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Just posting my answers to some of the questions this time.
The two I could find were あっし from the carriage driver, and おいら from the attacker who’s called 刺青. I’ve definitely never seen/heard あっし before! I thought it was like a slurred version of わし at first, but turns out it’s different; my dictionary says it’s a pronoun mainly used by working men. おいら I’ve heard has a sorta country bumpkin vibe? Can’t verify this with my dictionary though.
Not sure if this is what this question is getting at, but the carriage driver does a weird register-mixing thing where he says stuff like “行けねえ” and “ぜ” but then he also adds “です”. I’m guessing this is because he’s so used to speaking roughly that he just does it naturally, but then he adds “です” because he works for the Joestar family and knows he has to speak politely to JoJo.
That’s true that it might easily be labelled a research-related accident if Dio killed JoJo with the mask, and I think they didn’t have fingerprint technology at this point in time. It definitely seems like Dio is fascinated by the mask to some degree too since he remembered when blood made it move even from seven years ago.
It’s 知っている in て-form + 来た. I think the meaning is like “I’ve come to know that”? Like he knows about the place called Ogre Street, but he didn’t before, but he looked into it so that now he knows about it.
It seems that the man who says JoJo has grown into a reliable young man starts off using a polite register and then speaks more casually. Based on what he’s saying, it seems like maybe he’s a family friend rather than an employed servant?
And some less common pronouns at the manor would be わたしども which is apparently humble language, and わし which is usually used by elderly men.
I don’t have volume 1 on me to double check the visitor, but what kind of register does George use and why might he speak differently from everyone else in the room?
Oh yeah for some reason I totally forgot about George. He’s the only one speaking really casually because he’s all the other men’s employer (or client in the case of the doctors).
He’s looking for the person who sells Eastern poisons.
He realizes that JoJo is mentally strong enough to conquer fear and pain in his pursuit of his goal.
They’re tottering to their feet; so they’re injured but not gravely. (Because JoJo didn’t intend to kill when he hit them)
聞かせる in te-form + imperative form of くれる. So like “Let me hear your name (for me)”
He’ll guide JoJo to the poison-seller’s store
He’s extremely anxious because he doesn’t know if JoJo died at Ogre Street, or if he was able to obtain evidence about the poison. He’s even more upset because this has caused him to be unable to stop drinking alcohol, which is just what his hated father was like.
Had a really hard time figuring this out because I didn’t know what ツミ was referring to, but as I’m writing this I’m realizing that it’s シミ . So it seems that he’s accusing Dio of getting a pee stain on his overcoat when he bumped into him.
I’d never heard any music by REO Speedwagon before! The lead singer’s hairstyle is kinda reminiscent of this Speedwagon’s hair.
I’m glad my question helped you figure it out! I’m sure the resemblance isn’t coincidental lol. Characters don’t usually look like their namesakes, but sometimes they resemble other celebrities (usually English speaking singers).
He’s realized that the vampire is too powerful to defeat, and the only way to survive is to escape by possibly jumping down into the river.
Seems that they slip their fingers under people’s skin and absorb the blood through the blood vessels there. I’ve seen the anime (quite a while ago), but it still felt surprising to me! I guess it’s also surprising to see a random person suddenly appear who’s so overwhelmingly terrifying that even Dio thinks he’s going to die!
The man seems to become much younger after sucking blood!
Right before the sun comes up, he feels devastated because he thinks he’s about to die, and he doesn’t want the sun to be the last thing he sees. But then afterwards, he’s relieved because the sun appearing saved him by causing the vampire to dissolve.
Well funny story… remember the cancelled shows. Everyone with cancelled tickets got an email about watching the livestream. So that will be my goal to work towards I guess.
He’s the only one speaking really casually because he’s all the other men’s employer (or client in the case of the doctors).
. So it seems that he’s accusing Dio of getting a pee stain on his overcoat when he bumped into him.
