Chapter 40Today we start volume 4. Previously, Chunhua took Shima with her to meet her taijiquan master to prove to him that she could handle Liu Yansheng but Shima advised her against it. Instead, they went to the consultant Mito who used his connections to hire a detective named Hong Zhuhu. Using data from the phone Chunhua had taken from her assailiants, he learned that Liu was connected to two rival Triad groups and used that to spread chaos. Blaming Liu for plans being leaked, one of them eventually murdered him. When Chunhua's father saw this, he seemed to immediately regai his senses and both her and Shima finally got vengeance for what Liu had done to them.At the same time, Mangame had come to Shanghai to meet with Sun Rui, head of a an electronics manufacturer called Chufa, in order to enter into an alliance for them to help sell Hatsushiba products in China while Hatsushiba would help sell Chufa products in Japan. Sun, being an admirer of Hatsutaro Yoshihara and impressed by both Shima and Mangame, agreed. But while he seemed affable and upstanding, Shima came to realize that he also wasn't someone to be trifled with.And there were things going on in Shima's personal life too. While in Tokyo for New Year's, he met with Nami and her lover, an African-American man named Fred Thomson, and learned that she was pregnant. While in Beijing, he was surprised to see Xiaolan, Kokubun's girl from Eiraku, there before learning she was originally from Beijing. Shima also caught the eye of Yuko, the Mama of a Japanese-style hostess bar. She was a friend of Noriko and set her sights on trying to land the man that Noriko was unable to.
That's it for today. Next time, Shima and Yuko visit the Great Wall of China. Because of course there wasn't going to be a China story arc without the Great Wall showing up.
Bumping
>>283859563I'm sure they'll do great and nothing bad will happen to them!
>>283859563This will surely go just as well for Xiaolan as it went for the other women in her shoes.
>>283859183Good to see you all again, Hatsushib/a/
>>283864006It's a good thing I started doing another daily storytime on another board only for the new volume to drop a day or two after I started so now I'm doing two different storytimes on two boards for the next couple of weeks.
>>283859563Thank you for posting. Glad to be back.
aw yeah we're back>>283862980nice to see you snek
>>283859399>>283859416Moonshot negotiation happens a lot when you don't expect anything to begin with tbdesu
>>283859358why panda sad
>>283866927It's stuck in a Chinese zoo where Chinamen probably come by and throw rocks at it or something.
>>283859563Thanks, OP.
>>283859183Back in business
>>283867205But for how long?
>>283859188Ma Su mentioned!
>>283859239Hey, I know this place
>>283859563I trust Kokubun. He's my man
>>283868585Until morale improves
>>283859416trvke page
>shima is back on my birthday
>>283859563I hope no shitty mongolians show up.
>>283859239Connie Smith - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LySb_n7dCvA>>283859537dang that's pretty good>>283859563thanks, OP. Nobody's getting out of this well
>>283862980
>>283869647happy birthday anon!
>>283859188insane author's commentary to open your book with. by the way were there always a character list in previous volumes? I must have missed it.
>>283872453what the fuck is that thing doing here
>>283859188I like how four-kanji chinese proverbs are basically just like, Darmok talk.
>>283873845anon, sides asunder.
>>283869647Happy birthday, anon-kun!
>>283873824Snek is a new Hatsushib/a/ affiliate.
>>283873824a snek poster has been in this threads for quite a while now
The next chapter awaits.
>>283873824OI DON'T DO THAT TO HER, SHE'S A HARDWORKING SALARYSNEK
>>283859378japanese zoos, where animals are folded one hundred times.
>>283859563thanks op.
>>283862158Every lottery has a winner amongst the sea of losers.
Chapter 41
Trying this again. Apparently the site ate this page for some reason.
Solar bros, you've been cucked.Anyway that's it for today. Next time, Kokubun visits Xiaolan's family.
>>283883428nah, you can keep this cheap whore. thanks op.
>>283883204Damn, they even know about his sexcapades...
