." "Bold?" "Come on three hundred thousand!" "I think you've been working hard." "(He's using more casual Japanese now)" "Huh?" "(He's using more casual Japanese now)" "I definitely believe you'll fulfill your dream." "Haruko-sensei... those words? my ex-boyfriend used these words on me!" " You didn't change it?" " I didn't need to!" "Don't give up." "I'll be with you to the end." "It's not really my dream though." " What?" " There it is. would you fulfill my dream next?" " I don't mean to tie you down." " Luke-kun..." "You can do it!" "I want to go out with you." "I'm sorry." "There it is..." " Miki-san!" " Miki-san!" "What's wrong with this?" "It was a beautiful confession!" " That's..." " Oh!" "sorry!" "He was just a little tongue tied..." "Luke wants to love you!" " What?" " No no no!" "he wants to say "I love you"." "Haruko exposed herself for Luke!" " Exposed?" " No no..." "Not that kind of exposure... be bold and say it!" "Miki-san!" "Miki-san!" " Luke..." " Why did she slap him?" "Because you guys kept butting in!" "Luke!" "Miki-san!" "Hey!" "I'm erasing myself!" "I'm a victim!" "Let me kill myself!" "Hey!" "Calm down!" "Why does it have to be an Italian guy now?" " You can't kill yourself over this!" " Hey!" "What's going on!" "?" "Ah!" "Peaches!" "I'm truly very sorry. this is the only one like it in this world!" "I'm very sorry King." "We will have Luke quit of course." " Hey wait!" "I have to take responsibility..." " Be quiet!" "This isn't anything to quit over!" "I thought you were about protecting students." " Takasu-sensei did." " Where?" "He made Luke quit his job." "What if we rub him the wrong way and he reports this to the police?" "Luke would be deported." "Takasu-sensei had to make a move." "right?" "come on!" "You were playing with your student's feelings." "that was just a bargaining point..." "It's unfortunate." "Hey..." "I'm sorry to cause you trouble before." " But Luke is really..." " I don't hate him." " But his words..." " Couldn't communicate?" "It felt cold?" "It was just standard Japanese." "I'm sorry." "Japanese History" "Luke-kun!" " Haruko-sensei!" "Wake up!" " Hmm?" " Resignation letter?" " I want to quit school." "what will you do?" " Takasu-sensei." " I'm going back to Italy." "right?" "I can't communicate!" " Sit down for a bit." " I can't be in Japan!" "So what if you quit?" "I'll take it." " Haruko-sensei!" " So that's it?" "All your students need to graduate or you can't be a high school teacher!" "Can't be helped." "He said he wants to quit." "let's go to your final class." "come on." "we'll study standard Japanese." "there is no standard Japanese in Japan!" "So what we've been learning isn't standard Japanese?" "That's what I thought at first too." "Standard Japanese is actually the result of powerful people in old Japan wanting a single way of speaking Japanese. natural Japanese that doesn't sound like you're telling people what to do." " It's called common Japanese." " Common Japanese?" "The "desu" and "masu" Luke uses spreading it across the whole country." " Geisha?" " The cabaret girls of the past?" " Right." "They used "desu" and "masu" before but when samurai started to arrive... that's enough for now." "(She uses "desu")" "Desu"?" "I guess they use "desu" at the end of words here in Edo." "(He ends his sentence with "desu na")" "guess so!" "(He ends his sentence with "desu na")" "And that's how "desu" started from Edo." "other words spread all over the country." " So is that common Japanese?" " Yeah." "like "sou zamasu" and "ii zamasu"." " I've seen that in manga." "("zamasu" means 'to be')" " Suneo's mama said that." " Right." "(A character from Doraemon) originating from courtesans. so "zamasu" spread during their popularity." "I'll use "zamasu"!" "(She ends her sentence with "zamasu" for effect)" "the "de arimasu" from "this is a textbook was originally from Yamaguchi." "That's correct! it started in Kagoshima as a way to get attention." "Hey you!" "You dropped your wallet." "Common Japanese may be a bit tiresome there are many words born from regional dialects." "I think." " That's why she hated me." " Don't blame the Japanese language!" " That's why she hated me." " Don't blame the Japanese language! so you have someone else write words for you?" "Didn't you do that though? it's hard for the Japanese too!" "But it isn't something you have to kill yourself over!" "Words aren't something you speak." "It's here." "You speak from here." "Show Miki-chan your true self." "Even if it isn't cool!" "right?" "go for it?" " Right!" "Go for it and get broken." " Breakthrough." " That's what I meant." "Luke." "be a man." " Soul of an Italian." "Luke." "Can you read this?" "Kokuhaku (confession)?" "but you read it as 'yuuki' (confidence)." "Show her." "The spirit of an Italian otaku!" "Miki-san!" "Miki-san!" "My chest hurts so much!" "This is painful!" "I'm serious when I write." "(They're showing the "incorrect" readings of kanji in the background)" "It was destiny that I met you." "(They're showing the "incorrect" readings of kanji in the background)" "You're my sky." "A shining star." "(They're showing the "incorrect" readings of kanji in the background)" "I'm your sun." "I'll always shine warmly on you." "show me your "dere"!" "Ti amo!" "(My love!" ")" "please love me!" "talk to me!" "very non-standard Japanese)" "so I didn't want to be embarrassed." "yet you tried so hard. we'd have to talk more." "I was afraid." "Is that a dialect?" "Common Japanese was born from dialects." "Your dialect is very beautiful." "What does "shou shi kute" mean?" "Means "embarrassing"." "I guess she was actually the one who was worried." "Here." "teacher." "I'm going to go look for a new job." "Hey hey!" "Hurry and draw a manga." "I don't have time for that!" "I'm in love with Miki!" "Hey!" "You promised!" "Three hundred thousand!" "95 yen..." "Oh!" "I'm so hungry!" "Can't even get a horse race ticket with this." "Give it back!" "You gambling old man!" "Hey!" "Catherine!" "You're showing your true self!" "Good morning." " Shibuya-sensei!" " Yes?" " Good morning." " Good morning." " Shibuya-sensei!" " Yes?" " Good morning." " It's hot today." "What?" "Haruko-sensei!" " "Shitsukoi"." " Huh?" "Ah!" "I meant "shitsuren" (unrequited love)."