Ueno-san wa Bukiyou - Vol. 8 Ch. 78 - Lucid Streaming

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The idea of Tanaka wanting to be able to show his own cool inventions to Ueno was really cute.

A bit disappointed that wasn't real, but the image of him really proudly holding up two of those mechanical pencils actually made me laugh out loud so I'm still satisfied.
 
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Interestingly, this chapter didn't confuse me at all.

Also, Ueno-san has done some pretty shady stuff, but invading someones dreams without consent is probably the creepiest so far. It's even worse than tricking Tanaka into eating her panties, in my opinion.
 
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Chapter turned out fine! Thanks for the translations!!! 💤💤💤
 
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Okay, I'm finished with chapter 79 now, so I guess I'll take some time to write out the things that had me confused this chapter. Played some games in the middle of writing this, so hopefully it makes any sense, lol.
1: This isn't the first time Ueno has lied about what one of her inventions is really for, and while the original explanation is very simple, her secondary explanation involving the + and - settings had one detail I couldn't determine the importance of. The wording used in the final bubble is 擬似的な介入, which reads like "pseudo intervention" (I changed intervention to entering/invasion because it sounds better imo). Does this mean you actually enter the other person's dream and then control it from within, or do you influence it in some way without being fully "inside" it? I wasn't sure what implications the "pseudo" had here, and it seemed awfully important.
Also, I wasn't too sure what 半覚醒状態 "half-awake" (or half-asleep) was doing in the second bubble there. Does a headset in the Plus mode not hypnotize you to the same level of sleep?
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2: So, Ueno clearly has some method lined up to interfere with Tanaka's dream and make it about her, but unfortunately, she sees she is already present in Tanaka's dream. She reacts in a way that makes it obvious this introduces some wrench into her plan, even saying it's pointless to try right as she's putting the headset on. Is this existing Ueno the reason she ends up in her own dream instead? Did she know that was going to happen as she was putting her headset on? What made her change her mind and go to sleep anyway if her plan had already failed? And did the setting on her headset matter at this point?

3: We see the headset on Tanaka is clearly in Minus setting after he's fallen asleep. The last shot of the headset Ueno dons is a Plus on the earpiece, which is even drawn similarly to the one shown during the second explanation:
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By all appearances, everything about this save for the Ueno in Tanaka's dream was how the plan was intended to unfold. So what is Yamashita going to speak up about right before Ueno falls asleep? What could she have noticed that Ueno didn't already know? She probably changed her mind because it would be fun to watch both of the other club members' dreams or anything simple like that, but why speak up in the first place?
This Yamashita part was the single most confusing thing from the whole chapter for me, and had me wondering if the twist was somehow that Ueno's headset mistakenly switched to Minus setting, but we don't see any proof of that in the end, so if that was the intended joke, why not draw it in? I couldn't determine if that was supposed to be implied or not.

4: Ueno talks about pushing buttons - an element of Tanaka's dream - upon arriving in the dream world. Does this mean she actually thought she'd made it to Tanaka's dream? Did she forget that the plan wasn't going to work because she's now in a dream? Was she dreaming that her plan had succeeded? That much makes sense, in a way.
And regardless of whether it was because of the existing dream Ueno or some problem with the headsets, we see Ueno's plan failed all the way through the end, because Tanaka's still got his pencils in the final shot of the monitors.

Obviously, at several points while working on this chapter, I knew I was probably overthinking things, but confusion leads to a really peculiar headspace when translating something. And normally when I encounter hiccups, it'll be one or two inconsequential speech bubbles or something, but almost all of this chapter just felt like it wasn't gelling together for me. Hopefully it's all in my head.
 
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Well, now we know how wild he can get. As usual, his stupidity knows no bounds. It's been obvious for all eternity that she likes Tanaka, but I didn't think she'd go that far when in her dreams.
 
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@Bainhardt From what I understand:
1. The minus sign puts you asleep and dream "normally" (and streams it on video) while the plus sign makes you lucid dreaming, so you're conscious of being inside a dream and can intervene
2. That's part of her tsundere act, she says "oh no I'm already inside so I can't surprise him!" but she's happy he's dreaming about her; she then decides to enter anyway to try to go on with her "seduction plan"
3. Probably a small error in drawing perspective, but if it's all white it's plus sign, if the minus part is darkened it's minus sign; Yamashita noticed it but didn't speak because she wanted to amuse herself with Ueno's stupidity
4. Yes Ueno thought she entered his dream, instead she made a normal dream where she thought she entered and her fantasies succeded even too much

Hope I explained well and help you clarify
 
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*Ueno jumps into Sleep invasion machine
Hans Zimmer - Time (Inception) starts playing
 
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Cute chapter, Tanaka wishes to impress his senpai while Ueno wants to be embraced and...err...get pregnant I guess? Whatever, even her thirst is cute.
 
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@karmsand Actually, you make a pretty good point. I'm surprised I didn't notice until now, but when Ueno realizes Tanaka is already dreaming about her, her twintails stick straight up - something that usually happens when she's flustered or excited. So I think you're right that she doesn't feel like it's a total failure if Tanaka is already dreaming about her. Maybe she goes in just so she can enjoy some dreams of her own.
 
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"Lucid Streaming" is an excellent title, Bainhardt. As always, excellent work.
 
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Doesn't "ダースーヌ" look like "ZZZ" 😴?
I know "スー" is sfx for sleeping, but everything else is too cryptic for me.
 
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Oh thank God! Was checking through the comments before pointing out the Link's Awakening reference and I got scared that it may have gone unmentioned. I'm grateful to be in the company of people of culture.
 

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