It’s a dialect, it’s highly exaggerated in anime, and mostly fictional
It is to sound tough and scary.
what yakuza folk are you talking to
Same reason why American gangsters talk weirdly.
Every country has its own ‘tough guy’ accent. Its not a uniquely Japanese thing.
It’s like gangsta talk in US.
I wouldn’t call it weird, maybe kinda like swag in the US? Growing up in Japan, I’ve never met a Yakuza (thank God 🤣), but in Japanese movies and in tv dramas, they speak in Kansai ben. But there are a lot of yakuzas in Tokyo area, too, so I was always curious how they speak lol
i’ve seen an interesting comparison. many yakuza are from a certain area and so portray a certain accent in media, but mainly it is rudeness. the way they speak is very rude, but this isn’t actually yakuza specific.
I recall a video of yakuza politely telling the police to wait one moment while they come to the door and the police are screaming more “yakuza” then the stereotype. There are also polite yakuza in news interviews, and regular civilians sounding yakuza especially drunk. (all of these real life examples).
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It’s guttural.
It’s a dialect, it’s highly exaggerated in anime, and mostly fictional
It is to sound tough and scary.
what yakuza folk are you talking to
Same reason why American gangsters talk weirdly.
Every country has its own ‘tough guy’ accent. Its not a uniquely Japanese thing.
It’s like gangsta talk in US.
I wouldn’t call it weird, maybe kinda like swag in the US? Growing up in Japan, I’ve never met a Yakuza (thank God 🤣), but in Japanese movies and in tv dramas, they speak in Kansai ben. But there are a lot of yakuzas in Tokyo area, too, so I was always curious how they speak lol
i’ve seen an interesting comparison. many yakuza are from a certain area and so portray a certain accent in media, but mainly it is rudeness. the way they speak is very rude, but this isn’t actually yakuza specific.
I recall a video of yakuza politely telling the police to wait one moment while they come to the door and the police are screaming more “yakuza” then the stereotype. There are also polite yakuza in news interviews, and regular civilians sounding yakuza especially drunk. (all of these real life examples).