Why does some manga have dots above some of the words?


Potential spoilers for readers of Jojo, but in the top-left-hand corner of
[this
picture](http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u168/Jesusfreekao/66_02-03.jpg)
there are dots above the word こいつ.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/cIjs4.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/cIjs4.png)

Why do some manga have dots above some of the words? I've only noticed this in
Jojo so far but perhaps it's in other manga too.




This is the Japanese version of [underlining]{LLLLLLLLLLL}. It's a way of
marking a word for emphasis.

**Update**

The Japanese name for this is variously 圏点{けんてん} (literally "enclosing mark"),
傍点{ぼうてん} ("off-to-the-side mark"), or 脇点{わきてん} ("on-the-side mark"). The JA
wikipedia [has a good article about
this](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9C%8F%E7%82%B9).

Veteran user
[snailplane](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/users/1478/snailplane)
commented with this
[meta](https://japanese.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/806/how-should-i-
format-my-questions-on-japanese-language-se/1294#1294) link, which shows how
to use Japanese emphasis, like this: [強調]{﹅﹅}.




This is the Japanese version of [underlining]{LLLLLLLLLLL}. It's a way of
marking a word for emphasis.

**Update**

The Japanese name for this is variously 圏点{けんてん} (literally "enclosing mark"),
傍点{ぼうてん} ("off-to-the-side mark"), or 脇点{わきてん} ("on-the-side mark"). The JA
wikipedia [has a good article about
this](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9C%8F%E7%82%B9).

Veteran user
[snailplane](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/users/1478/snailplane)
commented with this
[meta](https://japanese.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/806/how-should-i-
format-my-questions-on-japanese-language-se/1294#1294) link, which shows how
to use Japanese emphasis, like this: [強調]{﹅﹅}.

