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I’m still reading the book but I haven’t reached this chapter yet
I technically just don’t have the book with me at the moment and am not really behind yet, but I figure it makes sense to vote for that option anyway if I won’t be able to read the chapter until the week after.
Akari, what’re you doing on the title page? Flashing your panties to the town again? (Also, why’s she still in the summer uniform?)
I’m amused at Aria continuing to spin around for the next four pages or so. And also Aria switching his hat for a postman’s hat. (I thought I remembered a panel showing that he’d forgotten to switch it back at the end of the day, but I can’t find it now. Maybe it was in the anime.)
According to Aria the Origination, the post office doesn’t seem to exist in the real world. In my mind, though, it does vaguely resemble this building, albeit round rather than angled (I’d imagine several buildings in Venice would also fit the bill, mind, but this one happens to be in Cannaregio)
I don’t recall seeing this mentioned before, so not sure if this is included in the Masterpiece edition or not…
But I have the original version, and in the back of each volume is a photo of Aria, the real cat inspiration
If these are indeed missing, I can share the others as well (different image each time =^_^= )
Real Aria has the stumpy tail, but isn’t really that plump though
Also, that plushie version in this image looks cute! <3
The week isn’t over yet D:
But really I’ve been sick the entire week, so no, I haven’t read the chapter xD Most of my free time has been spent sleeping or staring spacily at the wall.
Yes, but it was a couple of weeks ago, and I was finding more interesting things to do than re-read it.
I’m sure 郵便のおじさん is perfectly harmless, but I still find him slightly creepy. Not to mention a little bit of a challenge to understand at times. Once I figured out つー was という it was a bit easier.
p.7 I love how Aria社長 just keeps on dancing!
p.16 恥ずかしい体操禁止！
p.21
p.27 I do get the strong impression that this episodeはthe Japanese postal serviceの提供でお送りしました！
I kept hoping that something mysterious was going to happen… but alas not.
(Please excuse the terrible quality - picture taken on a phone, at a distance, from a fast moving vehicle, through railings). But it’s actually a gondola!! I had no idea there were any operating here.
I was bracing for a long session of looking things up after I saw there wasn’t much on the vocab sheet but it turned out to be a fairly easy read.
I liked how everyone got involved in
体操。 I wonder if this is something that they do or did in the Japanese postal service??
I remember flipping through some daytime TV one day in Japan and seeing a short 体操 program with fun music encouraging the viewer to participate.
It hasn’t been a fun week, but I’m definitely on the mend now ^^
