Going off the thirstpost on the subject i made the other day, I wanted to highlight just how much I love matoi's jp va. Here's a bunch of select lines that I think showcase her character and voice super well
Matoimaru is such a strong and loveable dork, I can't help but adore her. Perhaps an odd thing to admire, but I really love the aggressive compression settings they dialed in to balance the dynamics of her recorded lines. Listen at 1:34, "Taichou yare datte?" Those consonants, especially "da-te", jab outwards in this incredibly pleasing way. Whether she's yelling full force or softening up to her own level of calm, Matoi always speaks her mind with sincerity.
Also the rolled "r" on her battle 3 line (1:48) ouhg augh it's so good
I noticed that she refers to herself with "wagahai" in pretty much all of her lines, so as someone who does not speak Japanese with any level of fluency whatsoever I did a bit of digging to investigate:
So "wagahai" here either gives off a bit of arrogance, or a rather archaic term for a plural we/us. And you know what? Either of these interpretations work beautifully. And both are masc leaning!!
And while this one is a bit harder to pin down specific meanings of, Matoi also adds "ze" to the end of her statements fairly often:
Always adding a touch of force, emphasis, or even threat to her sentences feels so goddamn in character for her. Notice, also masc leaning!!
My jp "knowledge" is mostly limited to exposure from anime, games, and asmr lmao. But I'm real curious for someone who knows better than me to break down Matoi's mannerisms of speech, because as limited as these lines are, I think there's a lot of character packed in 'em!!
anyway fr that tongue click tho,,
It's really funny that Quartz was released and people were extremely harsh on her, because on principle, there's actually not really anything wrong with her stat spread. Massive HP and ATK have a real use in Arknights. Sure, she won't be tanking dogs particularly well but that's equivalent to me deploying Cuora down and wondering why she isn't DPSing the boss.
The problem is that we know that Quartz's statline has a niche because, uh
Flowers and blades - she loves sword craft and ikebana. She sources her ikebana flowers from Podenco.
She's actually fairly popular amongst the Non-Doctor Operator personnel at Rhodes Island. They consider her good fun and people usually collect flowers to give to her when they return.