Notes for Discommunication Seireihen chapter 10
v1.0.2, 2010-12-21
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Page 92-93
There's a lot of stuff here that I don't know what to make of. On Togawa's side, the upper-left box says "
Kundalini." The lower-right box says "
Komainu." To Yoshimoto's left, the demonic-looking thing is a Yamabiko, one of the yōkai from the
Gazu Hyakki Yakō. On both sides, the
Niwaka Senpei mask makes another appearance. Yoshimoto is saying "Ah" and Togawa is saying "Un,"
not sure what that means. which is explained nicely
in Wikipedia as one might expect (hat tip to Tadashi Oshima). Here it appears to symbolize a deep connection between the two girls.
Page 97
Kageman is a reference to
Tantei Shonen Kageman, a 1970s manga that saw a 2001 anime adaptation. (This chapter ran in the April 2000 issue of "Afternoon," so perhaps there was an announcement about the anime.)
The "3rd Grade Science" plankton set is sitting on the desk in front of Rinko.
Page 98
There's lots of stuff on this page too, but it's most worth pointing out the
Devilman sticker in the last panel.
Page 99
The
Kuidaore Ningyo makes another appearance.
Page 100
On the Colgen frog at lower left is the slogan, "Get well with a 'kero'!" This slogan wouldn't work so well where frogs 'croak' rather than 'kero'.
Page 102
On the wall of the bottom-right panel is
Baron Ashura, one of the villains in
Mazinger Z.
Page 104
Behind the altar is a "Can o' Toys," flanked by Kikaider and Mazinger Z. The wall hanging features the kanji character for "play."
Page 107
The
benzene and
Devil's Trill stories are fairly well known, but so far I've been unable to find sources for the
Yukawa and
Dickens ones.
Page 108
Haven't done a whole lot of research on this, but Emperors
Suinin and
Yūryaku are legendary rather than historical figures. The
Ryonoshuge is real, but I'm not about to go verify that it talks about Tsubura-me no Ou. The other thing mentioned, Aratama/Tatari-gami, are basically the Shinto answer to the problem of evil. They're the spirit bits that carry all the bad stuff, versus the Nikitama that have the good stuff. The monster that shows up at the beginning of
Princess Mononoke is a Tatari-gami.
Page 112
It's worth noting that they're using the more serious/familial verb for love, "ai," rather than the more casual "suki."
Page 114
Toby the Dog is a pull toy from the French company Vilac.
Page 118
The last panel shows the house where Matsubue lives, which readers of
Discommunication would have recognized.
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