<p>ブツブツ or ぶつぶつ (the same word, just in katakana vs hiragana) is a standard Japanese onomatopoeia for mumbling, muttering, or grumbling to oneself. <a href="https://www.nihongomaster.com/blog/japanese-onomatopoeia-guide/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">This list of Japanese onomatopoeia</a> includes ぶつぶつ in it, along with many other onomatopoeia that show up in manga.</p>

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<p>In My Hero Academia we see that when Midoriya is mumbling they use ブツ to symbolize it. Is this the rule for anime/manga/japanese or does it only happen in My Hero Academia?</p>

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Is it usual in anime/manga/japanese to use ブツ as onomatopoeia of mumbling?
# Is it usual in anime/manga/japanese to use ブツ as onomatopoeia of mumbling?
Posted by: username_0 on 2018-06-10
In My Hero Academia we see that when Midoriya is mumbling they use ブツ to symbolize it. Is this the rule for anime/manga/japanese or does it only happen in My Hero Academia?

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> **username_1**: Cross-posted on Japanese.SE: [Is there an onomatopoeia of mumbling in japanese?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/59349)  
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### Answer by username_2 on 2018-06-10. Score: 6 | Accepted answer
ブツブツ or ぶつぶつ (the same word, just in katakana vs hiragana) is a standard Japanese onomatopoeia for mumbling, muttering, or grumbling to oneself. [This list of Japanese onomatopoeia](https://www.nihongomaster.com/blog/japanese-onomatopoeia-guide/) includes ぶつぶつ in it, along with many other onomatopoeia that show up in manga.
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