Strange incidents on after another in Tokyo with 続出

Kanji Explanation: Continuation and connection with 続

Luna introduces herself to Usagi, but Usagi thinks she’s dreaming if a cat is speaking to her. Luna gives Usagi a special brooch, then proceeds to explain the dire situation that has brought them together.

ルナ:: 「いまTOKYOは変(へん)な事件(じけん)が続出(ぞくしゅつ)してるわ」; “Strange incidents are popping up all over Tokyo these days.”; 「警察(けいさつ)の手(て)にはおえないような事件(じけん)がね」; “Incidents that seem beyond the police’s control, you know.”

Key Points

続出(ぞくしゅつ) = “appearing one after another”
- In this scene, 続出(ぞくしゅつ)してる means strange incidents are continuing to pop up in succession, not just that one incident happened.
- It is often used for repeated occurrences of the same kind of thing, especially in news-like or serious contexts.
続出(ぞくしゅつ)してる is a casual spoken form of 続出(ぞくしゅつ)している
- The -ている → -てる contraction is very common in speech.
- Here it describes an ongoing situation in Tokyo: incidents are currently appearing one after another.
Sentence shape: TOKYOは変(へん)な事件(じけん)が続出(ぞくしゅつ)してる
- Tokyo is the broader topic with は, while 変(へん)な事件(じけん)が is what is doing the appearing.
- A natural fuller gloss is: “As for Tokyo, strange incidents are appearing one after another.”