Related: [Kaguya-sama: 女の子 (onnanoko) as an opposite for 男子
(danshi)?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/97946/kaguya-
sama-%e5%a5%b3%e3%81%ae%e5%ad%90-onnanoko-as-an-opposite-
for-%e7%94%b7%e5%ad%90-danshi)

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In [Kaguya](https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4509/is-it-ok-to-
overanalyze-an-anime)-sama [Chapter 52](https://reddit.com/ubm0pi) / S02E02,
there's a character named [Moeha
Fujiwara](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/95712/changing-the-way-
you-address-someone-without-your-relationship-having-changed) ([the
imouto](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/revisions/95712/6) of a main
character Chika Fujiwara) who
[talks](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/97083/how-to-say-i-ship-
x-with-y-shipping-slang) about Kei Shirogane (the imouto of the male
protagonist [Miyuki
Shirogane](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/93903/whats-up-with-
males-named-miyuki)) to [Kaguya
Shinomiya](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/94155/whats-the-
difference-between-kaguyas-o-kawaii-koto-and-miyuki-shiroganes) (the female
protagonist and title character) as follows:

> [圭ちゃん](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/97083/how-to-say-i-ship-
> x-with-y-shipping-slang)かわいい[よね](https://reddit.com/uffnhv)？
>
> ウチのクラスの男子は勿論だけど
>
> 女の子からもすっごく[モテ](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/67758/is-there-any-
> yuri-ship-between-imoutos)るんだよ。

In manga:

> [![enter image description
> here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/fE6B5.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/fE6B5.png)

In anime:

> See 0:11 - 0:18 [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzRZv1-Oe_U&t=11s).

Question 1: I could be missing something, but does Moeha actually NOT use
keigo with Kaguya when [talking about Kei](https://reddit.com/vyw7fc) and then
later when talking directly to Kaguya uses keigo?

  * Later in the manga:

> [![enter image description
> here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/QC7hA.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/QC7hA.png)

Question 2: If so, then what's up with this: Do you like not really use keigo
or something when 'narrating' or describing someone else to someone you'd
normally use keigo with? ([Well if not, then maybe it's a hint?
Lol.](https://reddit.com/vyw7fc)) If not, then, what, Moeha is indeed using
keigo throughout?

  * **Note 1** : Not sure if relevant, but Yuta says [3:34 here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o9xX077SRI&t=214s): In that school everybody pretty much uses keigo with everybody else.

  * **Note 2** : In S03E10, Kaguya and Moeha meet again, and they use keigo with each other. **Actually here's the full compilation** :

Afaik, Moeha Fujiwara and Kaguya Shinomiya have interacted on-screen only in
S02E02 and S03E10. Their conversations are broken down into:

  1. S02E02 at the start of their outing with Chika and Kei Shirogane when Moeha talks about Kei to Kaguya (Moeha: Kei is cute, and I want to lock up Kei in a dungeon.) - **Not keigo.** - See [0:11 to 0:25 here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzRZv1-Oe_U&t=11s).

  2. S02E02 briefly right after (1) above when Moeha talks (about Kaguya) to Kaguya. (Moeha: You're at the top of my list of things I love to the point that I'd want to eat you.) - **Keigo.** - See [0:32 to 0:40 here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzRZv1-Oe_U&t=32s). (I guess 0:25-0:32 isn't keigo, but I guess I won't count it for the same reason as (3) below.)

  3. S02E02 at the end of their outing when Moeha invites Kaguya for a group hug - **Either not keigo or N/A since just 1 line.** - See [1:25 to 1:30 here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OM99aNvCPc&t=85s).

  4. S03E10 when Moeha talks about Miyuki to Kaguya - **Keigo.** - See [2:20 to 3:01 here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhvisG_Yv1I&t=111s).

  5. **Summary** : The only time Moeha doesn't talk keigo to Kaguya is [when Moeha is talking about Kei](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/67758/is-there-any-yuri-ship-between-imoutos-yaoi-ship-between-otoutos).
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manga politeness anime keigo narration
Kaguya-sama: Dropping keigo when narrating?
In a relationship like these two, whether to use keigo or not depends on the
mood, the atmosphere, the people around them, and all other circumstances.
Grammar has little to do with it. In the first scene, she may have been a bit
more excited than usual because she was talking about her close friend. In the
second scene, the author may have thought this scene would look scarier if she
used keigo (because it implies she was serious).

I don't know why you are concerned about "narrating", but it has nothing to do
with it.
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Moving between keigo and keigo-free can mean the speaker is testing a boundary
- whether the other is willing to be talking more casually. When the other
doesn't reciprocate, the speaker might fallback to keigo. The difference
between -だよ and -ですよ is not a too drastic one, and it could mean nothing,
though.
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