>>283883033Don Ho - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy6pFz8DZcU>>283883186S O L A R>>283883333it was started by the Qin (221–206 BC) but its current state is from the Qing (1644- 1912) because there were so many different interpretations and uses of the wall against the north, whether it should be a holistic fortification or just as a guide to move invaders to more opportunistic positions >>283883428thanks, OP>>2838838533 times a week, indeed
>Shima is back>Grandad passes awayBooked a last minute flight that's in 14h and the funeral's on FridayThis hectic pace and travel did make me think of Shima traveling everywhere all the time. I wouldn't wish it on anybody.
>>283883853They know about Pussy.
>>283883204never trust Solar rats
>>283884976sorry for your loss.
>>283883428Thanks, OP.
>>283884976I'm sorry for your loss, anon.
Jashin-chan collab when?
>>283883267No...
>>283883428Thank you for posting.
>>283888999I shouldn't argue with your digits but... yes.
>>283883186Enter??
>>283883312>>283883360Have mercy on an old man...
>>283890480You're playing a dangerous game, anon.
>>283891778Our bones are creaking.
>>283884976My condolences, anon.
>>283883428Is the competition back on or did it never end?
>>283884976>This hectic pace and travel did make me think of Shima traveling everywhere all the time. I wouldn't wish it on anybody.At least you get to make the funeral. Imagine having to decline such a thing because of work.
>>283873824Jashin-chan is a hard worker.
Snek is a natural resource.
>>283888006I wonder when the last Shima collab was.
Almost there!
>>283899336My mom had one of her best friends die once and had to miss the funeral because her mother-in-law needed at that exact moment to do things at her old house she was selling a few hours away.
Chapter 42
That's all for today. Next time, Kokubun and these men have a calm and reasonable chat.
>>283906084oh no no
>>283906340Time for the poorfags to face the samurai. Where's Chunhua when you need her?
>>283906209I didn't expect that he'd actually be okay with it
>>283906340dont tell me this guy is actually a japanese swordmaster. thanks op.
>>283906340THE ESCALATION
>>283907862We already know he used to do kendo and used his skills to beat up a drugged up Robert Baker so yes.
>>283906209Not sure I'd call that "emotional strength".
>>283906340Thank you for posting.
>>283906119Is a microwave really that much of an ask?
>>283909946Yes.
Hatsushib/a/ bump
>>283906256In all the Great Walls in all the Chinas, it had to be this one...
>>283909946Yes, it is. You don't let people turn you into a loot pinata. That is the way China does things, though, so Kokubun is going to have a bit of a culture clash. Handing over a daughter as property in exchange for valuable prizes is the typical Chinese standard of living.
>>283906163Close call, we don't want to humiliate kung fu further
>>283907862Swordmaster is putting it lightly
>>283913652kek
>>283913734Are all those smear frames supposed to be there or is it a transparency thing?
>>283905679Did she genuinely need her or was it untimely manipulation?
>>283859517peking duck! the king of chinese food!
>>283883250I'd at least try one.
>>283883405what a slut>>283883428>reach the top only to storm offlol
>>283906119>>283909946can't let some dirty peasant have the superior hatsushiba technology
>>283917844Transparency
>>283906145poor girl :(
>>283906209man is every girl that easy if you're a well-off old man? the amount of times this happens in this manga is insane.
>>283906256that was entirely your fault, lady.
>>283906316>killing intent detected
>>283906340>>283907862THE RETURN OF THE MASTER
>>283919492Somehow I had a hunch. Not that I understand it.
>>283919601kek
>>283919553There is a big dose of sanitization and wish fulfillment going on in this series when it comes to rich old men and their relationships with the women they finance. Reality pokes through sometimes, but overall the series tries to show a much rosier view of how these mercenary arrangements work.
>>283922587The fact that Shima is particularly good looking makes the frequency of his involvement a little less incredulous.
>>283919553I don't understand the question. What do you mean "every girl"? It is not hard to get married.
>>283919553Obviously
Chapter 43
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpxtRQpUwQg
the week I forget to search ‘shima’ in the catalog I find out a new thread has been up for days.
