Chapter 81Shima returned to China, meeting Chen at the airport and informing him on what went down in Japan which confirmed their suspicions of Zeng having underworld ties. They took the China's new maglev train back to Shanghai which they found to be a bit of a disconcerting experience and upon arriving back, Shima received a call from Noriko. Sun had collapsed and was now in the hospital.Previous >>288937905
>>288959191LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Ah yes, the old "I was only pretending to be retarded" strategy.
That's it for today. Next time, Sun fires the first shot against Zeng.
>>288959199Why is he in children's hospital
>>288959771I'm pretty sure it's Beijing Nine Children, I assume some kind of reference to some Chinese something or other, not Beijing Nine and then Children as the hospital type.
>>288959400dun dun dun
>>288959457yeah but he still fucked you over with that ad
>>288961495Sun's already thought 20 steps ahead so even if Zeng wins it'll all be part of his plan like a character from a Greg Weisman cartoon.
Bumpo
Yes, Shima is back! Was he ever gone? As if!
>>288959771>>288960752Beijing Children's Hospital (北京儿童医院）appears to be a real hospital, but "Beijing 9 Children Hospital" (北京九童医院). Not sure why Hirokane replaced 儿 with 九. Maybe he didn't want to get sued?
>>288963115I mean most everything in the series is an off-brand version of real things to the point where when you see an actual company mentioned it's kind of surprising. Even otherwise stadnard organizations like the ruling party in the Shimaverse being the fictional Democratic Party and not the actual Liberal Democratic Party. I'd guess it probably comes down Japanese laws not really being protective of parody and other things like that so it's safer to just change one or two moonrunes to change the name. Sort of like how a lot of manga nowadays will have references asterisked or O'd out in the mdidle of the name.
>>288963843>when you see an actual company mentioned it's kind of surprisingFunnily enough it happened in this >>288959469 and the last chapter >>288937989, and yeah it was surprising.
>>288959469Thank you for posting!
>>288959384It was I, Mr. Shima
>>288959400act like a foolthink like a brilliant
>>288959400I'm sorry I ever doubted you Sun Rui-dono
>>288959400ALL ACCORDING TO KEIKAKU
>>288959469thanks
This thread will live.
I'm happy to see all of your faces again for out somewhat quarterly Hatsushib/a/ meeting.Get yourselves a drink to not let the summer heat get the best of you.
>>288959469Thanks, OP.Is the China arc moving to a climax?
>>288959295a whole ass bottle every day?
>>288959400suncoin going up
>>288959469thanks op.
Who is sponsoring this thread? I have a complaint.
>>288975465why, nothing less than the prestigious shangai chufa group.
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is being a nip salaryman really this exciting?
>>288976436You decide
>>288976436What do you think
Chapter 82
>>288978060still going strong though
That's it for today. Next time, Sun makes his move.
>>288978246thanks op. i like zeng, pity things look grim for him.
>>288978246Thank you for posting!
>>288978393He thought he was a big dog but underestimated what a true big dog Sun actually was.
>>288978393Maybe he can pivot somehow.
>>288978197Those are either some strangely placed speech bubbles or the TL team messed up.
>>288983560It's just bad/misplaced speech bubbles. The tail on the second one shouldn't have been there to indicate it was being spoken by someone off panel.
>>288983703Now I'm imagining Sun saying it himself in a mocking voice, anticipating Zeng's question
I've had the whole "Government wanted to have students use pi as 3" conversation come up multiple times in the past few months.
>>288959400CHESSMASTER
>>288976436You telling me you DON'T want to get shot at by communists while a dying latin-american man professes his love for you?
>>288988080this was a kino moment
>>288959437Oh! Oh! This is one of my favourite longer Kabuki stories.https://youtu.be/eGXTm7A2eCc?is=fIgShSTS2DT7CrL9Although I recommend watching all the previous parts of Chu in the playlist too. If you like it, the dvd rips as well as the script books are all available in your favourite weapon downloading sites.The tea house scene and the sushi shop scene from Senbon Zakura are two of my favourite small enclosed side stories with a tragic plan.
Shima,,,LVIE!
>>288959437>>288990300it always ALWAYS comes back to chuushingura. japan never left the edo period.
>>288975465solar foreber
so when will hatsushiba change names to penasonic?
>>288983372he should try going limp
>>288993914kek
>>288993877I'm pretty sure it happens around the time Matsushita changes its name IRL.
SOON(ish)
>>288997037That makes sense.
Chapter 83
That's all for today. Next time, Shima attempts to warn Shimoyanagi.
>>289001536> Hunter x Hunter chapter 411
>>289001263>>289001295notice how shima side-stepped taking a position in such a delicate discourse to later side with the winner, as always.
>>288959191How has this gone on so long that he's an actual director at the company now lol? Do the average sarariman even relate to him still?
