Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi o Suru - Vol. 12 Ch. 93

[Boomergeist]

I sympathize with Gojo here, but the difference between me and him in this situation is that I haven't been able to crawl myself out of the cycle yet.

SAME.

 

[LeonsamaX]

My man's is an inspiration. Gojo is a great protagonist

 

[Superblox]

I've heard a handful of people comment that Gojo is a "board" in the first season of the anime. I think this chapter creatively explains why people might think that. He's been so focused on one thing he's neglected other important things in life which ended up limiting his ability in that one thing he's focused on.

 

[Ebbelille]

As a person who actually collects antiques,
if Gojo is actually going to cut up an antique kimono for some cosplay he needs to be stopped.
People like that are the reason that a nation's cultural heritage keeps shrinking at an inordinate speed.

 

[Morose]

Apparently he can buy plenty of them cheaply to massacre, too (how can something named "antique" be cheaper than regular fabric?).

I'm not too sure about antique - as in heirloom kimono, but old kimono are readily available for cheap in Japan. Especially if you know where and how to look, which I'm assuming grandpa Gojo should. So I wouldn't worry too much about prices

Considering he was looking at a particular color one online, i would guess that it would be the more costly types.
I mean, like there are cheap antique Kimono's, there also must be costly ones as well.
And what Gojo might need might be one of those costly ones (maybe he can buy cheap ones to make a draft and then get the costly one to make the final version).

Maybe it's just a processing of some fabric that is used specificaly in classic or "antique" kimonos? Like an oldschool method.

but what is antique kimono made out of...

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I don't think it's about the process those Kimono's are made of.

My guess is that it's similar to Jeans, in that older clothes have a different feel and texture to them.
I mean, there is no way a piece of clothes created say 20-50 years ago would be of the same quality as a brand new one.
There is bound to be some degradation in quality of the cloth, which in a way should fit a character based on a Fallen Angel.

 

[Kidawesome55]

All that build up and it was a antique kimono. Thought it'd be a unique kind of fabric you can't find easily. Well atleast gojou finally realized how short sighted he's been. Hope it contributes to his relationship with marin.

 

[definitionofinsanity]

Given how much of a big deal they made about it in earlier chapters how stubborn the mangaka of the Heaven's Mandate manga is and how he'll never allow live-action adaptations of his manga, I'm thinking that what is likely going to happen is Marin's cosplay of this is going to be so good that it's going to get the mangaka's attention and he's going to see it and realize someone can faithfully adapt his works and ideas.

 

[Maxoball]

Bro really made art block THAT deep 💀

 

[definitionofinsanity]

My guess is that it's similar to Jeans, in that older clothes have a different feel and texture to them.
I mean, there is no way a piece of clothes created say 20-50 years ago would be of the same quality as a brand new one.
There is bound to be some degradation in quality of the cloth, which in a way should fit a character based on a Fallen Angel.

This is Japan. There are kimono makers that have been making kimonos for 50, 60, 75+ years without changing.
Even the jeans you cite, no, there's not really much of a difference at all between jeans from today and 20-50 years ago. There are ink makers in Japan that make ink for calligraphy in the same process that is literally unaltered for hundreds of years

From some quick research (and holy shit is it not clear as to what "antique kimono" actually means and is usually just a catch-all marketing word), but "antique kimono" just simply refers to 100% silk kimonos done in traditional style. Sometime around the 1960s and 1970s silk-blends started being used because 100% silk was getting too expensive to use. After that cotton/poly blends also started being used.

So all you're talking about is getting a traditional kimono made in authentic 100% silk. Which can easily be found for less than $200. And that's import. It'd be even cheaper for Gojou. Still somewhat expensive for a high school student to spend just on fabric, but not outrageous and still within the same ballpark that they've previously spent on cosplay.

Gojou is struggling with it because it's not something he's familiar with because he's 1.) Young and 2.) Not a dress/textile maker. He's not searching for the fabric version of the Ark of the Covenant here, it's just the equivalent of asking your average teenager to name something from before they were born... like a decent band or a movie that isn't a Marvel/Disney movie from the last several years.

 

[Konrad2]

Thanks for the translation.

 

[AnotherDuck]

So all you're talking about is getting a traditional kimono made in authentic 100% silk.

If that is all there is to it, then it doesn't seem as if it should be too difficult to get that fabric. But I'll wait until it's clarified what's actually meant in the manga.

 

[Alcion]

He stumble where all teenagers do: thinking he can do everything at the same level of people with more talent and/or more experience.
You can't reach level 100 without being a level 1, 10, 50...

P2W games beg to differ.

 

[crimsonfirebr]

am i the only one who felt this chapter was a little underwhelming?

It's been underwhelming for quite some time now...

 

[renkov]

"underwhelming" "where's the romance"

niggas who haven't been in a character development arc in real life be like

 

[HailBritannia_]

that shit's expensive

 

[milkteaaaaaa]

Bro was searching a type fabric like he would tr to find one piece

 

[worldpeace]

"underwhelming" "where's the romance"

niggas who haven't been in a character development arc in real life be like

the reveal is whats underwhelming.

also "irl character development arc" LOL that sounds dorky im sorry man

 

[uppercase]

It's okay, the next 5 star is guaranteed. And himeko is great for farming anyways.

 

[MushroomRetainer]

Huh. It's pretty rare for a character to enter a depressive spiral and get out of it in the same chapter.

I still worry about Gojo's mental health, though.

 

[OmegaMaru]

I really hope hes not going to cut up an actual antique kimono for some cosplay. There are hundreds of ways to distress fabric to make it look old