Finally someone made fun of him for being a dithering wimp. Anyway, next time sales are being affected and it may be due to corporate espionage.
>>283906036Frank Sinatra - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USkZoxZW9Ok>>283906340excitable boy>>283928863Lena Horne - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXJ8-E-jvuwor another Frankie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF36z7LPomY>>283928957fuck yeah>>283929034hardcore>>283929188thanks, OP. Shima's talk-no-justsu doesn't work here
>>283928894maybe call the cops?
>>283929188i've shitted on shima before when he didnt stand against the drunk washed up american band dude, but can you blame him here, c'mon, they're in their fifties.
>>283871264i mis white piggu
>>283913734>>283917844>>283919492It looks even cooler that way
>>283929034>>283929063>>283929086>>283929108>>283929127>>283929154>WW2
So is the whole China Arc a battle shounen?
>>283929034>>283929086>>283929108>>283929127It's another Nanking
>>283928980wwww man I'm loving this
>>283929063BONK
>>283929127MEN!
>>283929188Thanks OP
>>283929034OLD MEN FIGHTINGOLD MEN FIGHTING
>>283929034this is literally just yakuza lol
>>283929188we've learned shima is not a true Hatsushiba Gishi <loyal warrior>. nakazawa-tono must be so disappointed.
>>283929970PerhapsIt's not even the only fight in this volume.
>>283930556Oh boy!
>>283928937>By the way, Mama, why do you have the Kusanagi no Tsurugi in your shop?
>>283930295I'm surprised that I don't think Yakuza has ever had a Shima reference. Especially not in Y0 where it really would have fit and has a lot of other references to pop culture from the time period.
>>283929188Thank you for posting, OP.
>>283930351He abandoned his faith...
>>283929174>Don't think this is over!Out of every single trope this is always my biggest pet peeve. If you're a violent aggressor and you're slinking away yelling "This isn't over!" or "I'll have my revenge!" you're basically just stating that you need to be stopped and permanently put down immediately. Like why the hell would anyone just let you say that and then sit around waiting for you to come take their lives?
>>283936155They're media savvy enough to know that they will never see them again because they will either disappear into the unimportant character limbo or tattle to the big bad guy who will kill them for their failure.
>>283859183Lol
>>283931787they really missed the opportunity of ichiban holding's rival be hatsushiba too.
>>283859183Meh
>>283859517I do love me some peking duck.Also 100 years is impressive, but considering how long China's been around I would have guessed they would have older businesses. Like those english pubs who basically became town landmarks and been around for 400+ years.
>>283941702That would've been fun.
>>283884976my condolences
>>283919553shima is power fantasy for ojisans of japan
Soon!
>>283883163>You're not an employee of Hatsushiba anymoreI think I missed something because the last thing I remember was Chinese mafia shit.
>>283947825It was explained at the end of Division Chief. When they move up into management, they essentially resign and become entrustees of the company and are no longer, technically, employees since they're the people running things while the employees are the common workers and middle managers.
Almost there
Chapter 44
Oh no, is Xiaolan actually feeding info to Solar? Well, that'll go on the backburner for a bit because business comes first and next time, Shima and Hatsushiba start cutting the dead weight.
>>283951464shima the heartless.>>283951552what a twist. thanks op.
>>283951552seems a bit sudden for a twist
>>283951441>how can we compete with cheap chinese goods?! >just make cheap chinese goods ourselves, dummy
>>283951464shameful display
>>283951521>what's wrong, division chiefso this guy is chinese shima.>>283951552he even discovers the spy through sheer coincidence!
>>283951552Kokubun can take a seppuku
>>283951552Thank you for posting.
>>283951552Thanks.
>>283958479C'mon!
>>283951305I love these snob burns, very colonial
>>283951498Mmm I love Kiriei beer! Nodogoshi!
>>283951552Rut roooo!
>>283960931All it's missing is one of them laughing and calling it "wonderfully quaint."
>>283960931Comeback from a different era.
This is a Solar Electric sponsored post.
