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Question about pronoun usage -
07-05-2009, 05:01 PM
Link is a YouTube clip, which contains spoilers from the finale of the Super S arc in Sailor Moon.
At the 4:49 mark in [SPOILER]this video[END OF SPOILER], while Helios is talking with Endymion, he abruptly changes his choice of pronoun from "boku" to "watashi." Why is this? I'm aware, for example, why a person would discern between "ore" and "boku/watashi," but I wasn't aware there was any kind of honorific discrepancy between "boku" and "watashi." Isn't the difference only a matter of either masculinity or gender neutrality? 
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07-07-2009, 12:02 AM
"Watashi" is a gender neutral and polite pronoun. "Boku" is used by young men and boys and is informal. I think the change in pronoun from "boku" to "watashi" in the video clip could be that he wants to show respect to the person with whom he is talking.
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