Comic for Wednesday 01/08 (Early High Res)

If Ethan really wanted to suicide out... It wouldn't be that hard to strangle himself with his shirt.

See my research told me that damare was a generally rude "shut up" whereas damarinasai was more of a shut up as spoken from a position of authority, strictly translated as "silence!" as you'd command a subordinate.

My Japanese is far from perfect but I'd say "damarinasai" is too polite here. "～nasai" is somewhere between a polite way to give an order and an impolite way to ask for something. Assuming here we have the boss of a crime syndicate reprimanding/shutting up his minion, i'd say "damare" would be more fitting. The impression i get here is that the guy coming in is a weeb, trying to sound cool and impressive by mixing in Japanese words, but not getting it quite right. If that's what you are gunning for though, then you have done a great job. For reference, you can look here: https://www.japanistry.com/the-imperative/ The nasai form is listed as "archaic" form there, while "damare" is the "standard" form. The important part is this: "In terms of general usage, the archaic form is a lot softer than others. For example, it will be used by a parent to tell their children to eat or go to bed. [...] As I have alluded to previous, Japanese is a language which places much emphasis on the underlying power dynamics. The imperative form (especially the forms other than the archaic) of the verb very much debases the listener and therefore needs to be used carefully. Even in jocular manner, a subordinate in a company would never use it towards their boss; nor would anyone towards a customer."