They definitely donāt! I think the only thing I would say about anime questions, is try and mark what bit they come from (I.e., this particular segment is titled å¬ē č”) and dropping them under a spoiler just in case we havenāt reached that spot in the manga yet (since the anime does things in a different order).
Oh yes, youāre absolutely right! A note on this - Iām quite confused about whatās happening, because before watching again the anime I looked on reddit trying to figure out the anime to manga comparison. I was convinced that the first takagi-san season only included events up to volume 6 and nothing more, but I was somehow wrong
Yeah, Iām not sure what the anime to manga comparison is honestly. You could check the Wikipedia articles for episode lists and compare.
I thought I lost my mind because I was sure that when I watched Takagi-san some years ago (and maybe also when we chatted about it back in April/ May in the Vol. 1 book club) the 1x01 ep. was ę¶ćć“ć . In particular, I remember @Arzar33 suggesting me to check the episode as well as a support to my manga studies, or was it someone elseā¦
So somehow the show indeed got either rebooted since I donāt remember watching this particular episode, or netflix simply changed the episodes order
Ah, thatās where the confusion is.
Crunchyroll has rights to Season 1
Netflix only has Season 2, which is what youāre watching if youāre watching it there
HiDive has Season 3
Arenāt streaming rights fun? 
I knew that trusting Netflix on anime series was a terrible idea! 
I see that @shuly is here as well! Long time no hear, were you able to do that trip to Japan in the end?
Hence the reason for so much piracyā¦ Greedy licensors! So frustratingā¦
Yeah Iām at workā¦ Will try to remember when I get home to give you a better update.. but I did spend a month in Japan last yearā¦ Was a great trip!
Looking forward to hear of your experience 
Iām planning a month or so at the end of the year as well!
sorry for not getting back to you yesterdayā¦ there was a lot to the tripā¦
trip info
to summarize quickly was there for a monthā¦
1st and 2nd weeks was with the other half, weeks 3 and 4 aloneā¦
Flew from LAX to HND
First week did a lot of the typical tourist stuffā¦ Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Himeji ā¦ etcā¦
Met our friend who took us all over the place, so exhausted on the first dayā¦but amazingā¦
On the way to Kyoto stopped in Shizuoka to visit another friend and her family they took us around so awesome of themā¦went to Shiraito Falls, private Sake Tour, and Sawayaka for dinner before heading to Kyoto.
Stayed in Kyoto and met up with some other friends who took us around Osaka (her old classmate from school ran us all over the place)ā¦but was greatā¦ Then Kyoto with the group and Himeji ourselvesā¦Returned to Tokyo and hung out with our friend againā¦ (none of this probably makes any sense but itās what we did)
and another fun thing I was doing was trying to collect all the IC cards from the various prefectures that I couldā¦ Did make sure to spend all the money on them so nothing left but a random fun thing to do
Flew from HND to Miyazaki
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2nd Week went to Miyazaki to visit one of my instructors and spend a week in Kyuushuu
Kyuushuu is really underrated!! Definitely want to go backā¦ Visited Takachiho and Beppu (some nice Ryokans there - Beppu is a hot springs town on the oceanā¦really nice and the Hell tour sounds silly but it was a fun day!)
because we had rented a car found some fun stuff on the way
Rented a car for this part of the tripā¦first time driving on the opposite side of the roadā¦not hard just takes some getting used to (gotta get over the omg im gonna die when traffic is coming opposite what you are used to haha)
Flew from Miyazaki to HND and then other half flew back to LAX and I flew to Sapporoā¦ (No direct flights from Kyuushuu to Hokkaidoā¦seriously!!! anyway ā¦
Stayed in Sapporo for a few days (rented a car for this whole 3rd and 4th weeks)ā¦drove basically the perimeter around Hokkaido by myself. I had some hit/miss stuff though because it was the end of the season early Novā¦so stuff that should have been open was closedā¦and occasionally google maps/nav lied a little but all in all had a nice time. Did make sure to get to Wakkani and Shiretoko, though lots of closures because of bear sightings ā¦hello kumasanā¦I brought my giant zoom to get picturesā¦no luck though everything was off limitsā¦Even found a nice hiking path with a warning sign but no bearsā¦very disappointing.
