<p>In the manga, he says "筆記体" which literally means "note-taking style," which is typically used to describe <a href="http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AD%86%E8%A8%98%E4%BD%93" rel="nofollow noreferrer">cursive writing</a>... in English. So he's implying that the report will be in cursive English.</p>

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<p>At the end of the translated version of the first chapter of Sakamoto Desu Ga?, Sakamoto agrees to write a report, provided he can write it "in cursive":</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/A7s3R.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>

<p>Given that the manga is set in Japan, I assume the report will be in Japanese. However, I'm not exactly sure what is meant by cursive Japanese. According to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursive#Cursive_Chinese" rel="nofollow noreferrer">wikipedia</a>, cursive (sōsho, 草書) is rare in Japanese, though it's more common in Chinese. Of course, cursive is a particular style of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_calligraphy" rel="nofollow noreferrer">calligraphy</a>, but calligraphy includes more than just cursive, and clerical script (reisho, 隸書) would seem more appropriate for a report like this (though perhaps less awesome).</p>

<p>In the original Japanese text, was Sakamoto really saying that he was going to write in Japanese cursive, or just with handwritten calligraphy (or maybe even English cursive)?</p>

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Did Sakamoto really write in cursive?
# Did Sakamoto really write in cursive?
Posted by: username_0 on 2013-04-03
At the end of the translated version of the first chapter of Sakamoto Desu Ga?, Sakamoto agrees to write a report, provided he can write it "in cursive":

![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/A7s3R.png)

Given that the manga is set in Japan, I assume the report will be in Japanese. However, I'm not exactly sure what is meant by cursive Japanese. According to [wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursive#Cursive_Chinese), cursive (sōsho, 草書) is rare in Japanese, though it's more common in Chinese. Of course, cursive is a particular style of [calligraphy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_calligraphy), but calligraphy includes more than just cursive, and clerical script (reisho, 隸書) would seem more appropriate for a report like this (though perhaps less awesome).

In the original Japanese text, was Sakamoto really saying that he was going to write in Japanese cursive, or just with handwritten calligraphy (or maybe even English cursive)?
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### Answer by username_1 on 2013-04-03. Score: 12 | Accepted answer
In the manga, he says "筆記体" which literally means "note-taking style," which is typically used to describe [cursive writing](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AD%86%E8%A8%98%E4%BD%93)... in English. So he's implying that the report will be in cursive English.

![It's cursive!](https://i.sstatic.net/ksTrt.png)
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