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You beat me to the Ford reference by that much...

Or of an old 60's era Ford I used to own. Spelled the same, too. Maybe the mangika is an old American car nut...

ISWYDT...

"Candygram for Mongo..."

By snoo-snoo?

The entire cast gathering just outside the room, singing "You Are My Sunshine"? (Based on actual events...)

...I got better...

I wonder how well Harry Chapin's stuff translated to Japanese...

What? You mean men aren't supposed to end up with skin that looks like an old basketball?

I kind of agree. He sort of cooked himself to start with...

The late, great Charles Rodrigues had the perfect surprise ending for just about anything... (It let me upload the pic as an avatar, but it cropped the bottom half, and it won't let me upload the entire pic here. It should read: "Oh [expletive deleted]!! The [expletive deleted] car went over...

I'm calling it now - Hoss ends up being like the Wilson character from the old Home Improvement show, whose face is never seen - at best, all we'll see is from the eyes up.

Background music: Stevie Ray Vaughn's "The House Is Rockin'"...

I am reminded of the words of the immortal Les Nessman ("WKRP In Cincinnati", Oct. 30, 1978): “As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.”

Grandma sez (as translated): "Mino comes like a storm." I'm probably taking that the wrong way. Or maybe, Japanese ear cleaning really is that good...

“I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it.” ― W.C. Fields

Am I the only one seeing parallels with the trans swimmer beating women for national titles?

Silly rabbit... Now, I gotta go out and buy a box of cereal. I wonder of the author had that particular double enterdre in mind, or whether the translator just snuck it in? In either case, bravo!

"Dueling Translations" Dept.: Not knowing Japanese, I have no idea what the very last line is supposed to say. However, it is interesting how it was interpreted by the two translators... "Happy end" vs "And they lived happily ever after". Perhaps one translator is a gamer, and the other is...

I'd like to see the translator's notes regarding that chapter title. I bet they'd be lit...