>>283922587
>>283970305
>>283951552>Shima and Hatsushiba start cutting the dead weightOh man, it's going to get brutal.
Chapter 45
That's it for today. Next time, Shima and company have to deal with Misuzawa's widow.
>>283975745thanks op
>>283975273>hatsuhsiba
>>283975401poor guy
>>283975453Ice cold.
>>283975568WHAT AM I FIGHTING FORRRRRR
>>283975298by now we all know what happens when someone plays a good round of golf in this series.
>>283975714Jesus. I guess that's one way of avoiding the bad time of firing your employees.
>>283977913>>283975401fuck you're right...
>>283975426I don't really understand, are they employing higher-paid japanese workers in these part factories? if they're in china using chinese workers what makes their product pricier?
>>283975624poor guy, damn.
>>283975745shima has blood in his hands. it's very interesting that we're getting into the cutthroat side of business like this, gives a lot more nuance to their "salaryman honor". this china arc is shaping up to be one of my favorites.
>>283975624legit crash or an hero?
>>283951251suspicion was the first chapter in Division Chief, and I know this because of how much it played while I was setting up that playlist. So I'm going with Ronnie McDowell's take this time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwPvCA3CAoY>>283975215Eric Clapton - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVqXLXMch9g>>283975365big gulp>>283975652damn this is areal mess>>283975745thanks, OP
>>283979013The Chnese companies likely contract cheaper than the Japanese ones.
>>283980800yeah but why? this scene >>283975596 implies japanese workers went along with the factory changing to china, is that the case?
>>283980901Japanese companies are encouraged to move their factories to China so they can make parts without the cost of import fees. The Japanese workers work alongside Chinese workers essentially teaching the Chinese workers how to make these parts. Now that there's Chinese workers with knowledge of how to do it, they leave and go to Chinese companies that are all Chinese workers. Chinese workers are cheaper so the Chinese companies are cheaper to work with and the Chinese companies are fine with it because it's strengthening domestic manufacturing. Because Chinese companies are cheaper, the Japanese companies decide to work with them especially since their margins are already thin because their products are having to compete with cheaper domestic ones.The Japanese companies always assumed this was a distinct possibility but as said they didn't expect it to happen so fast. In the end the larger companies don't really care as long as they're still making money. Smaller companies and ones dependent on the larger ones for business really have no choice: they go along with it or go under but given how the business is and all manufacturing shifts to cheaper companies it's all but inevitable anyway. It's a symptom of how the neoliberal policies declared "line go up" to be the only metric that matters. Hollowing out your own domestic industry and essentially empowering your rivals to eventually supplant you doesn't matter so long as your quarters look good. And once domestric industrial production has been destroyed there's no real getting it back because it'll never be able to compete with cheaper outsourced labor. Once China gets too expensive it'll move elsewhere which is already happening (Vietnam is the big one and IIRC China's starting to move a lot of its mannufacturing to places like Cambodia and Bangladesh). But there are probably others who know better than I would since I'm not a business person or economist.
>>283981404I understood all that. it's just that the idea of bringing the japanese workers along, and continue paying them the same relative higher salary seems kinda crazy to be doing in the first place.
>>283981919It was just shitty foresight and underestimating the Chinese. Basically they didn't care because they thought the bill wouldn't be due for another generation at least and any day things were going to turn around.
>>283975745Thank you for posting.
bump for more readers
>>283975453>There's no company in the world that someone else will swoop in to rescue if they failed.Ohhh... no....
>>283975520It's really tough to tell whether it's better to get your contract canceled coldly through a letter in the mail, or invited out to game of golf at a fashionable hotel, allowed to win, and then told in person your career is over.
>>283985764Oh, well, disregard, I guess that didn't end up well at all!
>>283975453KEK
>>283975714Oh man.>>283975745Thanks, OP. Guess the lesson here is to never play golf if you're a Japanese salaryman in Shimaverse.
>>283985815hehe
>>283975714RIP ;__;
>>283975453why don't they lower the cost of manufacture by lowering their wages?
