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Sadly, no repeat of the トントントンージャボ joke from previous chapters, but I did like the echo of the 洪水です床上浸水です exchange from chapter 3. And page 163, where Akari’s words get so dreamy that Akatsuki steals Aika’s catchphrase.
Though, I did notice that Boots Calle from two chapters ago has turned into Boots Campo…
This chapter was a delight! Everything from Akari’s delight at the return of the aqua alta and Aria社長 getting his boat out and asking to be taken along, to the rehearsal scene and then how embarrassed the two of them are at the end of p167, and I could go on…
A couple of questions
I don’t quite understand the bottom panel of p152.
what is the tiny kanji in the top left box on p153? (お?落ですね)
how long has there been a picture of Hime社長 in the Aria HQ? (p150)
Me too! It put a big smile on my face while I was reading it.
Page 154: 光栄に思え - is Akatsuki telling Akari to think of helping him transport the flowers as an honor/privilege?
Page 161: その男…哀れだな - I’ve always been unclear on the meaning of 哀れ, even though I learned it on WaniKani and have tried to read a monolingual definition. Though I think that’s partly because I’m fuzzy on the meaning of the English words given as meanings as well (dictionary definition versus actual use). Is Akatsuki saying the guy from the story is pitiable, as in he feels bad for him? Or is he saying that the guy is pathetic/pitiful, presumably for failing?
Page 163: みんなの心の像に映って残ってるんですね - is there a metaphorical meaning (specifically for 映る) that I’m missing here? It sounds like something like “the image in people’s hearts is reflected and left behind” but that sounds weird. And I’m not really sure what that’s supposed to mean.
Page 165: What is ナメんな supposed to mean?
Anyway, onto the good stuff. This chapter was so much fun (a lot more fun than the last one, as much as I liked that one too). The highlights for me were:
Akatsuki copying Aika’s line.
Akari’s imitation of Alicia, which was spot on and had me laughing for a while.
Also, I love when I can understand something from context, because it shows some nice progress and a light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak. In this case, it was the word 予行演習 and seeing 役 used as a suffix for the first time.
The whole situation with Alicia thinking Akatsuki was giving the flowers to Akari, though to be honest it took me a second read through of those pages to understand what was happening. Once I understood it though, that was great.
Akari on page 174. Honestly, art like that is one of the reasons I love this manga. Other than some of the double page scenic shots, drawings like that are the highlight of the manga artistically for me.
Also, I don’t think anyone mentioned this yet, but did anyone pay attention to the single omake panel? Poor Aika just wanted to give a flower to Alicia.
I wondered about this too, but at that point of the story I hadn’t realised quite how smitten Akatsuki is with Alicia. In retrospect, knowing that, I think it has to be the first meaning.
I think she is still talking about the power of 思い to touch and move, from the previous page
So maybe something like … they remain, reflected like an image in people’s hearts?