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  1. Ch. 195 "Record of a Vital Idiosyncracy"
  2. title in upper left
  3.  
  4. circles down middle: Individualist?!
  5.  
  6. superimposed on railing: Fashion of a wandering traveler. What do you see beyond the ocean?
  7.  
  8. Bottom left: All eyes are on Kino-kun's whimsical style
  9.  
  10. bottom right: Out-of-this-world style by KINO KUNIYA
  11.  
  12. Page 1.
  13.  
  14. >The second school term has begun.
  15.  
  16. >The Japanese are often criticized for their lack of individuality,
  17. >And there has been a recent outcry for educational reform to address this problem.
  18.  
  19. >However, some people don't seem to understand
  20. >When and where it is appropriate to express your individual personality!
  21.  
  22. Page 2.
  23.  
  24. Resume
  25.  
  26. name: Tanaka Mitsuhiro
  27.  
  28. birthday: Showa 64, January 6th (or January 8th, depending on who you ask)
  29.  
  30. address: Milky Way, Solar System, Earth, Japan, Tokyo, Koishikawa, Otowa 2-12-21
  31.  
  32. (etc., the whole thing is filled out in a non-serious manner)
  33.  
  34. >This is awful.
  35.  
  36. Page 3.
  37.  
  38. >The person who filled this out must have meant to make himself look like an interesting person.
  39.  
  40. >This is a resume that was actually sent in to a prospective employer.
  41.  
  42. >Surely, a resume is not something you're supposed to write with a sense of humor.
  43.  
  44. >Of course.
  45. >I would definitely have filled it out properly.
  46.  
  47. >These people reject conformity so completely,
  48. >That their idiosyncracies become "idiot-syncracies!"
  49.  
  50. Page 4.
  51.  
  52. side of car: Pain, pain, fly away!
  53. hood: Absolute Submission
  54.  
  55. >That's the sort of thing I'm talking about.
  56.  
  57. >That's not the sort of place to express your individuality, is it!
  58.  
  59. >Especially somewhere so public (Sensei's bubble, far left)
  60.  
  61. >How painful!
  62. >If a person like that just happened to be one of my family members, I certainly wouldn't want
  63.  
  64. anything to do with them!
  65.  
  66. >What do you mean, "just happened to be?"
  67.  
  68. >Hypothetically! Just hypothetically!
  69.  
  70. Page 5.
  71.  
  72. >Ah... He got his license recently, didn't he?
  73.  
  74. >Shut up!
  75.  
  76. >This world is overflowing with inappropriate displays of individuality.
  77.  
  78. >Like Christmas lights,
  79. >Hung outside of just one apartment in a complex!
  80.  
  81. >Or hand-drawn posters
  82. >Hung in a municipal ward office!
  83.  
  84. >Or hospital rooms
  85. >That are outlandishly decorated!
  86.  
  87. >You don't have to make yourself stand out everywhere you go!
  88.  
  89. list:
  90. -Politicians wearing neon pink suits in parliament
  91. -Offbeat jokes made during a political commentary
  92. -Fuji TV's election coverage -The new prime minister's necktie
  93. -Moe characters showing up in national weather reports
  94. -The names of certain Tokyo municipal subway lines
  95. -Good luck rituals used by high school baseball teams
  96. -Major league baseball uniforms with long pant legs
  97. -Overly-unique names given to children
  98. -Letting hairs grow out of your moles
  99. -JSDF mascot characters -JSDF officers from Shibuya
  100. -Police stations taking their names from TV dramas
  101. -Car GPS mascot characters that wear special outfits on holidays
  102. -Kunihiro Matsumura running a marathon to try to prove he's not fat
  103. -Character songs sung by the manga artist, that actually end up selling
  104. -I thought using a naked picture for the author portrait would show individuality
  105.  
  106. >The result of placing so much emphasis on individuality,
  107. >Is this sorry state of affairs!
  108.  
  109. >For example, when he uses this tranquil classroom
  110. >To try to express himself...
  111.  
  112. Page 6.
  113.  
  114. >Wh- What's with this background artwork?!
  115.  
  116. >Eeeek!
  117.  
  118. >When the assistant displays too much individuality, this is what happens!
  119.  
  120. >Just draw it normally!
  121.  
  122. >When a large number of manga artists' assistants
  123. >Start showing too much individuality, it can only turn out badly!
  124.  
  125. >The art style! The art style is ruined!
  126.  
  127. >An earthquake?
  128.  
  129. >Sensei, there's trouble!
  130.  
  131. Page 7.
  132.  
  133. >The shockwaves created by the earthquake...
  134. >Have turned into personality waves, and are headed for the surface!
  135.  
  136. >Personality waves?
  137.  
