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When I read manga, I sometimes stumble on speech bubbles like the one below.
What does it mean? I have never seen something like this in other comics or
graphic novels.

!["......" \[vertically\] / "Ryner"](https://i.stack.imgur.com/zh2dUm.jpg)


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What do vertical dots in a speech bubble mean?


That's just usual dots like this "....". That's because originally, text in
manga (which is in Japanese) is written vertically, like this:  
![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GExAo.jpg)  
Usually, I interpreted it as "The character have [something to
say/opinion/thought/knowing some information] about the matters in hand, but
choose not to say it yet". Well about why people that type it keep it
vertical, that's their choice. And in the case with the screenshot you gave,
IMHO typing it vertically looks better than typing it horizontally.


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