>>289001536>>289001567cool, i didnt expect it.>>289001614thanks op.
>>289002723Director? Buddy he's going to eventually run the company. I think after a point it stopped being more Average Salaryman and more a vehicle to explore broader and higher level economic, business and political issues. And the occasional crime drama sidequest.
>>289002723He's as relatable as anyone who climbed the corporate ladder can get.
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>>289001614Thank you for posting, OP!
Hatsushiba? more like HatsuCHINAgottem
>>289009101
>>289001536>>289001567chat is this a glow up
>>289002121kek
>>289006716Oi, you're on Hatsushiba turf! We won't take this disrespect lying down. Expect consequences.
>>289001614Thanks, OP.I was expecting some retaliation from Zheng. Guess he knows better.
>>289014410I don't think it's over yet, dude iced his girl without blinking an eye.
>>289002723Honestly, you'd be surprised. So many talking points in Shima I've experienced in the real world.See, my area manager was technologically ilterate and mostly illiterate as is. She was as sharp as a tool in everything else, just couldn't write. Real boomer striker powers. Anyway, I spent many a year basically being her doppelganger. I would attend all the virtual meetings, I would write most of her emails to the regional etc. Was real easy during covid.Things like China joining the WTO, the neo-colonialism of Africa, the chases to the bottom of the labour ladder all absolutely keep bring bought up and chucked around. My chain was in jewellery and just like the Sunshine arc, i was taught about CDs bring a litmus for the entire changing retaik scenery. Not for high end expensive jewellery but there was a while where CDs, CD Players and that technology was a more strong middle class signifier than the high Street jewellery shops. Which created a crazy pivot into silver of all things because silver was dogshit cheap and you could counter signal silver the same way many anti-cd musicians were like. The CD, China and everything was where the social signalling / symbol became far more at the forefront than anything else. Which sounds daft but before there was a degree of taste, audience and mutual interaction. Instead of the "selling you yourself" style. Perhaps it was just a British thing but spending the years learning of the history of the company, shitty owners and crazy leadership was really interesting. You see plenty of "burned everything else for the ladder" type guys and you hear about how they crashed through 4 women in messy divorces and now just exist to scream about KPIs like a last years KPI was their dead son. Shima's passiveness has sort of become a rarity, but that's also because the entire retail sector is in a plane screaming "pull up!" while air control is telling the cabin crew everything is gonna be okay.
>>288959191>sun had collapsedhas shima manga transformed from capitalist dystopia to actual existential end of the world dystopia while i skipped a few chapters?
>>289002855that's surprising, from the few chapters i read i thought it was just a layer of varnish over another "i fuck lots of girls, i'm a self-insert for salarymen" story. a bit shocked that it got more legit.>>289004951i see...>>289015040very interesting anon thank you
>>289015115It was inevitable.
Seems like you need Solar to bail you out of this page 10 situation.Pathetic, really.
where's the anon who picked the songs that each chapter name is referring to?i miss you, please come back...
>>289001536https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1UtRnGn5hc
>>289001536>JIE XIE WE NEED TO COOK
>>289016900I would decimate him into next year. I would chikan him like that one train doujin with kira yoshikage.Then I'd go NTR Chizuru from both the pussy eater and Shima. You can't stop me. I want my cake and I'll eat it.
>>289019389
>>289016902well, at least shima will make a fine raider in postapocalyptic desert
Chapter 84
That's all for today. Next time, Shima meets a woman.
>>289021212>It's 10 times more potent than marijuana
>>289021212Well If I'm ever captured by Chinese thugs I now know how to scream NOOOO in Chinese
oh shit we are SO back>>288937913Neil Sedaka - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FqSOWdMOGI>>288959191Nat King Cole - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpSzSyjKl1kFrank Sinatra - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BE-wUPEO6A>>288977877Nick Lukas - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSzZXwsWef0>>289001161Benny Goodman Quintet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djeVV3zVAv4>>289001536what a champ. Thanks, OP>>289019103Gomenasorry, I went camping
and the new chapter is posted while I was following up>>289020989Ella Fitzgerald - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSw8KaZIzYg>>289021004look at the prosperity of the people's chairman and the wealth of the nation he helped form>>289021272thanks, OP. I don't think Shima needs to meet any new women
>>289022174>I don't think Shima needs to meet any new womenWhat about old women
>>289022455That's more of Shima's style
>>289022174>I don't think Shima needs to meet any new womenHe should meet me ~>>289021061>>289021078Shima can't be this retarded with the new hire-girl hired and planted right where the salarymen go. Maybe Mama should be on the ball more, but she's already walking enough lines with the business she's in. >>289021040somethingsomething shima's passiveness somethingsomething fuckwit something something
>>289021272thanks op. to think our shima could also be sleeping with the fishes, he was wise to be prudent though in a way he doomed the guy.
