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uglifish:

LINK :D

cookiefox115:

Just running some tests. Problem?

etct:

ryuhagas:

right, so- something i found interesting was the way that roba’s brothers address them in the original japanese anime + manga, & it’s interesting because while mokuba & the other characters in the show use the standard affectionate ones like “nii-sama/chan” etc you get the idea, roba’s brothers use  兄ちゃん (anchan)

it’s kind of uncommon to hear even in anime, but when it IS used, it’s usually in reference to a mafia ringleader, or the male boss of a gang of roughhousers. i assume that’s probably what takahashi meant for its usage–a joke related to how roba is the oldest of a small ‘gang’ of brothers–but going deeper into the terminology i found something kinda interesting from an etymology research paper from berkeley 

from Informal Fictive Kinship in Japan by Edward Nobeck and Harumi Befu:

For the Japanese population at large, anchan has come to be a term of reference for a class of urban young men. (…)  Anchan may be described as rude young men of low social class and little formal education who wear brightly colored clothing considered garish and in poor taste. They may also use colognes and perfumes and have permanent waves, but rather than being effeminate they are unprincipled toughs.

so, the biggest overall usage of “an-chan” is towards men who, despite their outward appearance, are the absolute pinnacle and poster image of masculinity?

tbh that for me invokes the image of like. roba trying to come out to his brothers, and them being as young as they are, they take “i don’t want to be called a girl anymore” to its logical extreme in their enthusiasm to support him and end up calling him “an-chan”, which. is so adorable i’m not surprised roba didn’t challenge them on it tBH

tl;dr

roba is transmasc and his brothers are very supportive. he loves them very much

(via chibicrow)