2020/12 Tomomote Special Translation

2020/12 Tomomote Special Translation

Page 1

Title: "Every character wears a mask"

"Mornin'."
"Good Morning, Mokocchi!"

"Even though there's a flu outbreak, it still feels strange to see everyone wearing a mask."
"Yeah..."

"Imagine if we had to wear it every single day..."
"New anime and manga series would have all their characters always wear it."

"Manga and anime need to be realistic, but I think most people don't like them to be too close to reality."
"Also, generally speaking manga is created to give people solace, so what would be the point of inserting all these painful aspects of the real world?"
"It would be risky, but it might be good for a one-off episode... however, if that was to become a serialized series, not being able to ever see the characters mouths would be really limiting. It just wouldn't be fun."
"It was just some mundane small talk, so you don't need to scold me, you amateur mangaka..."

Page 2

Title: "Losing the 5 senses"

"Look, I'm having trouble breathing and we're out in the open, so let's take the mask off."
"Yeah!"

"Apparently this new flu strain is capable of taking away your sense of taste."
"Yeah, I heard that on TV."

"However, I'd really like to have my five senses taken away, once in my lifetime. (Possibly without lasting effects...)"
"Wait, why?!"

"Well, it's a common trope of battle and sports manga."
"Really, that's a trope?"

Page 3

Title: "Many flavors of otaku"

"This manga is new..."
"Oh, this is the manga you said you liked, Mokocchi!"

"Apparently it's flying off the shelves now."
"Oh yeah, Kitsume..."
Sign: "Kitsume no Onago" (TL note: reference to the porn parody of Demon Slayer "Kitsume no Omeko")
"I don't really like it that much anymore though..."

"Why is that?"
"Don't get me wrong, I still find it good, but now that it became super popular I don't think of it as 'mine' anymore and I kinda lost the will to support it..."
"It would be nice to have friends to have otaku conversations with..."
"Hey!"

"In that special Lotte corner they have the entire Chiba Tamashii series!"
"?"
"It's a collection of Chiba Nippo's sports column articles on the private lives of Lotte players. Some chapters are hot stuff!"
"Right, sometimes they can also talk about otaku stuff you really don't care for..."

Page 4

Title: "Commemoration"

"Oh, they already put up this year's Christmas' lights!"

"We never took a picture of the three of us together, and this is the perfect occasion!"
"Huh? Oh, yeah...
Right, why not."

"I'm not one to look into the camera and make the peace sign, so please don't ask me that."
"And I don't like to do the 'ahegao' face so many girls are into, so avoid that too.
Oh, and I generally dislike making a heart with my fingers or other popular poses as well."
"They're not ok with a lot of things... do they think they're actresses or models?"

Sign: "Guy who they asked to"
"What the hell kind of photo is this?!"