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New Miu and Nobu are so much better than he originally drawed them. It's sometimes hard to tell the diffrence between Miu and Chika
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What exactly is up with her two tone hair. That can't be natural. Obviously Chika and Nobue knows.
>> Anonymous
>>296442
"Turns to the right too often."
This was mentioned in one of the recent chapters too, when Miu had a trap set up to stick a sign that said "Turn to the right" to Nobue's back (although it ended up on Matsuri's back instead). What's that mean?
>> Anonymous
>>296442
Could be a genetic disease.
>> Anonymous
>>296442
Matsuri DYES
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Heck, the biggest difference between Miu and Chika in the first chapter was the fact that Miu wore a tie.
>> Matsuri's hair Voice of Reason
I think the colored ends are from past attempts from Nobue to dye her hair.

The grey roots are from her worrying so much. She gets so emo, and worries so much about something happening to MAKE her emo, that she is turning gray at 11.

I would bet that the idea comes from a combination of the old wives tale about worring giving you grey hair (a concept known in Japan as well as the West) and the very real problem with Japanese jr high and high school kids showing up in doctors offices with stress related illnesses usually only seen in adults in the West due to "exam hell"

Matsuri is not of even that age yet BUT that is part of the joke, is yet another form of exaggeration. Just like her extreme helplessness is a exaggeration for comic effect.
>> Anonymous
Im so confused
>> Anonymous
>>296621

The name's meant to be ironic, huh?
>> Anonymous
Looks terrible.
>> Anonymous
>>296621
That's some deep shit.
>> Voice of Reason
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>>296765
>>296621
That's some deep shit.

Well, there ARE deeper overtones in Ichimachi. But they are mearly overtones- thats part of the reason the girls are 11-12 years old, Barusai chose those ages for a reason. Its their last fleeting moments of childhood. In the NEXT six years all this heavy stuff is going to come into their lives and have to be delt with.

And Nobue, who is sitting on the other side of the divide, is in part looking back wistfully to those days. Its the largest part of the attraction for the 16yo Nobue in the manga, while the 20yo Nobue of the anime has more of a mothering motivation mixed in.

The attached manga page is a big clue.
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>>296878
prefer this version myself
>> Voice of Reason
Moe in general is SUPPOSED to be bittersweet. It is a short transitional phase before stuff like>>296888enters their lives. Its not just Ichimashi, its just that Barusai does it better than most who try to produce moe characters.

Of course if the vewer is already pedo, or is barely any older than the characters themselves all they are going to think about is sex. Their bringing in their own baggage or are not mature enough to appreciate.
>> Matsuoka Miu
I have always said they might be presented as 12 and 11 yos but the way their bodies are drawn and the way they behave they appear to be no more than 8-9. Matsuri especially is around 5 or 6.
12 and 11 yos ARE ALREADY talking about and are heavily interested in boys, make up, dating and GASP! even sex! I have seen 7 yos who put on make up, are heavily interested in wearing the "right clothes" and are flirting with boys.
The IM girls are NOT acting realistically for their supposed ages
>> Anonymous
>>296942
>12 and 11 yos ARE ALREADY talking about and are heavily interested in boys, make up, dating and GASP! even sex! I have seen 7 yos who put on make up, are heavily interested in wearing the "right clothes" and are flirting with boys.

That's disgusting. What kind of trashy town do you live in?
>> Anonymous
>>296950
any city of decent size not in the bible belt
>> Anonymous
>>296950
Real Life City
>> Anonymous
>>296993
Don't get me wrong, I'm hardly in the bible belt, (in fact I'm as unreligious as you can get) but I still think 11-12 year olds talking (with any kind of seriousness) about sex and 7 year olds flirting is reprehensible.
>> Anonymous
>>296878Barusai(sic) chose those ages for a reason.

Heh, indeed he did...

Sage for trying to appear deep in the kiddie pool.
>> Matsuoka Miu
LOL, I'm NOT in the United Stupids of Amerikka at all. I live in what's affectionally called 3rd world country. It's normal to marry 14 yos here and we also got 12 yos already giving birth here.

Heard about the Kodomo no Jikan yet?
http://zip.4chan.org/a/res/3573282.html
>> Anonymous
>>297498

Dude, either use 3 k's for the KKK or 1 k as a communist reference, 2 k's doesn't mean anything. And United Stupids sounds so gradeschool it's not funny. Seriously, if English isn't your first language, you probably don't want to attempt hurling insults in it.
>> Matsuoka Miu
>>297665
whatever you say, dude...
speaking of idiuts, you sound like you got the intelligent level of "Bill and Ted" or "Dude, who stole my car"
>> Anonymous
>>normal to marry 14 yos here and we also got 12 yos already giving birth here.

and you wonder why its a third world country?
>> Anonymous
bring this thread back onto IM quickly. I won't have a /c/ thread turn into a /b/ thread.
>> Voice of Reason
IM is heavily sanitzed compared to real life.

When my little sister was this age-in the 80's now- when her and her friends got togeather the primary thing they did was gossip about other girls using words like 'slut','bitch',and 'whore'.

Adults prefer NOT to remember that part of childhood, since just about everyone was at one point or the other on the recieving end as well as dishing it out. So all that unplesantness is left out, or at least off screen.

The refrences to how Ana is teased because of her name gives a hint that stuff like that IS going around but its kept way to the background.
>> Anonymous
>>297690

Can there be any greater irony than misspelling "idiot?" But now at least I understand what movies you're getting your humor from. Makes a lot of sense now.

Please keep responding with more insults, they're really A+ material. Really. You have no idea how entertaining you are.