Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Uni Flash

In manga, unifura ウニフラ, or "uni flash," uni furasshu ウニフラッシュ, is flash of light with a black outline that looks like a "sea urchin," uni 雲丹.

The uni flash is drawn like the beta flash, using focus lines, except that instead of a black background they're placed on just any background.

Typically, they're used as speech balloons, or rather, as thought balloons.

へ・・・ざまあみろ・・・このクソ野郎・・・
Manga: Zatch Bell!, Konjiki no Gash!! 金色のガッシュ!! (Chapter 5, 道具か人間か!?)

Examples

For reference, some examples:

ん?なんだ・・この気持ちは・・
Manga: Prison School, 監獄学園 (Chapter 168)
  • Context: a girl is conflicted.
  • n? nanda.. kono kimochi wa..
    ん?なんだ・・この気持ちは・・
    Hm? What is it.. this feeling..
    • In my chest..??!!

ちょっとお金貸してくれない? なんですかこの人!?
Manga: Gabriel DropOut, ガヴリールドロップアウト (Chapter 24)
  • Context: a character is walking around when all of sudden this girl shows up and...
  • chotto okane kashite kurenai?
    ちょっとお金貸してくれない?
    Won't [you] lend [me] a little money?
  • nandesuka kono hito!?
    なんですかこの人!?
    What's [up with] this [girl]!?
    • She just asked money from a complete stranger!

へ・・・ざまあみろ・・・このクソ野郎・・・
Manga: Zatch Bell!, Konjiki no Gash!! 金色のガッシュ!! (Chapter 5, 道具か人間か!?)
  • Context: the antagonist made a mistake. Takamine Kiyomaro 高嶺清麿, grinning, comments on it.
  • he...
    へ・・・
    Heh...
  • zamaa miro...
    ざまあみろ…
    • [It servers you right...]
    • Expression used toward someone when they make a mistake.
  • kono kuso yarou...
    このクソ野郎・・・
    [You piece of shit]...

References

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