Urasekai Picnic - Vol. 14 Ch. 76 - Overnight on the Otherside II

[craymole]

Down to my bones, I still don't understand why they chose a rice planter as their vehicle.

So they don't have to touch each other?

 

[TheManBuck]

The AP-1 is actually a "tobacco multipurpose harvester", which like basically all products that appear in Otherside Picnic is real and referenced under its real life name. It costs about 2 million yen or $13k.

"If this thing isn't off my doorstep three days from now, I'm going to harvest the grass in Shakujii Park, roll cigarettes with it, and force you to smoke them. Now hurry up and find a gate!" - Kozakura, manga ch. 38

Allow me to reiterate:

Down to my bones, I do not know why the author chose humanity's least versatile tractor as the characters' vehicle.

 

[fight2live]

that was really scary

 

[recklessribbon]

Thanks for the translation!

 

[Strela]

I know both of them are sorta thrill seekers, but moving around in otherside during night time?? God damn, those kudans crept me out.

 

[3141592653589]

The AP-1 is actually a "tobacco multipurpose harvester", which like basically all products that appear in Otherside Picnic is real and referenced under its real life name. It costs about 2 million yen or $13k.

Okay, did anybody else read the specs on that thing then go back and re-read this chapter with the newfound knowledge that the entire sequence of them getting stalked by an off-brand minotaur was taking place at a top speed of 3 fucking kilometers per hour?

Like, that's not even a horror story anymore. They keep getting freaked out by this cow-headed woman as if it's completely impossible that she keeps getting ahead of them when it's entirely plausible that she keeps overtaking them by walking at a brisk pace.

Don't worry, Disaster Lesbian Duo, you can escape the clinger cowgirl by standing up and jogging for a little while! That dastardly Otherside is powerless in the face of some light cardio!

 

[Cornonthekopp]

Okay, did anybody else read the specs on that thing then go back and re-read this chapter with the newfound knowledge that the entire sequence of them getting stalked by an off-brand minotaur was taking place at a top speed of 3 fucking kilometers per hour?

Like, that's not even a horror story anymore. They keep getting freaked out by this cow-headed woman as if it's completely impossible that she keeps getting ahead of them when it's entirely plausible that she keeps overtaking them by walking at a brisk pace.

Don't worry, Disaster Lesbian Duo, you can escape the clinger cowgirl by standing up and jogging for a little while! That dastardly Otherside is powerless in the face of some light cardio!

I believe that they asked Natsumi to juice the engine so they could travel faster, as a "payment" for helping her deal with the teeth stealing entity

 

[3141592653589]

I believe that they asked Natsumi to juice the engine so they could travel faster, as a "payment" for helping her deal with the teeth stealing entity

It's spread over enough chapters that I might've missed something, but when Sorawo dropped it off in chapter 68 she only mentions doing maintenance on it, and when Natsumi gives it back to them in chapter 75 she only mentions that they should learn to do routine maintenance on it themselves.

Even if she is hooking them up with some sick custom nitrous injectors, we're talking about a starting point that's about as fast as a toddler awkwardly propping themselves up on a coffee table. Double the speed and we've attained the average jogging speed of an obese chain smoker. Triple the speed and maybe the AP-1 could possibly beat a near-retirement salaryman who hasn't gone faster than a leisurely walking pace since high school in a 5K fun run at a company picnic, but only if the engine can handle being run at full throttle for that long. Quadruple the speed and you're just short of the average running speed of a 20-something woman, so you're finally reaching the amount of horsepower necessary for it to be better for Sorawo and Toriko to use the AP-1 to escape the cow lady instead of taking the heel-toe express (but that's assuming that all the time they've spent hiking around the Otherside hasn't made the two of them above average athletes, Sorawo's constant internal monologue about being a gloomy otaku notwithstanding). Quintuple the speed and, yeah, you're finally in the realm of it being preferable to running, for all that's worth on a vehicle with probably terrible fuel economy, no enclosed driver seat, and a high center of gravity.

I mean, I knew it was a pretty silly set of wheels, but now that I've actually mathed it out, yeah, those two desperately need a Subaru.

 

[Roodypatooti]

They're really rushing through this story, huh? It's one of the longest single stories in the LN (in the volumes with 4 separate stories, anyway), but we're already like halfway through in 2 chapters. Kinda not feeling this pacing tbh.

It's spread over enough chapters that I might've missed something, but when Sorawo dropped it off in chapter 68 she only mentions doing maintenance on it, and when Natsumi gives it back to them in chapter 75 she only mentions that they should learn to do routine maintenance on it themselves.

