Ashitaba-san Chi no Muko Kurashi - Vol. 1 Ch. 6

[MangaDex]

 

[gaba157]

This never made sense to me. Who is dumb enough to not look at the toilet before sitting?

 

[yuu-oniichan]

@gaba157 it happens moderately often enough for people in their own houses. In this case, especially since it's an all-women household before he came by (not sure where dad is).

I feel like guys are more likely to pay attention at least because for guys there's always two states of possibilities for the seat (up and down), and because guys are actually likely to pee/dirty the seat.

But then again, I also know a girl who always lifts the seat and squats on the rims, so YMMV.

 

[gaba157]

@terinayaya well you're right, that makes sense. Thanks. This was never a problem at home because I sit to pee ( This way I won't risk dirtying the toilet), so there isn't much discussion with my sister/mother lol but I always found this funny

 

[definitionofinsanity]

"Hinata-chan, why did you decide to marry Mu-kun?"
"Oh, well... That's because he has such a HUGE, BIG... er... heart. Yeah. Heart. [wipes away drool]"

 

[Lunaul]

"Why is it bigger than dad's"
Are we just gonna ignore that?

 

[Wedhus_gembel]

"Oh yeah i forgot, this doesnt fit" what did she mean by this

 

[SotiCoto]

@yuu-oniichan : There are three states the toilet can be in:
#1. Seat up.
#2. Seat down, lid up.
#3. Lid down.

If anyone, female or otherwise, gets so utterly used to it being in state 2 that they'd just waltz into the bathroom and sit without looking... odds are their bathroom utterly stinks from leaving the toilet open.
I've contemplated supergluing the lid to the seat on quite a few occasions in quite a few places because women kept leaving the lid up.


@gaba157 : ... You phrased that as though you're a guy who sits to piss... but how does that even work without having to fold it inward awkwardly? ... I mean unless you have an exceptionally small rod.... or an exceptionally large toilet...


@Wedhus_gembel : Unless it was supposed to be some sort of double-entendre... I'm pretty sure that was the handle cover for her shinai. No idea why she brought it into the bathroom with her though.

 

[Archit12]

nah man, ya'll need to just close your toilet. That think has a lid for a reason.

 

[Zinon]

@SotiCoto I mean... do you shit with your dick laying on the seat or something? I sit down to pee and I sit down to shit, I sit down the same way both times.

 

[beep_repair]

ITT: more info about MD potty etiquette than you ever needed or wanted to know

And yeah, part of that final joke must have been lost in translation, makes no sense at all

 

[Rewdy]

ITT: more info about MD potty etiquette than you ever needed or wanted to know

And yeah, part of that final joke must have been lost in translation, makes no sense at all

I know this isn't a manga that requires 110% brainpower but I beg you to use brain before blaming TL

 

[beep_repair]

I know this isn't a manga that requires 110% brainpower but I beg you to use brain before blaming TL

Fair enough. The translation is excellent overall. Perhaps it just went over my head.

Okay, on rereading, I think I understand it better. It seems to be less an outright joke than a device/pun that brings several things full circle. Most obviously, the chapter is framed by Asuna's work on and struggle with the kendo sword, an item that reflects her personality. And the ill-fitting handle sleeve echoes the running gag about Mu-kun's size. With the two toilet scenes, there might (?) also be a comment about Mu-kun "not fitting" into the apartment, a crowded women's space. Latter's kind of a stretch tho...

That's all I got ¯\(ツ)/¯