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There is definitely some added benefit to reading the manga instead of watching the Netflix series: you get to enjoy furigana shenanigans I was quite surprised when I looked up 絶対領域 as a single word lol
Another nice chapter - this is probably one of the book clubs I’m enjoying the most right now, there’s some new vocab for me but I still manage to read quite fluently so I can still enjoy the story without too many breaks.
So apparently the maru is hiding the word ライザップ, and the thing being talked about here is this: 赤井英和 CM RIZAP (ライザップ) - YouTube
You can, uh, use this information however you see fit
I’m now way too curious about what she’s trying to solve.
Looks to me like z3-2y-2y2+5x-5…, which is of course a single equation with 3 variables, so I would assume it’s asking for integer solutions. But sadly this scene wasn’t included in the anime, so can’t even check the full thing
Is it? I checked a completely legalnot at all immoralplease don’t kill me source online, since those seem to have higher quality images for some reason. It definitely looked like it has curves.
When comparing it to it’s x neighbours, it definitely seems to me like the middle part is a single line. But I get caught up on the most important aspects.
Yeah, me too haha.
So I looked into it and found this on the English Wikipedia page for 絶対領域 (yes that page exists):
So it may well be that the author of Komi-san intended the original meaning for the phrase of an “absolute (own) domain” and not the meaning it has now become. Although the other way around would be funny, I don’t see how “exposed skin between top of knee-high socks and hemline of skirt” would make any sense here
Edit: Japanese Wikipedia page for confirmation
It is this page 絶対領域 - Wikipedia and it says the following under 萌え用語としての絶対領域 (original meaning of 絶対領域):
So, it’s confirmed as the original meaning of “a holy territory that can’t be invaded by anyone”.
I really like your interpretation here, especially since it has the furigana personal space. Never would’ve made the evangelion connection on my own though, so thank you for finding that
I was quite surprised when I looked up 
