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Old 12th February 2009, 05:43 PM
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Originally Posted by emiko View Post
Because a lot of artists like Ayu and Hikki think it's ridiculous to have gender specific words like boku and watashi.

Usually, I think boku fits in better with the number of syllables in a line and flows a little bit better in certain situations.

I really think they choose between them to see which one would fit better lol
THey are not gendr specific, but they are hierarchy/honorary specific. As females' are/were (I would hope) considered lesser than male they would by habit use more formal words to address themselves to honor the receiver of the parole. As mentioned above, even females may use ore depnding on the contxt.
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