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Originally Posted by Miyavifan
I'm curious what it is, if not tsu.
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It has no inherent pronunciation of its own (OK, technically it does, but just not in the way I'm talking about). It just looks like つ. Observe the difference: つっ.
It's like how e and ə are different even though they're the same shape, just with a different geometric transformation applied to it. The same with how – and — and - are all three different dashes with different meanings. One is an en dash, one an em dash, and one a hyphen.