Usage of interrobang (?!) in Japanese


I was watching this [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_CbRBZhiho) when
I noticed that ?! was used in the top right corner of the screen. This
[interrobang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interrobang) is regarded as poor
style in English. How about in Japanese? It appears to me that it's more
commonly used in Japanese than in English. (I even told one Japanese that I
find using ?! a bit offensive because it's like forcing an answer out of
someone.)




`!?` is much more common than `?!` in Japanese literature (see
[!?](https://dic.nicovideo.jp/a/%21%3F) in nicopedia), although many laypeople
do not care about the order. It is not very common in serious novels, but some
old novels like
[蟹工船](https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000156/files/1465_16805.html) have many
`!?`'s. It is very common in manga and light novels today, and there we even
see `!!??`, `!!!!!?` and so on. I think `!?` in a news ticker is acceptable
because the space is very limited, but conservative media like NHK may use it
less often. It can be offensive, but `!` by itself can be equally offensive
when used in an inappropriate situation. The "ligature" interrobang symbol (‽)
is almost never used in Japanese.




`!?` is much more common than `?!` in Japanese literature (see
[!?](https://dic.nicovideo.jp/a/%21%3F) in nicopedia), although many laypeople
do not care about the order. It is not very common in serious novels, but some
old novels like
[蟹工船](https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000156/files/1465_16805.html) have many
`!?`'s. It is very common in manga and light novels today, and there we even
see `!!??`, `!!!!!?` and so on. I think `!?` in a news ticker is acceptable
because the space is very limited, but conservative media like NHK may use it
less often. It can be offensive, but `!` by itself can be equally offensive
when used in an inappropriate situation. The "ligature" interrobang symbol (‽)
is almost never used in Japanese.

