What is the proper way to use 余[よ] as a personal pronoun?


Whenever I play Fate/Grand Order, one thing I often hear when I use that
game's version of Nero Claudius is her using 余 when referring to herself.
Looking it up shows me that this particular pronoun has an archaic and formal
flavor to it, as well as having an oratory function. That last bit is what's
kinda got me scratching my head.

In what way is 余 oratory? What the proper way to use and understand 余, as a
pronoun, and in what context is it most often used?




余 is one for a classic king or a person of equivalent status.

Here are some characters whose first person pronoun is 余:

  * 徳川茂々（『銀魂』） Tokugawa Shigeshige (from Gintama,) **a shogun**
  * メルエム（ハンター×ハンター） Meruem (from Hunter x Hunter,) **the king** of the Chimera Ants

Moreover, though I can't remember certain character, 余 is also known as
**殿様(lord)** -ish pronoun.




余 is one for a classic king or a person of equivalent status.

Here are some characters whose first person pronoun is 余:

  * 徳川茂々（『銀魂』） Tokugawa Shigeshige (from Gintama,) **a shogun**
  * メルエム（ハンター×ハンター） Meruem (from Hunter x Hunter,) **the king** of the Chimera Ants

Moreover, though I can't remember certain character, 余 is also known as
**殿様(lord)** -ish pronoun.

