What are these Japanese characters?

[looks like 'n'](https://i.stack.imgur.com/DdwpF.jpg)

[looks like 'S'](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dfMNV.jpg)

I have seen these characters in plenty of untranslated manga, but I haven't
been able to find those two letters anywhere.

Does anyone know what Japanese characters they are supposed to be?
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What are these Japanese characters which look like an 'S' and a small 'n'?
For future reference, I would suggest providing more context for questions.
Without the proper context, answers may be less accurate.

> The first one is almost certainly the hiragana り (ri).  
>  [![enter image description
> here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ux7df.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ux7df.jpg)

As mentioned, more information would be helpful, particularly about the second
one. I will edit my answer if more information is available.

**EDIT:** _See the answer by user34239 for information on the second
character._
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The "looks like 'S'" character is most certainly the vertical writing mode
variant form of either:

〜 U+301C WAVE DASH

or:

～ U+FF5E FULLWIDTH TILDE

Refs:

  * [Japanese punctuation - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_punctuation#Wave_dash)
  * [Tilde - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilde#Japanese)

[![U+301C & U+FF5E in vertical writing
mode](https://i.stack.imgur.com/CoohE.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/CoohE.png)
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