History VerbalTic / AnimeAndManga

** The light novel exclusive character Satone likes to stick in ☆ into her sentences.

** Sanae often substitutes ''death'' for ''desu'' (see ''Rozen Maiden'' example above). As Japanese can't vocalize the "th" in "death," they actually pronounce as "des"--the only difference between this and the actual "desu" is the tone.

Yes, this common enough in {{anime}} and {{manga}} alone to warrant its own subpage.

* "hamtaro" the hamsters say "no da" "dechuwa" or "nanno"
* In "angel tales" Kurumi says "na no"

* In the anime-only (that is, not from the original manga) episode of ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler!'', the supporting cast gets caught in a roleplaying game, with a villain whose verbal tic is "-tima." She reveals in one of her monologues that "-tima" is part of her punishment, and something she will be able to get rid of if she defeats the heroes. It's so bad she writes it on a welcome banner.

* Dio, the main villain of the 1st & 3rd story arcs of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' ends almost all of his sentences with '-te yare', which is about the most elaborately condescending way to give other people a direct order. It roughly translates in intent to giving an order to an insect or inanimate object.

* In ''Manga/ShugoChara'', several of the Chara use Verbal Tics, including Yoru's "~da nya~", Nana's "nia" (Which, [[MyNameIsNotDurwood as she is quite clear towards pointing out towards the afore - mentioned Yoru,]] is NOT the same as "nya".) and Su's "desu~" (Which is actually a [[MythologyGag self - reference:]] ''{{Peach-Pit}}'' did both ''Rozen Maiden'' AND ''Shugo Chara'', and Su happens to wear green, medieval - maid - ish clothing, so that it is.)

** Also, [[WhiteHairedPrettyBoy Niou]] from ''Rikkai Dai'' often ends sentences or randomly says "puri", though this also borders to a CatchPhrase. It was more prominent in the manga than the anime, though.

** Kirby himself doesn't say anything other than "Poyo!" At least while he isn't using any [[MegaManning absorbed power]].

* Tsuruya in ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' said the word "nyoro[[hottip:*:Japanese for [[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud tilde (~)]]]]" only once in the anime, though she uses it more often in the light novels, in which she is a more prominent character. This, too, has become a MemeticMutation, with the fan-comic character "Churuya", a chibi version of Tsuruya that says "nyoro~n" at the end of every strip.

* A rather famous example is ''Anime/RozenMaiden'''s Suiseiseki with "desu" (former poster girl of this trope). In [[{{Keigo}} polite Japanese]], "desu" at the end of a sentence can mean "is" or "are", but it is typically clipped in speech to something more like 'des'; Suiseiseki, unusually, stresses the final vowel. There is an enormous amount of MemeticMutation regarding this character. Most of the other characters have Verbal Tics as well, including:

** Rikka often uses a crescendo "Ooooh!!" whenever she sees something she finds cool.

** ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'': Chypre and Coffret go the [[Anime/RozenMaiden Suiseiseki]] route and end each sentence with "desu". Potpourri, being very young, ends each sentence with a slightly-off "-dechu".

** "'Similarly, [[spoiler: [[TokenMiniMoe Last Order]]]] narrates ''herself narrating her own dialogue'' from the third-person perspective,' said the troper," said the troper.

** This was apparently acknowledged, as no less a person than Naruto's voice actress herself requested it stop being used, so later episodes use the phrase less and less until eventually not at all beyond every once in a while or if the dialogue calls for it.

* [[TallDarkAndBishoujo Homura]] from ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' sports a [[MemeticMutation fan-created]] verbal tic: Japanese fans have her use the tic "homu" (sometimes repeated twice or more) in fanart. She often says it while engaging in [[MemeticMolester illicit activities]] (another meme that's totally fan-made).

** Kinuhata of ITEM has a super tendency to use the word "super" all over the place in her sentences.

* ''LightNovel/ChuunibyouDemoKoiGaShitai'''s Sanae often substitutes ''death'' for ''desu'' (see ''Rozen Maiden'' example above). As Japanese can't vocalize the "th" in "death," they actually pronounce as "des"--the only difference between this and the actual "desu" is the tone.

* Kurumi's "Kyuiin!" exclamation/interjection in the original Japanese version of ''Anime/SteelAngelKurumi''. ([[ADVFilms ADV's]] translation note for this "word" in the manga refers to it as, "totally made up, and inescapably cute"). Also, Kurumi's addition of "desu" to the end of virtually every sentence, which since then has been [[Anime/RozenMaiden imitated a lot]].

* ''Anime/MayoChiki'' has a verbal ''hic'' from Kanade. Hiccups from her results in a "nyu" sound that's used much like a regular VerbalTic, and Jiro even thinks she's doing it on purpose. It's just about the only thing that breaks her normally very solid composure.

* "MISAKA from ''LightNovel/ToAruMajutsuNoIndex'' narrates her own dialogue from the third person perspective," explained the troper.

* Kenshin Himura in ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' makes a habit of speaking in archaically formal Japanese, using the "de gozaru" verb form. ([[DidNotDoTheResearch he's using it wrong, however]]) This gets translated into English - the anime anyway - [[PragmaticAdaptation as a rather awkward, repetitive, countrified emphasis in sentence construction]], such as "It would not be wise of you to attempt this, that it would not." He ''also'' uses the very old and [[JapanesePronouns archaic personal pronoun]] 'sessha', which was generally used by the samurai up until about the time Kenshin lived, but is nearly unheard of anymore. Translating it into "this one", as the Viz manga did, is actually about right; it's very formal. It wouldn't have been ''terribly'' odd to hear someone use it in the time period that ''Anime/RurouniKenshin'' is set in, but it's very odd and distinctive today.
** In the english dub, Kenshin always refers to himself in the first person. Still, he tends to end his sentences with "That I am" or "That I do".

* Lady Aska of Fahren in ''Anime/MagicKnightRayearth'' ends nearly every sentence with "-ja", rather than the typical "-aru" you'd expect from a ChineseGirl ja. Sometimes appends a "-ja" to the end of a random word in the middle of a sentence, or replaces a word's last syllable with "ja".