A while back in high school my classes watched "My Boss My Hero," in which the
main character says ほんや, it was translated as "What?" (I think.) In any case,
I've never heard anything stylistically similar, so I was wondering where it
came from.
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Origin of the phrase ほんや(Not 本屋）
The main character of My Boss My Hero, Sasaki Makio, says はにゃ？ as an
expression when unsure or

As said in
[Wikipedia](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E2%98%86%E3%83%9C%E3%82%B9_%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E2%98%86%E3%83%92%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC#.E4.B8.BB.E8.A6.81.E4.BA.BA.E7.89.A9)

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    疑問に思ったりすることがあったりすると「はにゃ?」と言うのが口癖
    
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When in doubt while thinking, he says his favorite phrase, 'hanya?'

This is not a common Japanese word or saying and is unique to the character to
help give him flavor.
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