Yujacha
joined Nov 15, 2016
Why does she say zura?
Because LLS needed a token girl with a cute accent/verbal tic Like Nozomi, who speaks in a mixture of Kansai-ben and Tokyo-ben, Hanamaru's speech is a mix of Tohoku-ben and Tokyo-ben. Not 100% certain because I'm no Japanese expert, but at least from what I've gathered from general observations and cliches, Tohoku-ben is supposed to sound like slow country speech, which would fit Maru's old-fashioned personality. Nozomi's accent is explained as a result of her moving around a lot during her childhood. For Maru, it's because she lives at a temple that's been run by her family for generations, and (at least in the SIDs and Dengeki G's universe) she's been raised by her grandparents. This comes out to her using the personal pronoun "ora" instead of "watashi" and the sentence ending "zura". The former tic was more common in the early LLS days (Maru would always introduce herself with "ora", and the first episode of the anime had her using it once), but it's kinda been phased out over time in favor of "zura".
I guess the other comparison you could make is to Rin, who has the verbal tic "nya", since at least anime-Hanamaru is supposed to be inspired by her.
last edited at Apr 10, 2017 9:32PM