Love that Kei brought an analogue camera with her on the trip. The author managed to predict that in the future teenagers would enjoy using retro technology for taking photos. What he missed though was that we’d all be taking photos on our smartphones, and that digital cameras would be what the cool kids are going back to.
I do like her perverse logic that her battery ran out last year - so instead of bringing a couple of spare batteries she thought it was easier to bring a bag full of camera film! (and pay for all the processing…)
Ooo, just noticed a reference I missed the first time around: when Kei is describing their itinerary on page 40, the imaginary Kei who’s stargazing is singing 見上げてごらん夜の星を, which also served as the anime’s ending theme. I linked this one before, back in volume three.
Page 43, the sudden quiz about Alan Shepard was a callback to chapter 30 (volume 7), the last time they visited this place.
Page 63, in the Edo period, Tamaya and Kagiya were rival firework manufacturers. They would periodically have fireworks battles, at which supporters of each manufacturer would show support for their chosen faction by shouting their names. Over time, shouting “Tamaya!” and “Kagiya!” became a general thing that you do to show appreciation for fireworks displays. Kei is adding “Fuchuya!” here as well, because they also make fireworks.
Page 76 third panel, I dunno what the game Fuchiya and Suzuki are playing is called, but the aim is for each player to take it in turns to scoop as much sand away as they dare without letting the stick fall. Whoever drops the stick loses.
Page 88 fourth panel, Kei is singing ひこうき雲, which she also sang back in volume 8, so I guess her repertoire is a bit limited. Not, I notice, the song she imagined she’d be singing in this scene.
Thanks for the notes, they were helpful reading the chapter.
I’ve heard of gold fishing scooping, and powerball scooping, but not yoyo tsuri! I didn’t think they looked much like yo-yos, and that’s because they are not! Yoyo tsuri is catching water balloons with a string made of paper attached to a hook.
