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synce
Sep 17, 2008, 21:28
It's title of a short manga.

ちゃんとッ

I can understand "chanto"--it's the katakana "tsu" at the end that throws me off. What's it doing there and how should I interpret it?

Thanks.

nice gaijin
Sep 17, 2008, 23:40
the small tsu at the end of a word marks an abrupt or sharp end to the word-final sound. Usually you wouldn't mix hiragana and katakana like this in a single word, but seeing as it's a manga title it's open to creative license.