Shibuya Near Family chapter 118: Ikko becomes a stylish madame>What's with the hat?>Is she imitating Miorosu-chan?>So, Toka Ikko...>You've finally submitted to me.>I didn't actually have any particular reason for picking this... It's just,>the sun's so bright today...
>[Toka Ikko (9 years old)]>Sign: Shibuya Ward coming-of-age ceremony>Coming of age, huh...>It's still pretty far away for us.>It'll come sooner than you think.>In recent years,>it seems that people have been holding "coming-half-of-age ceremonies" when you turn ten.>What's the current age of majority?>18.>If we were going to have a "coming-half-of-age ceremony", we needed to have it when we turned 9.>(*Stunned*)>Even though 10 has been the halfway point up until now?
>Are you telling me...>They skipped over our generation!?>We're the Lost Generation>of coming-half-of-age ceremonies!>They changed the age of majority from 20 to 18 in April 2022, apparently.In Japan, Lost Generation refers to the cohort that came of age around the turn of the millennium, who had great difficulty finding employment in the aftermath of the collapse of Japan's Bubble Economy.>Still, we could have had them if we'd just realized.>Ten is a nice cut-off,>but nine's a bit trickier, isn't it?>There are still a bunch of places that do coming-of-age ceremonies when you turn 20.>Shouldn't it be fine to have the half-ceremony at ten, as well?>I feel like we're starting to go in circles.>Well, it's not like it's an official ceremony recognized by the government or anything.>It's just something that parents do because they want to, right?>I bet this change has caused headaches for Studio Lilith too, considering they started the whole thing.>Poster: Commemorate turning 10 with - A Coming-Half-of-Age CeremonyStudio Lilith is a photography studio in Tokyo. I guess the implication is that the coming-half-of-age thing is similar to those artificial corporate-created holiday.
>We were never planning on doing one of those in the first place.>(*Blunt*)>I'm shocked that an anniversary woman like yourself would say that, mom.>Who are you calling an "anniversary woman"?>But if we don't have one, the photography shops might suffer.>Well, maybe we could come up with some other commemorative day?>Something like...>A half-graduation ceremony.>Sounds good.>Ikko's already in her third year, after all.
>When she finishes third grade,>Banner: Congratulations on half-graduating>we'll have a half-graduation ceremony.>Uh, excuse me? I don't want one.>That makes it sound like I had to drop out of elementary school.>How about a half-shichi-go-san, then?Shichi-go-san (Japanese for 7-5-3) is a festival that celebrates children aged 7 and 3 (generally girls) and 5 (generally boys), usually held on November 15th.>You'd have to do that at 1.5, 2.5 and 3.5 years old, right?>As big of an anniversary woman mom is, that would probably be too much even for her.>Stop calling me that.>If it's the photographers you're worried about,>we could come up with something that isn't necessarily targeting towards children, too.>Well,>how about a half-wedding ceremony?>Problem with that is,>how are you supposed to know what age you'll be when you get married?>No, I'm thinking of Ikko-chan doing the ceremony by herself.>Ahh... That kind of "half".>Those are called solo weddings, and they already exist.
>Okay, what about a company half-initiation ceremony?>Banner: Shougatsukan Co. Ltd. - Half-initiation ceremony venue>Trying to imagine something like that with your dad gives it a weird undertone.>A half-golden wedding anniversary sounds a bit ambiguous, too.>Same with a manga award half-acceptance ceremony.>And I don't even know what a ship half-launching ceremony would look like.>Let's try and move away from the "half" concept, shall we?>In any case,>I think even coming-half-of-age ceremonies are a bit weird.>But...>I wanted a coming-half-of-age ceremony!>I wanted to come half of age!>What are you up to?>Galvish...>Coming-half-of-age ceremony, huh?>I knew people who had them as kids.>But, adulthood is a sum of many different things...>Deciding that you're an adult just because you've lived 20 years, or 18 years, seems pretty silly to me.
>There are childish adults,>and there are mature children, too.>That's true!>Childish adult>Mature child>And some kids have to grow up who knows how many times over the course of their lives.>Right, right!>"Coming of age" isn't just about how many years you've lived!>Sounds like you finally noticed.>There is a numerological technique that has been passed down in my family since time immemorial...>It is an equation that allows us to calculate a person's true age of adulthood. We call it...>The "coming-of-age" method!The Japanese words for "ceremony" and "equation" both end with the kanji 式.>Is it like the Kumon method?>Something like that, I suppose.The Kumon method is the name of a system of education geared towards young children, marketed by the Kumon corporation. Again, "method" is expressed with the kanji 式.>We'll gather the data used by the equation in my dad's research facility.>There.>How old *is* that computer?>Ikko-chan. In practice, you are already of age.>According to these calculations,>you outstrip the average elementary schooler in one crucial area...
>You have the skin of someone who's over thirty years old!>Computer: Rothschild Skin Research Facility>My skin>(WAAAAAAH!)>ended up becoming grown-up ahead the rest of me.>All those things I've been doing lately must have dried it out!>Playing in the sand without any Nivea>Chasing my shadow without wearing a hatNivea is a manufacturer of various skincare products.>Help me,>Sign: Beautician club >Uetto Aya-senpai!Whom you might remember from chapters 27 and 88.>That skin research facility is really famous in the beauty product industry.>I'm a bit jealous that you got them to record your data for you.>What should I do to restore my skin back to its natural age!?>Well, first of all...>Maybe avoid taking in too much UV radiation?>Shibuya Duty Diary - I can't remember the kanji for "you". Seems like my brain age is over 40...>Sidebar: By the way, this chapter's storyboards were NOT finished in half the usual amount of time...Thanks for reading! Shibuya Near Family will be taking a break next week. Make sure to protect your skin in these trying times...
Thanks for posting
>>275266994MYSTERY NIGGAS
I always read Inori's lines in Saito Chiwa's voice
>>275266994New character? A bit over designed.
Big hat Ikko
>>275268692Incognikko
>>275267396Thank you for posting and translating.
>>275267396Thanks OP!I'm gonna give typesetting a shot until TSanon can finally effort that new computer, but cleaning and redrawing apparently takes a while. I'll try to get some results by next time, starting with chapter 113. Well, unless someone has that already finished.
>>275271819Good luck
