"Silksong resembles the original Hollow Knight in many ways, though right from the start, you can hear one key difference: Hornet. Hollow Knight's protagonist was silent, but just as Hornet was voiced in that game, as the protagonist of Silksong, she has a voice, too, and actor Makoto Koji brings a lot of personality to the role."
""She's confident, she's sure of herself, she's very stoic," Koji says in an interview with The Verge. But Hornet has a goofiness as well, according to Koji, and she thinks Team Cherry did a good job showing how multifaceted Hornet is."
"This is particularly impressive because Hornet, and all of the characters in Silksong, talk in brief statements of gibberish. Even if you're reading a long text passage, characters don't speak those full sentences, instead saying a word or short phrase in a pretend language."
Silksong gives Hornet a voiced protagonist role, contrasting Hollow Knight's silent lead. Makoto Koji performs Hornet with a blend of confidence, stoicism, and playful goofiness. Koji devised short, instinctual gibberish words to express character and narrative intent within one- or two-word vocalizations. Characters in Silksong speak in brief pretend-language snippets rather than full spoken sentences, so vocal tone and rhythm carry much of the emotional and contextual weight. Team Cherry's approach lets limited phrases convey personality and story, requiring the actor to communicate nuance through concise utterances.
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