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 means capturing a wild animal alive or catching a fleeing person.
See Also
- Grammar: Should be with 〜べきだ
- Grammar: Marking the topic with は and も
- Grammar: If that's the case with なら
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