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Originally Posted by chaseme
like i said
and i think some people knows what to absorb and what to ignore.
if they what to know formal japanese they would probably learn from formal anime/jdrama characters and not from characters that is regarded as idiot/stupid characters like naruto.
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You have more faith in non-formal language students than I do. Just the basic concepts of "formal speech" and "informal speech" are hard to comprehend for those that don't learn formally, as formal and informal isn't as black and white in English as it is in Japanese.
So I don't think people know what to absorb and not to absorb. When Saya in Blood+ speaks to David or Julia (people she isn't familiar with) she uses a different form of speech than she does with her friends at school. There aren't always "formal characters" and "informal characters" and, of course, that is never true in real life. You need to be able to speak both formally and informally to sound like a native speaker, but the most important thing is knowing when what speaking style is appropriate. Anime is helpful, sometimes, in learning that for people
that are already studying Japanese, but for someone coming in knowing nothing, it can be a real hazard.
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Originally Posted by chaseme
anyway where else can you hear japanese conversation that have a large scope of topics.
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Dramas, live-action movies, variety shows are probably more accurate representations of how Japanese people really speak and include a variety of topics.