Even if she is hooking them up with some sick custom nitrous injectors, we're talking about a starting point that's about as fast as a toddler awkwardly propping themselves up on a coffee table. Double the speed and we've attained the average jogging speed of an obese chain smoker. Triple the speed and maybe the AP-1 could possibly beat a near-retirement salaryman who hasn't gone faster than a leisurely walking pace since high school in a 5K fun run at a company picnic, but only if the engine can handle being run at full throttle for that long. Quadruple the speed and you're just short of the average running speed of a 20-something woman, so you're finally reaching the amount of horsepower necessary for it to be better for Sorawo and Toriko to use the AP-1 to escape the cow lady instead of taking the heel-toe express (but that's assuming that all the time they've spent hiking around the Otherside hasn't made the two of them above average athletes, Sorawo's constant internal monologue about being a gloomy otaku notwithstanding). Quintuple the speed and, yeah, you're finally in the realm of it being preferable to running, for all that's worth on a vehicle with probably terrible fuel economy, no enclosed driver seat, and a high center of gravity.

I mean, I knew it was a pretty silly set of wheels, but now that I've actually mathed it out, yeah, those two desperately need a Subaru.

Natsumi replaced the entire engine and most of the chassis. The tricked out AP-1 does max 15kph off-road, and max 30-40kph on-road. Notice that they're on a well paved road. While its certainly not traveling at highway speeds, it's by no means slow, and much faster that walking.

You'd know all this already if the manga hadn't cut it from the last chapter for no reason.

 

[fidelitas]

It's spread over enough chapters that I might've missed something, but when Sorawo dropped it off in chapter 68 she only mentions doing maintenance on it, and when Natsumi gives it back to them in chapter 75 she only mentions that they should learn to do routine maintenance on it themselves.

Even if she is hooking them up with some sick custom nitrous injectors, we're talking about a starting point that's about as fast as a toddler awkwardly propping themselves up on a coffee table. Double the speed and we've attained the average jogging speed of an obese chain smoker. Triple the speed and maybe the AP-1 could possibly beat a near-retirement salaryman who hasn't gone faster than a leisurely walking pace since high school in a 5K fun run at a company picnic, but only if the engine can handle being run at full throttle for that long. Quadruple the speed and you're just short of the average running speed of a 20-something woman, so you're finally reaching the amount of horsepower necessary for it to be better for Sorawo and Toriko to use the AP-1 to escape the cow lady instead of taking the heel-toe express (but that's assuming that all the time they've spent hiking around the Otherside hasn't made the two of them above average athletes, Sorawo's constant internal monologue about being a gloomy otaku notwithstanding). Quintuple the speed and, yeah, you're finally in the realm of it being preferable to running, for all that's worth on a vehicle with probably terrible fuel economy, no enclosed driver seat, and a high center of gravity.

I mean, I knew it was a pretty silly set of wheels, but now that I've actually mathed it out, yeah, those two desperately need a Subaru.

I think Natsumi actually put a new engine in and changed a few other things. And not sure but I think the LN at least mentioned the new stats

Also remember that they're mostly going off-road, need good visibility to see glitches and need to be able to react to them in time

 

[3141592653589]

Natsumi replaced the entire engine and most of the chassis. The tricked out AP-1 does max 15kph off-road, and max 30-40kph on-road. Notice that they're on a well paved road. While its certainly not traveling at highway speeds, it's by no means slow, and much faster that walking.

You'd know all this already if the manga hadn't cut it from the last chapter for no reason.

I can't say I really blame the manga artist for getting through the monkey murder train, ninja cats, evil tooth fairy, and ASMR hypnotist farm cult only to reach the Tobacco Harvester of Theseus and go "Nah, that's ridiculous. I ain't drawing that."

 

[Cyrra]

Down to my bones, I still don't understand why they chose a rice planter as their vehicle.

They were drunk when they ordered it.

 

[TheManBuck]

They were drunk when they ordered it.

I'm sorry, I was ambiguous with my use of the words they and their.

What I meant was I dont know why they(the writer) chose the tobacco tractor as their(the characters) vehicle.

 

[EnFiveFour]

Thank you for the translation!

PS: Volume 13 only goes up to chapter 72.

 

[1234muse]

I'm sorry, I was ambiguous with my use of the words they and their.

What I meant was I dont know why they(the writer) chose the tobacco tractor as their(the characters) vehicle.

My only guess is the author was ALSO drunk at the time LOL