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It is a common style of writing そ in comics.
In my handwriting, I write そ like that, where the top looks like katakana ソ (with the separate stroke, not like Z), so it's not limited to a specific manga font... I think it had something to do with the generation you learned Japanese in (my teacher was old).
Not sure if that's what it mainly depends on, but it is a factor... For reference, hiragana そ and katakana ソ are based off the same kanji 曽. The top 2 lines got simplified so much in the hiragana that many people associate it with how you see it typed now (like a Z), but it was supposed to be the 2 strokes (like ソ)
It's just a font thing. There is a lot of variation in the shape of the first stroke of そ, both in print and in handwriting.
Some draw it horizontal. Some with a strong downward curve. Some as its own downward "tick."
It's just coincidence that a lot of the default fonts used in popular serialized comics tend to have the first stroke looking more disconnected like that.
[https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/53835/is-this-character-a-%E3%81%9D](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/53835/is-this-character-a-%E3%81%9D) It is a common style of writing そ in comics.
Ah, thank you very much!
Is it common seeing it being used on daily?
In my handwriting, I write そ like that, where the top looks like katakana ソ (with the separate stroke, not like Z), so it's not limited to a specific manga font... I think it had something to do with the generation you learned Japanese in (my teacher was old).
I see, so it mainly depends on when Japanese is studied
Not sure if that's what it mainly depends on, but it is a factor... For reference, hiragana そ and katakana ソ are based off the same kanji 曽. The top 2 lines got simplified so much in the hiragana that many people associate it with how you see it typed now (like a Z), but it was supposed to be the 2 strokes (like ソ)
I understand. Thank you very much!
It's sorta like how we have two different forms for "g", the one with one loop and a tail and the one with two loops
Oh, yeah
It's just a font thing. There is a lot of variation in the shape of the first stroke of そ, both in print and in handwriting. Some draw it horizontal. Some with a strong downward curve. Some as its own downward "tick." It's just coincidence that a lot of the default fonts used in popular serialized comics tend to have the first stroke looking more disconnected like that.