If I Should Compare It to the Sound of a Mosquito. - Vol. 0 - Oneshot
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oof, delightfully bittersweet
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@DrWhoCares well how kind of you. Yes I would like an explanation, same goes for @Zypex
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@alanala @Zypex Explanations are always up to the interpretation of the reader, and kinda defeat the purpose, but I'll provide one regardless. I ask that after you read, go back and re-read the manga.
The central theme here is how memories and perception are entirely just fabrications of our minds. Consider hallucinations, or worse, Schizophrenia. To the person suffering from either of those, what they percieve, is absolutely real.
I've personally had multiple times where I've woken up and had visual, audial, and even touch-based hallucinations, or lingering feelings from the dream. I've heard people talk to me, I've felt them touch me, I've seen them in front of me.
To everyone else, these things are not real, but to me, they were entirely real. For the Droid, the Maid, the same is happening, but on a much more intense scale. Her actual "brain" has been implanted with non-existent data. That Toy Shop doesn't exist. But to her, it is entirely real. She cannot make it go away, just as you can't just "will" the sight of your hands to go away. They are there, you will perceive them, so long as you have the means to do so.
The Droid is just a robot, it can be modified, and the creator of the map even offers to delete the Toy Shop from her "brain". Her memories, her experiences, and everything that makes her, her, are all modifiable.
The Droid is not human, but she seems like it.
Humans can be modified in the same way, we just don't know the inner workings of our brain enough to manage to do it however.
Hopefully, this clears things up a bit, I rambled more than I wanted, but if you re-read, it should make sense.
I've personally had multiple times where I've woken up and had visual, audial, and even touch-based hallucinations, or lingering feelings from the dream. I've heard people talk to me, I've felt them touch me, I've seen them in front of me.
To everyone else, these things are not real, but to me, they were entirely real. For the Droid, the Maid, the same is happening, but on a much more intense scale. Her actual "brain" has been implanted with non-existent data. That Toy Shop doesn't exist. But to her, it is entirely real. She cannot make it go away, just as you can't just "will" the sight of your hands to go away. They are there, you will perceive them, so long as you have the means to do so.
The Droid is just a robot, it can be modified, and the creator of the map even offers to delete the Toy Shop from her "brain". Her memories, her experiences, and everything that makes her, her, are all modifiable.
The Droid is not human, but she seems like it.
Humans can be modified in the same way, we just don't know the inner workings of our brain enough to manage to do it however.
Hopefully, this clears things up a bit, I rambled more than I wanted, but if you re-read, it should make sense.
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@DrWhoCares Fantastic explanation! Makes this manga more understandable and enjoyable overall. Thank you 
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Oh, is that why the title reference the mosquito sound?
A lately popular fun fact of mosquito sound is that their particular frequency make it so that only children or those at young age can hear them, and older adults can't. So i think there is also a subtle theme of "Missing Your Childhood" here, what with the object of interest is a Toy Shop and the fact that the Maid is childlike in appearance.
A lately popular fun fact of mosquito sound is that their particular frequency make it so that only children or those at young age can hear them, and older adults can't. So i think there is also a subtle theme of "Missing Your Childhood" here, what with the object of interest is a Toy Shop and the fact that the Maid is childlike in appearance.
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That's simply a property of your ears.
For isntance, I have pretty good ears still, and can still hear pretty much every frequency the human ear can normally hear in it's prime.
Remember when you turned on a CRT TV, and you hear that high pitch whine start up? I can always hear that noise, even if I'm not in the room, it's pretty damn loud. Even right now there's a ton of white noise in this apartment building.
Everything is up to interpretation, so the title could potentially be something like that, but I took it a different way:
What do you think of, when you compare it to the sound of a mosquito?
That's simply a property of your ears.
For isntance, I have pretty good ears still, and can still hear pretty much every frequency the human ear can normally hear in it's prime.
Remember when you turned on a CRT TV, and you hear that high pitch whine start up? I can always hear that noise, even if I'm not in the room, it's pretty damn loud. Even right now there's a ton of white noise in this apartment building.
