Man, that’s a pretty cover.
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Volume 7 starting now! 
(Just bought my copy tonight, glad ebooks are a thing 
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Chapter 37 - 魔女のあだ名
2020-09-18T15:00:00Z
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One question please meow~
Page 25:
I’m not sure what’s the meaning of 陣 here? All the meanings I see are military related and that doesn’t seem to fit here…
Any help is appreciated!
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Thank you ^.^
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Chapter 38 - あっちの菓子折り
2020-09-25T15:00:00Z
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ch37, p10 – is that 福 on the door?
Edit: Also, what’s with these arrows pointing at Akane? (p14-5)
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I can only assume so - the English version says “LUCK”.
That’s kind of explained on page 16. Simply put: it’s expensive to make the potion because they need to hire a witch who can teleport. Akane is a witch who can teleport.
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I want more from Mr. Summer. Not only does he help with parsing Katakana, he’s also almost as clueless/wacky (not sure if those words fit) as Makoto it seems.
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IIIIIII get it. That’s funny.
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ch37, p23 – 助かんなくない
What is going on with this verb? Is that a double negative conjugation or what?
Edit: ch37, p23 (2) – まぁでもいい人生っちゃいい人生だった悔いはないかな
What is this っちゃ doing here?
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My understanding is that it is indeed a double negative.
I don’t really know how to convey the sentence properly in English, so I’m looking forward to anyone who can provide extra insight.
I read her lines in that panel as being something like, “Mm, this is bad, huh? (In this situation), won’t I not be saved? Yeah, I won’t be saved. This is bad, this is bad.”
This is pretty much my impression, as well (if we go hyper-literal).
For what it’s worth, the fan-translation of the same part goes like this: “There’s no way I’ll get saved right? Yeah no way I’ll get saved. This is bad, pretty bad.”
Edit: I’ve googled it a bit, and it seems it simply really is a double negation. Looks like this is ungrammatical(?), but started as a fad in the early 90s because of some song and became what they now call 若者言葉。I hope you saw this edit, @ChristopherFritz
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ch38, p40 – 運び屋ともあろう人が
What is this ともあろう part?
ch38, p40 (2) – 地域に貢献してこいって
This こいって part, too? 行く＋言う?
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The handbook “All About Particles” by Naoko Chino actually specifically includes 「とも＋あろう＋noun＋が」! It translates it as “of all people (things)”. Both example sentences use 人 as the noun.
This N1 grammar point page says:
This grammar point is often used to show surprise and/or judge some person or group. Ex) “considering someone of this position, they should not…”, “of all people…”, etc…
So, we can a sense of “Why is someone in your position, someone who does the job you do, working a festival stall as a part-time job?”
I’m glad you asked about this, as I didn’t bother looking into it in detail when I read through that part!
I believe こい = 来い (from 来る).
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Chapter 39 - 犬が？草を刈る
2020-10-02T15:00:00Z
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Sometimes, I think Japanese has a word for everything.
We certainly don’t have something like this in Engli—
Well, close enough.
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There are plenty of those!
30 アラサー
40 アラフォー
50 アラフィフ
60 アラカン
100 アラハン
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Chapter 40 - 走る薬草
2020-10-09T15:00:00Z
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Page 88: Little question on くる used here:
I’m generally fairly familiar with て＋いく and て＋くる. In the panel before this, Nao says the usual 「行ってくる」, meaning she’s going and will be back.
Is this 勉強してくる the same thing, saying she’s going to study for a test (at Makoto’s place), and then she’ll return (home)? Or does this くる mean something else?