>grown ass man
>still uses 僕

>grown ass man
>still uses 俺
if you want to be taken seriously use 私 like an adult

For me, it's 我輩

pretty sure the emperor uses 僕 in his personal life. or might've been the last one, I don't remember, it was one of those fags lol

>>280688361
>not using 儂
Get a load of this whippersnapper.

I only use "俺様" or even "朕" like a proper 中二病

I like using 私because online noone knows im secretly using　あたし

>>280687782 (OP)
boku is normal for grown ass men though

>>280688417
cat detected

It's わし for me

I do not understand this alien language

>>280690262
it's very simple
わたし means "I"
あたし means "I"
わたくし means "I"
あたくし means "I"
ぼく means "I"
ぼう means "I"
おれ means "I"
おれさま means "I"
じぶん means "I"
わがはい means "I"
われ means "I"
わし means "I"
あし means "I"
わい means "I"
わて means "I"
わ means "I"
よ means "I"
せつ means "I"
せっしゃ means "I"
おい means "I"
こちら can refer to either "I" or "you" depending on context
おのれ can refer to either "I" or "you" depending on context
てまえ can refer to either "I" or "you" depending on context

Isn't 僕 kinda poetic though, it's always used in songs.

>>280687782 (OP)
I'm a grown-ass man and I use 僕, or 儂 if I'm complaining about my back injury.

>>280687782 (OP)
>not using 俺様

>>280691087
fucking manchild

>grown ass man
>still watches アニメ

I just refer to myself in the third person

>>280692186
What elementary school do you go to?

>>280692186
>I just refer to myself in the third person
>I
>myself

>>280687782 (OP)
well he was supposed to be a faggy, innocent type pretty boy at first

Get a load of these pretentious fags. In reality, Japanese people just use whatever they want depending on the context and think nothing else of it.

>>280692476
light uses it when he's caught
it's fucking weird

>Using pronouns at all
Your nihongo is weak

>>280692619
くそ アノン

>>280687782 (OP)
>Anon gets his impression of first person pronouns from terrible high school slice of life fiction.

If anything, older people start to use “僕” more in a variety of contexts.

>>280688640
Seems likely.

>>280690498
“ぼく” can also mean “you”, in particular when older females use it to address very young males. Also, it's not entirely uncommon for opposite-sex couples to start using “俺” and “あたし” absolutely rather than relatively so it can mean “I” or “you” there depending on who says it.

>>280687782 (OP)
Do the Japanese actually bother with the pronouns shit as they live?
Like, saying "boku" in childhood, then "watashi" in adulthood, then "washi" or something when they get old?
That just seems very autistic.

>>280687782 (OP)
>grown ass man
>still uses 4chan

>>280694311
I think the ojisans used washi when they wers young as well, but not sure.

>>280692130
Nah, I hate being formal so I don't use watashi, and I think ore sounds too boistrous.

>>280692186
Based. Julius Caesar did that

>>280694311
I've only ever heard 僕君, never just 僕 by itself as a second person pronoun. Guess I just don't have enough experience as a little japanese boy to have heard it before

>>280695021
whoops, meant for >>280693388

>>280693388
>opposite-sex couples
You could have just said couples like a normal human being.

>>280687782 (OP)
I exclusively use 俺様

>>280695436
that's nice timmy, but isn't it past your bedtime

>>280690498
>no おいら

>>280694970
Julius Caesar also took it in the ass

>>280690688
nah that's just because it's more gender neutral.
>"but muh masculine"
no

>>280687782 (OP)
>not using 拙者

>>280694311
It doesn't work like that, real Japanese people do not have a fixed first person pronoun. It just happens that the type of lines and the occassions where one would use other pronouns rises as one ages.

Also, young males do not use “boku” among one another very often. This is a myth caused by fiction. If anything their use of “boku” goes up significantly as they become adults and encounter more and more situations where the entire language that fits around “ore” is no longer considered appropriate but etiquette around that is of course laxing more and more, but a pronoun is just one piece of the entire formality level of the sentence. They will start to use other words too that sound more sophisticated and formal more often.

It's much like how a child in English will say “Sit down.” and an adult will more often say “Have a seat.” but there's obviously no particular transition point where you just switch that around.

>>280695021
I've seen it in fiction many times. At first it confused me but now I read it automatically.

>>280695186
>B....b... BE LESS SPECIFIC AND ACCURATE BECAUSE MY POLITICS ARE OFFENDED BY MENTIONING A VITAL CONDITION.

>>280696535
That's a lie. Im so fucking tired of this meme, he was never a bottom, it's over faggots who tried to slander his name, because they were scared.

>>280690688
It's just neutral and less syllables than alternatives

Pronounces are weird. Just choose one and run with it.

>>280696612
No it's not, it's absolutely used because it sounds more poetic and soft befitting of the tone of love songs, the same is true for the use of “君” and also just because “that's how it goes”. People really overthink this quirk of female singers using “僕” coming with all sorts of explanations while the reality is very simple: it's simply often done in songs just like songs feature all sorts of language that wouldn't normally be used in speech.
All these explanations of that it's supposed to sound from a male perspective or fit the metre are hogwash in many songs. There are literally character songs in musicals where female characters suddenly start singing from their own perspective and switch from “私” to “僕” for the duration of the song as well as using all sorts of other colorful language in the song they never use in their normal dialog and suddenly start pronouncing the /w/ in を like it's 900 years ago. That's just how it goes.

There are all sorts of other similar occasions too like titles of works of fiction like say “僕らのアイは気持ち悪い”, none of the characters whom the title is about uses “僕” but it's just more acceptable in the title of a work of fiction or those “narrations” that are common in love stories with female protagonists where when they narrate the story from the perspective of the future they suddenly use “君” to address the love interest and in general just speak in far more formal language. They don't normally speak like that inside of the lines itself but in narration it's just permitted to sound a little bit more flowery and poetic.

>>280696890
>>B....b... BE LESS SPECIFIC AND ACCURATE BECAUSE MY POLITICS ARE OFFENDED BY MENTIONING A VITAL CONDITION.
being a faggot is a condition yes

>>280687782 (OP)
I'm more of a tits guy myself