Everything is up to interpretation, so the title could potentially be something like that, but I took it a different way:
Something closer to the original Japanese is, "In other words, if compared to the sound of a mosquito"
Personally, I interpreted this as being more about how mosquitoes are annoying, their buzz can be maddening to some, if you can't find the source, and can't get rid of it.
I saw it as being similar to how she sees things that arent real, you can hear things that may or may not be real. It's a bit hard to word my thoughts, but I remember having a good explanation before. Can't remember it now.
Personally, I interpreted this as being more about how mosquitoes are annoying, their buzz can be maddening to some, if you can't find the source, and can't get rid of it.
I saw it as being similar to how she sees things that arent real, you can hear things that may or may not be real. It's a bit hard to word my thoughts, but I remember having a good explanation before. Can't remember it now.
What do you think of, when you compare it to the sound of a mosquito?
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@versub, @DrWhoCares, Hey now, you both missed my point.
Regardless of the truth of said fun fact, there's a difference between how children and adult react to mosquito sounds from what i know. This difference somehow is parallel with how children and adult treat their imagination of the imaginary. In this story, the Auntie at first doesn't acknowledge the toy store existence, while the Maid acknowledges it just because her memory says it's there. Not until she learn more about it that the Auntie decide to acknowledge the toy store, at least when it involves the Maid. I believe and prefer to think this is the more likely intention behind the title.
Considering the Auntie in the end stated that she actually felt kinda jealous with how the Maid can perceive the imaginary Toy Store, it's clear to me that, at the very least, one message in this oneshot is about imagination or innocence of it. Adults seldom let their imagination run wild or even run at all, compared to children, and usually straight out refuses anything unrealistic. It's also helps that the concept of children being able to perceive something adults can't is no stranger of a concept in Japan.
Well, that's my takes anyway.
Oh and did you know? I find it interesting that this oneshot overall theme fit nicely with chapter 11 where the main cast search for a restaurant that seemingly only exist in Izumi's memory.
Regardless of the truth of said fun fact, there's a difference between how children and adult react to mosquito sounds from what i know. This difference somehow is parallel with how children and adult treat their imagination of the imaginary. In this story, the Auntie at first doesn't acknowledge the toy store existence, while the Maid acknowledges it just because her memory says it's there. Not until she learn more about it that the Auntie decide to acknowledge the toy store, at least when it involves the Maid. I believe and prefer to think this is the more likely intention behind the title.
Considering the Auntie in the end stated that she actually felt kinda jealous with how the Maid can perceive the imaginary Toy Store, it's clear to me that, at the very least, one message in this oneshot is about imagination or innocence of it. Adults seldom let their imagination run wild or even run at all, compared to children, and usually straight out refuses anything unrealistic. It's also helps that the concept of children being able to perceive something adults can't is no stranger of a concept in Japan.
Well, that's my takes anyway.
Oh and did you know? I find it interesting that this oneshot overall theme fit nicely with chapter 11 where the main cast search for a restaurant that seemingly only exist in Izumi's memory.
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@Haremmony Yeah, dakka kept saying that too about chapter 11.
Personally, I believe she's more envious because she's naive, to the slightly more grim reality of things. That naivety is something children have, and something adults lose. It's the essence of becoming an adult, is becoming adjusted to the fact of reality, and coping with it.
Perhaps the Auntie is envious of the fact that the Maid's perception can be modified, or perhaps she's envious of the fact that the Maid is oblivious.
Either way, she's faced with the truth of the matter, whether or not she wanted it.
Personally, I believe she's more envious because she's naive, to the slightly more grim reality of things. That naivety is something children have, and something adults lose. It's the essence of becoming an adult, is becoming adjusted to the fact of reality, and coping with it.
Perhaps the Auntie is envious of the fact that the Maid's perception can be modified, or perhaps she's envious of the fact that the Maid is oblivious.
Either way, she's faced with the truth of the matter, whether or not she wanted it.
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Think of it like AR. The robot has the location keyed in to project a toy shop, but she's the only one who can read it because nobody else has the same camera, so to speak. That's the literal content, but others have explained the thematic content better than I can.
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