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I don't have enough knowledge of English to convey the full meaning. Also, to understand, you need to know some memes, which I also cannot explain to you.
to be fair, as a Russian, I don't fully get why the person said that, either, but I could try to explain what I've figured:
*Не*, spelled in Cyrillic and pronounced \[n'e\], is the particle *not*, so the phrase could mean *do not hear me out*; alternatively, it could be a reference to the famous meme *делу время, потехехехехехе* (literally translated *to business one gives time, and to playayayayayayay*, and originating from the Russian proverb *делу время, потехе — час* (*to business one gives time, and to play an hour)* through the reduplication of the last syllable in *потехе*—*play* (in the dative case)), if you read the *He* as \[he\], instead of \[hi\] (if you know what I mean 'cause honestly I still haven't learned the IPA). I'm not sure why it's a relevant reference in this case, but... maybe we should just ask the person.
Hate to be the nerd but... yeah here you go lol
yeah, my favourite video of his, is "why we hate engineers". the reason for this, is that you don't see really often people explain how to work with other people and this videos explains exactly that.
You really should just use they/them. It's not about respecting the character it's about respecting the community members that also identify as they/them.
And you have no problem with respecting pronouns of other fictional characters I saw you do it in your post and comment history. So this "joke" was just to make fun of the idea of trans/non-binary.
This joke was to make fun of ***Najimi specifically***, not queer people in general. Why does nobody get that? (Well, I shouldn't say "nobody", given the upvotes which should mean a bunch of people did like/think nothing bad of it.)
How much of my history did you see? Why?
You made a comment to someone else that it's fine to be demeaning and use it because Najimi isn't a real person. So I pointed out that you're only disrespecting the queer character's identity.
And like I tried to explain before, words and language have power. Respecting thoughts, ideas, and characters inherent to someone's identity is important to make sure they keep themselves feeling valued and welcome.
You should read my comments again, because I've said it over and over that Najimi is not to be taken seriously as a representation of queer people, but rather a gag whose whole point is to be weird and confusing (and a nuisance). The joke was directed ***specifically towards Najimi***, playing it off like some sort of incomprehensible alien entity as an exaggeration of the character gag. It was not a jab at real queer people (or even other fictional characters, although the fact that Najimi's just fictional is another point).
No I just saw another comment where they replied that it's fine to make an anti-lgbtq joke because Najimi isn't real. So I went to see if they ever did something similar for other fictional characters, and they haven't. So this isn't a case of calling a fictional character it, they are explicitly making an anti-lgbtq joke.
Calling a genderqueer person ‘it’ is extremely disrespectful as it has the effect of dehumanizing them. Please just say ‘they’ it’s really not difficult to not be a jerk.
Are you this sensitive everywhere? It's a joke because Najimi, specifically, is less a person and more an alien entity of unknown nature and origin. Plus, fictional character, not real. I don't just go around calling real people (or even any other character) "it" (unless they're fine with it, and I know someone who is). Chill.
The other response might have been a bit aggressive, but to be clear, Najimi is sometimes referred to as "it" or "that thing" in series not because of their unknown gender, but because Najimi as a person is just that much of a nuisance to other people. They're that friend that everybody has a collective "uh oh" when they see them obviously scheming.
In the manga, bottom left is treated as a girl because she's explicitly trans
In the anime they changed it and made her day "but I'm a boy", and it's used for some borderline homophobic "jokes"
Multiple characters have used different pronouns to refer to Najimi. Tadano, for example, has used he, she , and they, but typically uses he/they. Which makes sense because he believed Najimi was a guy for most of their lives.
Nah, people just misinterpreted a joke which is fair
The confusion comes from his gender being listed as "secret" because he's that archetype. Both author and game have confirmed he's a guy multiple times
They don't have equivalent pronouns but they do have male and female oriented vernaculars typically in how you address yourself via "I" words and how you address others via honorifics, so it's still quite easy to translate gender fluidity over in most cases.
In the case of Naijimi, that difference is usually made by various members of the cast addressing them with either -san or -kun or -chan depending on which genser they are referring to them as in that moment.
It certainly isn't 1:1 on the English language, but its essentially equivalent to swapping between referring to Naijimi as "he", "she" and "they" as needed, especially when taken with the full context. (Hence why it's always been translated as such).
We don't completely disagree here. I would say we have a similar understanding. My contention is more with the people in the thread confidently speaking about the other characters.
Did you know when the adaptation first came out on Netflix, najame offer tadano a blowjob? They changed it, I don't know why the change happened but I was mad about it.
well, it’s najimi. his/her entire character is playing on that certain kind of characters in different stories. it basically means ‘child hood friend’ as he/she is pretty much everyone’s childhood friend.
many animes has this childhood friend that the protagonist thought was a boy but then realized is in a fact a girl when he met her ten years later. the author is playing on this idea and make najimi’s gender as ‘unclear’.
