Handyman Saitou in Another World - Vol. 3 Ch. 64 - Magic Detection

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thanks again for your work! regarding the onomatopoeia, i think it's important to remember that while there are a lot of weird sound effects that are more or less formalized in japanese, this doesn't preclude the existence of sounds invented on the spot to describe one specific sound in writing or comics (or manga in this case) which is what i suspect is happening with the "oooooo" sound effect morlock is making. gun to my head, i would take it at face value and say that, given the context of the panel, morlock is emanating some kind of mystical hum.

がこーん is sort of analogous to "kaboom" or "bang" in english, however it's a little weird seeing it used the way you describe it in the t/n. my immediate reaction is less that this is a sound a person is actually making and more that this is an abstract, non-diegetic sound effect.

all of this said, don't take my word for it, i'm not a master and this is all just educated guesswork on my behalf.
 
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