>>283975476Man, this couldn't be relevant today.
>>283981404NTA but naruhodo.
>>283981404>It's a symptom of how the neoliberal policies declared "line go up" to be the only metric that matters.You can't magic a law that says "make economy good now" into being. People tried that; everyone either starved to death our put each other in mass graves.>doesn't matter so long as your quarters look good. Quarters looking good means people get to have jobs and eat. If only people could just stop eating for a few years so we could orchestrate the perfect economic system for them. I tell you, we'd have the utopia if only it weren't for all these damn people.
Chapter 46
>>284000023>you are lonesome tonightSHIMA DON'T YOU DARE GO AFTER MISUZAWA'S WIDOW
Whoops, anyway that's it for today. Next time, Shima and Koriyama contemplate Japan's future both in China and in general.
>>284000204brutally realistic
>>284000407this was the strongest character death since nakazawa, and it blends emotional moments with business politics in a very strong way. 10/10 would never step foot in china again.
>>283997423I think you're mistaking "line go up" mentality with capitalism as a whole, but that's not correct. You can have capitalism without the manic focus on short term profits. Businesses have plenty of long-term considerations they could focus on instead (like building and maintaining a competent, loyal labor force instead of letting the competency crisis fester), but if they're publicly traded then they're beholden to fickle and impatient investors who don't give a flying fuck about whether the business exists two years from now so long as next quarter looks good.Or to put it another way, not all decisions that are good for investors are good for consumers, employees, or even the business' own long term health.
>>284000829I think what made this death hit harder was how meaningless it is in the grand scheme of things. Previous Shima deaths happened to characters who had a clear goal or recent triumph, but this was just a random guy screwed over by economic conditions.
>>284000071the squad
>>284000329bushido...
>>284000407philososhima
>>284002364>come on mr. anon, we're going golfing
>>284000329damn
>>284001646yeah he really did nothing wrong and was merciless thrown under the bus. and one of his last thoughts was about paying his employees, he was a hero and a real human bean.
>>284000329He embodied the true spirit of Yamato
>>284000329a real human bean
>>284002525>>284000329fully expecting an assasination attempt on shima by 47 loyal employees some volumes down the line.
>>284000071>yfw some slutty widow is waiting for you
>>284000329i doubt life insurances pay for traffic incidents where you're at fault.
>>284000407thanks op.
>>284000023The King - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFJnajUkreI>>284000237>its easier than asking questions>>284000329but will they trust the Chinese police record?>>284000407thanks, OP
>>283859183
>>284000329Why does everyone goes full Death of the Salesman in the manga? Do Asians see Wily Loman as a paragon?
>>284004649Personal injury attorneys will get that money. This guy must have pretty good lawyers to commit suicide
>>284004649It was determined by the cops not to be his fault and the chapter never actually says one way or the other that he killed himself and even gives plausible outs. It's intentionally left ambiguous beyond the wife's own gut feeling but that isn't a firm yes or no either so the insurance company really has no choice.>>284007655That's sort of a theme from day one. Salarymen lead somewhat pathetic lives where their loyalty can amount to nothing based on essentially the whims of fate, that their devotion to the job often leaves their personal lives complete disasters, but it's the path they chose to walk so they'll keep walking it until they get to whatever the end happens to be.
>>284009673>It was determined by the cops not to be his fault>>284000098even if it wasnt intentional he's the one at fault here, there's no doubt. no insurance would pay unless you can prove he had a stroke or whatever.
>>284009762Japanese insurance might not be as coldheartedly willing to do everything in its power to avoid paying like American insurance.
>>284000869And that isn't the problem facing Japan in this manga. In fact, it specifically laid out the problems in previous chapters. It's not the fault of le greedy investors that their China ship is sinking. Hanging all the kulaks will not fix the economic problems, anon. Again, it's been tried.
H/a/tsushiba bump
>>283859183awesome
>>284013952Hell yeah!
>>284004649They'll have a hard time proving fault. Depending on the insurance company and what he was paying them if it's ambiguous they'll opt to simply pay out since it more than balances out in the end.
