Join the Intermediate Manga Club here! ふたつのスピカ Home Thread Volume 8 [Twin Spica v8] Start Date: Dec 06 Previous Part: Volume 7 Next Part: Volume 9 Reading: Start Date Chapter Start Page Page Count Dec 06 Mission:36 3 30 Dec 13 Mission:37 33 30 Dec 20 Mission:38 63 30 Dec 27 Mis…

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Page 6, as per previous practice, the names Sensei calls out in the last two panels (aside from the main characters) are all stations on the Chuo Main Line. Specifically, Mitaka (nearest station to the Ghibli Museum), Kokubunji and Ogikubo .

Mission 36 - read this last week so just flicked back to remind myself what happened.

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Page 39 first panel, of all the times to not borrow a word from English, why would they call a spork 先割れスプーン instead of just スポーク? Page 50, this is the song that shows up in the fourth panel: [ひこうき雲 │ 荒井由実 Yumi Arai│ライブ音源]

[image] Belthazar: why would they call a spork 先割れスプーン instead of just スポーク? Yeah, usually the Japanese are the kings of abbreviating English phrases into crazy new words, so funny that on this one they have a longer word than English does. Although I feel like the Japanese like taking the fi…

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The title page is making me wonder if Yaginuma-sensei purposely named his characters such that their initials would spell his given name… Page 84, Kiriu’s harmonica is by Tombo , though I couldn’t really identify the specific model by sight. On the following page, he identifies the song he was playi…

Thanks for the link to the video - I enjoyed that bit of Japanese Disney! Wow they dropped in the references to Shimazu with no context, like I am supposed to remember his name! I only vaguely remembered that flash back - it’s pages 175-177 of volume 3 if anyone wants to remind themselves what happ…

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ふたつのスピカ (IMC) - Volume 8

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Belthazar January 17, 2026, 1:32am 21

Volume nine is go.

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