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My friend recently played through a game called Persona 4, and he took plenty
of screen shots. He showed me this one containing `死す`:

![Dialogue spoken by
巽　完二　「言っとくがなぁ…　可愛すぎてキュン死すっぞ！」](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ubTzs.png)

It says:

> 巽 完二  
>  「言っとくがなぁ…  
>  可愛すぎてキュン死すっぞ！」

I understood it as `死 + す`, a literary alternative to `死ぬ`. I have to admit,
though, it doesn't _sound_ very literary to me in this context. 完二 is a tough
guy, and he uses lots of verbal forms like `言っとく`, so I'm guessing I
misunderstood.

**To sum up my question, I'm wondering why it was appropriate to say`死す`
here.**
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verbs register
What is 死す doing in this question?
Rather than 死す (which I believe you are right in saying is literary), this is
a slang suru-verb キュン死 meaning "death from a heart pang caused by seeing
something cute".

(Possible English translations: "death by d'awwing", "death from cuteness
overdose/overload"?)

The すっぞ comes from rough speech slurring -- するぞ→すんぞ→すっぞ -- so it fits his
character.
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