>>284000329>>284003139
>>283899336I'm back from the sudden tripYeah I'm happy that I actually managed to get there, it did highlight just how little I know of how to behave in situations like that. Best I could do was just listen along, share stories and hope people get everything off their chests as I just nodded along.
>>284020166I think for the most part that's the best anyone can do. If you're hosting something like that it's the outcome you're hoping for.
>>284000407>>284000435Thank you for posting.
Spoon
Chapter 47
That's it for today. Next time, Kokubun learns the bad news.
>>284026842Oh I love that one.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLLEBAQLZ3Q
>>284026954cultivation manga
>>284027175Shima looks old for once in the third panel.
>>284027398the years start coming and they don't stop coming
>>284027250First picture I opened from the board index. Thought the last panel was a rooftop overlooking the carpark and they were talked down from jumping.
>>284027297no honorno dignity
>>284026954so the problem is jap managers have grown complacent.
>>284026975god forbid having an easy life when there's profit to be made.
>>284027010make chunhua the CEO!
>>284027153yeah right...
>>284027175>>284027200hahahahaha they actually quoted it. can't get more on the nose than this.
>>284027297interesting chapter. feels like hirokane was putting out what's on his mind there, a little boomerism of "kids these days don't want to work" coupled with the somber idea that japan simply missed the train.
>>284027788I think you missed the last volume where there was an entire chapter basically spent on "education in Japan is too soft these days and kids have it too good which means the Japaese have grown complacent and lazy while the Chinese and Koreans are ground into dust and that's why they're passing us."
>>284027297Bitches and whores.
>>284028429Owari da...
>>284027222>Toyota>HondaWhat are these companies?
>>284027175>we've been in this recession for so longWho's gonna tell him?
>>284010625Wasn't it laid out that Japan is simply facing the inevitable diminishing returns that come with any system that is in place for long enough? Once the US was no longer propping their industries up and the catch up effect no longer applied, there was only only so much room left to grow.Capitalism in the modern sense faces this problem because it, like any system, has its limits after bringing benefits beyond its peak period for each nation. The problem is that after the Cold War, we have yet to figure out where to go after the current systems run their course and are no longer beneficial.
>>284030762It seemed to be making strides or at least holding steady until covid. It'll be interesting to see how that's eventually covered because it definitely will be once it makes it to that point.
>>284027297thanks op.
>>284026842Louis Armstrong - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rnd8GWhvBG0but that's a nice catch, too >>284027304>>284026886So why aren't the Japanese being very good at their jobs? Sounds like a training issue>>284027200https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWRijKNux28>>284027297thanks, OP. What will Shima do to end doomerism? You can't luck your way into a generational mindset change, but he can breed a new one (3 times a week)
>>284033106man I wish the whole anime was made up of just those song sections, real stand out performance. https://youtu.be/sxKc6SrC0Nw
>>284027297Thank you for posting.
>>284028429The struggle is real.
>>284026886>>284026906>>284026929What a way to get immediately thrown outside the board, were it not a fictional manga.
>>284037143Realistically what would you expect? Just curious.
>>284030332We just don't know.
>>283975624Damn
>>283981404I'm completely green on all of this, but what confuses me is why would Chinese workers move to Chinese companies if they're cheaper? Wouldn't this imply that they're getting better compensation at Japanese companies?Or is it some case of a worker at a Japanese company getting a higher position at a Chinese one, training the new blood so the individual is doing better while still working at a technically worse workplace?
>>284042490Might be a temporal / cultural thing. I hope it gets talked about more later.
Don't die on me yet
>>284046986We'll make it, brother.
Chapter 48
That's it for today. Next time, Kokubun confronts Xiaolan.
>>284051893Thanks, OP.There are just no brakes in the China arc huh.
>>284051639so this is what shima means when he said the chinese are hard working. company counter-espionage!
>>284051893lol he looks like a shrine statue.
>>284051893Damn, Hirokane went all out drawing this page.
