Is there a term for "manga language"?

Question

The language used in manga often does not follow standard patterns. Is there a term for this? Thank you.

Answer 1

My answer would probably disappoint you if you were expecting a short concrete term as an answer such as 「〇〇[語]{ご}」 or 「〇〇[言葉]{ことば}」. Frankly, I doubt that such a (short) term exists that would be universally understood.

The kind of language spoken by manga characters vastly differ from one manga title to the next. Characters speak just like "regular" native speakers from real life in some manga titles, and characters speak nowhere near like real people in others. The point is that among the latter group, a countless number of speech patterns can be found.

Thus, I could only come up with "explanatory phrases" rather than common terms as;

「マンガで（よく）見{み}る / 聞{き}くような言葉 / 言葉[遣]{づか}い / 表現{ひょうげん}」

「マンガ的{てき}な / マンガみたいな / マンガっぽい言葉 / 言葉遣い / 表現」

Any of those word combinations will be understood by native speakers with no problems.

Answer 2

漫画のセリフ would be natural when you mention one specific reference among many of them. Because not all the manga scripts are eccentric. Some are not following the standard by the purposes, such as character making and taste or constructions of the story.

Term is translated into 用語

It's useful for the most of cases, e.g. アニメ用語 (Terms for Anime) 囲碁用語 (Terms for IGO) ゲーム用語 (Terms for games) コンピューター用語 (Terms for computers)

漫画用語 is not useful most of the time. An older generation merely got it. This is an exception, it could be gotten the terms used by the manga composers, not for the language in manga.

Answer 3

I don't know if there is a term for this but you can use タメ語 although its scope is much broader than just patterns you find in manga. Actually it's more about everything that is not considered as polite.

If you want to play it safe (ie. be sure to be understood) and not use a one-word expression, you can also use 漫画の言葉, 漫画に出てくる言葉 or 漫画の言葉遣い.