April 28th Daily Reading ブラックジャックによろしく: Community Reading Exercise

Claiming M:

Analysis

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I’ll delve into the details a bit further this time, I might’ve rushed a bit last time although from the get go I think it means “My life purpose is to protect that person’s life” but let’s see if my intuition is right.

(ぼく)使命(しめい)『は』この老人の(いのち)『を』(まも)(こと)だ…

I was pretty much on the money. I thought 使命(しめい) was ‘life purpose’ because he’s been having an existential crisis but actually it means mission.

(ぼく)使命(しめい)『は』この老人の(いのち)『を』(まも)(こと)だ…
My mission is to safeguard/protect this old man’s life

Since I was the person who claimed the last letter, I’ve uploaded the next page. Letters N to Q inclusively are now available.