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| THIS IS A MANGA ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS ANYTHING BEYOND THIS CHAPTER. ---------------------------------------- New chapter, new volume and new protagonist(?). Before I continue, let me just get out of the way the blatant reference to aberrations, specifically Hanekawa's... I mean come on! He literally went out of his way to mention that 'it's not like her hair turned black or she was wearing any new clothing'. There's actually another reference to Nekomonogatari, as Oyagiri is spelled with the Kanji for "Kindness", and that is the name of the chapter for Nekomonogatari Shiro. Anyways. So apparently we are seeing through the eyes of a one, Oyagiri Mamoru, for whom is a security guard at an art museum. There he meets three people that changed his life. The first of which is Okitegami Kyouko, for whom told him the monetary value of a painting he is stationed next to. Twice in fact, and she gives two different answers: $200 Million Yen to $2 Million Yen respectively. Time to point out that monetary value for artistic property seems to be an ongoing motif for this series. The second was a young boy named Hakui Riko- possible prodigy artist that draws said painting in pencil, reproducing it with precise accuracy. He reveals to us that the painting is that of Planet Earth (and we are also told by Mamoru that the painting is called "Mother" implying "Mother Earth"), but Hakui doesn't seem to hold it in high regard. In fact, he even calls the painting- and by extension any painting with color, ugly and dirty. That's why he used a pencil instead of a brush, because he likes to draw in monochrome. I also want to point out that there was a lot of mention of parents. When Hakui first meets Mamoru, he says that "The parents have a legal obligation to send their children to school; but the children aren't legally obliged to go.", and then later he stumbles when he says "my house", then calling it "his guardian's house" before giving up. Then we have the literal interpretation of "Oyagiri" which means "cutting parents", then yeah, that's about it. Again, the painting is called "Mother". I wonder if his mentor is his guardian. The last person, and most important to change his life was an unexplained old man named Wakui who destroyed the painting for reasons unknown. After he did so, Mamoru put him in a Nelson hold and questioned his intentions. Old Wakui asked him how much he thought the painting was worth, but since the painting was already smashed up, the answer was, it was worth nothing. The other security guards come, but the man gets off scotch free (I think), while Mamoru gets fired. Thus, not knowing why all of this happened Mamoru reaches into his pocket to find Kyouko's business card and goes to find her and pay her for some answers. Okitegami then fills Mamoru in on her situation and prepares to explain the situation. Ok, so I happen to think that "Oyagiri Mamoru" is actually "Kakushidate Yakusuke". Though I don't have much solid evidence to make such a statement, considering that I don't think NisiOisiN would get rid of Yaku after the first volume, just to focus on a different mystery; the fact that Mamoru gets blamed and loses his job by the end by no fault of his own, like Yakusuke does constantly; and the fact that there isn't any obvious difference in the way both characters narrate their stories, or act for that matter; I am assuming that "Mamoru" changes his name to "Yakusuke" by the end of the volume. I could be wrong, but the only other things I can see happening with this is that after this case, if they aren't the same person, Nisio uses both of these characters to build off of each other- probably showing how they are alike or different. But that's just my deduction :P Great chapter as always, and I can't wait to see how things play out next chapter! |
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