>>284051587a thousand years of death upon her
>>284051700shima about to work his shima sexual magic
>>284051893guest artist Masahi Tanaka
>>284051826
>>284051893wwwwwwww what a goddamn page. Thanks, OP.
>>284051893the more lines he draw, the heavier the emotions
>>284051501Jim Reeves https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTCeDFEGdpA>>284051639with a Hatsushiba digital camera, of course!>>284051826>inb4 he deals with this via violence>>284051893thanks, OP
>>284054324>with a Hatsushiba digital camera, of course!Always gotta promote the brand.
>>284051893Thank you for posting.
>>284051772Is this how they do it? Forbidden old men knowledge
>>284051893The Shogunate will authorize this duel
>>284000407Thanks for the dump
>>284051893grown ass men fighting over literal whores, no wonder japanese economy is in recession. thanks op.
>>284053859Interesting observation.
>>284051803>>284051893Never trust women.
Is Solar Electric Hatsushiba's nemesis? It's hard to think of other names that could take that spot.
>>284068278they're more like a rival. the true nemesis is the declining dedication of the newer generations and the chinese.
>>284068325We thought we had defeated nature with industry and technology but instead we forfeited the battle against the nature within.
>>284069695hmm, could our faltering economy be the result of its own unrealistic expectations of continuous growth? no, it's those lazy kids! back in my day we worked overtime delivering calendars for our company's honor and we liked it!
>>284069953I think it's less continuous growth and more the expectations and disappointments of modern living. We don't express or satisfy our desires the same way we used to, those same desires that drive cultures, economies and nations. Our plans hinged on those desires not changing.
We're close.
>>284074395
Chapter 49
>>284076340is that a feng shuei hole in the right building?
>You can cuck me all you want but don't cuck the company!
That's it for today. Next time, Kokubun must restore his and Hatsushiba's honor.
>>284076654I guess I can sorta see where he's coming from. It's one thing to be an old man who's probably just playing around with charming young women at his age. It's another thing when your affairs endanger your source of income.
>>284076499busted
>>284076654the company loyalty has always been so ridiculous lol
>>284076654she actually did it the absolute madwoman
>>284076703real hero
>>284076437fast undresser
>>284076577smooth criminal
>>284076654A TRVE JAPANESE SALARYMAN
>>284076785>Next time, Kokubun must restore his and Hatsushiba's honor.Who's dying?
>>284076785Thank you for posting, Shima OP.
>>284078284The Japanese economy.
>>284078284The thread is just about over so whatever, I may as well just get this one out of the way.Chapter 50
>>283859183Is there a torrent available of the older chapters? There's nothing on NCAA or anywhere.
>>284081637You can just grab everything from the translator's site. They've got downloads for each volume.
>You should find something more sensible than violence.>I see, you have a poi—NAH FUCK THAT, HONOR DEMANDS WE SETTLE IT LIKE SAMURAI MOTHERFUCKER!
The dishonor has been dealt with, I guess. Anyway that's it for real this time. Next time, Shima visits Nami in New York.
>>284081590ah not want no trouble!
>>284081680>think of a more sensible course of action>>284081709>shows up with two (bamboo) swordsI fucking love kokubun
>>284081751I like that he >>284081730 catches the sword and immediately understands what's going to happenHONORABLE DISPLAY
>>284081903I adore this manga. hirokane must've been watching some chanbara and thought "I gotta include a sword fight somehow!"
>>284081877>hit his leg so much he tore the clothes and left it bloodyJesus dude
>>284076703and a real human bean
>>284081787what a manI fucking love this lad
>>284081903>*sword drop*Thanks, OP. What a treat this manga is, man.
>>284026886>/chin/ is laughing at us again, /jp/....Didn't expect that to be the next arc.
>>284081903What a man. Thanks OP.
>>284076364damn i should get some pork buns todaystakeouts are so comfy>UTAH-KUN, FUTATSU!
>>284081826Used to do chanbara, that was fun. If you got hit in one arm, you could still continue, you just had to hold that arm behind your back like it was cut off.
Last for snek is best!
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