>>289023282I assume he likely thought Eiraku was a safe place but yeah not expecting Zeng to know about her and Shimoyanagi and then planting a spy there was naive.
>>289021272Thank you for posting, OP!
>>289021230>new girl is a snake
>>289022174>I don't think Shima needs to meet any new womenWell you better prepare yourself. This one is even more trouble than usual.
>>289022045glad to see you around anon
>>289026245This arc is weird in that I don't actually like or care for the woman at all. She sure as hell doesn't compare to Yang or Kumiko or any of them. But the actual shit that he gets involved in because of her is like all the dangerous crime stuff in the series combined into one story so far.
>>289021436kek same
>>289021212Too many marijuanas...
>>289015115https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcg5GUFPHfw
>>289015115What's dystopian about it? Compared to what?
>>289032025more like https://youtu.be/jKcECdy847s
Shima is an asshole by circumstance (forced to exist in a world populated by seemingly nothing but shrewd, corrupt businessmen). Unfortunate but it happens. That crazy middle manager side character, though? He's an asshole for pure love of the game. Somebody keep an eye on him.I miss Konno and Chizuru and even his daughter.
>>289034769am I the only one who was left somewhat disappointed by Konno? he was setup to be a major pain in the ass for shima and a big hurdle to get over, but he barely managed to inconvenience him. he didn't feel like the reoccurring mini boss he was supposed to be. I did like the end of his story though
>>289034967Hm, not really, but it's hard to explain, when you write or vocalise these things I always feel like I lose the vibe..Like Konno is introduced as a villain, but he isn't really, not at heart. He's an asshole, retard and bully but not deliberately evil. As the series goes on, Shima starts seeing many friendly faces who are actually corrupt, actually filled with malice that sort of just get away with it. Konno is very active, like Shima and ends up being more of a truth-cutter by his bullshit, which is why Konno was pretty up front every time about the shit that he got up too. When he lies about his wife, it's because he just went and sorted it out and took his shit. Every time he wanted to take his grudges out, he went straight to people above Shima. He was conniving, but honest about it. Konno is the platonic office villain, in a sense, but he's not actually evil. He understands his place. He takes his punishments while also vocalizing it. Konno didn't cause the death of anyone, or abandon kids. He wasn't yakuza, he wasn't stock fiddling, he wasn't even a race to the bottom labour guy. Konno actually was kinder to his wife than Shima has been with a bunch of his lays. Shima's sitting there talking about what to do in old age but Konno keeps pushing that boulder, considering the thesuicide the chapter before, it's a testament to how "pure" Konno ended up being. Him as the honest, petty office politics kinda asshole, makes Shima more honest and the real corrupt guys more evil.the more I type this out the more he reminds me of my one true husbando and now I'm gonna neck myself.
>>289021436>>289030261no you don'tChinese pronunciation is absolute bullshit
>>289034967Business is can never be as antagonistic, it's just the corporate grudging
SOON
>>289034967Nah, I think his role was always intended to be minor annoyance more than major obstacle. Shima's obstacles are larger and more abstract things like market forces.
>>289035933>suicideNTA but I completely blanked that part out.It wasn't Konno tho right? It's someone else in my memory.
Chapter 85
>>289040398It was one of Shima's coworkers in the last volume of the previous part. They talk about the struggles of being an older man, soon to to be lack of work and other things. Guy gets drunk and jumps out of the window into the river. >>289041663>>289041731You're a real card, Shima!
That's it for today, things with this woman are going to continue for the rest of the volume. Next time, Shima's distracted.
>>289041797Luckshitted once again
>>289041645Wow, what an interesting cultural quirk! I'm sure it never causes problems.
>>289041393Repeat of a Division Chief song, so I'll use the original Ethel Merman this time instead of Coltrane - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RughwTuJzc4>>289041623the ol' spicy tea pot, you rat!>>289041645Always gotta save face>>289041756France really changed Shima; I can't imagine any Japanese man asking for a light after-dinner of vin et fromage>>289041844nice. Thanks, OP
>>289041844thanks op. classic shima being lucky with the ladies.
>>289035933>spoilerAnon... why would you admit something like that?
>>289041578we all know where this is going
>>289043692It's okay, Kaiki-kun is like my failson Kumagawa, they'd be okay being compared to Konno. Means they get to be Sisyphus even harder for me. >>289041963>izzat lessons from china
>>289034967Konno's role was to be a pretty unlikeable guy but I like that Hirokane had an arc for him and was able to incorporate how retirement works for the regular joes and not just the C-Suite.
>>289041505>>289041527mmm, Camel....
>>289041578Secretary bros, stay strong.
>>289041578bull shit
>>289047821She doesn't compare to a lot of them. Kumiko may be a slutty nympho but she was still hotter.
