Talk:Matsuri Washuu/@comment-100.1.193.212-20160715181603/@comment-10733658-20160719182357

^ Well, sometimes Ishida has odd timing in terms of revealing things. Obviously, we're going to be learning more about Matsuri now that he's the next in line for leadership of the Washuu Clan.

As has already been discussed in this thread and the above one, the whole thing comes from specific linguistic details that are lost in translation. Japanese is a language with certain speech patterns that are considered masculine or feminine, and certain pronouns that can convey not only gender but usually the age of the user. "Atashi" is typically used by young girls, and is considered cutesy when used by adult women. It also gets associated with homosexual men as an exaggerated feminine manner of speaking.

The specific speech patterns Matsuri uses in that scene are associated in Japanese media with "Okama", the stereotypical effeminate gay dude in fiction. So to a Japanese audience, seeing a dude lower his guard and suddenly speak in that fashion suggests a dude that is HEAVILY in the closet.