ケサランなにがしとスープ屋さん Week 8

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Week 8 May 16
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何某っぽい practice :drum:

Bweh, it’s hot today. Hopefully I can get this done quickly so I can move to a part of the house that’s not so hot.

Page 75

The days are becoming long too (I mistook the kanji for long as the kanji for front. I don’t think that’ll be the last time I do that)
Is it spring already?
The bread is finished cooking, Keseran come eat too

Page 76

Something!!! (Wow, I read a whole page on my own :P)

Page 77

Big brother, help me clean up too
Of course I’ll help
Keseran recently made a big mess didn’t he?
Yeah…
That looks cute

Page 78

Wah!
He was like that
Yeah, like that…
Catlike/Doglike (I’m going with cat)

Page 79

Remember when he ran around in the snow just like a dog?
Dogs love the snow too!
He’s quite quick a nimble, just like a cat is
Besides he was raised on catnip

Page 80

Come to think of it, when it was eating a cookie before, it was very squirrel-like
I guess you can’t really say for sure what it is
It’s size is closest to a squirrel, isn’t it?
Oh, his skin is very rabbit-like isn’t it
That’s true
Fluffy and warm
It’s like if you took rabbit fur and a cotton ball and mixed them together

Page 81

Keser- Hachoo
Sorry
Lately whenever I pet keseran
It sheds and some gets stuck in my nose
ahh
So that’s why my nose has been itchy
I clean everyday but…
Ah, look there’s some gathered in the corner
You’re right

Page 82


It’s floating
Waah!
It must be really light, huh?
It looks like Keseran when he first came to our house
Since it sheds this much, I wonder if it’s a winter and summer coat?
Now that makes it exactly like a cat or dog, doesn’t it?

Page 83

Here
Hmm?
It’s blank… huh?
That’s right, what do you think about keeping an observation diary for Keseran?
I see, that’s a great idea!

Page 84

Let’s record it whenever we notice something
In that case…
Something like this?
Yeah, that’s fine
We managed to finish the first page right away
Yeah!
We’re going to write a whole lot from now on!

Page 85

Alright then, what should I write next?
It feels like we’re going to write up this whole notebook in no time!

Page 86

Woah!
Hey now, I’m writing right now, so wait a second!
It’s tickilish
And thus a new daily routine started

Keseran is definitely the most like a cat. I’ve had dogs, cats, lizards, and a flying squirrel before, yet the only one that jumped at my hand while I was writing was a cat.

Got it done, now I can finally go somewhere not as hot

Oh no, could the sister be allergic?

Also, my cat reacts the same way to pens/pencils lol

“Keseran has been unruly/acting up lately.”
“Yeah.”
“He’s really watching us” (in a thought bubble)

You got the gist with “his skin is very rabbit-like”. 肌ざわり would make this say something more like “he feels like a rabbit” or “his texture is very rabbit-like”

The last sentence there was one I had to break down:

うさぎの毛と綿毛を足して二で割ったらちょうどー
うさぎの毛 = rabbit’s fur
綿毛 = fluff/fuzz (thinking like cotton ball)
足して= added together
二で割ったら = divided by two
ちょうど= just right/precisely
So, all together: “Add rabbit’s fur and a cotton ball together, divide by two, and he’s exactly [like that].”

くすぐったいよ with the ending 〜よ makes this read more like “That tickles!” or “Hey, I’m ticklish!”

I’m going with cat, for sure. Attacking a hand that’s writing is cat behavior :joy_cat:.

Another cute chapter! I could feel my allergies acting up just reading it, hah.

Okay I’ve gotta throw shade on お兄さん-- literally just sitting there while なにがし makes a mess and then only helping ティナさん after she asks him to. C’mon now…

Will be curious to see if they actually start to get customers as the weather gets warmer! What will they think of our dear friend ケサラン?

ふわふわな数学ですね!