Reappearance of the phantom soccer ball, strangely absent in the anime where Hikaru's room is a tad tidier.
There may be too many soccer AUs but I don't think its totally irrelevant: In 2002 the FIFA soccer world cup was co-hosted by Japan and S. Korea. It had to have been an exciting time.
isn't the hand and arm in the top panel also Hikaru's father? Seeing as the clothing pattern matches the trousers we see in the bottom panel? In which case Hikaru's father speaks!
Oh but he spoke in the last volume, a mere disembodied voice, so we already knew he speaks. It's nice that in this volume he actually said something (instead of just 'hi' and 'bye'). Who knows, someday he may grow up to be a real character!
(That part of the scene was left out of the anime, btw. So can't place a screengrab here, darn it!)
hahaha ^_^ It's also interesting that on the next page that Hikaru tells his grandfather that his dad said just a lot of junk was taken. I wonder if that's a statement about what Hikaru's dad is like or it's just a flip comment?
isn't the hand and arm in the top panel also Hikaru's father? Wow, I missed that. We almost saw him! I wonder if he looks like Hikaru. Perhaps he looks like Mr Obata.
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Date: 2010-08-18 09:42 pm (UTC)There may be too many soccer AUs but I don't think its totally irrelevant: In 2002 the FIFA soccer world cup was co-hosted by Japan and S. Korea. It had to have been an exciting time.
Hikaru's Dad is back too, or at least half a foot and a bit of pyjama (bottom left)
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Date: 2010-08-19 09:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-08-19 11:43 am (UTC)(That part of the scene was left out of the anime, btw. So can't place a screengrab here, darn it!)
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Date: 2010-08-19 10:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-08-19 09:03 pm (UTC)Wow, I missed that. We almost saw him! I wonder if he looks like Hikaru.
Perhaps he looks like Mr Obata.