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by resoluteteeth 2118 days ago
> Text within speech bubbles is generally left to right.

This isn't true in Japanese which is what limteary was asking about.

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Horizontal text in modern Japanese is virtually always written left to right.

The primary exception is where the context of the writing itself implies a direction, e.g. text on the passenger side of a bus, or on a directional sign pointing to the left, may be written right-to-left so that the text "flows" in the same direction as its container. This would never be used for a longer text, though.