One Day Outing Foreman - Vol. 4 Ch. 29 - Insubstantial

[MangaDex]

 

[chinchiro_addict]

Diner chapter = character building and lore.
Kaoru 薫 is a gender-neutral name which means "pleasant fragrance", a farcry from numakawa's guess of Kanji 寛治 (lenient/gentle+governance).
Numakawa is Takuya, 拓 meaning clear (the land), open, break up (land). / 也 meaning to be (classical).
Isawa is portrayed as the muscle of the group in Kaiji, but in the Foreman manga he's the comic relief/zoomer of the group which is great. When I watched Tonegawa back in 2018, I was a bit annoyed they messed with the canon by retconning some of the characters but now I like these fleshed-out versions better.

Title: 実無, contraction of 実の無い which refers to their conversations.

 

[camagoo]

Ahh those long, early morning conversations with friends end up being some of the best nights of your life. Also, the staring kid in the other booth happens to me all the time.

 

[keatsta]

I like that there's been such a focus lately on the unique charms of cheaper, more run-of-the-mill places... maybe the mangaka is low on money lol.

 

[spectralSpices]

Love that they wake up their black suit to take them back to the labor camp. They don't even consider the idea of trying to escape.

 

[sanshoku]

Numakawa is a cool guy after all

Isawa is portrayed as the muscle of the group in Kaiji, but in the Foreman manga he's the comic relief/zoomer of the group which is great. When I watched Tonegawa back in 2018, I was a bit annoyed they messed with the canon by retconning some of the characters but now I like these fleshed-out versions better.

I see it as its own thing, OG Tonegawa is far less morally gray compared to Middle Manager Tonegawa but that wouldn't make for an interesting story. I guess it doesn't apply as much for Otsuki and his buddies since even the original versions could just hang out and enjoy being together without altering their personalities, but in order to make Otsuki this inspiring, content, peaceful and wise character you're forced to rewrite him. It's worth it though.

 

[chinchiro_addict]

I see it as its own thing, OG Tonegawa is far less morally gray compared to Middle Manager Tonegawa but that wouldn't make for an interesting story. I guess it doesn't apply as much for Otsuki and his buddies since even the original versions could just hang out and enjoy being together without altering their personalities, but in order to make Otsuki this inspiring, content, peaceful and wise character you're forced to rewrite him. It's worth it though.

I've tried splitting them up but in the end I always seem to combine the characters together. So for Tonegawa, he's ruthless and exemplary in Kaiji. In his off-time however, he's a normal dude who's just like the rest of us making mistakes and learning from them, he struggles to climb and maintain his position in the company, and he has to face his own trials and tribulations in the Chairman.

For the Foreman, I interpret him as a person who's harsh towards the people he doesn't respect while being empathetic and kind to the people he works with. He's great at reading people and charismatic, and this also helps him when he fleeces everyone through gambling underground.

 

[deenzfan12]

Kinda fun trying to piece out what Kaiji's about just from the side stories lol. So all that mining isn't mining but rather them building an underground shelter... That's actually more baffling than my original assumption.