Question:
I was reading a manga in japanese and stumbled upon this:
えー? ホントにィ?
It's got Hiragana and Katakana mixed together. What does this mean?
Answer:
A character that said "えー? ホントにィ? " may be a young girl or a young guy.
As you may know "えー? ホントにィ? " is an informal expression meaning "え？ 本当（ほんとう）に？"
Sometime, in manga, when a character use slang and / or colloquial in a sentence, Katakana is used instead of Kanji or Hiragana.
I am not a teacher so that I am not sure my explanation is grammatically correct or not.
e.g.
僕 = ボク (Japanese slang that means "I" or "me" usually speaked by young boys.)
嘘（うそ） =ウソ （a lie）
Sorry for my poor English :-)
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