Should be killed with 〜べき
Grammar Explanation: Should be with 〜べきだ
Yui, Sacchan, and Kotoha are friends who’ve formed a group called Colors to protect their neighborhood. Yui is the group’s leader.
Yui hurries to the Colors clubhouse with news of a cat she saw. She draws it on paper, but Sacchan sees it as the sketch of a monster. Kotoha looks over the drawing and asks if they’re going to kill it.
- 結衣:
- 「こ 殺すのはダメーッ」
- “K-killing it is not okay!”
- 琴葉:
- 「でも こんな化け物ブッ殺すべき」
- “But a monster like this should be killed.”
- さっちゃん:
- 「そうだ じゃあ捕獲ならいいかリーダー」
- “Right. Then is capturing it okay, Leader?”
- 結衣:
- 「うんそれ！それにしよう！」
- “Yeah, that! Let's do that!”
Key Points
1ブッ殺すべき = should kill
- べき attaches to the dictionary-form verb ブッ殺す, so Kotoha is stating what she thinks the proper action is.
- The subject is omitted. In English, “a monster like this should be killed” keeps the focus on the monster rather than naming who should do it.
2べき gives a judgment, not a hard rule
- Kotoha is not quoting a law or requirement. She is giving her blunt opinion that killing the supposed monster is the right choice.
- That fits べき’s nuance of ought to or should, stronger than casual advice but short of must.
3こんな化け物 frames the target harshly
- こんな means “this kind of” or “like this”, and it points at Yui’s drawing.
- Calling it a 化け物 makes Kotoha’s べき sound more justified from her point of view.
4ブッ殺す is rougher than 殺す
- The prefix ブッ adds a forceful, violent feel, closer to “kill outright” than the plainer 殺す.
5捕獲なら shifts the proposal
- Sacchan changes the action from killing to capture with じゃあ捕獲なら, “then if it’s capture…”
Vocabulary
捕獲 (Capture)
捕獲 refers to the act of catching wild animals, fish, insects, and the like while they are still alive, or of apprehending a fleeing person or object.
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