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は変な事件が続出してるわ」
- “Strange incidents are popping up all over Tokyo these days.”
- 「警察の手にはおえないような事件がね」
- “Incidents that seem beyond the police's control, you know.”
- “Strange incidents are popping up all over Tokyo these days.”
Key Points
続出 = “appearing one after another”
In this scene, 続出してる 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.
続出してる is a casual spoken form of 続出している
The -ている to -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 変な事件が 続出してる
Tokyo is the broader topic with は, while 変な事件が is what is doing the appearing.
A natural fuller gloss is: “As for Tokyo, strange incidents are appearing one after another.”