2020 年 2020 巻 33 号 p. 24-31
This study aims to analyze interaction in the form of readers’ comments and writers’ responses in online comment columns from an ethnomethodological standpoint. The study focuses on Mushoku Tensei, the most-accessed web fiction on the most popular and relevant site, Shōsetsuka ni Narō. The findings of the analysis indicate that: 1) in terms of the design of the reader’s comment, the reader posted some comments with a downgrade to save their face; and 2) in terms of the content of the reader’s comment, the reader noted problems in some character’s line by referencing the rule of “onnna kotoba/otoko kotoba” in fiction writing.