Iwakan

October 23, 2009 1:29 AM by Rick Noelle

Scene From The Manga ToripanIn this scene from the manga Toripan(とりぱん), Nanko(なん子)and her friend are walking past a place they used to work, debating the severity of the previous night's wind. Nanko suddenly stops and notices that something doesn't look quite right.

Japanese:
...この道昨日とは何かが違うような
何だろうこの違和感...

English: [Click To Show/Hide]
This road looks different than it did yesterday.
Hmm, what's out of place?

Romaji:
...kono michi kinou to wa nani ka ga chigau youna
nan darou kono iwakan...

Vocabulary Listing
この - this
道 「みち」- road
昨日「きのう」- yesterday
とは - compared with yesterday
何か「なにか」- something
が - subject marker (particle)
違う「ちがう」- differ; vary
ような - like
何だろう「なんだろう」- what is it
この - this
違和感「いわかん」- feeling of being out of place

Translation Notes
Toripan is an interesting manga series by author Torino Nanko (とりのなん子). It won first prize in the 17th Manga Open contest and was first serialized in Morning in issue number 21 of 2005. The primary themes are everyday life and nature mixed with a large dose of comedy. Toripan is known for featuring a wide variety of birds. More than 40 species are listed on its Wikipedia page.

Notice in the above clip that the storage unit in the scene is upside down. They had been bickering back and forth about how the previous night's wind had been strong but not strong enough to cause any damage.

Sources
This manga clip was scanned from the November 1st, 2007 issue of Morning モーニング. It is episode number 46. The image appears on page 133.

Links
モーニング Morning web site.
Morning's Toripan home page.
Wikipedia Japan article about Toripan.
Wikipedia Japan article about Toripan author Torino Nanko.

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