The Lobster Dance

LINE has some new stickers from The Rose of Versailles (BeruBara)!
Translated from InternetCom.

Is the lovely Oscar-sama now spewing Internet slang?

(c)Ikeda Riyoko Production [Image: Rose of Versaille LINE stickers with the characters using Kansai Internet slang in Japanese.]

Sony Digital Entertainment Service has released a new set of LINE stickers called “This is the Rose of Versailles!”¹ (Berusaiyu no Bara desu nen!), which features characters from the shojo manga The Rose of Versailles (BeruBara) using Kansai-ben Internet slang. The set has 40 stickers and sells for 240 yen.

These famous scenes seem a little off.

Berubara is a shojo manga by Ikeda Riyoko. Set in the royal court of France around the time of the French Revolution. The manga features cross-dressing beauty Oscar, Marie Antoinette and others as characters [trying to] lead their lives with love and nobility while at the mercy of their varied fates.

The new stickers feature characters saying Kansai-ben Internet slang phrases like “ookini” (Kyoto-ben: Thank you), “doya” (a sound-effect used in manga when one character is trying to seem appealing to others) and “shirangana” (Kansai-ben: “don’t care, whatever, ain’t give a damn”). Users can enjoy the gap between those phrases and the gorgeous lifestyle of the aristocracy.

Andre and Fersen, too! What happened to everyone?

¹A comparison of this slang might be “Straight Outta Versailles” or “THIS! IS! ROSE OF VERSAAAAAAAILLES!” or “Rose of Versailles, y’all” depending on your location.

I find the sentence “the gap between [slang] phrases and the gorgeous lifestyle of the aristocracy” interesting. Big Globe‘s announcement about the stickers described them as the characters’ 庶民感覚 (sensibilities of common people). Reminds me a bit of Hamilton actually. Have I told you all how amazing Hamilton is–[muffled coughing]

More BeruBara announcements to follow.