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one of my favorite spotsā¦end of season so had the whole place to myself! fall colors were perfect
The trip was really long so if there was something or a particular area you wanna know about, let me know, otherwise this post will be way too long 
I came back with over 8000 pictures between the two cameras and the cell phoneā¦so stopping there ā¦ 
thatās what I thought indeed, but what a a lovely first days! 
spending time with your friends like this is the best!
Man I didnāt know how gorgeous Beppu is 
I will rent a car as well and Iām quite concerned with driving on the opposite side of the road, for the first five days there (I programmed to land in Tokyo, rent, go to hakone, then nikko and be back in tokyo after 5 days and ~450km. Note. I love driving)
you have pics of the car trip??
Any experience with apple maps?
Shit, Iām scared of bears, a lot
I will ask when I have more free time, in this moment Iām in the bus surrounded by kids and canāt focus 
Thanks for sharing your experience man! Gorgeous pics!!
Edit: Iām going to rent car through booking, 200~ā¬ for 4 days and a half. Do you know cheaper ways to do it?
thanksā¦those were all just random cell phone photos 
I honestly think all of Kyuushuu is totally underrated for travel..it was an amazing place!
Car Rental and worries
So much depends on youāre driving confidenceā¦I live in LA and drive all the time, long distance, in snow, iceā¦etcā¦ have a lot of experienceā¦ though I do h8 ice!
We didnāt rent a car until we got to Kyuushuu, you really donāt need a car in Tokyo, even if a station is too far you can usually flag a taxiā¦they arenāt cheap but sometimes itās just faster!
I am glad about renting the car in Miyazakiā¦not as much traffic and got a chance to adjust to everything oppositeā¦Having driven Sapporo and all over Iād be comfortable now driving in Tokyo but not to start outā¦ The first day I would describeā¦ it felt like the first time you get your drivers licenseā¦hyper focused on everything, narrower streets ā¦ keep your butt on the other line!!! always wanted to drift left instead of rightā¦ but after the first day it got a lot easierā¦though first few days kept going to the passenger side door to driveā¦ idiot foreigner haha
The scariest thing to get used to was pulling up to a stop sign and say you wanted to turn rightā¦ looking left and itās clear then looking right and suddenly thereās a car going barreling downā¦ first thought is holy hell im gonna die and then you realize ā¦oh yeah opposite world 
After a week driving around Kyuushuu, Miyazaki to Takachiho to Beppu and then down the coast back to Miyazakiā¦about 1000km or whatever it wasā¦was fully comfortable driving.
The only things to make sure you doā¦didnāt happen to me but I know someone who just make this mistake and is in Japan now and canāt rent a car ā¦ get your IDP (international drivers permit/license) BEFORE you leave your home countryā¦ In the US with photos at AAA itās like 25 bucks ā¦and done!
Also when you rent a car, make sure you get the IC card for the tollsā¦makes it easier and you just pay when you return the rental car. Though do have some change, because one location in Kyuushuu was totally caught offguard there was no automated gateā¦human only ā¦ instant panic wasnāt ready holding up the lineā¦embarassing haha
Driving in Hokkaido was fine, a little snow but early so not badā¦though that car didnāt realize wouldnāt have cruise controlā¦MUST have in Japan if you are driving long distancesā¦itās nothing like driving here at home in the statesā¦I just drove to and from Utah about 1500 miles round trip give or takeā¦ and we can speed limits up to 80 mphā¦Japanās speed limits are hella slow 40 kphā¦CRAWLING!!! turtle speedsā¦ and a lot of the express ways are one lane with not a lot of passing optionsā¦where I could easily drive for 8-10 hours here in the statesā¦thatās excruciating in Japan.