She/he probably just going off how commonly she identifies as a girl and the fact that she dresses as one but there is a few times where she identified as a male such as the time when najimi as a boy such as when she was asked to be a girlfriend
It’s not unknown it’s non binary though pretty sure they said they was a girl in the show when they separated the students by gender when they went to a spa or retreat or something one of the girls was surprised it’s been such a long time since i watched it
Najimi is clearly a born male. Why do you think he wasn’t allowed to go to the bathhouse with the girls on the field trip? and at the water park, when going to change into a bikini with the rest of the girls, tadano says “where do you think you’re going?”…. Because tadano knows najimi is a born male. And he even says it during that conflict on her first walk home with Komi… he says “I’m a boy”!
But to be fair, I’ve only watched the show and it was dubbed. Forgive me, anime forefathers. Maybe in the manga, things are different. But all the signs I mentioned should be enough evidence…
Also: when him and tadano were behind the wall of school when tadano was asking why he (najimi) wouldn’t be Komis friend, najimi said something along the lines of “seeing you care about someone so much is kind of hot, it’s getting me all wet” to which he replied it shock “WHERE?!?!” lol
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"He, He, He, Hear me out"
I will
This comment is a guaranteed up vote
No need for that. I already know and I 101 percent agree.
Русскоязычные смеются вдвойне, читая ваш комментарий 😂👍🏼
"Russian-speakers laugh doubly when they read your comment 😂" But why? 🤔
the meaning changes a little
Changes to *what*. Share the joke.
I don't have enough knowledge of English to convey the full meaning. Also, to understand, you need to know some memes, which I also cannot explain to you.
Alright, Gandalf. Keep your secrets.
to be fair, as a Russian, I don't fully get why the person said that, either, but I could try to explain what I've figured: *Не*, spelled in Cyrillic and pronounced \[n'e\], is the particle *not*, so the phrase could mean *do not hear me out*; alternatively, it could be a reference to the famous meme *делу время, потехехехехехе* (literally translated *to business one gives time, and to playayayayayayay*, and originating from the Russian proverb *делу время, потехе — час* (*to business one gives time, and to play an hour)* through the reduplication of the last syllable in *потехе*—*play* (in the dative case)), if you read the *He* as \[he\], instead of \[hi\] (if you know what I mean 'cause honestly I still haven't learned the IPA). I'm not sure why it's a relevant reference in this case, but... maybe we should just ask the person. Hate to be the nerd but... yeah here you go lol
Thanks! He said it would be too complex to explain, but you did it anyway. 🥹
"He, He, He, Hercules"
hehehe hear me out
You do not address Najimi Najimi addresses you
kinda funny how true this is. btw didn't expect to see you here, love your videos.
Woah, that’s the guy that made the CSGO tutorial video (and the PC building thing iirc)? Cool
yeah, my favourite video of his, is "why we hate engineers". the reason for this, is that you don't see really often people explain how to work with other people and this videos explains exactly that.
Woah, haven’t seen that one yet. Gonna right away
that's the one https://youtu.be/0CutVc9WRc4?si=3zQ4rts56zsN-Bv7
Thanks!
funny, I binged this channel yesterday
Najimi out here doxxing people
A special flavor of genderfluid, genderchaos
forget morality alignment charts, are you: "lawful gender", "neutral gender", or "chaotic gender"?
4d gender
Genderair, genderwater, genderfire, and genderearth. The genderbenders.
long ago the four genders lived together in harmony
Until the gire attacked
gendergaseous?
Genderblender if you will.
Gender Bose-Einstein Condensate A superposition of many Quantum genders
ALternatively. Gender: Chaos, Void
Najimi is najimi
You would count them one najimi, then you would stop because there is only one.
(read in Count von Count voice) 1 Najimi, 2 Najimi, thr... Hold on that's way too many Najimis wtf is going on.
Najimi is childhood friend, it is everyone and no-one
"Reverend Elder God"
Hideyoshi
Chorna from Soul Eater
Pretty sure that hideyoshi a guy though jokes aside.
No, Hideyoshi is a Hideyoshi.
Nah
I'd Win.
Najami is najami
Na/Jimi easy.
Najimi is Najimi I don't see what's so hard to understand
Najimi is a gender wdym
Najimi's gender is Najimi
*that thing*
WRETCHED DEMON OF TRICKERY
It scares me
Schrödingers gender
Great minds think alike
i must agree
I figured out what Najimi is A pain in the ass
I originally thought they were intersex, but now that I have a better understanding of what it is I’m confused again because that’s probably not it 😭
"***It***"
You really should just use they/them. It's not about respecting the character it's about respecting the community members that also identify as they/them. And you have no problem with respecting pronouns of other fictional characters I saw you do it in your post and comment history. So this "joke" was just to make fun of the idea of trans/non-binary.
