Shibuya Near Family chapter 173: Ikko's skin becomes beautiful>(*Glisten~*)>You have such lovely skin, Ikko-chan.>Sign: Beautician club>How did you get it to become so silky?>[Beautician club president - Uetto Aya]>I take measures to ensure that I'm fine if I happen to be recorded —>at all times.>Yes... The fact that I got this beautiful skin>(Whoo!)>was all thanks to "societal regression".>Get set, ready...>(*Bang!*)
>(*Dash*)>(*Slam*)>She still can't run straight ahead, huh.>Even though she's really fast.>Ouch...>Hm!?>Banner: Win, red team!>The letters>are so slim.>Shouldn't a cheering banner normally have thicker text?>Banners: Do your best, certain victory, etc.>That's the age we live in now.
>Lately, even the lines on pedestrian crossings>have been getting slimmer and slimmer.>Maybe they're trying to conserve paint?>There might be a manpower shortage, too.>Pedestrian overpasses keep getting removed at a steady rate, too.>And since there aren't enough drivers,>Sign: Shibuya station>they keep cutting down on buses, as well.>Our societal regression>has begun.>The countryside will lose its gas stations,>and roads will no longer get paved.>Water distribution is going to stop working,>and we'll go back to drawing water from wells.>And it's not just infrastructure, either.>The quality of our entertainment is dropping, too.
>Kouhaku will be filled with amateurish singers,>Shonen Sunday will gradually keep taking more breaks until it goes from weekly to monthly,>and the Chunichi Dragons will drop their play to the level of sandlot baseball.>That's already the case...Kouhaku is NHK's annual New Year's special, which pits the most popular musicians of the year against each other in a singing contest.>Maybe the lines at the Scramble Crossing will become thinner, too?>If that happens...>It'll just be this in the center.>It looks kind of angry now.>If we run out of tourist attractions,>then perhaps, by the time we've all become old grannies,>Shibuya will have gone back to being just a village.>But...>What are we supposed to produce, then?>Potatoes?>That's the issue?>Naturally, we won't be able to maintain the internet infrastructure either,>and everything will go back to being analog.>>291364183I had a little brainfart, change that last line before *bang* to>Ready, set...
>We can only accept societal regression.>There's no point in trying to fight against it.>So, at long last...>I'll get to use those mythical phones you have to swirl round and round!>I gotta start practicing!>(*Swirl swirl*)>(*Swirl swirl*)>(*Thmp thmp thmp*)>Several kids have started feeling unwell! I'm taking them to the nurse's office!>Well, this is a problem. We don't have enough participants for the next contest.>Even here, manpower shortage has caused societal regression to begin.>Oh, stop it, you.>Who wants to replace the missing people?>Here.>Huh!?>The next event is...>Costume relay!>(Kyaa kyaa!)
>Societal regression>has begun!>Actually, isn't this more futuristic than anything?>P... Pervert!>I'm not listening.>The three lines on those sneakers>have turned into a wi-fi symbol!>The lines of all the logos>are becoming thinner!>Oww... I scratched my arm.>Get the first-aid kit!>Even the cross symbol>has become slimmer!
>Here are the results!>(Whoooo!)>Don't tell me!?>Even Fuchita-sensei's and Shimamoro-sensei's lines>(*Thiiiin~*)>are becoming thinner!Reference to Fujita Kazuhiro and Shimamoto Kazuhiko, two veteran Sunday mangaka of roughly the same generation as Kumeta, known for their bold linework.>Geez... I'm going to stop being a fan at this rate~>Do it! Do it!>Hm!?>Thinking about it, isn't societal regression>actually beneficial for me?>I might not be good at studying,>(Hah-haa!)>but we'll be living in a future where strength is all that matters.>I wonder about that.>Who!?>If lines keep getting thinner due to societal regression,>you're in for an unhappy future, Ikko-chan.
>Scoop!>Direct hit against the rumored I-san (29)>"What's so bad about that!?">Made from kneaded erasers - The "dark squishy" problem>Confiscated dark squishyLight-up squishies are squishy toys that light up when squeezed. Presumably the dark squishy is some kind of homebrew creation of Ikko's.>The black bar's way too thin.>I made it with AI.>Why are you assuming that I'll end up becoming a lowlife in the future!?>That's not going to hide who the person is at all.>Make it thicker!>They're selling these things on Amazon.>Censor bar glasses - Add to cart>Can't you just start wearing these in your day-to-day life?>To be honest, we can tell it's you even with those.>So what am I supposed to do!?>Can you tell it's me now?>Looks like my mom's anti-UV equipment.>(*Shine...*)>Shibuya Duty Diary - I won't be able to find Waldo if his stripes get thinner.>Sidebar: So she ended up protecting her skin, and it became beautiful as a result (laughs).Thanks for reading!
Any idea if this a reference to something, by the way? My only guess was Demi-fiend from SMT3, but it doesn't really fit.
>>291364558Thank you for posting and translating!
>>291364877this? TM revolution - Hot limit
>>291370745Yes, that looks to be it. I suppose it's an iconic outfit in Japan.Not too bad of a song either, listening to it.