  138. >Those exposed to the waves will most likely begin displaying excessive levels of individuality.
  139.  
  140. >Individuality!
  141. >Individuality!
  142.  
  143. >What's happening to the town?!
  144.  
  145. >When someone is exposed to the personality waves
  146. >They immediately begin trying to demonstrate how different they are from the people around them!
  147.  
  148. >Ah, it looks like she's been exposed as well.
  149.  
  150. background: individuality, individuality
  151.  
  152. Page 8.
  153.  
  154. >I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
  155.  
  156. >What a unique apology.
  157.  
  158. >That was an apology just now?
  159.  
  160. >An apology is no place to demonstrate your uniqueness!
  161. >In a more formal situation, your personality coming out like that would only make them angrier!
  162.  
  163. >Urgh-
  164.  
  165. >Not you, too!
  166.  
  167. >Individuality!
  168. >Individuality!
  169.  
  170. >Huh??!
  171. >What is this?
  172.  
  173. Page 9.
  174.  
  175. >A more individualistic method of following you!
  176.  
  177. >Stalking isn't something you should use to express your personality!
  178.  
  179. >You can't just pick and choose where you express yourself!
  180. >True passion comes out wherever it pleases!
  181.  
  182. >He shouldn't be using "that" to express individuality!
  183.  
  184. >"that"?!
  185.  
  186. background: Individuality, individuality
  187.  
  188. >I have to shut myself in more uniquely!
  189.  
  190. Page 10.
  191.  
  192. >This is a more unique hikikomori technique
  193.  
  194. >Being a hikikomori
  195. >Isn't a proper way to express yourself!
  196.  
  197. >Today, I've come to visit a rather unique shut-in
  198.  
  199. >Oh, my! You've sunk yourself into the wall?
  200.  
  201. >I'm different from those other hikikomori. This is much cooler.
  202.  
  203. >I was too slow!
  204.  
  205. >Grr... I'll have to come up with a new way to shut myself in!
  206.  
  207. >Or you could just stop being a hikikomori!!
  208.  
  209. Page 11.
  210.  
  211. >Individuality!
  212.  
  213. >I'm so cool for being different!
  214.  
  215. >It's like the world is suddenly overflowing with attention-whores
  216.  
  217. >I guess I'll go ahead and die
  218.  
  219. >I won't allow it!
  220.  
  221. >Eh? You're stopping me? ...No, I mean,
  222. >Please don't stop me. It's no use. My heart is set on dying.
  223.  
  224. >I'm telling you, I won't allow it!
  225.  
  226. >If you mean to die,
  227. >You must die in a way that properly expresses your personality!
  228.  
  229. >What? No,
  230. >Death is not an appropriate place for self-expression!
  231.  
  232. >Self-
  233. >Expression!
  234.  
  235. >Self-expression!
  236. >Self-expression!
  237.  
  238. >Their passion for individualism is unstoppable!
  239.  
  240. Page 12.
  241.  
  242. >This is...!
  243.  
  244. >Yes, suicide by cat.
  245.  
  246. Dictionary of Suicide Methods #26: Suicide by Cat
  247.  
  248. 1. Prepare 100 cats
  249. 2. Tie a piece of dried fish to one end of a rope
  250. 3. All of the cats pull simultaneously
  251.  
  252. >However, about 2,000 people commit suicide by cat every year.
  253. >It's not unique in the slightest.
  254. >Try again.
  255.  
  256. >What, death by noodle?
  257. >There are over 300 deaths by noodle every year.
  258.  
  259. Page 13.
  260.  
  261. Modern Baby Names
  262.  
  263. Shogouki (12)
  264. (written "manliness at water's edge," also means Unit-00, as in the mecha Shinji pilots in
  265.  
  266. Evangelion)
  267.  
  268. Burabi (10)
  269. (written "season of the silk dance," resembles the Japanese pronounciation of "Brad Pitt")
  270.  
  271. Luffy (8)
  272. (written "King of the Pirates")
  273.  
  274. >I wish I had a more unique name too, like "Precure!"
  275. (Precure is written "wind village princess kindness second-rank"
  276.  
  277. above their heads: Harumi (17), Nami (17)
  278.  
  279. >Then why don't I
  280. >Give the two of you more unique names?
  281.  
  282. scroll behind Harumi: "joume-in kachikanmuda"
  283. written: "ridicule wife temple beautiful embarrassment pole six great"
  284. "chikan muda" could also possibly be interpreted as "impossible to molest"
  285.  
  286. scroll behind Nami: "menkoyushoudaishoujinjo"
  287. written: "noodle hard oil few big serving believe woman"
  288.  
  289. >A posthumous name is not an appropriate place for self-expression.
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