Manga is often referred to as a multi-model.
In fact, there are so many gitaigo, it’s enough to make anyone ぐるぐる (dizzy)! A multi-faceted reading experience
The Japanese language has more than three times the number of onomatopoeic words compared to the English language, which gives manga stories ample scope for expressive sound-words. Gitaigo, Giongo and Giseigo are the ways that manga illustrates sound effects and feelings in a story. Solid, rounded fukidashi represent normal speech, whereas more cloudlike fukidashi express happiness and more spiky-shaped fukidashi surprise or tension. The shape of the fukidashi reflects the mood of the message being conveyed. SOAS Development for Transformation Centre (DevTraC) London Asia Pacific Centre for Social Science Centre for Creative Industries, Media and Screen StudiesĬentre for Cultural, Literary and Postcolonial StudiesĬentre for Development, Environment and PolicyĬentre for Financial and Management StudiesĬentre for Global Media and CommunicationsĬentre for Global and Comparative PhilosophiesĬentre for International Studies and DiplomacyĬentre for Migration and Diaspora StudiesĬentre for the Study of Colonialism, Empire and International LawĬentre for the Study of Illicit Economies, Violence and DevelopmentĬentre for the Study of Japanese Religions