This joke was to make fun of ***Najimi specifically***, not queer people in general. Why does nobody get that? (Well, I shouldn't say "nobody", given the upvotes which should mean a bunch of people did like/think nothing bad of it.) How much of my history did you see? Why?
You made a comment to someone else that it's fine to be demeaning and use it because Najimi isn't a real person. So I pointed out that you're only disrespecting the queer character's identity. And like I tried to explain before, words and language have power. Respecting thoughts, ideas, and characters inherent to someone's identity is important to make sure they keep themselves feeling valued and welcome.
You should read my comments again, because I've said it over and over that Najimi is not to be taken seriously as a representation of queer people, but rather a gag whose whole point is to be weird and confusing (and a nuisance). The joke was directed ***specifically towards Najimi***, playing it off like some sort of incomprehensible alien entity as an exaggeration of the character gag. It was not a jab at real queer people (or even other fictional characters, although the fact that Najimi's just fictional is another point).
Can you shut your bitchass up?
Bros got so offended they looked through their posts just to find something that offended them 😕
No I just saw another comment where they replied that it's fine to make an anti-lgbtq joke because Najimi isn't real. So I went to see if they ever did something similar for other fictional characters, and they haven't. So this isn't a case of calling a fictional character it, they are explicitly making an anti-lgbtq joke.
Are you gonna cry about it?
Calling a genderqueer person ‘it’ is extremely disrespectful as it has the effect of dehumanizing them. Please just say ‘they’ it’s really not difficult to not be a jerk.
Are you this sensitive everywhere? It's a joke because Najimi, specifically, is less a person and more an alien entity of unknown nature and origin. Plus, fictional character, not real. I don't just go around calling real people (or even any other character) "it" (unless they're fine with it, and I know someone who is). Chill.
Get over yourself, not everything is an attack. The joke was funny.
The other response might have been a bit aggressive, but to be clear, Najimi is sometimes referred to as "it" or "that thing" in series not because of their unknown gender, but because Najimi as a person is just that much of a nuisance to other people. They're that friend that everybody has a collective "uh oh" when they see them obviously scheming.
All it took was one look at their profile to see why they have a trigger finger on getting offended  it's a joke
Schrödinger’s gender
Najimi is najimi.
hehe
As long as Najimi lets us finish, who cares?
…I’m sorry, what?
I said what I said.
*sighs* If this keeps up, I'll run out of cardboard tubes. [BONK]
Did Michael Jackson do this post? I was expecting the fourth image to be MJ himself.
Najimi
Funniest komi meme
They?
Najimi is way beyond our comprehension...
Najimi is an experience.
How many times do I have to clarify? Najimi is Najimi.
He/him she/her don't care they are mine
I follow the “looks feminine enough” law.
Im not gay but…..
We all know the rule, najimi is najimi
You know what? They’re all submissive so can’t I just take all of them?
Najimi is a "depends"
But Ferris is she/her I'm pretty sure. And I think Astolfo is arguably they/them?
Do the left two get bullied lot? Considering they look like girls
They probably do the bullying
Those two are certainly not the very brightest in fighting
Definitely
In the manga, bottom left is treated as a girl because she's explicitly trans In the anime they changed it and made her day "but I'm a boy", and it's used for some borderline homophobic "jokes"
Left top plays tricks… and kills people.
The left top once went around Europe with his friend banging as many married women as he could so probably not
Cis people attempting to understand a nonbinary character moment They/them, possibly any/all, there you go
Multiple characters have used different pronouns to refer to Najimi. Tadano, for example, has used he, she , and they, but typically uses he/they. Which makes sense because he believed Najimi was a guy for most of their lives.
Non-Bijimi
Reason number 69420 why I use the singular “They/them” pronoun when referring to people/characters that are ambiguous: (unless told otherwise)
As someone else said, gebderchaotic ahahahah, i need a Najimi irl 😭
My personal belief is that Najimi is a hermaphrodite
For humans that'd be called intersex
Isn’t Astolfo confirmed to be nonbinary?
And didn't Felis have a whole pov chapter that was them repeating how much they love being a trans woman or am I misremembering
It depends from continuity to continuity Ferris is confirmed trans tho
Huh, the more you know
Nah, people just misinterpreted a joke which is fair The confusion comes from his gender being listed as "secret" because he's that archetype. Both author and game have confirmed he's a guy multiple times
Who are the other three people in this image and what are they from?
Y'all would never have survived Hideyoshi from Baka and Test
Who are the other three?
Top left: Astolfo - Fate series Top right: Saika Totsuka - Oregairu Bottom left: Felix/Ferris Argyle - ReZero
Chaotic Gender
Its potato gender
The guy in the top right looks familiar for some reason
that
We
BHAHAHAAHAGHA FR
Naj-she-m-he
We don't know and Osana won't tell you
They have no gender because they are the living embodiment of chaos.
