I have no idea why the kanji for rod (棒) is in the right speech bubble in parenthesis so I left it untranslated. The right speech bubble seems to have "らめ-" which I would assume is a mumbled form of "だめ"? Wasn't too sure, so I left it untranslated.
I have no idea why the kanji for rod (棒) is in the right speech bubble in parenthesis so I left it untranslated.
(棒) basically means (flat monotone).
Long Answer
It's short for 棒読み ("stick reading"), originally used to describe the act of (wrongly) reading kanbun classical text while completely ignoring reading-indication marks (notably the ones that tell the reader to reverse the order of reading to fit Japanese reading order). From there it is also came to be used for text-vomit "rote-reading" of (normal language) passages without proper intonation and pauses.
Then from there it was then used to describe bad "phoning it in" acting, as though the actor/performer is just reading off the script. Then it further mutated for online slang use, where it indicates the preceding line is meant to be read in a 'comedic' 'bad-acting' monotone, for ironic effect (somewhat similar to using /jk in English netslang). This use is often shortened to just (棒).
This then gets transplanted back into manga or other written forms of fiction, where it indicates a character saying something with the abovementioned flat monotone, usually with an intended comedic ironic effect. Or biting sarcasm, in some cases.
relopokilolo said:
The right speech bubble seems to have "らめ-" which I would assume is a mumbled form of "だめ"? Wasn't too sure, so I left it untranslated.
Yes, kinda. In particular it is associated with feminine slurred pronunciation of "dame" in lewds. Or when someone wants to sound 'provocative'.
(The 'English' equivalent is to use the loanword "yamate", because that's the memetic equivalent that got stuck in most English readers/viewers' minds when perusing Japanese H and lewds.)
Usually I'd just translate it as a 'slurred' no, like "nwooooosh".
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