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Spoiler Courtesy
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Ok, just finished the first chapter! I understood most of it but some of it went a little over my head but I’m generally fine with not understanding everything 100%.
If i get a chance i might try and go over some of the parts I didn’t quite get again.
Page 7: I only know the sound of cicadas from animal crossing lol
Page 8: Did Touma put the cicada on her or something
Page 9: The toddler naps continue! Napping when its warm tho 10/10
Page 11: cute
Page 16: IS THIS GUY IMPORTANT (or the school)
Page 17: QUICK HELP HER SHE’S MELTING
Page 19: Omg yes I want her to meet her grandson
Questions/Japanese
Page 10
花火観にいこ
I don’t see this version of 見る often, though that’s probably because I only recently got into reading properly. But its my understanding its used when you’re watching something and paying close attention to it, although googling it it also says its used when you’re watching something and appreciating it more which makes sense for hanabi rather than TV.
Page 14
Ok so if I’m understanding her scheme, they’re putting warm water on shaded areas because it’ll cool the area down without evaporating?
I’ll get onto chapter 11 in a couple days, 10 was good though its nice to be reading Hinata chan again
Ah ok, that’s what I originally thought but then I didn’t understand why her friend yelled on Touma and Hinata tried to chase him unless I missed something
I wonder if they’re common in summer all across Japan or only in certain parts. They seem to always be making noise in summer in manga!
Key aspects in the dialogue:
「見間違えちまった」 For a moment she thought it was someone else.
「サダヲの中学の制服だな」 She realizes it’s the same uniform her grandson wore in middle school.
We can tell from the beginning of volume one that Sadawo is an adult now, but we don’t know if Hinata remembers that.
One way I think of it is watching something with intent versus because it’s there.
I expect one uses 見る if they’re watching something on TV because the TV happens to be on while they’re doing something else, and 観る when they have the TV on to watch a specific show.
This is seen in 「からかい上手の高木さん」 whenever Nishikata talks about watching a new episode of the various anime he likes.
Cooler water works between to create an evaporative cooling effect due to the temperature difference between the water and the hot ground, compare with warm water.
But in the hottest part of the day, the evaporates too quickly to create the cool feeling.
Likewise, in the shade the effect is weaker (due to a smaller temperature difference with the water), but it lasts longer.
Thus Hinata says to use the technique in the shady areas in the morning or evening so the water doesn’t evaporate away too quickly to be effective.
I’m glad she got to have her moon viewing celebration, also Moka’s story about the rabbit I was like WHAT HE ATE THE RABBIT??? I mean I know it turned out it got reincarnated but poor rabbit. Also Hinata’s brother offering to help her make her dango was so sweet, the way her face lit up.
I assume the rabbit story is the reason why Hinata made a little rabbit dango at the top of her pile, I looked it up and didn’t know the moon and rabbits were related but that’s nice
OOOOOOO I’m excited to see who this みっちょん is. I want to read ahead but I’ll forget to leave any comments here if I do so I won’t. But exciting stuff
I liked that Hinata wanted to do something that the old folks would recognise rather than something the kids knew of. To be honest I did skim over their play and her explanation of what was going on a bit because having to look up that many words was driving me a little bit nuts lmao. Some official old story to do with a money box is what I gathered.
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