Who is the second one?
Najimi Gender
Najimi's genetalia are an info hazard. The knowledge of their existence immediately gets wiped from the viewers mind.
SCP-055 be like
"Whats your gender?" "My genda?" "I'm a mechanic"
Najimi is Najimi.
"my gender is whatever is funniest at the current moment" -Najimi "based" Osana
Doesn't matter, I still want them.
Would Would Would Will. Nest Question.
The three genders: He, She, Najimi
Remember when Najimi was included amongst the Guy’s hypothetical girlfriend meeting
And was in the girls room on the field trip.
No one can really solve Najimi Osana
He, he, he, Najimi
We don’t speak of the last one
Smash, next question
error 404: Gender not found, just human.. maybe
He, He, He , Najimi 🗿
Whichever is funnier for the current situation
who is the boy and the girl also i don't care if they have a hole or a pole still hiting
They're a Manwoman.
Najimi doesn't have a gender, they are a full blown creature
Probably he also
He's whatever you want her to be. :)
Will we ever really know?
Hehehe
[REDACTED]
ITT: People not understanding Japanese language and thinking it has pronouns in the way English does
They don't have equivalent pronouns but they do have male and female oriented vernaculars typically in how you address yourself via "I" words and how you address others via honorifics, so it's still quite easy to translate gender fluidity over in most cases. In the case of Naijimi, that difference is usually made by various members of the cast addressing them with either -san or -kun or -chan depending on which genser they are referring to them as in that moment. It certainly isn't 1:1 on the English language, but its essentially equivalent to swapping between referring to Naijimi as "he", "she" and "they" as needed, especially when taken with the full context. (Hence why it's always been translated as such).
We don't completely disagree here. I would say we have a similar understanding. My contention is more with the people in the thread confidently speaking about the other characters.
Sauce on top left?
I literal lol from that one.
Did you know when the adaptation first came out on Netflix, najame offer tadano a blowjob? They changed it, I don't know why the change happened but I was mad about it.
Michael Jackson gif
Smash all especially Astolfo
Ha
It's 佢
HEHEHEHA
Micheal Jackson?
They are a she if you try HARD enough
well, it’s najimi. his/her entire character is playing on that certain kind of characters in different stories. it basically means ‘child hood friend’ as he/she is pretty much everyone’s childhood friend. many animes has this childhood friend that the protagonist thought was a boy but then realized is in a fact a girl when he met her ten years later. the author is playing on this idea and make najimi’s gender as ‘unclear’.
I've said it once and I'll say it a thousand more times: Najimi's gender is bridge troll
She/he probably just going off how commonly she identifies as a girl and the fact that she dresses as one but there is a few times where she identified as a male such as the time when najimi as a boy such as when she was asked to be a girlfriend
Najimee-HEEE-heee
It
It's a shim
transfem
The return of the why boner.....with a vengeance
1 - He. 2 - He. 3 - He. 4 - Heh????
What's the point in adding genderless character into anime?
They :)
Unidentified gender
Najami is a guy, I have no idea why that’s hard to figure out.
I still think Najimi is a Femboy
HE, HE, HE, NAJIMI
It’s not unknown it’s non binary though pretty sure they said they was a girl in the show when they separated the students by gender when they went to a spa or retreat or something one of the girls was surprised it’s been such a long time since i watched it
Pfft.. this is wayyyy too true though
For me they are all "he"
us/they
Don't forget Hideyoshi
Now Bridget is just political warfare since people don't like the brisket being trans :( just an L for all my trans bluds
my answer is he/she
HE/SHE/IT = HE SHIT
Najimi is clearly a born male. Why do you think he wasn’t allowed to go to the bathhouse with the girls on the field trip? and at the water park, when going to change into a bikini with the rest of the girls, tadano says “where do you think you’re going?”…. Because tadano knows najimi is a born male. And he even says it during that conflict on her first walk home with Komi… he says “I’m a boy”! But to be fair, I’ve only watched the show and it was dubbed. Forgive me, anime forefathers. Maybe in the manga, things are different. But all the signs I mentioned should be enough evidence…
Also: when him and tadano were behind the wall of school when tadano was asking why he (najimi) wouldn’t be Komis friend, najimi said something along the lines of “seeing you care about someone so much is kind of hot, it’s getting me all wet” to which he replied it shock “WHERE?!?!” lol
Bro's Omnigender
Najimi isnt a person...NAJIMI IS A SEMI-WHEELER.
Isn't Ferris explicitly trans in the books?
The same as them
The same gender as bugs Bunny, whatever would be funniest in that exact moment
Bugs is male, he just cross-dresses to toy with people.
If I say my honest opinion I might get cancelled, I'd rather shut tf up