The show is set in Shizuoka, but Grandpa uses a rural dialect, and classmates have various accents. Subtitles standardize these differences, showing you the "correct" written form versus the slurred spoken form.
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: Maruko is assigned to look after a first-grader, highlighting social responsibility and the "senpai-kohai" dynamic in Japanese schools. The show is set in Shizuoka, but Grandpa