I can't help being curious about the usage of feminine 'wa' in real life and tv productions. I hope this has not been discussed before.
My observations are that some or maybe most female characters in anime tend to add 'wa' at the end of a sentence.
Example : Sumire san in Sakura Taisen OVA 1
I noticed that she frequently ends her sentences most of the time with ...masu wa' in the first episode of ova 1.
This is sometimes true for female actresses in certain japanese dramas. But one thing is that those playing youthful characters generally don't use the feminine 'wa'.
I attended japanese class at a private school some time ago. My teacher in her late thirties, doesn't use the 'wa' when talking to us or her colleagues. Another teacher once commented that they hardly use the feminine 'wa' at all.
Why is it used in anime and dramas if most japanese women of today don't speak that way?
My observations are that some or maybe most female characters in anime tend to add 'wa' at the end of a sentence.
Example : Sumire san in Sakura Taisen OVA 1
I noticed that she frequently ends her sentences most of the time with ...masu wa' in the first episode of ova 1.
This is sometimes true for female actresses in certain japanese dramas. But one thing is that those playing youthful characters generally don't use the feminine 'wa'.
I attended japanese class at a private school some time ago. My teacher in her late thirties, doesn't use the 'wa' when talking to us or her colleagues. Another teacher once commented that they hardly use the feminine 'wa' at all.
Why is it used in anime and dramas if most japanese women of today don't speak that way?