Futari Bus - Ch. 13 - Mrs. Matsuno

[gunawanawan]

IT IS WHOLESOMEEE

 

[auriga]

Let me just point out that An could've texted that - what with how the chapter started - but chose not to.

 

[Ditte]

Really? It's mostly the uniform thing that kinda puzzled me, why not make conversation with her as well and ask her about it when she literally just said hello? I wouldn't be shocked per se, but a bit weirded out if I greeted someone and that person then proceeded to narrate my commuting routine and what I'm wearing in my stead. Speaking from a Western European POV here, that being said maybe it's just a personal rather than a country thing. Doesn't really matter though, it's interesting to see these differences between people.

Now that I think about it I gotta say that An also turned around and basically shut herself out of the conversation though, so might just be as simple as that and I'm just overthinking things for no reason.

While they're sitting closely, the one that grandma saw, and recognized by face first is our boy, so that's why she only talked to him. From the dialogue, it seems grandma is close to Shunpei's family, but she doesn't know An, and doesn't know her by looks too. That's why she asked who An is, and only acknowledged her as the "grandkid from some family I recognize". Grandma called Shunpei's grandmother by nickname: Mitchan, but she didn't even correct Shunpei who misremembering An's grandma's name.

And as you said, An only said her greetings, then went back to her studying. As warm as a grandma can be, I think she doesn't want to bother An more than that. Considering An's personality, I also don't think she's up for some chat anyway. And, the one who immediately answered grandma's question about uniform is Shunpei. We don't really join into conversation or introduction when someone's already doing that for us, don't we?

I think the author really did a good job in introducing a new character that can limit the choice, and tunneling the progression to our boy without making the flow of conversation, and the relationship being unnatural. It looks so simple, but it is hard to make it simple.

BTW, Shunpei avoided agreeing the "She's a beauty" comment, only for him to say that he's proud of her, and consider her as important classmate. Suuuuure, Shunpei. Classmaaaaaaate. We'll leave it at that. We still have your right shoes.

 

[NamekazeMinato]

extra content from Twitter since the previous chapter – holiday illustrations:

https://x.com/toyo_saka/status/2003846618882462174

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2003846618882462174

https://x.com/toyo_saka/status/2006126337271230816

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2006126337271230816

Translated here, I didn't add them in because they weren't part of the story.

 

[pir0zhki]

When you live in a super small rural town, a lot of your neighbors and the folks you meet day-to-day end up being (mostly) good-natured elderly folk who decided they wanted to settle somewhere comfy and quiet. And indeed, everybody knows everybody.

Most of our neighbors were those sorts where I grew up. They do greatly enjoy having someone to talk to, and it really can make their day to have someone willing to listen and have a nice chat. Lend them an ear sometimes and you'll probably hear all kinds of gossip and tales from older times.

This series is really good at making me feel nostalgic.

 

[MaCl0wSt]

Thanks for the chapter!

 

[I_love_Spring]

Gran wants some grandchildren

GREAT-grandchildren, please

 

[kapanak]

I only just noticed today in the Japanese raw, An/Ann is referred to as "あんちゃん" as in An-chan, by Shunpei, and I wonder if leaving the -chan suffix out of the scanlation may have suggested they are further distanced than they really are. Of course you can get everything from the context of the chapters and story, but was an interesting point I thought that they refer to each other in such an intimate way as very long-term classmates and neighbours and childhood friends.

 

[Ditte]

I only just noticed today in the Japanese raw, An/Ann is referred to as "あんちゃん" as in An-chan, by Shunpei, and I wonder if leaving the -chan suffix out of the scanlation may have suggested they are further distanced than they really are. Of course you can get everything from the context of the chapters and story, but was an interesting point I thought that they refer to each other in such an intimate way as very long-term classmates and neighbours and childhood friends.

Oh, that's surely interesting. Does he call her An-chan in all the dialogues from earlier chapters, or only for this chapter?

 

[GamKHT]

The ship is saiiiliiiiiiiing

 

[Ryan_Irsyd]

Grandma Matsuno : i'll keep an eye on your relationship, keep it up until you two become official couple. then i will spread the information throughout the village this manga will eventually be like Kesa mo Yuraretemasu, but with a calmer.

thank you for translating

My friend's grandma did just that. She spread it, then my grandma caught wind of it and told me. Till this day, I love to use this memory to tease my friend

 

[jubuttib]

Gran wants some grandchildren

For all we know she has plenty, and even great-grandchildren. She's not related to our main couple-in-progress. =)

 

[RoronoaDSanji]

Where I live if people I know heard my grandma's name they would've started calling me with that showing how toxic the community here is

 

[Hardik_7547]

Couldn't he just have used her last/family name?

Thanks a lot for the translations.

 

[Figtree22]

The art style is so comfy

 

[kapanak]

Oh, that's surely interesting. Does he call her An-chan in all the dialogues from earlier chapters, or only for this chapter?

It's always An-chan from the very first chapter, when he refers to her in conversations with others, when he's talking with her, and in his own internal monologues.

 

[AzrefReza]

I only just noticed today in the Japanese raw, An/Ann is referred to as "あんちゃん" as in An-chan, by Shunpei, and I wonder if leaving the -chan suffix out of the scanlation may have suggested they are further distanced than they really are. Of course you can get everything from the context of the chapters and story, but was an interesting point I thought that they refer to each other in such an intimate way as very long-term classmates and neighbours and childhood friends.

I’d argue that calling her by her first name without any honorifics feels closer than -chan.

 

[SAULGOODMANnn]

shunpei's avatar in his whatsapp is a hen

 

[Ditte]

It's always An-chan from the very first chapter, when he refers to her in conversations with others, when he's talking with her, and in his own internal monologues.

Aaaaaaaah. Okay. So in his mind, An is always An-chan, huh. The childhood friend. Quite romantic, TBH, even when they rarely talk before the series start, he never change his stance about her. He doesn't call her by family name or change "-chan" to "-san".

I’d argue that calling her by her first name without any honorifics feels closer than -chan.

Yeah, but that is usually the very last option. : )) With -chan, it's like calling with a nickname. There's a sense of familiarity, but also a distance, because they don't use the "true" name. The moment you use first name only, that's when the meaning, and the intention changed. It is like "I'm seeing you properly now". So if there would be a chapter when Shunpei drops the -chan, the effect would not be the same.

I want to read a proper paper about that one. All this time I only see glimpse of culture from commentary, like calling with first name is big deal, family name is like the "house name", and how people know each other, and true name holds "power" or something. Surely this is something that is written in sociology paper, or book about Japanese culture, or something.