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The newer season of Bleach chooses very interesting kanjis for the ending poems (youtu.be)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For example in this episode's poem:

天（そら）に響めく（どよめく）まやかしの

捉う心（とらうこころ）にはしる旋律（せんりつ）

For me it's interesting that the kanji used for そら (sky/heaven) is not the usual 空 but 天 which is never read そら, usually read てん, but it conveys the meaning of heaven more than 空.

I've seen Bleach doing it several times in the poems

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Very interesting!

A bit related to that, I heard that you are restricted on what kanjis to use for names but not on how they would be read. So a person could be named 空 and have the reading be スカイ(sky)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I didn't know about the kanji restriction but that makes sense.

As far as readings, yeah, you'll definitely see some wacky ones. There's also a lot names that use ateji and spell things phonetically with kanji like 真理亜 (Maria).