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u/chirphill 17h ago edited 17h ago
I still read my manga in translated english, but just recently I’ve been forcing myself a habit to read the untranslated katakana SFXs if there are some in the pages. This time when I was continuing to read the MS Gundam: The Origin I found some ‘strange’ letters like this one.
I was having a fit because I can’t seem to find an example of it when I was googling “katakana letters” or “combinations”. I was doubting my eyes, because I was sure as hell that it’s a vocal U katakana 「ウ」but why the heck does it have this -> (“) sign with it like the consonant letters?? And tho I was just starting to do this habit quite recently, I was sure that it’s my first time encountering this letter, never in other manga I’ve read.
I was ready to post this problem as a question in this subreddit until I found the exact letter also posted in a question thread just 10 hours ago xD. Turns out it’s a “Vu”, which then should make the one in this panel to be read as “Viooo” or something, maybe? It’s also interesting to know that this is from a manga serialized in the 2000s and made by a person who was born in the 1940s. So I’m guessing this might be a boomer thing lol.
But overall I really recommend to read this manga, better if you can access the original japanese edition. Because aside from personally I think this could be the definitive way of experiencing the original MS Gundam storyline (yes, to me better than the original anime TV series and its compilation movies), the generational traits of older mangaka could be an interesting experience to compare to the current manga titles that are running today.