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Week 4: 第4話 星空とポンカン

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Start Date: 2025-12-05T15:00:00Z

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●コラム● 足下の歩き方 その４ ゴライアスオオツノハナムグリ

ゴライアスオオッノハナムグリは、体長１００ミリメートルを

超える世界一重い昆虫。体躯が大きく力も強い彼らは、専ら輸送

業に就く事が多い。

基本的には組合に属する事なく、個人営業を主としている。輸

送費用はピンきりだが、現物支給での支払いが可能であり、美味

しい食事でもご馳走すればすんなり仕事を請けてくれる。

同業者には、小型輸送・ひとり旅向けのカブトムシ等がいる。

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Yeah, I was waiting for a ponkan to land on the tent…

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Wow, they worked some magic this week, both the rapid home rebuilding service and the tent and outdoor cooking creations! These could give the ゆるキャン△ girls a run for their money.

I felt a bit sorry for the beetle at the start of the chapter who was almost muzzled like a horse, but it sounds like he gets well paid for his work, or at least is happy to work for a good meal!

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Week 4

Fun chapter, especially the beginning, I found it hilarious.

Same, I didn’t think it sounded smart to make camp under a tree with fruits bigger than themselves

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This chapter just makes me think about how easily they could just die at any random moment. Memento mori I guess

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Of all the ways though, I really did not have massive gunpowder explosion on my list… that was way out of left field lol

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Love this chapter :joy: especially the
research lab proposal 研究室の提言

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:heart_eyes: my kind of character

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Summary

They bought things. Good thing I’m in a looking up words mood because I would not have guessed gunpowder from fire medicine. (I am reading each page then going back for the look ups today)

Ah, they have no house. Maybe the context would have helped eventually.

Hey, skeleton witch is back! It seems the 火薬 they’d already bought was in the right angle for the window to be a magnifying glass. I can’t figure out what creature this skeleton is meant to be…
The ハクメイ in the flashback doesn’t look as happy as the ハクメイ today is remembering it. I’m on ミコチ’s side here.

… One of the ポンカン already fell out the tree. Do you want one to fall on you while you sleep? (This manga doesn’t appear to be that dangerous, but still!) Thought this word looked like 蜜柑 and it has the second kanji so like it’s orangey enough to move on. Ah, the places that are marked (with the +) are the places they need to make holes in order to turn this into a tent. Understanding! yay

This sleeping outside plan is looking a lot more feasible by the minute! Hooray for ハクメイ knowing these things. ほとんど一緒じゃない I understand all separately but not how it combines into sentence. That the methods of cooking these plants are things ミコチ will have to do alone so they’re not cooking together? That the plants should not be cooked with each other?

D’aw she made her a whole kitchen. Not quite as modern as ミコチ is used to though, fire is not easy to control…

Okay they’re not burning down this house too, dinner is feasible.

Yay food, yay tent. I want a risotto now I may need to learn how to make.
stars pretty

Okay. First comment was going to be that the stars don’t count as a roof but OH NO I WAS RIGHT! THEY ALMOST GOT SQUASHED BY FALLING ORANGE! Goodbye tent you were cool while you lasted.

Here’s the お土産 it tried to kill us enjoy

This house does not look like the one they lost but it does look like where ミコチ used to live. I also like how sparse it is because they lost all their stuff so of course there’s no books survive to live on the bookcase. Okay but even if you don’t have research to do there the glass room is pretty cool. Just. Don’t store your gunpowder in there.

かっこいいはそうだがこの二人と似合ってない

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