What does it mean when この is in front of a personal pronoun?


As in このオレさま and この僕も. I know the literal translation, but I never understood
what the intent of it is.




I think この usually implies some quality of “me”. You can translate it as
“someone like me”. You can insert some adjectives between この and <first person
pronoun>.

Usually it sounds proud or arrogant, especially in このオレさま.

> フン、この(偉大なる)ヤング様に勝負を挑むなど、百年早いわ！  
>  天才美少女であるこのアタシが教えてあげるんだから、ありがたく思いなさい！

But as [Hyperworm](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/16220/what-
does-it-mean-when-%e3%81%93%e3%81%ae-is-in-front-of-a-personal-
pronoun#comment36475_16220) pointed out, it can be used in exactly the
opposite sense. e.g.

> この(拙い)私でいいの？  
>  この平凡なあたしにも王子様が現れないかな。

I think この私 tends to refer to some positive quality, and こんな私 some negative
quality. But I'm not sure.

* * *

> 「よく聞け！私はお前達とは違うのじゃ！だからして… **この私** に気安く話しかけるでないぞ！分かったか？一般人ども！」 ｂｙ 久地院美華

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3BSKS.jpg)

I think this is a pose of この私. (Does anyone know the name of this pose?)




I think この usually implies some quality of “me”. You can translate it as
“someone like me”. You can insert some adjectives between この and <first person
pronoun>.

Usually it sounds proud or arrogant, especially in このオレさま.

> フン、この(偉大なる)ヤング様に勝負を挑むなど、百年早いわ！  
>  天才美少女であるこのアタシが教えてあげるんだから、ありがたく思いなさい！

But as [Hyperworm](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/16220/what-
does-it-mean-when-%e3%81%93%e3%81%ae-is-in-front-of-a-personal-
pronoun#comment36475_16220) pointed out, it can be used in exactly the
opposite sense. e.g.

> この(拙い)私でいいの？  
>  この平凡なあたしにも王子様が現れないかな。

I think この私 tends to refer to some positive quality, and こんな私 some negative
quality. But I'm not sure.

* * *

> 「よく聞け！私はお前達とは違うのじゃ！だからして… **この私** に気安く話しかけるでないぞ！分かったか？一般人ども！」 ｂｙ 久地院美華

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3BSKS.jpg)

I think this is a pose of この私. (Does anyone know the name of this pose?)

