mijunyaru

I finised it.

Someone called it a boss fight and I agree it would be sooo cool !

And, as always, a little bonus :

I think a good place to start is honorifics. I haven’t played the whole chapter, so I’ve yet to see many, but Mike is referred to by くん (-kun). I think that makes sense, since Mike is under Tenna, but he still has a tenderness for him. -kun shows off that fondness well.

Not really an honorific, but around the realm of referring to people, Tenna uses お兄ちゃん (Oniichan) to refer to Asriel, in the context of when he says “your brother” in the English version. This is notable because it is familiar language, so it, too, has a fondness to it.

In the same scene, Tenna (in the English version) mentioned Kris’ Mother (Toriel). But in Japanese, he uses ママ (mama) to refer to her. This is, once again, familiar language.

Now, context is very important in Japanese. It’s important in any language, just Japanese is particularly fickle with context. In THIS context, i think it would be safer to assume that his usage of familiar language is moreso meant to suggest warmth to Kris, who, obviously is not fond of the pestering from Tenna. Tenna is using these terms to evoke a sense of family, as he is pretty much trying to get the family back together (so he can be useful again, so he can be wanted again, etc.).

However, he doesn’t use honorifics for Kris (as far as I have seen). This, too, has a sense of closeness, as not using any honorific implies you’re close enough with a person to do so. I think we can all assume why Tenna decided this was the right move to make.

However it’s better late than never.

So he does actually use honorifics for Kris, Susie, and Ralsei. Each of them get appointed ちゃん (-chan) by Tenna. Usually people say that -chan is used for girls, but it’s actually used in a variety of circumstances. In general it can be used affectionately for someone younger than the user, and is sometimes like a “cute” nickname. I would argue in this case, it is Tenna doting on the three, however he doesn’t do this consistently. Its strategic.

When Susie talks to him in private (where Kris and Ralsei get to eavesdrop), he uses -chan with her. He specifically chose to use an affectionate term for her here, because he was worried about being caught. So he turns to his people-pleasing and scrambles to change the subject.

He also uses -chan for Kris but I cannot for the life of me remember when this happens. I do remember it being in another instance of him being strategic with his words, but I might have to update this post again to complete this explanation.

Ralsei has -chan used for him when Tenna is losing it right before bringing up the doom board. It’s during the “RALSEI MY BOY!” Segment. This fits for reasons you can extrapolate from above, but he is both desperate AND using softer language, which gives a nice and dissonant vibe to the way he’s acting in that scene overall.

As for additional observations, he uses キミたち (kimitachi) to refer to the three of them.

Kimitachi is yet another soft expression, used in familiar settings and the like. It’s a term that means “you guys” or something similar. It’s a term usually used by men, too. Compare this to the common (less familial): みんなさん (minnasan) used to say “everyone.” I believe he uses minnasan somewhere in the game to refer to his audience, however I don’t have a screenshot for it.

TLDR: Tenna uses a lot of affectionate and warm terms. How you interpret the reasoning behind this tender language is up to you. He uses soft terms for all three of the main crew, and continues to use it even when he is losing his mind (dare I say he uses affectionate terms MORE post-doomboard).

I’ll make another post later about his behavior and language during the TV World part of Ch.3, but that’s about all I got for what terms he uses for other people.

Swapping Tenna and Spamton’s “age” :)

The bad guys (some of which aren't that bad)! ♠️

This started out as a Jevil-only animation, but then I spontaneously decided to add Spamton, Lancer and Queen to the mix. Hope y'all dig it!

Coolest kid on the playground!! Watch out!!

Lancer's review of the light world so far:

- School sukz but girldad says he gotta go -100 points

- The playground is awesome sauce. #NeverStopDigging +40 points

- Nobody has punted him like a footedball -20 points

- Got candy for promising to not cuss anymore +3 points

- The big thing in the sky hurts his eyes +45 points

Additional point: I dont think this is canon for the "main au" but I love Lancer like anybody else who's been made aware of him like some kind of memetic disease-- So he can have his own au of the au. Au² where everyone can go to the light world!!!!!!!

Bonus thing below