nopeā¦too many worms in the apples haha
Google did ok
ā¦but two thingsā¦make sure it doesnāt take you the wrong way on a one way roadā¦thankfully it was a Sunday early in the morning with no traffic and realized really quickly but sheesā¦[found out the reason was that it thought I was walking instead of driving..um yeah at high speedā¦shees stupid googleā¦something to watch out for anyway when you switch the nav from walking to driving ]ā¦ the other thing about Google maps, have had this happen in other areas too, not just Japanā¦but when a turn is coming up sometimes the timing for warnings isnāt quite what you are used to and you will turn too early or too lateā¦if youāve never experienced it it wonāt make sense but if you have you know exactly what Iām talking aboutā¦ (not a big deal just go around the block or whatever)
but they are so fluffy!!! BOO!!!
more on car rental
Iām far from an expert, but I found that as a foreigner you canāt generally take advantage of the cheaper rental prices. Typically have to go through on of the bigger companies and purchase the libaility insuranceā¦I never bother with rental insurance here at home because my own car insurance + credit card covers allā¦however in Japanā¦I got 110% of everythingā¦didnāt need it but certainly didnāt want any hassleā¦
Also I took along a dash cam that had front / rear cameras because figured as a foreignerā¦if thereās an accident, even if itās not your fault it will be your faultā¦so used that in both vehicles. Never needed it but was happy to have it.
As far as companies goā¦Just stick with the bigger onesā¦I have heard stories of some rental places still trying to refuse to rent to people with IDP, but personally didnāt have a problem (I had used Avis)ā¦but a friend of mine who is Japanese, they werenāt going to rent a car to her husband even though he had a reservationā¦she quickly sorted it out for himā¦so stick with the bigger/more regular companies and just pay the extra for full insurance and you can rest easy.
Iām no expert but that was my experienceā¦ I think youāll have a great timeā¦
sorry for the derailing
At least from the photos I see on internet, Iām sure that itās so! Even though, I decided to visit Kyushu in another travel since I donāt want to rush between too many cities of Japan, I like to enjoy things slowly.
Now that you mention the ice, Iām a bit worried because I never drove on it. Even though I donāt have a ton of experience especially in bad wether conditions, I consider myself a good careful driver.
About this, I agree 100%, in fact I will land in Tokyo and go to Hakone ASAP, sleep 2 nights there and then go to Nikko. Sleep 2 other nights there and then return to Tokyo, immediately give the car back and stay here for 9 nights
In case you are interested (or have comments which are greatly appreciated on it), hereās the itinerary I planned: Hakone(2nights)-Nikko(2nights)-Tokyo(9n)-Kanazawa(3n)-Takayama(3n)-Kyoto(9n)-Osaka(4n) and finally Hiroshima (5 nights).
very interesting to hear your experience, Iām sure it will be 100% like that to me as well
Yeah right, would be shit to forget and leave without it I think itās called ginevra treaty or something, need to make it yet.
About this, do you know if they can provide you an ETC to pay automatically at the toll booths? I have one in Italy which is connected to my credit card and without it itās be insane 
also now that weāre here. In Italy the major cities are infested with driving limited zones (only authorized vehicles, motors or bikes, eg.). Is it the same in Japan?
Cruise control is life!
this could play at the advantage of foreigners.. Iām used to people driving like crazy bastards. That would be a problem, having to drive mirror like for the first time
Sheeeeesh 
I love them in fact.. Iām just scared of being mauled 
Well, didnāt think of it. I will do that as well.
You gave me a lot of greatly useful info man.. thanks! 
I have a question regarding the Last chapter titled as ćē®č¬ćcoming before the bonus chapterā¦
Context: č„æē is trying to figure out how to open é«ęØs eyes after he lost to her in the first round. And so he says in his head the following sentenceā¦
ć¾ććÆćć£ććććć
ććć°ćć§ćā¦
Translation: First off, since I got got/tricked earlierā¦
ćććFor sureć
ć°ćć§ććļ¼ļ¼ć
I tried to see it if was a set expression but I got nothing. My educative guess for the last part is that č„æē says that heāll get for sure but itās a first time Iāve seen this construction.
Thanks In advance :)))
Iām not familiar with the usage of ććć°ć as this is the only instance Iāve seen in manga Iāve read, but hereās a page that might help:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ććć°ć
The ććć£ćććććć refers to the action Nishikata received (had done to him) previously and is a modifier for ććć°ć. (If I recall correctly, heās considering using the tactic that was used on him.)
Thank you for that much needed clarification (^.^)